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Paul Swydan

10:20

What is tonight's best matchup?

MIN (Colon) vs. CLE (Tomlin) (3.9% | 4 votes)

CHC (Arrieta) vs. STL (Martinez) (66% | 68 votes)

MIA (Urena) vs. COL (Anderson) (6.8% | 7 votes)

TOR (Happ) vs. BOS (Sale) (16.5% | 17 votes)

TB (Snell) vs. NYY (Montgomery) (4.9% | 5 votes)

Other (1.9% | 2 votes)

Total Votes: 103

10:24

Who do you think wins the World Series?

Boston Red Sox (4.5% | 6 votes)

Chicago Cubs (11.2% | 15 votes)

Cleveland Indians (31.3% | 42 votes)

Houston Astros (9.7% | 13 votes)

Los Angeles Dodgers (12.7% | 17 votes)

Washington Nationals (9.7% | 13 votes)

Arizona Diamondbacks (6% | 8 votes)

New York Yankees (12.7% | 17 votes)

Minnesota Twins / AL WC 2 (0.7% | 1 vote)

Colorado Rockies / NL WC 2 (1.5% | 2 votes)

Total Votes: 134

9:00

Hi everybody!

Jeff Zimmerman

9:00

Justin Verlander

9:00

How are my Hall chances looking these days?

Jeff Zimmerman

9:01

I think you are in. I'll be able to vote for you. I just hope the standards for pitchers starts dropping

Paul Swydan

9:01

Right now, you're still 12 WAR shy of Andy Pettitte, and I never thought Pettitte was a Hall of Famer, so I'd say there's some work to do.

But you're on track.

Young Oakland

9:01

In OBP leagues, is it realistic for Olson and Chapman to be top 15 in respective positions for 2018 fantasy?

Paul Swydan

9:03

A .306 OBP is pretty terrible, so if Chapman is top 15, he's 14th or 15th. Olson suffers from the depth currently at 1B. I'll say no to both.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:03

Yea, it may be hard for Olson at 1B. Here are four early mocks to get an idea:

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PitchClocksPlease

9:03

It is depressing that it's the last After Dark Chat of the season.

My Tuesday routine now has to change. It has been...vote on poll questions, go to gym, return home, see how everyone ended up voting, follow chat in real time. (Sad Emoji)

Paul Swydan

9:04

Your Tuesday routine needn't change at all - we chat throughout October and the offseason too!

Jeff Zimmerman

9:04

The only change maybe if/when games are going on.

Paul Swydan

9:04

Though during actual playoff games there might be live blogs that are run by other staff members.

PTBNL

9:05

Aaron Judge is having the least clutch season of all time.
http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y&...

Paul Swydan

9:05

Kris Bryant is having a pretty unclutch season as well. Interesting.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:05

And Bryant is at #11

Paul Swydan

9:05

Haha Jeff

Murdoc

9:06

Wilin Rosario leads the KBO in home runs. Will he get another shot at MLB?

Jeff Zimmerman

9:06

I'm too slow

No, unless he can now catch

Paul Swydan

9:06

I never thought Rosario needed to go to the KBO in the first place, but people were so down on his defense. I hope he gets another shot.

Big Joey

9:06

Would you be shocked to see Conforto have a great season next year?

Paul Swydan

9:06

I'm always shocked when a Mets player does well.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:07

I think it might be good, but he won't be in the MVP discussion

Paul Swydan

9:07

The injury is just a huge unknown. If he's healthy, I would expect him to play well, but I can't say with any certainty that he will be healthy.

PleaseNoTomlin

9:07

How much are the Yankees looking forward to teeing off of Josh Tomlin at Yankee Stadium in ALDS Game 4? How stupid are the Indians to neutralize the advantage of their historically good pitching staff by making Tomlin a playoff starter?

Paul Swydan

9:08

I'm sure Tomlin will be on a short leash. Francona had no problem pulling his SPs early last year, and with Clevinger moving to the 'pen, they can basically take a tandem starter approach with Tomlin.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:08

I see it as a bullpen game. They have the arms to quickly replace him

Schilling and Pence

9:09

Machado...will end up with "ok" fantasy numbers, but certainly not what his owners (including me) drafted for, and he's been incredibly inconsistent day to day--lots of empty 1/4s with a few 5/5 multi HR games here and there. Should we believe the EV stats and assume this will all even out, or is he just not going to reach the ceiling some would have predicted (in part because he's been overswinging all year).

Jeff Zimmerman

9:09

And Salazar

Paul Swydan

9:09

Yeah and Salazar.

I think Machado will be fine, but if you're wary, try and kick the tires on trading him this offseason.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:11

I'd believe some of the EV stats. Also, owners need to expect +/- $10 in value from any player. And the top guys have more downside since few can go much higher.

Big Joey

9:12

Fantasy Question: How do you feel about keeping 2 players that play the same position, meaning one has to be a UTIL hitter? For instance, if you had Correa and Lindor. Are you pumped two have two young premium studs or are you trying to move one just for the sake of not clogging up your UTIL spot?

Paul Swydan

9:13

I go back and forth. I'm usually not pumped about it, but I'll consider it. I'm considering it right now in a keeper league, where I have Arenado and Devers. Obviously I have to keep Arenado, but do I want to keep Devers too? I think I do, but I'm not 100% sure yet.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:13

I'd move one without there being an MI spot. Util needs to be saved for a DH, OF, or 1B

Paul Swydan

9:13

There's nothing wrong in theory with clogging your UTIL spot if you go in with a clear strategy. You just have to commit to a different strategy is all.

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