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  1. I hope the commentor who asked why the MLBTR staff seems so against the braves reads this chat.

    “if the braves keep winning the nats lead is not guaranteed to be a runaway” Keep winning? They are 2-8 over their last ten.

    Perhaps they choose to only publish dumb comments, but it’d seem that a lot of the reason the replies seem negative towards that team is because a lot of the comments are just nonsensical and could be prevented with a simple google search.

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    • FWIW, I wouldn’t generally answer such a question, but it was in response to a prior answer I gave and I guess was feeling argumentative!

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    • Wait, you mean if they trade for Jose Bautista they won’t go undefeated for the rest of the year? That guy cracked me up.

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  2. At this point in their careers is there that much of a discernible difference between Verlander and Santana? Verlander gets more Ks 8.7 to 7 and less Hrs 1 to 1.5 but gives up more hits 8.8 to 7 and walks 4.2 to 3. ERA+ tilts way in favour of Santana. Not to mention that Verlander is owed x3 the money. If the money was even, I could understand someone preferring Verlander but the gap doesn’t seem all that significant.

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    • Well, it could be partly that I am conditioned to see Verlander as ace-ish, and have bought too much into the 2016 restoration, with Ervin always seemingly more like a solid but mostly unexciting guy. JV is throwing harder than he has in years, which is a factor, and Santana has been reeeeally fortunate on batted balls. But the Erv contract is way better; can be controlled for next two years at half the price of Verlander, and the second year is an option.

      It’s a fair point; I may be overstating it some, though the key here is that I was focusing on a team like the Astros, which is going to win its division but is thinking of how to win in the postseason. Santana might well draw more interest as a winter trade piece.

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  3. A friend mentioned last night that Brandon Belt has just put his mansion up for sale…

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