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David Brooks
1:02
Over/Under the 10.4% chance given for the Yankees to take the division?
Travis Sawchik
1:02
Over
Kyle
1:03
Hey Travis! I'm a big fan. I was wondering you is your surprise team that will maybe slip into the playoffs?
Travis Sawchik
1:04
Thanks for reading!
1:05
It looks like most of the races are pretty well set ... of the teams not in playoff position it looks like Angels have best shot
Big Joe Mufferaw
1:05
Kluber has a 0.85 Whip, that's absurd
Travis Sawchik
1:05
Kluber's second half has just been insane
Turkle
1:05
I grew up in Bay Village!  Huntington Beach is a treasure.  Go Indians!  That's all.  Cheers
Travis Sawchik
1:05
I walked over there this morning. It really is lovely. Thanks for the note!
Nelson
1:05
Kenny Lofton was traded for David Justice, who was traded for Jake Westbrook, who was traded for ... Cory Kluber. Amazing
Travis Sawchik
1:06
Six degrees of Kenny Lofton
I wonder what the longest successful chain of trades is for a team? Someone get on that!
AJ Hinch
1:07
Who do I throw in game 1? Verlander or Keuchel?
Travis Sawchik
1:07
Looks like good Verlander is back
Matt
1:08
Yanks have MIN, TOR, KC/TB, TOR left, and Sox have BAL, TOR, CIN, HOU. Assuming we knock out a common TOR series (under the assumption they result similarly), i'ts certainly reasonable to think that the Yanks can make up at least 1 or 2 of the 3 they're back, right? Obviously, not the most likely scenario, but this leaves the door open for baseball randomness to take over, no?
Travis Sawchik
1:08
Guess who holds the No. 2 run differential mark in MLB? Hint: it's not the Dodgers
1:09
Yankees at +174
I think the Yankees can get there
Unlikely, perhaps, but plausible. Better than there 10.4 percent odds suggest
Corey
1:09
Do you still believe Bird can fly?
Travis Sawchik
1:10
Showed some signs of life this last week ...
I am a fan
Nelson
1:10
There was a FG article a few years back about the longest running trades, seom going back 50 years, but I cant find it anymore
Travis Sawchik
1:10
Anyone?
Tom
1:10
I've seen a few FG writers says they prefer the Yankees to the Red Sox as post-season contenders.  Where do you stand?  And if you agree, is the Red Sox pitching or offense that is more concerning?
Travis Sawchik
1:11
I think the Yankees are the better club and better built for postseason ... but both are very good
Britt
1:11
Better matchup for the Tribe in ALDS Red Sox or Yankees? Both teams give them fits IMO.
Travis Sawchik
1:11
I'd rather play Red Sox
But unless you get to play the Twins in the ALDS as the Indians, it's not like there is an easy out
PF
1:12
If there was a FA on the market, and your the GM, and a genie comes and tells you that he will only except a really long expensive contract, BUT will be super productive next season and basically win the World Series for your team, do you do it? In other words, would you accept a Pujols x2 bad contract in "exchange" for a guaranteed World Series championship?
Travis Sawchik
1:12
For a guaranteed, title? yes. But it would be anti-climatic to watch that play out
Trent
1:12
The Reds have a great third basemen under team control in Eugenio Suarez, but they also have probably the best third base prospect in baseball in Nick Senzel.  How does that situation resolve itself?  Does one of them get traded?  (E.g., trade Suarez if the Reds think the rebuild will continue for a while, or retain Suarez for his prime years and trade Senzel for more immediate help if they think they are close to contention?)
Travis Sawchik
1:13
trade or someone moves to an outfield corner
Slapshot
1:13
Back to the Kluber/Sale talk, and the specialization/rest argument, would you give any weight to Kluber having 5 complete games this year over Sale only having 1?
Travis Sawchik
1:13
What's amazing to me is how consistently efficient Kluber has been... I mean he's not far off Sale's innings mark and he missed a month
Colt Holt
1:15
in re: 2015 CY, Greinke/Kershaw was evidence of why FIP should be secondary...you can't say Greinke and Kershaw, who pitched in basically the same parks in front of the same defense, that Greinke was very lucky and Kershaw was very unlucky...1 run gap in ERA, 1 run the other way in FIP...that was Greinke all day
Travis Sawchik
1:15
We all need to all get together -- we'd need a big resort and conference center -- and come up with some common ground voting criteria .
That was a tough decision in 2015 ... the Kluber-Sale vote is tough, too
Yoo
1:16
Do the Dodgers consider starting AGon at 1B during the playoffs and send Bellinger to LF? Left field has been atrocious for them recently...
Travis Sawchik
1:16
What's interesting about the Dodgers is they do have quite a bit of position battles to consider ... including C and my boy Grandal (Barnes has been great)
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