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.\u00a0<\/p>\n
With Thursday’s 6 p.m. EDT trade deadline, look for midweek scratches along with some weekend shuffling and scrambling.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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:<\/p>\n
\u00a0SpeedwayGABLeft Field Line330328Left Field Alley384379Center400404Right Field Alley375370Right Field Line330325<\/p>\n
There’s more to park effects than the distances to the fences, but the venue should help the offense.<\/p>\n
UPDATED: Monday July 28, 12:25 AM ETWeek of July 28 – August 3Mixed League<\/p>\n
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.\u00a0<\/p>\n
With Thursday’s 6 p.m. EDT trade deadline, look for midweek scratches along with some weekend shuffling and scrambling.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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:<\/p>\n
\u00a0SpeedwayGABLeft Field Line330328Left Field Alley384379Center400404Right Field Alley375370Right Field Line330325<\/p>\n
There’s more to park effects than the distances to the fences, but the venue should help the offense.<\/p>\n
UPDATED: Monday July 28, 12:25 AM ETWeek of July 28 – August 3Mixed LeagueRankPitcherTMOPPComments1Jacob deGrom<\/a>TEX@LAA, @SEA\u00a02Spencer Strider<\/a>ATL@KC, @CIN\u00a03Dylan Cease<\/a>SDNYM, STL3.44 xFIP says don’t give up on a turnaround4Max Fried<\/a>NYYTB, @MIAIn a rut, but appears to be over the blister issue5Tyler Glasnow<\/a>LAD@CINRounding into form6Cristopher Sanchez<\/a>PHI@CWS, DET\u00a07Tarik Skubal<\/a>DET@PHI\u00a08Paul Skenes<\/a>PIT@COL\u00a09Logan Gilbert<\/a>SEATEX\u00a010Yoshinobu Yamamoto<\/a>LAD@CIN\u00a011Zack Wheeler<\/a>PHIDET\u00a012Framber Valdez<\/a>HOUWAS, @BOS\u00a013Drew Rasmussen<\/a>TB@NYY, LADBack to full-fledged starter14Carlos Rodon<\/a>NYY@MIA\u00a015Mitch Keller<\/a>PIT@SF, @COLCould be traded before the weekend start in Coors16Nathan Eovaldi<\/a>TEX@LAA\u00a017Nick Pivetta<\/a>SDNYM\u00a018Joe Ryan<\/a>MIN@CLELast start with the Twins?19Chris Bassitt<\/a>TOR@BAL, KC\u00a020George Kirby<\/a>SEATEX\u00a021Edward Cabrera<\/a>MIA@STL, NYY2.4t ERA and 1.10 WHIP over his last 69 1\/3 IP with 72 K22Logan Webb<\/a>SFPIT\u00a023Kevin Gausman<\/a>TORKC\u00a024Luis Castillo<\/a>SEA@ATH, TEX\u00a025David Peterson<\/a>NYMSF\u00a026Bryan Woo<\/a>SEA@ATH\u00a027Hunter Brown<\/a>HOU@BOS\u00a028Brandon Woodruff<\/a>MIL@WASLining up for a strong stretch run29Garrett Crochet<\/a>BOSHOU\u00a030Merrill Kelly<\/a>ARI@ATH\u00a031Robbie Ray<\/a>SF@NYM\u00a032Aaron Civale<\/a>CWS@LAA\u00a033Eury Perez<\/a>MIANYY\u00a034Blake Snell<\/a>LAD@TBTentative35Tanner Bibee<\/a>CLEMIN\u00a036Brandon Pfaadt<\/a>ARI@DETTurnaround keyed by allowing fewer homers37Ben Brown<\/a>CHCBALForced back into action38Matthew Boyd<\/a>CHC@MIL, BAL\u00a039Max Scherzer<\/a>TORKC\u00a040Seth Lugo<\/a>KCATLGot the bag41Kodai Senga<\/a>NYMSF\u00a042Jose Soriano<\/a>LAATEX\u00a043Michael Wacha<\/a>KC@TOR\u00a044Kumar Rocker<\/a>TEX@SEA\u00a045Freddy Peralta<\/a>MILCHC\u00a046Reese Olson<\/a>DETARI\u00a047Parker Messick<\/a>CLECOL\u00a048Nick Lodolo<\/a>CINLAD\u00a049Jesus Luzardo<\/a>PHI@CWSGood spot to rebound (again)50Bailey Falter<\/a>PIT@SF\u00a051Eric Lauer<\/a>TOR@BAL\u00a052Gavin Williams<\/a>CLEMIN\u00a053Zac Gallen<\/a>ARI@ATH\u00a054Cade Horton<\/a>CHCBAL\u00a055Ryan Pepiot<\/a>TB@NYY\u00a056Sean Burke<\/a>CWS@LAA\u00a057Sean Manaea<\/a>NYM@SD\u00a058Sandy Alcantara<\/a>MIA@STL\u00a059Bailey Ober<\/a>MINBOS\u00a060Yusei Kikuchi<\/a>LAATEX\u00a061Jacob Misiorowski<\/a>MILCHC\u00a062Shota Imanaga<\/a>CHC@MIL\u00a063Mix 12 Reliever\u00a0\u00a0\u00a064Sonny Gray<\/a>STLMIA\u00a065Mix 15 Reliever\u00a0\u00a0\u00a066Brad Lord<\/a>WAS@HOU, MIL\u00a067Jeffrey Springs<\/a>ATHSEA\u00a068Dean Kremer<\/a>BALTOR\u00a069Zach Eflin<\/a>BALTOR, @CHC\u00a070Ryne Nelson<\/a>ARI@DET\u00a071Joey Cantillo<\/a>CLEMIN\u00a072Frankie Montas<\/a>NYM@SD, SF\u00a073Clayton Kershaw<\/a>LAD@TB\u00a074Noah Cameron<\/a>KC@TOR\u00a075Brayan Bello<\/a>BOS@MIN\u00a076Trevor Rogers<\/a>BAL@CHC\u00a077Jack Flaherty<\/a>DET@PHI\u00a078Zebby Matthews<\/a>MIN@CLE\u00a079Emmet Sheehan<\/a>LAD@CIN\u00a080Luis Gil<\/a>NYY@MIATentative81Slade Cecconi<\/a>CLECOL\u00a082Luis Severino<\/a>ATHSEAHome\/road splits exaggerated, skills better in Sacramento83Andrew Abbott<\/a>CINATL\u00a084Michael Soroka<\/a>WAS@HOU\u00a085Lucas Giolito<\/a>BOS@MIN\u00a086Patrick Corbin<\/a>TEX@LAA, @SEA\u00a087Joe Boyle<\/a>TB@NYY, LAD\u00a088Nestor Cortes<\/a>MIL@WAS\u00a089Clay Holmes<\/a>NYM@SD\u00a090Brady Singer<\/a>CINATL\u00a091Erick Fedde<\/a>ATL@CIN\u00a092Logan Allen<\/a>CLECOL\u00a093Davis Martin<\/a>CWSPHI, @LAA\u00a094Jose Berrios<\/a>TOR@BAL\u00a095Yu Darvish<\/a>SDNYM\u00a096Jacob Lopez<\/a>ATHARI\u00a097Casey Mize<\/a>DETARI\u00a098Carson Whisenhunt<\/a>SFPIT, @NYM\u00a099Jose Quintana<\/a>MIL@WAS\u00a0100Andrew Heaney<\/a>PIT@COL\u00a0101Zack Littell<\/a>TB@NYY\u00a0102Jake Irvin<\/a>WASMIL\u00a0103Joey Wentz<\/a>ATL@KC\u00a0104Eduardo Rodriguez<\/a>ARI@DET, @ATH\u00a0105Jack Leiter<\/a>TEX@SEA\u00a0106Kyle Hendricks<\/a>LAACWS\u00a0107JP Sears<\/a>ATHSEA, 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Ginn<\/a>ATHARI\u00a0142Cade Povich<\/a>BALTOR\u00a0143Hurston Waldrep<\/a>ATL@KC\u00a0144Mike Burrows<\/a>PIT@SF\u00a0145Austin Gomber<\/a>COLPIT\u00a0146Will Warren<\/a>NYYTB\u00a0147Colton Gordon<\/a>HOU@BOS\u00a0148Richard Fitts<\/a>BOS@MIN, HOU\u00a0149Kyle Freeland<\/a>COL@CLE\u00a0150Jonathan Cannon<\/a>CWSPHI\u00a0151Janson Junk<\/a>MIANYY\u00a0152Rich Hill<\/a>KCATL, @TOR\u00a0153Antonio Senzatela<\/a>COLPIT\u00a0154Randy Vasquez<\/a>SDSTL\u00a0155Cam Schlittler<\/a>NYYTB\u00a0156Bradley Blalock<\/a>COL@CLE, PIT\u00a0157Dallas Keuchel<\/a>KCATL\u00a0158Tanner Gordon<\/a>COL@CLE\u00a0American LeagueRankPitcherTMOPPComment1Jacob deGrom<\/a>TEX@LAA, @SEA\u00a02Max Fried<\/a>NYYTB, @MIAIn a rut, but appears to be over the blister issue3Tarik Skubal<\/a>DET@PHI\u00a04Logan Gilbert<\/a>SEATEX\u00a05Framber Valdez<\/a>HOUWAS, @BOS\u00a06Drew Rasmussen<\/a>TB@NYY, LADBack to full-fledged starter7Carlos Rodon<\/a>NYY@MIA\u00a08Nathan Eovaldi<\/a>TEX@LAA\u00a09Joe Ryan<\/a>MIN@CLELast start with the Twins?10Chris Bassitt<\/a>TOR@BAL, KC\u00a011George Kirby<\/a>SEATEX\u00a012Kevin Gausman<\/a>TORKC\u00a013Luis Castillo<\/a>SEA@ATH, TEX\u00a014Bryan Woo<\/a>SEA@ATH\u00a015Hunter Brown<\/a>HOU@BOS\u00a016Garrett Crochet<\/a>BOSHOU\u00a017Aaron Civale<\/a>CWS@LAA\u00a018Tanner Bibee<\/a>CLEMIN\u00a019Max Scherzer<\/a>TORKC\u00a020Seth Lugo<\/a>KCATLGot the bag21Jose Soriano<\/a>LAATEX\u00a022Michael Wacha<\/a>KC@TOR\u00a023Kumar Rocker<\/a>TEX@SEA\u00a024Reese Olson<\/a>DETARI\u00a025Parker Messick<\/a>CLECOL\u00a026Eric Lauer<\/a>TOR@BAL\u00a027Gavin Williams<\/a>CLEMIN\u00a028Ryan Pepiot<\/a>TB@NYY\u00a029Sean Burke<\/a>CWS@LAA\u00a030Bailey Ober<\/a>MINBOS\u00a031Yusei Kikuchi<\/a>LAATEX\u00a032Jeffrey Springs<\/a>ATHSEA\u00a033Dean Kremer<\/a>BALTOR\u00a034Zach Eflin<\/a>BALTOR, @CHC\u00a035Joey Cantillo<\/a>CLEMIN\u00a036AL Reliever\u00a0\u00a0\u00a037Noah Cameron<\/a>KC@TOR\u00a038Brayan Bello<\/a>BOS@MIN\u00a039Trevor Rogers<\/a>BAL@CHC\u00a040Jack Flaherty<\/a>DET@PHI\u00a041Zebby Matthews<\/a>MIN@CLE\u00a042Luis Gil<\/a>NYY@MIATentative43Slade Cecconi<\/a>CLECOL\u00a044Luis Severino<\/a>ATHSEAHome\/road splits exaggerated, skills better in Sacramento45Lucas Giolito<\/a>BOS@MIN\u00a046Patrick Corbin<\/a>TEX@LAA, @SEA\u00a047Joe Boyle<\/a>TB@NYY, LAD\u00a048Logan Allen<\/a>CLECOL\u00a049Davis Martin<\/a>CWSPHI, @LAA\u00a050Jose Berrios<\/a>TOR@BAL\u00a051Jacob Lopez<\/a>ATHARI\u00a052Casey Mize<\/a>DETARI\u00a053Zack Littell<\/a>TB@NYY\u00a054Jack Leiter<\/a>TEX@SEA\u00a055Kyle Hendricks<\/a>LAACWS\u00a056JP Sears<\/a>ATHSEA, ARI\u00a057Shane Baz<\/a>TBLAD\u00a058Adam Macko<\/a>TOR@BAL\u00a059Tomoyuki Sugano<\/a>BAL@CHC\u00a060Simeon Woods Richardson<\/a>MINBOS, @CLE\u00a061Logan Evans<\/a>SEA@ATH, TEX\u00a062Chris Paddack<\/a>MINBOS\u00a063Ryan Gusto<\/a>HOUWAS\u00a064Walker Buehler<\/a>BOSHOU\u00a065Tyler Anderson<\/a>LAACWS\u00a066Adrian Houser<\/a>CWSPHI\u00a067Jack Kochanowicz<\/a>LAATEX, CWS\u00a068Jason Alexander<\/a>HOUWAS\u00a069Charlie Morton<\/a>BALTOR\u00a070Troy Melton<\/a>DETARI, @PHI\u00a071Marcus Stroman<\/a>NYYTB\u00a072J.T. 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