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Wire Taps: Advanced stats and the Cy Young; Wet grounds rainout; The Phillies have flamethrowers

MISSING: Consistent baseball.
LAST SEEN: 2017
IF SEEN: Please make it happen so we can get this over with.

Here’s what’s Phresh in Philly.

Defense, Contact Quality, and the NL Cy Young (Fangraphs)
There are quite a few questions on the *right* stats to use for the Cy Young race; based on the basics and the peripherals, it looks like Jacob Degrom, but the more advanced the stats get, well, the more confused you get.

Philly's Grounds Crew Uses Flamethrowers To Dry Wet Field, HAS FLAMETHROWERS (Deadspin)
HOW LONG HAVE THEY HAD THEM?