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Heavy favourite Dr Dinger digging an early hole, only 3 hits so far

Super tough call with the rapid change in team interest, and how rare these playoff games will feel to people.

According to pitchFX, he's using the 4-seam, 2-seam, and cut fastballs in almost equal proportion (32%, 35%, and 20%). Compare to 62% 4-seamers last year.

When they convert to real grass, the outfield wall is one area that can very easily be upgraded. Right now it is entirely mobile, so that it can be taken down when the stadium converts for football purposes. Obviously that type of wall will no longer be necessary when the conversion doesn't have to happen any more. I agree that a slightly lower wall would be a bit more exciting. Home-run robbery has become a really exciting part of the game. However, I don't think an unsymmetrical outfield wall is needed. If they just make the permanent wall ~1 foot lower (or whatever) and move the fences back a tiny bit so the HR factor in the park doesn't change much, then it would suffice. Making the outfield wall unsymmetrical would change the character of the park quite a bit. When they do the upgrades, aside from going to real grass, the focus is going to be largely on the fan experience. Bigger seats, better seat orientation, etc. (i think).

Winners should go first. Let's stop rewarding failure in these leagues...

Ok bud

For the record, that's the douche part. Trade it immediately or not at all.

He has a .382 BABIP, s***** peripherals, and a 78 wRC+ projection. There will be better 2016 catchers in the waiver draft. Bro.

^ Transparent effort to boost Swihart's offseason trade value by working his recent stat line into a post

The Butt Stallions vs. London Slayers Things to watch: Corey Kluber - whether or not he gets a start later this week could be huge for silvergun. Edwin Encarnacion - aggravated his finger on the weekend. could he miss a few games? Miguel Sano - super rookie just called up by silvergun. Joey Votto - 2 game suspension hanging over his head, pending appeal. When will he serve it? Votto + Chris Davis - behemoths since the ASB for me Dickerson vs Scherzer - Dickerson got healthy just in time for the mid-season blockbuster centrepieces to go head to head this week. Los Osos Blancos vs. Triple Hawpe Brewed Things to watch: Stars vs Stars - Arenado, Brantley, Posey, Cruz, Freeman, and Greinke vs. Cano, Cabrera, Bautista, Braun, Ortiz, Bumgarner, and Sale. Ellsbury and Pujols - these two slumping veterans may need to pick it up if Dinger is going to make the finals Carlos Rodon - the true X factor. Can sink or cement a team's ratios. Jaime Garcia - the Ace up Dinger's sleeve this season is coming off of his only terrible outing all year. Starlin Castro / Eduardo Escobar - with Tulo down for the count, jaysblue will be rolling out these two shitbags. Zack Greinke - with only one Ace on his staff, and a couple of flimsy options rounding it out, jaysblue has A LOT riding on Greinke's weekend start against the Pirates. Silvio in New York - will it affect the matchup at all?

Pretty desperate to call up a rookie for the playoffs TBH

Top 8 teams in the Power Rankings made the playoffs Top 4 seeds are advancing to the semis Three of the four have never been this deep before All four have never been in the finals, of course.

Looks like the top four seeds will advance, unless Cueto can throw a CGSO and flip multiple categories.

Chris Davis is going to eat his babies and crush your dreams

So this team I co-manage with my brother in a 12-team h2h league is about to go undefeated on the season. Also, it's a money league with like a $50 buy in and a sizeable prize for winning the regular season. Brian McCann NYY - C,1B Brian McCann Joey Votto Cin - 1B Joey Votto Brian Dozier Min - 2B Brian Dozier Kyle Seager Sea - 3B Kyle Seager Carlos Correa Hou - SS Carlos Correa Miguel Sano Min - 3B,SS Miguel Sano Bryce Harper Was - OF Bryce Harper Michael Brantley Cle - OF Michael Brantley A.J. Pollock Ari - OF A.J. Pollock Rusney Castillo Bos - OF Rusney Castillo Grégory Polanco Pit - OF Grégory Polanco Jackie Bradley Jr. Bos - OF Jackie Bradley Jr. Jake Arrieta ChC - SP Jake Arrieta Steven Matz NYM - SP Steven Matz Zach Britton Bal - RP Zach Britton Jeurys Familia NYM - RP Jeurys Familia Luke Gregerson Hou - RP Luke Gregerson Jaime García StL - SP Jaime García Noah Syndergaard NYM - SP Noah Syndergaard Marcus Stroman Tor - SP,RP Marcus Stroman Ryan Zimmerman Was - 1B,3B,OF Ryan Zimmerman Yasiel Puig LAD - OF Yasiel Puig Hunter Pence SF - OF Hunter Pence Danny Salazar Cle - SP Danny Salazar Scott Kazmir Hou - SP Scott Kazmir Jordan Zimmermann Was - SP Jordan Zimmermann Corey Kluber Cle - SP Corey Kluber

I'm so f***ing nervous.

Trying a reverse jinx? It's far from over...

Bench a double header from Ben Revere because I need HR/RBI and that's it. Ben Revere hits a homer.

they have to win some 6 team tournament should win...

Christian Arroyo isn't a legal add, Spank

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You're probably just thinking of the mini consolation round for playoff teams. Yahoo brackets every playoff team into 3 matches, so we always have 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 7th place games. It's nice because I think anybody in the playoffs would rather finish 5th than 8th. There's some pride there. So even if you lost R1 you can still set your lineups and beat some of your rivals and least favourite people in the playoffs. Next year when I set up the league I'll check for a true consolation option. I don't think I've seen it before. It wouldn't affect draft pick standings, obviously.

Remember when Mean Jean had like a ~40 O-Rank last year? Or was it the year before? Nice hold there, you old geez

Devon Travis was worth almost twice as much WAR as Ryan Goins this year, in 2/3 of the playing time. There's a reasonable chance that if Travis doesn't get hurt he's second on the whole team in fWAR right now.

Everyone knows you are just making up names to sound smart.