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Meg Rowley

9:16

I am going to answer this question in a way that let's us think about how good deGrom was: if his season was twice as good, it would still be technically less good than deGrom's.

9:17

Now I am envisioning two Kyle Freeland's, with one standing on the other's shoulders, in a trench coat.

Craig Edwards

9:17

With Freeland's relative lack of strikeouts, I think he would have had to halve his walk rate.

adam

9:18

isn't it a little weird to interview the manager during a playoff game?

Meg Rowley

9:18

It isn't my favorite thing. We wait all season to watch this baseball. Let us watch this baseball.

KhrushOakland

9:20

Robo umps now

Meg Rowley

9:20

Tech isn't there now!

Erik

9:21

Does a pitcher have more control of his hard-hit rate or his groundball rate?

Craig Edwards

9:21

ground ball

5 Run Homer

9:21

I don’t know bout that call, chief

Craig Edwards

9:22

stop calling me chief

Anonymous

9:22

October beards in baseball? or just a hockey thing

Craig Edwards

9:22

I am generally pro beards, and while it is definitely a hockey thing, it does happen in baseball quite a bit.

KhrushOakland

9:22

Ah fair enough. Do you think we could automate some

Meg Rowley

9:23

Not sure how that would work, exactly.

HankLloydWright

9:23

The broadcasters just said Matt Holliday was sick for a long time because of mercury poisoning, but now I can't find anything about it. Is this true?

Meg Rowley

9:23

Once you cross that line, you can't reintroduce judgment sometimes.

Craig Edwards

9:23

I thought it was mono, but maybe he was just really bored.

druidiful

9:24

Why do high strike out pitchers seem to generally give up a higher hard-hit rate than non-strike out pitchers? Is it just natural selection through the minors?

kevinthecomic

9:25

How do u even get mercury poisoning these days anyway???

Craig Edwards

9:25

Not positive, but high strikeout pitchers tend to throw more fastballs up in the zone and more offspeed pitches. High fastballs and hanging breaking pitches get hit pretty hard.

Meg Rowley

9:25

snap a thermometer in half, drink it, boom mercury poisoning

druidiful

9:26

Almost all thermometers now don't contain mercury.

Skyline

9:26

Would the 'bullpen game' trend have worked in other eras of baseball?

Meg Rowley

9:26

Wait, WHAT?

David

9:27

was Jacob DeGrom the best SP in all of MLB this year?

Meg Rowley

9:27

Yes.

kevinthecomic

9:27

U think Addison Russell would be on the field if he was actually a good player?

Craig Edwards

9:28

I don't think bullpen games would have worked as well previously because we've had a ton of expansion for decades that has slowed meanwhile the game has more areas in the world to go get talent. In eras when the talent was more diluted there weren't enough pitchers to do credibly do bullpen games.

robertobeers

9:28

Maybe the moth put the mercury in his ear.

Meg Rowley

9:28

The administrative leave is MLB determined I'm pretttty sure, so that makes it less likely.

Jay

9:28

Any clue what's going on with Bryant? Or is the shoulder 100% to blame

Craig Edwards

9:28

yes, just dealing with injuries, I think.

H_Vaughn

9:29

How does Molly take the blame for the Twin’s mess?

Craig Edwards

9:29

He wasn't hired by the current GM so this was perhaps inevitable if things went south for the team.

Walking Stephen Piscotty

9:30

Kyle Freeland is pitching really well

Craig Edwards

9:30

Yes, the short rest seems to be going pretty well so far.

Hank

9:30

Any chance the Rockies retain Arenado after next year or is he just going to be too expensive?

Meg Rowley

9:31

They have shown they are willing to spend money! They have not proven that they always do so wisely!

I am skeptical, especially given their other payroll obligations.

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