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Paul Swydan

10:36

What is tonight's best 7 pm ET game?

ATL (Dickey) vs. WAS (Ross) (4% | 5 votes)

COL (Chatwood) vs. PIT (Cole) (4% | 5 votes)

TB (Faria) vs. TOR (Estrada) (5.6% | 7 votes)

ARI (Greinke) vs. DET (Farmer) (8.1% | 10 votes)

CHC (Lester) vs. NYM (Wheeler) (12.1% | 15 votes)

LAD (Kershaw) vs. CLE (Bauer) (62.1% | 77 votes)

OAK (Cotton) vs. MIA (Urena) (1.6% | 2 votes)

PHI (Lively) vs. BOS (Price) (2.4% | 3 votes)

Total Votes: 124

10:38

What is tonight's best 8 pm ET or later game?

BAL (Asher) vs. CHW (Holland) (0.9% | 1 vote)

SEA (Bergman) vs. MIN (Gibson) (3.4% | 4 votes)

TEX (Martinez) vs. HOU (Peacock) (31% | 36 votes)

MIL (Mystery SP) vs. STL (Gonzales) (20.7% | 24 votes)

NYY (Sabathia) vs. LAA (Ramirez) (32.8% | 38 votes)

CIN (Feldman) vs. SD (Richard) (0.9% | 1 vote)

KC (Vargas) vs. SF (Blach) (10.3% | 12 votes)

Total Votes: 116

9:02

Hi everybody!

Jeff Zimmerman

9:02

hey

ChiSox

9:02

Astros have quite the prospect bounty. Do they need to get anything at the trade deadline?

Jeff Zimmerman

9:03

Probably at least one more starting pitcher

Paul Swydan

9:04

They probably don't NEED anything, but one more SP, a better option / another good option at 1B/LF would be beneficial.

ChiSox

9:04

Top 3 draft winners/losers?

Paul Swydan

9:05

Sorry friend, I paid zero attention past the top 4 picks, and I really only have a good knowledge base on Greene.

Eric and Chris (and others) have more draft info than you could possibly want, I would point your compass toward them.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:06

No idea here. Probably whoever got the earliest picks.

ChiSox

9:06

Is Kahnle more valuable than Robertson?

Paul Swydan

9:07

I would say that on track record, no, but if teams are ready to buy this year's version as the real Kahnle, then yes. He's been pretty amazing this season.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:07

Possibly but before spending too much on him, teams will like to see him throw this way for another year.

Paul

9:07

Sano ROS (OBP)? Top 20, 50, or 100? Same with Lamb. Thanks!

Paul Swydan

9:07

Somewhere between 20 and 50. Can we say 30? Lamb is further back, but probably top 100.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:09

Using his ROS projection, he would be around #75. Sounds right for someone with a 36% K%

Crazy Aunt Marie

9:09

So...that Aaron Judge kid is pretty good. Over/under 50 home runs?

Jeff Zimmerman

9:09

Under

Paul Swydan

9:09

I'll take the under. On the depth charts, we have him at 43, and I think him beating that by 8 is probably a stretch.

Moltar

9:10

At the start of June I was thinking "way to go Moltar, your team has dodged the injury bullet so far. Other than Freeman, no big pieces have gone down." Welp, now I've lost Freeman's replacement in Chris Davis, Segura, Keuchel, McCullers, and now Fulmer is having his start pushed back and Conforto hasn't suited up all week. I have juuuust enough flexibility to slide Desmond in to 1B, but now my whole bench is injured players. With only 3 DL slots, what's the best way to manage your lineup?

Paul Swydan

9:11

First, feel fortunate you have the extra DL slot. Most leagues only have 2. Second, I think the way you probably do it is to keep the pitchers on your bench and find DL replacements for the hitter. More rate stats for pitchers than hitters.

Also, you should probably stop talking to yourself. :-)

Jeff Zimmerman

9:12

I was looking up Chris Davis. Crap, I lost another player in my Tout Wars team.

Paul Swydan

9:12

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El Chupacabra

9:12

Amed Rosario and Ian Happ for Clint Frazier and Anderson Espinoza in an 8 team dynasty. Who wins?

Paul Swydan

9:13

I think the Rosario/Happ side wins. Espinoza hasn't even thrown a pitch yet this season.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:13

Take the two hitters

Andrea's Fault

9:13

Want to shake up my 12 team, points so everything counts, can freeze 7 each year forever league. Considering trading my Miggy and Arrieta for his Conforto and deGrom. Am I crazy?

Paul Swydan

9:14

I don't think you're crazy no, but I'd try to get back a pitcher that's not on the Mets. Too much crazy in Metstown these days.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:14

No .... but I think you could get more than Conforto for Miggy.

Jake

9:15

Should I expect Miguel Cabrera to break out pretty soon? It doesn't so much look like he's getting much worse rather than getting some bad luck. Seems ridiculous for someone with a 46% hard hit rate and no pop ups to have only a 110 wRC+

Paul Swydan

9:16

Well, his average exit velocity is declining. So that's an issue. But I do have a hard time believing that it all falls apart this season.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:17

I think he's fine but he seems to be aging and isn't getting any doubles because of his legs.

CamdenWarehouse

9:17

Do you do anything with the best matchup results at the end of the season or are they just for fun each chat?

Paul Swydan

9:17

Just for fun!

Jeff Zimmerman

9:18

Their fun?

Paul Swydan

9:18

I probably could do *something* with them, but I doubt it would be all that instructive.

Quiet Jeff.

Aaron

9:18

Any chance the Angels ever win a championship around Trout? What's the lead domino that must fall before that really gains momentum and they put together a real team (and farm system)?

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