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: Hey everyone, welcome to our chat for ALDS Game 1.
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| 4:01 |
: Today it will be Dan and I manning the chat stations (definitely just our computers).
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| 4:01 |
: If you’d like a preview of the series, conveniently enough, Dan wrote it:
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| 4:01 |
 Dan Szymborski: And I am here!
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| 4:01 |
: Er, he’s previewing the later ALDS game
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| 1:00 |
 Jay Jaffe: Good afternoon, folks! Welcome to today’s Wild Card Series Day 2 chat. I’ll be joined here by Dan Szymborski, Tony Wolfe and maybe Meg Rowley in due course
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| 1:01 |
Jay Jaffe: we’re all going to have baseball coming out of our ears by the time today is over
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| 1:02 |
Jay Jaffe: Reds-Braves is already going, Astros-Twins about to start, Marlins Cubs at 2 pm ET, White Sox-A’s at 3, Blue Jays-Rays at 4, C, Cardinals-Padres at 5
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| 1:02 |
Jay Jaffe: (pauses to catch breath)
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| 1:02 |
Jay Jaffe: Yankees-Indians at 7 ET, and finally Dodgers-Brewers at 10
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| 1:02 |
: I’ve been a Padre fan for the past 12 years and this is the first time I’ve seen my team in the playoffs. So, I cannot understate how sad I am that both Clevenger and Lamet will not be pitching in this series.
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| 7:00 |
Dan Szymborski: And welcome to the FanGraphs live chat for Yankees vs. Indians!
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| 7:00 |
Dan Szymborski: I am your currently unsupervised host, Dan Szymborski, also of same site.
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| 7:01 |
Dan Szymborski: And there is baseball afoot.
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| 7:01 |
: if you averaged tim lincecum and Alejandro kirk’s build would you just end up with a normal human?
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| 7:01 |
Dan Szymborski: Seems reasonable.
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| 7:02 |
: Why does the nerdcast version have to be on ESPN+, can’t it just be on ESPN2?
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| 12:04 |
Dan Szymborski: And we are LIVEISH
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| 12:04 |
: Dan Rather on Twitter: “I have heard others see the world differently, but here are two things you will not find on a Rather dinner table: beans in the chili or garlic in the guacamole.”
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| 12:05 |
Dan Szymborski:
I have heard others see the world differently, but here are two things you will not find on a Rather dinner table: beans in the chili or garlic in the guacamole.
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| 12:05 |
: Over or under 60% chance that Steve Cohen is approved by mlb owners?
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| 12:05 |
Dan Szymborski: Over
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| 12:05 |
: Marlins are ice cold. Why are their odds of making the playoff so high?
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| 2:01 |
Jay Jaffe: Good afternoon, folks, and welcome to the final week of the 2020 regular season. In connection with that, I have the latest installment of my Team Entropy series here: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/team-entropy-2020-still-on-the-tables/
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| 2:02 |
Jay Jaffe: Yesterday I looked at Justin Verlander’s Tommy John surgery and its impact on the Astros’ postseason rotation as well as his pursuit of some big milestones https://blogs.fangraphs.com/justin-verlanders-tommy-john-surgery-throw…
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| 2:04 |
Jay Jaffe: Meanwhile, not mine but i just finished reading a piece from The Athletic about the mid-’80s White Sox as early pioneers in biomechanics, complete with video of Tom Seaver’s drop-and-drive delivery https://theathletic.com/2079123/2020/09/22/with-tom-seaver-as-a-model-…
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| 2:04 |
Jay Jaffe: OK, on with the show
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| 2:04 |
: If both #8 seeds were to upset the #1 seeds in the 3-game Wild Card series, would that give MLB pause to making the expanded postseason format permanent? A little chaos is good IMO. But too much, and the issue of fairness comes into question.
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Jay Jaffe: First, I think it’s important to remember through all of this that the players have a say in any new postseason format. I suspect that they will have it drilled into them that expanded playoffs increasingly reward mediocrity and could hit them in their wallets. Any expansion beyond the pre-2020 format needs to incentivize teams to win their divisions
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| 12:01 |
: Good morning, chat. hope everyone’s well, let’s talk some ball
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| 12:02 |
: Will Ryan Pepiot rise in the prospect rankings for the Dodgers? Reports are of an extremely successful summer camp.
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| 12:04 |
: Hmm, I’ve already got him stuffed pretty good. He’ll be reconsidered like everyone else during the offseason, but I already considered him a highly-ranked prospect entering the season. https://www.fangraphs.com/prospects/the-board/2020-in-season-prospect-…
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| 12:04 |
: Do you think Stiever is more likely to hang on as a starter beyond this season or is his stuff better suited as a reliever?
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| 12:05 |
: Still probably a starter long term. Tough to see him enjoying enough of a velo bump out of the bullpen to be a late-inning weapon, and unless he’s a late-inning weapon he’d be more valuable as a 4/5th starter than any other kind of reliever
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| 12:05 |
: What’s your opinion on Padres number 8 prospect Yeison Santana? Do you believe his bat will be able to play at the major league level?
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| 12:05 |
Dan Szymborski: Happy playoff expansion day!
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| 12:06 |
Dan Szymborski: Hmm, happy wasn’t the right word choice
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| 12:06 |
: Ok I get that luis Robert is phenomenal. And his defense is great. And his team is fun. But why is he the favorite for the rookie of the year over Kyle Lewis? Lewis leads him in the majority of hitting stats and has the same war because of defense. This would be the first time a hitter wins a major award because of their defense right, when did voters start caring about that stuff?
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| 12:07 |
Dan Szymborski: Well, if two players are playing similarly — and they are — I’m going to choose the player whose success looks more real.
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| 12:08 |
: With Tatis slumping, has Freeman overtaken him as the NLMVP favorite?
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| 12:08 |
: Now that Tatis is slumping a bit, everyone’s calling Betts the MVP favorite. Will Freeman ever get the nationwide respect he deserves?
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