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Ben Clemens
6:32
Yeah Jay Brooks has the ump's biggest problem being low
Where he's been bad but symmetrically bad
6:33
And of course, the 'the ump is screwing us' narrative is always sketchy
AvatarJay Jaffe
6:35
yup. Lots of low strikes, more for ATL though, it appears
Greg
6:35
Probably not ... he's 6'5" and seems to have pretty good hops.  Perhaps Evan White SEA, he seems to be the consensus best defensive 1B around and can is athletic enough to play OF but he's 6'3" (don't know about his vertical leap)
Ben Clemens
6:35
Yeah he got UPPPPP for that one
Freddie Freeman could dunk all over me, that's for sure
AvatarJay Jaffe
6:35
Will Carlos Martinez blow up for a 3rd time?
Dystopian Future
6:35
This question might just be moot in a few hours, but who's more likely to come back from a 2-1 series deficit, Nationals or Rays?
AvatarJay Jaffe
6:36
we did that one above.
• Rays in 5: 6.9%
• Nationals in 5: 26.3%
Ben Clemens
6:36
This one's about the game I'm actually here to chat, so I'm going to say easy Nats. They have a pitching edge in both games.
Or at worst neutral
AvatarJay Jaffe
6:36
those are the ZiPS odds based on pitching matchups
Ben Clemens
6:36
Whereas the Astros are, you know, a fully operational Death Star.
5 Run Homer
6:36
What percentage of major leaguers could dunk, do you think?
Ben Clemens
6:37
A ton. >50% easy I think. We underrate how well these guys move.
Tony Wolfe
6:37
10%?
Ben Clemens
6:37
So many of the pitchers can
Tony Wolfe
6:37
Wow incredibly different answers
AvatarJay Jaffe
6:37
And Acuña with a leadoff ground-rule double off his archnemesis
Ben Clemens
6:37
Might need a poll on this one:
What percent of Major Leaguers can dunk?
<25% (37.5% | 36 votes)
 
26-50% (34.4% | 33 votes)
 
51-75% (26% | 25 votes)
 
76-100% (2.1% | 2 votes)
 
Total Votes: 96
Tony Wolfe
6:38
I'm thinking of the really tall pitchers out there and not feeling confident about most of them
Ben Clemens
6:39
When Josh gets back he'll be a good person to ask on this.
Russ
6:39
Could Bartolo Colon dunk at any point in his career?
AvatarJay Jaffe
6:40
no but he could high kick. Amazingly athletic dude despite the package
Bartolo Colon
6:40
I dunk a mean donut
Ben Clemens
6:43
Dodgers-Nats is now underway. I'll keep people posted, but the drama is in St. Louis right now.
Dave
6:44
Think that Rays winning the series % was before today's game. I see 14.4% now.
AvatarJay Jaffe
6:44
indeed. spoke too soon
And the Braves strand Acuña again, so the Cardinals have a chance to preserve their season with a walkoff
Tony Wolfe
6:45
Justin Turner just homered to put LA up 1-0 in the first.
AvatarJay Jaffe
6:46
there are folks out there looking to find fault with every aspect of Acuña's running but the reality is that he has 4 hits today in 5 trips and has yet to score a run, in part because Freeman and Donaldson haven't done anything today
Ben Clemens
6:47
Guys, a moment please, dog related duties.
Tony Wolfe
6:49
Oh Paul what are you doing buddy
AvatarJay Jaffe
6:52
Cardinals have the winning run at 2B, after Edman singles, nearly gets doubled off on a DeJong fly to right, and then advances on a throwing error.
Matt Damon
6:55
And yet Acuña's running in this series is not faultless.
AvatarJay Jaffe
6:56
nobody here said it was faultless
Josh Herzenberg
6:56
Soto currently up in the far-less-dramatic Dodgers-Nats game at the moment. Like Ben, I'll keep everyone here in the loop on anything pertinent there until this Cards-Braves drama dies down
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