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Mike

9:19

Who starts at 1b 3b and DH for the Yankees in the playoffs?

Paul Swydan

9:19

Based on the last week or so, it looks like Headley will be the odd man out. Bird at 1B, Frazier at 3B, Holliday at DH, and Headley filling in all around.

terry from Cincy

9:20

no question...just wanted to say I stayed 18 innings at what began as a Bret Saberhagen-Nolan Ryan duel in the early 90's....it was glorious...Carmelo Martinez dingers off a rusty Jeff Russell in bottom of the 9th and the fun began! Think Brett had 5 hits...Kevin Reimer 5 hits and Hal McRae first ever ejection...Royals win bottom of 18th on a wild throw by Kenny Rogers!! Also, was in upper deck and never moved, despite it being about a 6 hour game (if memory serves)...fun times!

Jeff Zimmerman

9:20

Doesn't really matter or make much of a difference. Each player is OK

Paul Swydan

9:20

I put that question in because I stayed for all 19 innings of Blue Jays-Red Sox last night, and it was glorious in its ignominy.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:21

Congrats and at least back then you could keep buying beer

Paul Swydan

9:21

Yeah it was brutal last night. We sat through a whole game basically of no concessions. We went to 7-11 right after.

Wily Mo's ghost

9:21

Looked up Todd Walker, who is a fill-in for the Remy Memorial Chair at NESN tonight. Surprised to see he was only a career 10 win player--I thought of him as pretty decent (but B-R and Fangraphs see him similarly). Was he really that bad defensively?

Paul Swydan

9:21

YUP!

Jeff Zimmerman

9:22

Brutal

Wily Mo's ghost

9:22

Is Fister one of the RS's four best starters?

Paul Swydan

9:22

No. Not unless you're REALLY down on Porcello, and as bad as Porcello has been, he's still not walking guys. It's a lot of HR and BABIP, and in a one-game sample, he might be fine.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:23

Might be right now

Robert

9:23

Who starts Game 1 of the ALDS -- Keuchel or Verlander?

Paul Swydan

9:23

Verlander

Jeff Zimmerman

9:24

I think so, either will be fine

BoJack Horseman

9:24

No one should watch any baseball this Friday! Instead, they should watch me, BoJack Horseman (THE MOVIE STAR) in season 4 of BoJack Horseman.

Paul Swydan

9:24

Important PSA from Bojack. Thanks Bojack!

Jeff Zimmerman

9:24

Congrats on season 4

Billy Beane

9:25

MLB isolated slugging (min 100 PAs):
1. Rhys Hoskins (.440)
2. Giancarlo Stanton (.368)
3. J.D. Martinez (.367)
4. Joey Gallo (.354)
5. Matt Olson (.351)

Homers through 141 PAs:
Matt Olson, 14
Aaron Judge, 14
Rhys Hoskins, 12 (111 PAs)
Cody Bellinger, 11

I feel like if Matt Olson were on a team that wasn’t the A’s he’d get a lot more attention. Dude is a monster.

Paul Swydan

9:25

I feel like we've written about him a couple of times, but you may have a point.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:26

Probably

Michael

9:26

What were your first baseball related jobs?

Jeff Zimmerman

9:26

Doing back end work for FG collecting data

Paul Swydan

9:27

Does being a farm league umpire as a teenager count? If not, then as a ticket taker/usher for the Red Sox.

Rick Hahn

9:27

Indians going to WS again this year? Look great even with Kipnis and Brantley on the shelf.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:28

I think it is them or the Astros

Paul Swydan

9:28

I think I'm sticking with the Astros as my pick, but I feel like only Houston, Cleveland and NY have a shot at the WS in the AL.

Michael Brand

9:30

Do the Angels have any chance of winning a playoff series with that "rotation" since they good back end bullpen pitching and middle of the lineup?

Paul Swydan

9:30

I wouldn't think so, no.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:30

Not a series. Anyone could luck out and win the WC game

Compton

9:31

Any way to view the past week of Nicasio as anything other than the Pirates messing up?

Jeff Zimmerman

9:32

I feel we aren't hearing the full story.

Paul Swydan

9:32

Not really, no. To quote J.K. Simmons in "Thank You For Smoking," I just can't imagine a way in which they could have screwed up worse.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:32

Also, it's Nicasio who's on his 103rd team

9:32

Marcell Ozuna is having a breakout year, is this his peak? Is it sustainable? On a related note, I should feel good for him but instead it just makes me sad that the Marlins have 3 amazing outfielders and an AAA team around them

Jeff Zimmerman

9:34

Might be his peak. I don't buy the .351 BABIP

Paul Swydan

9:34

I think it is his peak, yes. And a pretty good peak it is. I think he could maintain it for a couple of seasons.

Compton

9:34

How did Rich Hill become elite and why don't pitchers just do that?

Paul Swydan

9:34

Because most pitchers need to fail repeatedly before they latch onto an unconventional idea like "only throw breaking balls."

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