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Josh Herzenberg
9:11
Or just, ya know, one pitch...
Sugardragon
9:11
How bad would the Yankees have to loose for Aaron Boone to lose his job
Josh Herzenberg
9:12
Ottavino is from Brooklyn (as is Betances) and Kahnle is from the Albany, NY area. NYY hasn't had to stray too far from home for this bullpen!
AvatarJay Jaffe
9:12
if they were eliminated in two games, he might be fired. Other than that, he's staying.
9:14
the job that Boone did this year, amid all of the injuries, keeping this team in the hunt for the best record, has bought him a fair bit of leeway
9:15
Judge almost sentenced that ball to die. Nearly hit the LF pole
Raysallday
9:16
Boone manager of the year?
AvatarJay Jaffe
9:16
I'd say it's either Boone or Baldelli
Boomstick
9:18
Nelson Cruz’s contract option is any easy pickup for next year, right? Even with some decline he’s still crushing
Josh Herzenberg
9:18
Yes
AvatarJay Jaffe
9:18
It's very tough to get the "exceeds expectations" credit needed for MoY when you've got a $200M payroll but given the injuries, this is a case where it'd be merited. Then again, the Twins not just winning but running away with the AL Central as a powerhouse was well beyond expectations
9:19
oh, heavens yes on Cruz. $12 million option? No-brainer
Amoanipupas
9:19
Isn't Tauchman able to play CF?
AvatarJay Jaffe
9:21
He had positive metrics... in 99 innings. I don't know that he's gonna be able to pull that off full-time, though Statcast does like him in terms of jumps, sprint speed, and outs above average
*I* certainly didn't see enough of him out there, but like i said, it was only 99 innings
Josh Herzenberg
9:21
Duffey's xwOBA-against is in the 94th percentile and his slider has 33% above average sink
Don
9:21
Kevin Cash a strong candidate too
AvatarJay Jaffe
9:22
yes indeed.
Dystopian Future
9:22
A little fun fact, Tyler Duffey went 26 appearances without giving up a run the end of July to the end of September, that's the longest in the bigs in this season (Pressly's was over two seasons). And the peripherals back it up too, he's doubled his strikeout rate. Him and Taylor Rogers can match up with anyone in baseball.
AvatarJay Jaffe
9:23
As I said in my preview, the numbers on these two teams' top five relievers are very, very close. Anybody sleeping on this Twins bullpen does so at their peril. Not the hardest-throwing bunch but no slouches
Josh Herzenberg
9:23
Wes Johnson magic!
Zack
9:23
Tauchman is out w/injury, no?
AvatarJay Jaffe
9:23
yes, this concerns the Gardner return question.
J
9:24
Jay can u answer fantasy questions by chance haha
AvatarJay Jaffe
9:25
chance is the only way I'm going to get one right. I haven't played fantasy in 9 years, haven't written for a fantasy pub in 6-7.
Geoff Williams
9:25
I started cooking burritos at the beginning of the fifth innings. They are cooked, eaten and the innings isn't remotely over yet
Josh Herzenberg
9:25
how were they?
Jacob
9:26
I would like Stanton to invent a new thing to do with the bat after each walk. Slam, flip, toss, shoot out of t shirt cannon. Anything to keep it interesting.
Josh Herzenberg
9:26
I support all of this
Belli Flop
9:27
Will we be doing a Nats-Dodgers chat?
Josh Herzenberg
9:28
I don't believe so officially but I'm willing to stick around if you guys want to, for at least a little while. At this rate, the games might end at the same time, too
Fangraph's Lurker
9:28
I want to know about Geoff's burritos
Geoff Williams
9:28
The burritos were as good as Stanton's night
kevinthecomic
9:29
bases loaded, full count, here we go
AvatarJay Jaffe
9:29
Man, if you can't make a competent burrito, that's on you
Zack
9:30
Giancarlo's last 2 ABs have been good, but he's been bad in the field, so the burritos were...ok?
Geoff Williams
9:30
Exactly
AvatarJay Jaffe
9:31
Torres with the scorcher off Sano's glove, 2-run double, and the Yankees have their biggest lead.
9:36
First pitch coming in LA soon and we're STILL only in the 5th inning in New York. We have Too Much Baseball Going On, and I'm going to have to move off the couch and to my office to get two screens going.
Jacob
9:36
Is it safe to say the Braves Shane Greene trade was a fail?
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