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Chourio is younger than Holliday and Merrill is 5 months older than him.

I think the Brewers get Winkler and give him a 2nd chance maybe.

The Mariners should put one of those pitching studs on the block and get a haul back in return. It's the best way to make a meaningful difference to the team

MLB needs to add 3-4 franchises west of Texas. Outside of the northeast that is the region that really follows the game of professional baseball on a truly serious level. On the west coast you would never see a big league team playing in a halfway decent ballpark and being equivalent to the White Sox or Marlins. Just wouldnt happen.

Officially skipping Britt episodes. Sad to see rates get watered down by the failed 3-0 show. Trevor’s great cause he brings something but britts just some national mlb reporter.

I changed my mind. Britt is so annoying. Like just shutting down a discussion cause it’s never happen. But then points out several gms that have made moves and then dvr points out they have so much depth. Teams trade for multiple prospects now instead of high end ones cause there’s more chances for hits. So by that logic trading one guy even of holliday calliber is decent. Like what if he gets hurt (like he is now). What if he doesn’t adjust or does but has a down second( ei corbin carrol). All this to say it’s not a automatic shot down.

The biggest compliment you can give Zaidi is that a roster of his castoffs would 105 games. The most truly negative thing you can say about Zaidi is that a roster of his castoffs would 105 games. The bottom line is that this guy Zaidi is just too much with his whole routine and all that.

I’m sorry but Britt speaks out both side of her mouth for most of this conversation about buyers. First she poo poos being a fringe sellers because what are you selling the fans. Fair. Then she poo poos being a fringe buyer because they aren’t good enough. Fine. Dvorak then gives a very specific example that includes guidelines on what teams should trade (around .500 but projected better) and what they should trade for (braves ei rental plattoon bats and relievers). She responds with but what about payroll?! Like if payroll is the concern for that type of player a. Don’t own a team but b. You don’t wanna trade/improve. Payroll for rental players of the levels dvr is taking about cannot be the issue for teams fitting his criteria. Tbh honest just sounds like your pushing for the owners cause that mentality is what makes baseball the worst trade deadline. As an aside, asking super general questions in quick succession to the point where dvr just sorta has to concede cause you didn’t specify an org or a gm or anything, is hard to listen to.

a roster of zaidi castoffs would win 105 games 👈 jeez they would have it all. Pitching, hitting, defense, clubhouse leadership, all star appearances. Holy fuck I just realized our GM is a goddamned maniac.

As a Tiger fan and Michigan resident everyone here wants a sell. We know ownership f’d up the rebuild and the next winning team we have won’t have Skubal on it. Might as well sell when his value is high.

I ♥ Britt

Thank you guys!

Tampa GM, "Yandy is not in our future plans, how far away can I possibly send him? <picks up phone> Janice, get me Seattle on the line."

Jeff is that Rockies paste on your beard or gray hair?

I can imagine the Yankees taking a chance on France.

Mark DeRosa did a great job of analyzing why Julio Rodriguez was struggling. His analysis is on CZcams.

Love the macro discussion here reflecting on mid-season under-performing players with potential to end strong. Appreciate your insights. Thank you, gentlemen.

2 of my favorite fantasy folks! Worlds colliding!

I like the idea of eliminating the home run derby and the all star game.

Jacob Wilson will probably challenge for numerous batting titles over his career...

i can’t find the video yall were talking about the trade deadline and getting caught between 2 trades but that seemingly happened to the yankees in 2022.. they flipped monty out of nowhere at the nth hour and the talk all deadline had been a trade for pablo lopez (possibly involving gleyber) and it just never actually ended up happening. but im pretty sure the yankees have actually come out and said we were very close to a pablo lopez deal that year. they got caught in between trades and didn’t have enough pitching after swapping monty for harrison bader ugh gross trade

Weston Wilson is this years Chas McCormick

Id like to see a Pitcher accuracy type of tournament. Make them throw curves around obstacles to hit a target or whatever

I hear Coby Mayo has started batting left handed because he has nothing else to learn in AAA, and he was super board. It was that or bat with one eye closed, but that could be dangerous.

Thank you guys!

Rest of season, Bryce Miller or Jameson Taillon?

As a giants fan the hope for some of our whiff heavy prospects has always been Teoscar, Heliot Ramos looks like he's doing something similar, Marco Luciano next? In particular, kind of the lodem pull flyballs approach, take prospects with ridiculous raw power(bat acceleration) and have them wait on pitches to mitigate whiff or pitch recognition seems to be at least a plausible way of producing major league hitters with fringy hit tools. Heliot Ramos has ridiculous bat acceleration but a short batpath(deep contact point) and a max EV this year < 110.

I like the idea of Incentivizing long homeruns more somehow

Condon in Colorado will be dangerous, I can see him pushing for 50 HRs in due time.

Yesavage has had medical concerns iirc

about Castillo, his velo drop was intentional pitch design with the pitching coach due to concerns about increased contact rate on the slider.

The two things all sabermetricians need to understand is: 1) it is a far easier route to reach success in this game of baseball- either as manager or player or media-member or fanciful enthusiast by NOT employing the use of sabermetrics. Being a successful sabermetrician means having to provide endless context and countless abstract theories while also necessitating the author/host be a kick-ass writer to add the flowery prose to what is essentially endless math. Bill James achieved this tho I was never a big fan of most of his ideas like at all in any way LOL 2) The absolute biggest lie that has constantly been repeated in the baseball industry over the last 20+ years is that being a sabermetric guy somehow makes running a baseball team easier- ALONG WITH a similar lie that being a saberemetrician somehow makes someone a better or more vital or more serious baseball writer OR media member OR player OR poscaster. This is all complete bullshit

You guys need to be understand that I care about this show succeeding- or more specifically- I would rather this show be good content rather than bad content. And right now- unfortunately- this show appears more an exercise in mediocrity rather than a display of enlightened meditations on ball.

A succesful sabermetric-focused baseball program must accomplish ONE of these things listed below- or else otherwise it is simply a mislabeled and purposefully confusing fantasy baseball show which should definitely be labeled "Fantasy Baseball" moving forward. Anyways... 1) spur an interest in math within the reader/listener 2) spur an interest in understanding the components which go into a team playing winning baseball 3) spur a reevaluation and/or recontextualization of some aspect of baseball history 4) be generally thought provoking and/or eye-opening 5) the show having some sort of light script and/or structure

Thank you DVR and Eno

This show doesn't explain why someone who likes baseball should care about statistics AND/or it doesnt explain why someone who likes statistics should care about sports 👆👆👆

What the hell is this show about tho

ranking order with Kelenic, Keith, Busch and Burleson for rest of the season?

ALCANTARA. There is a whole ass letter in the name that white people refuse to pronounce. AWL-KAHN-TAR-UH. Not AWL-CONTRA There's an A between the T and the R. TAR. Come on.

I think you guys may have brushed over Wrobleski. Dodgers have churned out a lot of promising arms over the last couple years but this guy has a shot to be the best. Fastball that can tough 98 with great extension. Rivals River Ryan for the best athlete in the system.

Why is Fangraphs so low on Connor Norby? All the dude does is rake in AAA. I know he doesn't play a premier position, but if you can hit like he can why does it matter?

One of my buddies in our fantasy league is really old school with baseball. The other day he was talking with us about how he finally started looking at sites like baseball savant and he really was liking the barrel stat. I think that stat is one of my favorites because even if you're an old school scout who hates these stat changes in evaluating, the stat explains to them what they already know but just quantitative. From the name to what it's measuring, it feels like a stat an old school scout can look at, make sense of, and say yeah this all tracks with my experience.

I’d start Stroman over Clark Schmidt in a playoff game without question

Forgot a key part to the Monty Hall Problem. He reveals a door that is NOT the prize. So the question is keep your original choice or switch to the door that wasn't revealed. Does not apply to this baseball question (switching who you think is going to win the division).

FWIW, team in baseball has overperformed its BaseRuns/adjusted Pythag more than the Guardians; they’ve done so by something like 10 wins, which is just nuts. I agree with Eno that the Twins are the better team; it’s just tough to account for health and luck, and of course, Cleveland has already banked a ton of wins. But if there were a second-half winner, I think it could be Minnesota, especially if they get a little healthier (and maybe KC would leapfrog into second). 🤷🏽‍♂️

Last year Altuve was injured so Merrifield was #2 A.L. second baseman behind Semien. What about Gleybar Torres ? He was doing his usual suck.

MLB Inc. has decided the most profitable way of doing business is for ballclubs to chase the bandwagon fan and people who usually arent marketed to. Well have fun America when you R watching game 7 of the world series sorrounded by morons. Enjoy that experience 🙄

So basically the premise of this show is about evaluating ballplayers. Ok cool. Now what I don't understand is why not have the word: fantasy baseball- in the literal title tho ??? Ok maybe Im wrong. That happens Maybe this is about recent trends in front offices like business of sports ??? Ok so maybe have the words business and/or front office should be in title, right ???? I am confused and would appreciate clarification 👍😕

Angel Martinez is legit