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Can You Predict the World Series Winner in Early June?
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Episode Can You Predict the World Series Winner in Early June?
It’s June 3, which means it’s time for everyone’s favorite game: Four vs. The Field! Today, Eno, Jed, and DVR debate whether the combination of baseball’s four World Series favorites will ultimately take home the trophy, or if the rest of the league is the smarter bet. Then, they discuss whether the Tigers can get revenge for last year’s late-season swoon by tracking down the Guardians in the AL Central. Later, the guys examine the best and worst users of ABS and discuss how teams are adapting to baseball’s challenge system.
Rundown:
0:36 Four vs. The Field: Can You Pick the World Series Winner with Four Teams?
10:25 Banking on Buyers: Trade Deadline Opportunities to Make Strides
14:59 Projected fWAR: A Better Option Than Choosing World Series Probables?
19:04 Chasing Cleveland: Will the Tigers Turn the Tables on the Guardians?
25:38 What’s the Number? Playoff Odds Necessary for Tigers to Buy at Deadline
34:08 ABS Challenges: Who Is Doing Well, Who Is Struggling So Far?
44:42 Strategic Approaches: Is Marlins’ Catcher-Led Volume Approach Ideal?
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Hosts: Derek VanRiper & Eno Sarris
With: Jed Lowrie
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