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Greg
7:15
One would think the Nats could at least draft/develop 1 or 2 RPs in the last several years ...
Ben Clemens
7:15
Well, they're busy trading them all for bad middle-aged middle relievers!
Tony Wolfe
7:16
That'll do it for me too, folks. I'm off to recap the Dodgers and Nationals.
AvatarJay Jaffe
7:16
Well, the Braves had their chances, but missed too many opportunities. 0-for-9 with RISP. Hitters 3-7 were 1-for-20.
7:17
and the Cardinals still have some Devil Magic left in the tube.
Game 5 on Wednesday in Atlanta, 5 PM if there's also a Dodgers-Nats Game 5
Dystopian Future
7:17
Yadi has been a Cardinals playoff hero for what, fourteen years now? And the hits just keep on coming.
Ben Clemens
7:18
It's truly amazing how he keeps coming up in big spots despite middling playoff numbers overall.
He's not David Freese where he just hits .800/.800/2.000 so he has to succeed.
AvatarJay Jaffe
7:18
And that's it for me here. Thanks for stopping by, and enjoy the rest of the chat with Ben and Josh!
Josh Herzenberg
7:18
Thanks, Tony and Jay!
Ben Clemens
7:18
I had been only half-watching the Dodgers game but the stats look brutal for Scherzer.
7:19
Striking guys out is good in baseball these days.
Wire Fan
7:19
There was a chance for all 4 series to end today.   Good to see some extra baseball in the LDS's so far.
Ben Clemens
7:19
Yeah. I'm biased as a creator of baseblal content but I have loved these series.
Lots of interesting decisions and games.
Greg
7:19
I was going to mention that ... win now mode sometimes makes some teams very loose with the minors talent.  I'm looking at you previous owners/GMs of the Dodgers
Ben Clemens
7:20
This so much. I don't think it's right to only stockpile but managing that balance is what separates great executives from average ones.
Twins
7:20
I am afraid we might be the one team not to make it interesting. I mean, we could, but we also might really not.
Ben Clemens
7:22
I'm really rooting for the Twins to make this a series. So tired of the Yankees/Twins narrative.
Nothing against the Yankees, just that story is sooooo tired.
Josh Herzenberg
7:23
How many people currently on/working for the Twins were involved with the club back in those days?
Ben Clemens
7:23
Exactly
Hey Josh I had to go on an emergency dog walk earlier so I missed it if you answered it, but what percent of baseball players do you think can dunk?
Yankees
7:24
Back in the days of.... 2017?
Ben Clemens
7:24
Well, that's not hte narrative, right? "One wild card game" is a lot different from  4 NLDS's and a wild card game.
Josh Herzenberg
7:24
I did not answer it haha. Maybe two thirds? Three quarters? Lots of pitchers are pretty tall
Ben Clemens
7:24
I said easy over 50% and Tony said 10%
So we were pretty far apart
Josh Herzenberg
7:24
Oh its definitely more than 10% haha, sorry Tony
7:25
I mean, if you're 6'6" and you're a major leaguer, it would infer you're a decent athlete
That combination lends to at least an average vertical leap, I would think
Ben Clemens
7:25
That was kind of my view. But then I just don't know how good I am at estimating what percentage of baseball players are Ji-Man Choi.
Aaron Boone
7:25
Thinking I could dunk is how A-Rod  happened
Josh Herzenberg
7:26
We should pull Meg in to get her thoughts on Vogelbach
Wire Fan
7:26
Are managers underestimating the impact of using starters out of the pen on their "throw days"?  Aren't those often less than 100% effort and much fewer pitches when you account for warm-ups in the pen and on the mound?
Josh Herzenberg
7:26
Does this happen often in the regular season?
Ben Clemens
7:26
Basically never except extreme extra innings games right?
Fangraph's Lurker
7:27
at this point, I wouldn't be surprised if altuve could dunk. Learned to never underestimate him
Josh Herzenberg
7:27
These guys are all pretty good athletes...
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