Eno Sarris: dedicated to Giancarlo Stanton, this is how much I got on his contract

Xolo: Please tell me why signing Hosmer isn’t a terrible idea for the Padres.

Eno Sarris: Can’t imagine why it *would* be a good idea.

Hannah Hochevar: At this point I’d be sad if the O’s resign Chris Tillman but also sad if they don’t resign Chris Tillman. What’s a fan to do?

Eno Sarris: Be sad, I guess.

CubFan: With the Cubs saying they are willing to use Ohtani in the OF as well as pitching how much have they improved their chances of landing him?

Dan Szymborski: It begins.

The Average Sports Fan: Is Piscotty a real trade piece?  Does his contract help or hurt?

Dan Szymborski: After his 2017, it probably hurts a bit.  I don’t think he’s a real trade piece at this moment.

Nate: Give us a hypothetical return if the Giants trade Bumgarner this winter, pretty please?

Dan Szymborski: Given two years, I think he’d land a top 20 prospect and a second somewhere in the top 100 and some lotto tickets.

Ubaldo Jimenez: Should the Orioles resign me to a 100 million dollar contract?

Dave Cameron: Happy Wednesday, everyone.

Dave Cameron: I’m gettting a little bit of a late start today, but we’ll fire this thing up in a couple of minutes.

Andrew : Will Stanton be traded by the Winter Meetings and too what Team?

Dave Cameron: Since we’re dealing with a guy who has never run a team before, it’s hard to know what Jeter is going to do.

Dave Cameron: My guess is the teams that are interested will eventually tell the Marlins that they’re moving on if they don’t get an answer.

Dave Cameron: And I wouldn’t be shocked if that happened next week.

Paul Swydan:

Paul Swydan:

Paul Swydan: Hi everybody!

Paul Swydan: Just me tonight. Jeff is out of pocket.

MattyB: Does Keynan Middleton have a reasonable shot at taking over the Angels’ closer role during the 2018 season?

Paul Swydan: His chances probably depend on 1) can he cure his home run problems? and 2) Who gets hurt in front of him. But certainly not impossible.

Eric A Longenhagen: Good morning, everyone.

Roadhog: Is Franklin Barreto traded for an impact player?

Eric A Longenhagen: No idea. I don’t know why Oakland would trade a cost-controlled 21-year old with tools that big and who has already had success at Triple-A.

Paul R: Is McKay better suited as a pitcher or first basemen? If the latter, what kind of power numbers you see from him?

Eric A Longenhagen: I preferred him as a pitcher but I can see why some scouts liked him at first base. He has effortless plus raw power and some scouts thought, if he focused on hitting, he’d be a 55 or 60 hitter, too. So that’s like .280 with 25 homers or so.

Mozeliak: Any sleeper prospects in cardinals minor who may get into next years top 100?

Travis Sawchik:

Travis Sawchik:

Travis Sawchik: Greetings!

Travis Sawchik: I put on about three pounds in six days

Travis Sawchik: Not in the best shape of my life

Travis Sawchik: Now let’s talk about Ohtani …

Dave Cameron: Happy Wednesday, everyone.

Dave Cameron: I have to get my turkey in the brine so we’ll start in a few minutes after I do that.

Dave Cameron: Alright, let’s get this thing started.

Zonk: Mashed Potatoes or Sweet Potatoes?

Dave Cameron: I prefer sweet, but we serve both.

Zonk: Which of these ingredients belong, or don’t belong, in stuffing:  Sausage, Apple, Nuts of any kind

Paul Swydan:

Paul Swydan:

Paul Swydan:

Paul Swydan: Hi everybody! FYI you’re all underrating pecan pie!

hscer: There’s more than one kind of “cranberry sauce” y’know!

Paul Swydan: Ah touche.

Eric A Longenhagen: Mornin’. Let’s get right to it….

Dan: Assuming he comes over this winter, will Ohtani be the #1 prospect in baseball?

Eric A Longenhagen: Yup, I noted he’d be #1 on last year’s 100. Did have some injury issues in the past year, though.

Tommy N.: What do you think of Cal Quantrill now after his first year? Seemed like his breaking pitch needs a lot of refinement

Eric A Longenhagen: Agreed, that’s been the book on Quantrill for a while. Velo, command, changeup all in place. How much can the curveball progress?

Bobv: Anyone not protected from the Rule 5 draft that surprised you?

Travis Sawchik: Greetings, folks

Travis Sawchik: Please let me know one thing you are thankful for before submitting your next question! Tis the season

Travis Sawchik: Let

Travis Sawchik: ‘s get started …

dominik: regarding context neutral: would you like to go fully context neutral and use xWOBA for WAR (and possibly also awards)? I can somehow understand james argument, if you consider other luck based factors on award votings (BABIP and HR/FB …) why not go fully context dependent and use leveraged stats? you would need to normalize for team strength but that shouldn’t be hard to do.

Travis Sawchik: I think award voting and player skill are two different things