I will be traveling without internet or phone access from June 22 through July 1. This column, including Invitationals, will cease to exist in the interim. See you again on July 2. In other news, I’ve been awake since 5:00am (by choice). It shows.
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That song about rolling in the deep is a Cthulhuian chant and specifically invokes Nyarlathotep aka The Crawling Chaos.
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We chatted. Here is the transcript which ends with some ROY picks. Enjoy.
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: What are you doing with Jon Gray and Castillo in 12 team leagues? Benching or dropping? Thanks!
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: Playing matchups. Definitely not dropping. Gray is actually top 10 SP by FIP WAR
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: Oh, hello everyone
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: Greetings and such
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: Onward
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: Been offered Verlander for Ohtani in a keep forever h2h pts league. I’ve got a top contending team. I love Ohtani and am anguishing over this. Talk to me.
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I’m very pleased I was the first to break yesterday’s stunning blockbuster trade. You know, the one between the Mets and Yankees.
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I have a sim league set in 2007. My team has a 66-93 record with three games to go. My run differential is -16. Another 66-93 team has a differential of -170. Two teams that are 61 and 98 have run differentials of -218 and -236. It’s a 20 team league originally founded by Kevin Goldstein. All six playoff teams have between 104 and 120 wins. My team wasn’t meant to contend this season, so underperforming was the best result.
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Last night, I had something interesting to say in this space, but it didn’t survive the overnight system reboot. Instead, personal exploits from yesterday.
Some personal news: Our coed softball team won both games of the Championship round doubleheader last night.
Hat tip to @BaseballATeam for the gamewinning RBI in Game 1.
— Jake (@blackjckfshtaco) June 15, 2018
Pretty sure I scored four of our eight runs in that first game on top of the gwRBI. Softball is pretty easy. Kudos to our defense which was unusually effective against a very potent opponent.
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It’s weird that we still watch baseball from the center fielder’s perspective (if said CF was shifted towards the left center gap). We have the technology to watch from the umpire’s perspective. Shouldn’t we?
Specifically, I’m thinking about this GIF which looks WAY different from the other perspective. Functionally the same but experientially reversed.
Congrats to Adam Ottavino for winning our Nastiest GIF of the First Quarter Tournament! Here’s the winning Slider that beat out Aroldis Chapman’s 100mph heater. pic.twitter.com/zBaEMgUTXK
— Pitcher List (@PitcherList) June 13, 2018
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So I’ve observed something re: speed bumps. People in Jeeps and other SUVs are 10 times more likely to come to a full stop before driving over a bump. They’re designed to be taken at five to 10 mph. Pretty sure your Caddy Escalade can handle a little bounce. My shitcan Corolla can.
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: In need of steals. Would you trade Correa for Turner?
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: Yea, classic swap
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: I’ve definitely won seasons trading a better player for Dee Gordon. Turner has better all-around production and similar stealing ability
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: With Soroka coming off the DL in a 12 tm, would you drop Kingham or Manaea?
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: I would
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: I think Soroka has a slightly more stable profile than them.
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Now fortified with calcium.
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