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AvatarJay Jaffe
1:50
LOL
rkdi21
1:50
did you see that graphic? kiriloff is 3rd guy to make debut in playoffs. mondesi was 2nd.  never heard of the first guy who ended up never playing in a regular season game..https://www.fangraphs.com/players/mark-kiger/4632/stats?position=1B
AvatarDan Szymborski
1:50
This is the first debut to start.
AvatarJay Jaffe
1:50
My heart aches when I see Mark Kiger's B-Ref page, knowing he didn't get to play in a regular season major league game
1:51
I saw somewhere that there are a small handful of guys on rosters who would be making their debuts
AvatarDan Szymborski
1:51
And the thing about Kiger is that he actually played well enough that he should've gotten at least an espresso shot in the majors.
1:52
A .264/.372/.374 minor leaguer who played every position but catcher and pitcher should get at least a handful of appearances.
Now, he probably would have probably hit like .210/.300/.300 in the majors, but lots and lots of worse role players got a lot more playing time.
AvatarJay Jaffe
1:53
it certainly didn't help that he was released by the A's a couple months after that postseason debut
Nick
1:53
Watching on a Canadian VPN, shoutouts to no political ads.
Ben
1:53
Chances that neutral-site WS becomes a permanent thing?
AvatarDan Szymborski
1:53
Fairly good. Not sure how I feel about it.
AvatarJay Jaffe
1:53
ugh plz no
Guest
1:54
Is there a schedule of which games have the statcast booth?
AvatarJay Jaffe
1:54
TJ177
1:54
Gotta be honest- I'm definitely against the expanded playoffs but on a day like today when we've got our first real fall-like weather outside and I'm already stuck working from home anyway ... it's really hitting the spot. It feels Octobery in a lower stakes pleasantish way. Way more than I would have thought.
AvatarDan Szymborski
1:54
Four games would have hit the spot too and they would've been spaced a bit better so you could watch most of 'em!
Guest
1:54
What could/should MLB do about the announcers in its marquee games, do you think? It's a fine line because we don't want MLB dictating journalistic coverage, but at the same time having Smoltz complain about today's game and A-rod compare every athletic player to a football player can't be good for the brand/game, right?
AvatarDan Szymborski
1:55
My hope is in the way cutting edge analysis 20 years ago is normal analysis today, cutting edge broadcasts like the statcast thing now will be the norm in 20 years.
Max
1:55
why did Kiger make the playoff roster? he didn't have a lot of steals. were people hurt?
AvatarJay Jaffe
1:56
Mark Ellis got hurt during the Division Series
broke a finger i think
AvatarDan Szymborski
1:56
I don't need to be a 70 year-old man listening to a 73-year-old A-Rod going on about how the robot umpires have larger strike zones when teams lead by a prime number.
JJ
1:57
A-Rod dropping "to me, the most important stat is RBIs, followed by runs" made every boomer's heart soar with joy
AvatarJay Jaffe
1:57
even-numbered leads, man
Guest
1:57
but MLB can't actually "do" anything about the broadcasts, can they? Could they / should they tell networks "hey we have to approve the announcing team for the world series"
AvatarDan Szymborski
1:57
I don't think MLB particularly cares unless it impacts $.
Nick
1:57
A-Rod should do a Mr. 3000 comeback to get 700 home runs. Would get him out of the booth, at least.
Tony Wolfe
1:57
Or Jeter could stop being a coward and make him GM of the marlins
AvatarJay Jaffe
1:57
and push his HOF eligibility back a few years
JJ
1:58
Holy cow Devin Williams is out for the Brewers WC round
Tony Wolfe
1:58
oh no!
AvatarDan Szymborski
1:59
oh oh
Better go update the projections now that the Brewers pen gets a demerit
AvatarJay Jaffe
1:59
whoa
2:00
ugh, that sucks. Only saw bits and pieces of his work this year
Guest
2:00
Speaking of debuts, who are your picks for ROY?
AvatarJay Jaffe
2:01
I'd have gone with Kyle Lewis and Jake Cronenworth if I had a ballot (David Laurila does)
given Luis Robert's late-season fade, I think there's a reasonable chance that both will win
Tony Wolfe
2:02
Lewis and Gonsolin, probably
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