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Paul Swydan

8:35

Right, and now on paper we have the Giants and the Cubs as both 96-win teams.

I'm not overvaluing anybody. I just don't want Teheran.

guest

8:35

cueto quick pitching and toying with his windup vs trout is awesome!!!!

Paul Swydan

8:35

It didn't work, but it was cool.

Jeff Zimmerman

8:36

Clutch

Paul Swydan

8:36

Nice play from Rizzo.

A Tribe Called Kipnis

8:36

Worst All-Star? Rodney? Nunez?

Paul Swydan

8:36

Probably Nunez.

TengoPreguntas

8:37

perhaps then, we disagree, on a jugernaut. I think a 96 win team (cubs or giants) counts as one.

Paul Swydan

8:38

Last year's Cardinals won 100 games. Were they a juggernaut?

They only won 1 playoff game.

Jay Z

8:38

I don't know who they are but neither has a British accent so I don't care.

Paul Swydan

8:39

Tough times. Sorry bloke.

TengoPreguntas

8:39

They weren't projected to win 100, paul. They were lucky.

Paul Swydan

8:39

Oh I see. More qualifications.

8:40

What percentage of 95-win teams would you say earned it? I think most 95-win teams or better are inherently lucky.

TengoPreguntas

8:40

Are you going to go with final outcomes or projections?

Paul Swydan

8:40

Well, no one would call a projection lucky.

Jeff Zimmerman

8:41

Few projections will have a team at 95, if ever .... I have a data with some going back 10 years, let me check

Paul Swydan

8:42

And right now there are 3 teams currently projected to be at 95 or 96 wins at the end of the season. I wouldn't say there are 3 teams per season capable of being a juggernaut.

A juggernaut is "any large, overpowering, destructive force or object"

8:43

It's also that guy.

Pie

8:43

Juggernaut was a great X-man

Paul Swydan

8:43

Was he in X-Men? I only know him as a Spider-Man villain.

coppy

8:44

kluber's slider is filth

Paul Swydan

8:44

His fastball is pretty good too.

Jeff Zimmerman

8:44

Since it started tracking in 2007, Cairo has projected 6 teams with 95 or more wins, Yankees '07, '09, '10, Dodgers '15, Mets '08, Nats '15

TengoPreguntas

8:44

He's xavier's step bro

Paul Swydan

8:44

Ah. X-Men is a big blind spot for me. I just never liked them.

Cain Marko

8:44

Hey guys, what are you expecting out of the Marlins in the second half?

Jeff Zimmerman

8:45

A wild card run, but they end up falling short

Paul Swydan

8:45

If the NL wasn't so strong, I'd say they could sneak into the playoffs. If they make some moves, they could get past the Mets if those injuries are all longterm.

But I'm not holding my breath.

Jay Z

8:45

Joe Buck is a jugular knot

Paul Swydan

8:45

hahahhaa

coppy

8:46

luhnow seems content with letting bregman play minor league baseball...what do I need to add in with teheran for him?? freeman, albies, swanson, bregman sets up nicely around the infield....

Paul Swydan

8:46

Not sure. Luhnow made a couple of shortsighted trades at the deadline last year. Maybe he wants to do so again?

Vic Romano

8:46

Vinnie Jones as the Juggernaut might have been the worst thing in the 3rd XMen movie, a movie full of the worst things ever.

Paul Swydan

8:46

That bad, huh?

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