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Another year, another frenetic trade deadline. This year’s bonanza was light on top talent relative to recent years, but it made up for that in volume.
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Mining the News (8/1/24)
Decent info with teams talking at the trade deadline.
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Starting Pitcher Chart – August 30th, 2024
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ZiPS Projections
Chat Schedule All times ET
Sun | 8:30 PM | Jeff Zimmerman |
Mon | 1 PM | Justin Mason |
Mon | 2 PM | Ben Clemens |
Tue | 2 PM | Jay Jaffe |
Wed | 2 PM | Paul Sporer |
Thu | 12 PM | Dan Szymborski |
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Top Prospects
AL
BAL | CHW | LAA |
BOS | CLE | OAK |
NYY | DET | SEA |
TBR | KCR | TEX |
TOR | MIN | HOU |
NL
ATL | CHC | ARI |
MIA | CIN | COL |
WSN | MIL | LAD |
NYM | PIT | SDP |
PHI | STL | SFG |
ZiPS Projections
Chat Schedule All times ET
Sun | 8:30 PM | Jeff Zimmerman |
Mon | 1 PM | Justin Mason |
Mon | 2 PM | Ben Clemens |
Tue | 2 PM | Jay Jaffe |
Wed | 2 PM | Paul Sporer |
Thu | 12 PM | Dan Szymborski |
Fri | 12 PM | Eric Longenhagen |
Podcasts
Leaders
WAR
wRC+
wOBA
WPA
1.Bobby Witt Jr. | 7.8 |
2.Aaron Judge | 7.3 |
3.Juan Soto | 6.7 |
4.Gunnar Henderson | 6.0 |
5.Shohei Ohtani | 5.7 |
WAR
WPA
ERA
1.George Kirby | 4.1 |
2.Garrett Crochet | 4.1 |
3.Chris Sale | 4.1 |
4.Cole Ragans | 3.9 |
5.Tarik Skubal | 3.8 |
WAR
WPA
ERA
1.Jeff Hoffman | 1.9 |
2.Mason Miller | 1.8 |
3.Cade Smith | 1.7 |
4.Emmanuel Clase | 1.5 |
5.David Robertson | 1.5 |