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Kevinthecomic
8:58
That Judge leap due to neutral unfamiliar park...
Brendan Gawlowski
8:58
Good call
Quarantino Martinez
8:58
If it's yanks/stros, does that vindicate or invalidate the expanded postseason? 2 teams that wouldn't have qualified advancing feels undeserved, but maybe they are the better teams?
AvatarDan Szymborski
8:58
Yeah, DeJong probably moves there for a year
and Wong's a free agent after 2021
8:59
so if teh Cards theoretically signed Lindor after a trade, they could have a Lindejong middle infield.
5 Run Homer
8:59
Ouchie
Brendan Gawlowski
8:59
I don't think it vindicates anything really
5 Run Homer
8:59
Brendan Gawlowski
8:59
The playoffs are all entertainment, without really proving much
AvatarDan Szymborski
8:59
I think 16 teams sucks in a normal year no matter who wins
Brendan Gawlowski
9:00
I think I'd be okay with any setup if we gave more acknowledgement to the regular season winners
Kind of like in soccer, where you have the Champions League and the domestic cups... But also, winning the league is an accomplishment on par with that
Bds
9:00
Except wong will be gone after this year as cards won't pick up option
AvatarDan Szymborski
9:00
You don't think?
Brendan Gawlowski
9:01
I think they do?
AvatarDan Szymborski
9:01
1/12.5 strikes me as a no brainer
Brendan Gawlowski
9:01
He's become a big part of their success
Jeremy Tice
9:01
is that overhang thing... common...?
AvatarDan Szymborski
9:01
I mean, he wasn't amazing by any means in 2020
Brendan Gawlowski
9:01
No it's weird
AvatarDan Szymborski
9:02
Austin Meadows sounds like a Texas minimansion gated community
Brendan Gawlowski
9:02
As for Wong.. Four-win pace this year, four-win player the year before... 92 wRC+ was actually good in that lineup... They need him.
Lzfreak
9:02
Obviously saves aren't a particularly useful stat but 13 different guys on one team getting one is pretty crazy this year
Brendan Gawlowski
9:03
Couldn't imagine it ten years ago
AvatarDan Szymborski
9:03
I wonder what the most different guys on a team getting one is
Hold on, that I can check without leaving for an hour
Kiermaier's Piercing Green Eyes
9:03
I feel like NY HOU makes the league happy but Fangraphs unhappy. Yankees did not choose to get better at the deadline because of the expanded playoffs, and that is bad for the game. Meanwhile the Astros got in with a losing record, which is a message unto itself.
Brendan Gawlowski
9:03
Makes everyone outside of Houston and New York unhappy more like
Kwah
9:04
"Austin Meadows" : A neighborhood where it's safe to park your Whitey Fords and raise your Gerrit Coles.
GraphFans
9:04
Do saves still matter for relief pitchers going through arbitration?
AvatarDan Szymborski
9:04
Yes
9:05
Teams are going to argue it even if their analytics people know they sucks
and if it advantages the player, the agent will argue it
Steve O
9:05
honestly don't even think the yankees make a trade at the deadline even if there were only 5 playoff teams. unless you count going the extra mile for Taijuan Walker?
Brendan Gawlowski
9:06
I'm a little surprised they didn't get another reliever.
bosoxforlife
9:07
Fairbanks for Solak, another Rays steal?
Brendan Gawlowski
9:07
I want to give Solak the same mulligan we're giving everyone else for 2016, but that was a pretty lousy 50 games for him.
GraphFans
9:07
If they knew there wouldn't be any travel days, they might have gone after Archie Bradley or Robbie Ray.
Steve O
9:07
Yeah, me too. But Clevinger/Lynn wasn't happening with the asking price being two of Schmidt, Deivi, and Frazier
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