I’m not sure which has more staying power: taking a shower with the heat and humidity of a New England summer in an apartment without air conditioning or running rankings with the impending trade deadline.
With Thursday’s 6 p.m. EDT trade deadline, look for midweek scratches along with some weekend shuffling and scrambling.
The Reds will be the home team when they square off against Atlanta in the MLB Speedway Classic at the Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee. The dimensions line up well with The Great American Ballpark:
SpeedwayGABLeft Field Line330328Left Field Alley384379Center400404Right Field Alley375370Right Field Line330325
There’s more to park effects than the distances to the fences, but the venue should help the offense.
UPDATED: Monday July 28, 12:25 AM ETWeek of July 28 – August 3Mixed League
I’m not sure which has more staying power: taking a shower with the heat and humidity of a New England summer in an apartment without air conditioning or running rankings with the impending trade deadline.
With Thursday’s 6 p.m. EDT trade deadline, look for midweek scratches along with some weekend shuffling and scrambling.
The Reds will be the home team when they square off against Atlanta in the MLB Speedway Classic at the Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee. The dimensions line up well with The Great American Ballpark:
SpeedwayGABLeft Field Line330328Left Field Alley384379Center400404Right Field Alley375370Right Field Line330325
There’s more to park effects than the distances to the fences, but the venue should help the offense.
UPDATED: Monday July 28, 12:25 AM ETWeek of July 28 – August 3Mixed LeagueRankPitcherTMOPPComments1Jacob deGromTEX@LAA, @SEA 2Spencer StriderATL@KC, @CIN 3Dylan CeaseSDNYM, STL3.44 xFIP says don’t give up on a turnaround4Max FriedNYYTB, @MIAIn a rut, but appears to be over the blister issue5Tyler GlasnowLAD@CINRounding into form6Cristopher SanchezPHI@CWS, DET 7Tarik SkubalDET@PHI 8Paul SkenesPIT@COL 9Logan GilbertSEATEX 10Yoshinobu YamamotoLAD@CIN 11Zack WheelerPHIDET 12Framber ValdezHOUWAS, @BOS 13Drew RasmussenTB@NYY, LADBack to full-fledged starter14Carlos RodonNYY@MIA 15Mitch KellerPIT@SF, @COLCould be traded before the weekend start in Coors16Nathan EovaldiTEX@LAA 17Nick PivettaSDNYM 18Joe RyanMIN@CLELast start with the Twins?19Chris BassittTOR@BAL, KC 20George KirbySEATEX 21Edward CabreraMIA@STL, NYY2.4t ERA and 1.10 WHIP over his last 69 1/3 IP with 72 K22Logan WebbSFPIT 23Kevin GausmanTORKC 24Luis CastilloSEA@ATH, TEX 25David PetersonNYMSF 26Bryan WooSEA@ATH 27Hunter BrownHOU@BOS 28Brandon WoodruffMIL@WASLining up for a strong stretch run29Garrett CrochetBOSHOU 30Merrill KellyARI@ATH 31Robbie RaySF@NYM 32Aaron CivaleCWS@LAA 33Eury PerezMIANYY 34Blake SnellLAD@TBTentative35Tanner BibeeCLEMIN 36Brandon PfaadtARI@DETTurnaround keyed by allowing fewer homers37Ben BrownCHCBALForced back into action38Matthew BoydCHC@MIL, BAL 39Max ScherzerTORKC 40Seth LugoKCATLGot the bag41Kodai SengaNYMSF 42Jose SorianoLAATEX 43Michael WachaKC@TOR 44Kumar RockerTEX@SEA 45Freddy PeraltaMILCHC 46Reese OlsonDETARI 47Parker MessickCLECOL 48Nick LodoloCINLAD 49Jesus LuzardoPHI@CWSGood spot to rebound (again)50Bailey FalterPIT@SF 51Eric LauerTOR@BAL 52Gavin WilliamsCLEMIN 53Zac GallenARI@ATH 54Cade HortonCHCBAL 55Ryan PepiotTB@NYY 56Sean BurkeCWS@LAA 57Sean ManaeaNYM@SD 58Sandy AlcantaraMIA@STL 59Bailey OberMINBOS 60Yusei KikuchiLAATEX 61Jacob MisiorowskiMILCHC 62Shota ImanagaCHC@MIL 63Mix 12 Reliever 64Sonny GraySTLMIA 65Mix 15 Reliever 66Brad LordWAS@HOU, MIL 67Jeffrey SpringsATHSEA 68Dean KremerBALTOR 69Zach EflinBALTOR, @CHC 70Ryne NelsonARI@DET 71Joey CantilloCLEMIN 72Frankie MontasNYM@SD, SF 73Clayton KershawLAD@TB 74Noah CameronKC@TOR 75Brayan BelloBOS@MIN 76Trevor RogersBAL@CHC 77Jack FlahertyDET@PHI 78Zebby MatthewsMIN@CLE 79Emmet SheehanLAD@CIN 80Luis GilNYY@MIATentative81Slade CecconiCLECOL 82Luis SeverinoATHSEAHome/road splits exaggerated, skills better in Sacramento83Andrew AbbottCINATL 84Michael SorokaWAS@HOU 85Lucas GiolitoBOS@MIN 86Patrick CorbinTEX@LAA, @SEA 87Joe BoyleTB@NYY, LAD 88Nestor CortesMIL@WAS 89Clay HolmesNYM@SD 90Brady SingerCINATL 91Erick FeddeATL@CIN 92Logan AllenCLECOL 93Davis MartinCWSPHI, @LAA 94Jose BerriosTOR@BAL 95Yu DarvishSDNYM 96Jacob LopezATHARI 97Casey MizeDETARI 98Carson WhisenhuntSFPIT, @NYM 99Jose QuintanaMIL@WAS 100Andrew HeaneyPIT@COL 101Zack LittellTB@NYY 102Jake IrvinWASMIL 103Joey WentzATL@KC 104Eduardo RodriguezARI@DET, @ATH 105Jack LeiterTEX@SEA 106Kyle HendricksLAACWS 107JP SearsATHSEA, ARI 108Dustin MayLAD@TB 109Colin ReaCHC@MIL 110Stephen KolekSDSTL 111Ranger SuarezPHIDET 112Shane BazTBLAD 113Nick MartinezCINLAD 114Adam MackoTOR@BAL 115Matthew LiberatoreSTL@SD 116Chase BurnsCINLAD, ATL 117Quinn PriesterMILCHC 118Tomoyuki SuganoBAL@CHC 119Simeon Woods RichardsonMINBOS, @CLE 120Cal QuantrillMIA@STL 121MacKenzie GoreWAS@HOU 122Justin VerlanderSFPIT 123Logan EvansSEA@ATH, TEX 124Mitchell ParkerWASMIL 125Chris PaddackMINBOS 126Andre PallanteSTLMIA, @SD 127Ryan GustoHOUWAS 128Walker BuehlerBOSHOU 129Tyler AndersonLAACWS 130Adrian HouserCWSPHI 131Jack KochanowiczLAATEX, CWS 132Jason AlexanderHOUWAS 133Spencer BivensSF@NYM 134Charlie MortonBALTOR 135Troy MeltonDETARI, @PHI 136Miles MikolasSTLMIA 137Michael McGreevySTL@SD 138Bryce ElderATL@CIN 139Marcus StromanNYYTB 140Taijuan WalkerPHI@CWS 141J.T. GinnATHARI 142Cade PovichBALTOR 143Hurston WaldrepATL@KC 144Mike BurrowsPIT@SF 145Austin GomberCOLPIT 146Will WarrenNYYTB 147Colton GordonHOU@BOS 148Richard FittsBOS@MIN, HOU 149Kyle FreelandCOL@CLE 150Jonathan CannonCWSPHI 151Janson JunkMIANYY 152Rich HillKCATL, @TOR 153Antonio SenzatelaCOLPIT 154Randy VasquezSDSTL 155Cam SchlittlerNYYTB 156Bradley BlalockCOL@CLE, PIT 157Dallas KeuchelKCATL 158Tanner GordonCOL@CLE American LeagueRankPitcherTMOPPComment1Jacob deGromTEX@LAA, @SEA 2Max FriedNYYTB, @MIAIn a rut, but appears to be over the blister issue3Tarik SkubalDET@PHI 4Logan GilbertSEATEX 5Framber ValdezHOUWAS, @BOS 6Drew RasmussenTB@NYY, LADBack to full-fledged starter7Carlos RodonNYY@MIA 8Nathan EovaldiTEX@LAA 9Joe RyanMIN@CLELast start with the Twins?10Chris BassittTOR@BAL, KC 11George KirbySEATEX 12Kevin GausmanTORKC 13Luis CastilloSEA@ATH, TEX 14Bryan WooSEA@ATH 15Hunter BrownHOU@BOS 16Garrett CrochetBOSHOU 17Aaron CivaleCWS@LAA 18Tanner BibeeCLEMIN 19Max ScherzerTORKC 20Seth LugoKCATLGot the bag21Jose SorianoLAATEX 22Michael WachaKC@TOR 23Kumar RockerTEX@SEA 24Reese OlsonDETARI 25Parker MessickCLECOL 26Eric LauerTOR@BAL 27Gavin WilliamsCLEMIN 28Ryan PepiotTB@NYY 29Sean BurkeCWS@LAA 30Bailey OberMINBOS 31Yusei KikuchiLAATEX 32Jeffrey SpringsATHSEA 33Dean KremerBALTOR 34Zach EflinBALTOR, @CHC 35Joey CantilloCLEMIN 36AL Reliever 37Noah CameronKC@TOR 38Brayan BelloBOS@MIN 39Trevor RogersBAL@CHC 40Jack FlahertyDET@PHI 41Zebby MatthewsMIN@CLE 42Luis GilNYY@MIATentative43Slade CecconiCLECOL 44Luis SeverinoATHSEAHome/road splits exaggerated, skills better in Sacramento45Lucas GiolitoBOS@MIN 46Patrick CorbinTEX@LAA, @SEA 47Joe BoyleTB@NYY, LAD 48Logan AllenCLECOL 49Davis MartinCWSPHI, @LAA 50Jose BerriosTOR@BAL 51Jacob LopezATHARI 52Casey MizeDETARI 53Zack LittellTB@NYY 54Jack LeiterTEX@SEA 55Kyle HendricksLAACWS 56JP SearsATHSEA, ARI 57Shane BazTBLAD 58Adam MackoTOR@BAL 59Tomoyuki SuganoBAL@CHC 60Simeon Woods RichardsonMINBOS, @CLE 61Logan EvansSEA@ATH, TEX 62Chris PaddackMINBOS 63Ryan GustoHOUWAS 64Walker BuehlerBOSHOU 65Tyler AndersonLAACWS 66Adrian HouserCWSPHI 67Jack KochanowiczLAATEX, CWS 68Jason AlexanderHOUWAS 69Charlie MortonBALTOR 70Troy MeltonDETARI, @PHI 71Marcus StromanNYYTB 72J.T. GinnATHARI 73Cade PovichBALTOR 74Will WarrenNYYTB 75Colton GordonHOU@BOS 76Richard FittsBOS@MIN, HOU 77Jonathan CannonCWSPHI 78Rich HillKCATL, @TOR 79Cam SchlittlerNYYTB 80Dallas KeuchelKCATL National LeagueRankPitcherTMOPPComment1Spencer StriderATL@KC, @CIN 2Dylan CeaseSDNYM, STL3.44 xFIP says don’t give up on a turnaround3Tyler GlasnowLAD@CINRounding into form4Cristopher SanchezPHI@CWS, DET 5Paul SkenesPIT@COL 6Yoshinobu YamamotoLAD@CIN 7Zack WheelerPHIDET 8Mitch KellerPIT@SF, @COLCould be traded before the weekend start in Coors9Nick PivettaSDNYM 10Edward CabreraMIA@STL, NYY2.4t ERA and 1.10 WHIP over his last 69 1/3 IP with 72 K11Logan WebbSFPIT 12David PetersonNYMSF 13Brandon WoodruffMIL@WASLining up for a strong stretch run14Merrill KellyARI@ATH 15Robbie RaySF@NYM 16Eury PerezMIANYY 17Blake SnellLAD@TBTentative18Brandon PfaadtARI@DETTurnaround keyed by allowing fewer homers19Ben BrownCHCBALForced back into action20Matthew BoydCHC@MIL, BAL 21Kodai SengaNYMSF 22Freddy PeraltaMILCHC 23Nick LodoloCINLAD 24Jesus LuzardoPHI@CWSGood spot to rebound (again)25Bailey FalterPIT@SF 26Zac GallenARI@ATH 27Cade HortonCHCBAL 28Sean ManaeaNYM@SD 29Sandy AlcantaraMIA@STL 30Jacob MisiorowskiMILCHC 31Shota ImanagaCHC@MIL 32Sonny GraySTLMIA 33Brad LordWAS@HOU, MIL 34Ryne NelsonARI@DET 35Frankie MontasNYM@SD, SF 36NL Reliever 37Clayton KershawLAD@TB 38Emmet SheehanLAD@CIN 39Andrew AbbottCINATL 40Michael SorokaWAS@HOU 41Nestor CortesMIL@WAS 42Clay HolmesNYM@SD 43Brady SingerCINATL 44Erick FeddeATL@CIN 45Yu DarvishSDNYM 46Carson WhisenhuntSFPIT, @NYM 47Jose QuintanaMIL@WAS 48Andrew HeaneyPIT@COL 49Jake IrvinWASMIL 50Joey WentzATL@KC 51Eduardo RodriguezARI@DET, @ATH 52Dustin MayLAD@TB 53Colin ReaCHC@MIL 54Stephen KolekSDSTL 55Ranger SuarezPHIDET 56Nick MartinezCINLAD 57Matthew LiberatoreSTL@SD 58Chase BurnsCINLAD, ATL 59Quinn PriesterMILCHC 60Cal QuantrillMIA@STL 61MacKenzie GoreWAS@HOU 62Justin VerlanderSFPIT 63Mitchell ParkerWASMIL 64Andre PallanteSTLMIA, @SD 65Spencer BivensSF@NYM 66Miles MikolasSTLMIA 67Michael McGreevySTL@SD 68Bryce ElderATL@CIN 69Taijuan WalkerPHI@CWS 70Hurston WaldrepATL@KC 71Mike BurrowsPIT@SF 72Austin GomberCOLPIT 73Kyle FreelandCOL@CLE 74Janson JunkMIANYY 75Antonio SenzatelaCOLPIT 76Randy VasquezSDSTL 77Bradley BlalockCOL@CLE, PIT 78Tanner GordonCOL@CLE