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269 sats \ 16 comments \ @grayruby 31 Jul 2024 Stacker_Sports

The home stretch

The MLB Trade Deadline has come and gone with a flurry of activity. A lot of trades were made, but most of them were tinkering. Adding bullpen arms, depth starters, and role players. The biggest splashes were the Mariners getting Randy Arozarena and the Yankess getting Jazz Chisolm.

Now that the trade deadline is over, which team do you think positioned themselves the best to make a run at the World Series title? Shill me your frontrunner and your darkhorse.

Sats for all, GR

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71 sats \ 14 replies \ @Cje95 31 Jul 2024

Sadly I have to say the Dodgers did pretty well plugging the holes they had and not giving up to much in return. The Jack Flaherty situation with the Yankees backing out after the medical records came back does make me wonder if he is running on borrowed time or if the Yankees were just being to critical.

I would love someone to explain to me what in the world Atlanta did... the moves they made... just why?! Lots of teams seemed to half ass fix their rosters this year it seems....

31 sats \ 13 replies \ @grayruby OP 31 Jul 2024

The Braves deadline was odd. Hoping for lightning in a bottle. I thought they would just run with what they had considering the prominent injuries and how dominant the Phillies have been this year but I guess they are "kind of" going for it.

I like the Dodgers adds. Nothing too splashy. They are counting on the guys they have returning to be their big deadline additions. I think the Dodgers just need Flaherty to eat some innings for them. Provided they have at least three of Glasnow, Kershaw, Yamamoto, Buehler, Miller, Stone healthy come playoff time, I think they are in good shape.

71 sats \ 12 replies \ @Cje95 31 Jul 2024

I thought I had read Yamamoto was going to be out for the year! Flaherty's back and needing injections to pitch is what confused me because it sounds almost like a Max Scherzer kind of thing from last year. I didn't realize that Buehler and Miller were having mechanics issues which to me sounds a little odd but Paxton seemed to have been doing a good job eating innings before the DFA'd him

31 sats \ 11 replies \ @grayruby OP 31 Jul 2024

Last I read on Yamamoto, he said he was pain free and they had scheduled a bullpen session for him. There is still no timeline but if he progresses without issue I suppose he could be back at the end of August, early Sept. I think Buehler came back and was having a hip problem which might be a result the mechanics issues you speak of. I think the Dodgers will get it all sorted by playoff time. Padres got better too, so maybe they will make a run at the division but I still think the Dodgers will lock it up.

71 sats \ 10 replies \ @Cje95 31 Jul 2024

Yeah I think the Dodgers have it locked up. The Padres honestly since the offseason have been a confusing team to me so them figuring it out likely locks up a wild card in my head. Playoff Dodgers I cant lie just seem to be the MLBs Toronto Maple Leaves... just what are they doing kind of playoff performances.

31 sats \ 9 replies \ @grayruby OP 31 Jul 2024

I don't know about the Maple Leafs comparison. Dodgers have had some playoff busts recently but they did get to a WS and win one in the last decade. The Leafs have gotten out of the first round once and they got lucky winning 3 overtime games to do that.

71 sats \ 8 replies \ @Cje95 31 Jul 2024

It was the COVID season though... the Astros made the playoffs with a losing record and somehow Oakland was the winner of the West something that wouldn't have happened over the course of a full season. To me it showed that the Dodgers with whatever they were doing were not preparing their players for the extended time that the playoffs are

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby OP 31 Jul 2024

Well LA is kind of a fake place so it is no surprise that the Dodgers and Lakers would win fake championships during the Covid seasons.