Jay Jaffe: Good afternoon, folks, and welcome to the first edition of my weekly chat since the end of the regular season! While the queue fills, I’ve got a bit of housekeeping….

Jay Jaffe: Here’s today’s dispatch, on the status of the universal DH and how a number of aging hitters are caught in limbo http://blogs.fangraphs.com/checking-in-on-the-status-of-the-universal-…

Jay Jaffe: Here’s yesterday’s piece on the Indians’ plans to trade Francisco Lindor and how they’re complicated by the presence of so many other alternatives on this year’s market and next http://blogs.fangraphs.com/francisco-lindor-and-the-crowd-of-available…

Jay Jaffe: And, since he’s giving his re-introductory press conference right now, here’s last Friday’s piece on the Red Sox’s rehiring of Alex Cora http://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-inevitable-return-of-alex-cora-to-bosto…

Jay Jaffe: OK. As we tell our 4-year-old daughter, the question store is open….

Marko from Tropoja: If you had to put money on it, please rank Bellinger, Buehler and Seager in terms of HOF likelihood.

Tony Wolfe: Get your snacks and drinks in order, everyone. We have our first elimination game of the 2020 World Series.

Lzfreak: I am simultaneously excited for this game and sad that it might be our last of the year

mort jelly: lets go

Kiermaier’s Piercing Green Eyes: Tuesdays are for the Chois. I hope.

Dodger Fan: Ohmygodohmygodohmgodohmygod

Guest: I am genuinely not ready for this

Dan Szymborski: Good evening!

DJ Kitty: Jeff Passan noted Game 4 was among wildest World Series games he’s covered–with a “no (effin’) way” finish–also singling out Game 6, 2011 and Game 7, 2016.

Last night’s game was the only 9 inning game in that short list… can we quantify whether that was indeed the craziest 9 inning WS game?

Dan Szymborski: I actually have something on this for the morning.

CJ: I’m already dreading this series for Kershaw and Dodgers. Instead of reversing the ‘narratives’, game 4 ended up enforcing all of them. Now they have to rely on Kershaw to be super human – again – to reverse the tide and pitch until his arm falls off.

Dan Szymborski: Every playoff series has an awkward narrative.

Dodger Fan: I have no memory of last night. Please, no one tell me what I missed.

Brendan Gawlowski: Hello everyone

Guest: Expectations for Urias tonight?  Is 5 innings too much to expect?

Brendan Gawlowski: To expect, yes.

Dodger Fan: It’s time for Dodger (and Ray) Baseball!

Brendan Gawlowski: Just killing time until the Wiz play tonight

Dodger Fan: Hi Brendan!

Tony Wolfe: Hi everybody, Jay and I are excited to spend Game 3 hanging out with you all. First pitch is in just a few minutes.

Jay Jaffe: Good evening and welcome to the chat! I’m popping in for a few minutes here but i’ll have to duck out soon t help put the kiddo to bed.

Fire Ken Tremendous: Looks like beating Charlie Morton might be the best shot at revenge against the 2017 Astros that the Dodgers will ever get

Miguel: If Tampa Bay kept a payroll similar to the Dodgers, do you think they would create a better  team than the Dodgers?

Jay Jaffe: It’s an odd coincidence that one of those Astros is again facing the Dodgers in the World Series. Morton was the guy who closed out Game 7 with four innings of one-run ball. He obviously wasn’t hitting but he’s said he was aware of the trash can banging

Jay Jaffe: https://www.mlb.com/news/charlie-morton-on-astros-sign-stealing

Ben Clemens: Hey everyone, it’s World Series time!

sadtrombone: baseball baseball baseball baseball baseball

Dodger Fan: Let’s do this!

Ben Clemens: Look uh… it’s the World Series. I would normally post in some lineups and such, but WORLD SERIES VERY EXCITING

Ben Clemens: The Rays are fun, the Dodgers are fun, this is going to be fun

Dodger Fan: Hi Ben!

Ariel Cohen: Hi everyone, welcome to the winner-take-all game of the 2020 NLCS! I’m Ariel Cohen – creator of the ATC Projections found right here on FanGraphs https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-2020-atc-projections/. You can also follow me on Twitter at @ATCNY.

Ariel Cohen: I’ll be chatting along with David Laurila and Eric Longenhagen.

Ariel Cohen: Braves Lineup
1. Ronald Acuna Jr. (R) RF
2. Freddie Freeman (L) 1B
3. Marcell Ozuna (R) DH
4. Travis d’Arnaud (R) C
5. Ozzie Albies (S) 2B
6. Dansby Swanson (R) SS
7. Austin Riley (R) 3B
8. Nick Markakis (L) LF
9. Cristian Pache (R) CF
Ian Anderson (R) P

Ariel Cohen: Dodgers Lineup
1. Mookie Betts (R) RF
2. Corey Seager (L) SS
3. Justin Turner (R) 3B
4. Max Muncy (L) 1B
5. Will Smith (R) C
6. Cody Bellinger (L) CF
7. AJ Pollock (R) LF
8. Joc Pederson (L) DH
9. Chris Taylor (R) 2B
Dustin May (R) P

Zon: Thanks for hosting this chat.

Ariel Cohen: Its Game 7! Excited to be here!