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  1. The 2017 Diamondbacks averaged 5.01 runs a game in the 93 games before J.D. Martinez was acquired and 5.01 runs a game in the 69 games after Martinez was acquired. Arizona posted a 54-39 (.581) record before Martinez came on board and a 39-30 (.565) record afterward.
  2. As a side note, some Seattle fans think closer Edwin Diaz should be under consideration for a Cy Young Award or Most Valuable Player: http://forums.seattletimes.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=242523&start=10 Diaz has posted 46 saves with a 1.98 ERA, 15.3 K/9 and 6.67 K/BB for a Mariner team that is 19 games above .500 despite a negative 22 run differential. The M's are 30-14 in one-run games. Over the weekend Diaz became the first pitcher in 14 years to post four saves in a four-game series. The slumping Mariners went into Houston to face Justin Verlander, Gerrit Cole, Charlie Morton and Dallas Keuchel but came away with a sweep. Despite that the Mariners would again be on the postseason sidelines if the season ended today.
  3. The MVP vote is taken before the postseason. Postseason expansion changes MVP vote | MLB.com WWW.MLB.COM The Official Site of Major League Baseball
  4. On a related note, tonight in the first inning against Justin Verlander, the first four Seattle hitters combined for the cycle ... in reverse order of home run, triple, double, single: MLB Gameday: Mariners 8, Astros 6 Final Score (08/09/2018) | MLB.com WWW.MLB.COM Follow MLB results with FREE box scores, pitch-by-pitch strikezone info, and Statcast data for Mariners vs. Astros at Minute Maid Park
  5. Wade Miley was a small price to pay but the lefthander posted 0.6 fWAR (0.5 bWAR) in 19 starts for Seattle after leading the 2015 Red Sox in starts, wins and innings pitched. Carson Smith has posted 0.3 fWAR (0.5 bWAR) in 29 appearances with the Red Sox.
  6. If Carson Smith is out for the season do Red Sox non-tender the righthander who has only two more passes through arbitration after earning $850,000 this year?
  7. The Rays could have an interesting young rotation next year with Blake Snell, Tyler Glasnow, Jose DeLeon, Brent Honeywell and perhaps Jalen Beeks. DeLeon, who turns 26 years old next week, is the oldest. On Baseball America preseason Top 100 prospect lists, Snell topped out at No. 12, Glasnow at No. 14, Honeywell at No. 14 and DeLeon at No. 23. Honeywell and DeLeon will be coming back from Tommy John surgery.
  8. In 2001 the Oakland Athletics won 102 games and finished 14 games behind the AL West champion Seattle Mariners. That year the four-team AL West finished a cumulative 84 games above .500 while the five-team AL East finished a cumulative 32 games below .500. Nevertheless the New York Yankees represented the American League in the World Series that year.
  9. Pablo Sandoval was listed at 5-11, 246 pounds at the same age.
  10. Ian Kinsler and Dustin Pedroia come full circle. In 2016 a Detroit blogger wrote: https://www.blessyouboys.com/2016/3/27/11267968/the-long-duel-of-ian-kinsler-and-dustin-pedroia
  11. Williams Jerez and Ty Buttrey, 26 years old and 25 years old, have yet to make their MLB debuts.
  12. I suspect the Blue Jays will receive far better offers than Michael Chavis in a Roberto Osuna trade.
  13. I doubt the Cincinnati Reds would trade Raisel Iglesias, who remains under team control for three more seasons after this year, for the Red Sox spare parts.
  14. Why didn't you share this plan in 2013?
  15. https://weei.radio.com/blogs/rob-bradford/mlb-trade-rumors-source-says-red-sox-showing-interest-texas-closer-keone-kela
  16. Lance Lynn fell short of a quality start on June 20 but still walked away with a win: https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN201806200.shtml
  17. My daughter, who moved to Washington DC last week, just texted that she walked home from work through a "veritable streambed" amid flash flood warnings. I suspect she misses the climate of the Pacific Northwest (and Northern California).
  18. The Blue Jays reported are close to trading reliever Seunghwan Oh, whose modest salary could fit under the next Red Sox luxury tax threshold: Apparently Oh is destined to Colorado: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2018/07/blue-jays-close-to-trade-of-seunghwan-oh.html
  19. More from FanGraphs columnist Dan Szymborski: https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/instagraphs/red-sox-acquire-nathan-eovaldi/
  20. A FanGraphs assessment of Nathan Eovaldi from earlier this month: https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/nathan-eovaldi-might-be-the-best-starter-on-the-market/
  21. For five seasons Adrian Beltre couldn't handle the pressure of Seattle but upon his departure immediately blossomed in Boston.
  22. The perspective of a Yankee blogger: https://yanksgoyard.com/2018/07/20/yankees-better-red-sox-better-managed/
  23. As general manager Ben Cherington had a role in a World Series championship before his 40th birthday. Cherington was not perfect but the one-time college pitcher is smart enough, and young enough, to learn from his mistakes. His occasional blunder amid great success could make Cherington more valuable today.
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