# MLB: July 2017

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2017/790373>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [July 2, 2017, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2017/790373 "2017-07-02T17:32:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2017/790373/301 "2017-08-01T02:28:13Z")

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> [@Asimovian](#):
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> I was personally bummed to see that Scott Van Slyke got shipped out for Cingriani because I always had fun rooting for him. But yeah, I don’t feel at all like they’ve depleted the farm, which is what I was most concerned about. Feeling pretty good about it all right now.
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> The talk radio guy I was listening to on MLB radio right after the deadline was lambasting Houston for not doing anything. Wondering how Houston’s fans are feeling about it all.

I will miss SVS too, but he was never going to crack the lineup again.

I don’t know what to think about the Astros. On the one hand, they don’t need much. On the other, it seems like pieces were there to be had for cheap.

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**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2017/790373/302 "2017-08-01T03:19:46Z")

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> [@Wilson](#):
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> … And they have this kid Harper playing for their Washington farm team who should be ready by 2019…

Gee, I wonder why Yankee fans have such a douchey reputation?

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**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2017/790373/303 "2017-08-01T12:59:01Z")

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Happy August, everyone! Come on over!

|[Link to August’s thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=832388)|

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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2017, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2017/790373/304 "2017-08-05T19:56:27Z")

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Toronto’s unwillingness to do much at the deadline is baffling. I’d certainly have done more.

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