Dave Cameron: Happy final Wednesday of the regular season, everyone.

Dave Cameron: Next week, we’ll have one Wild Card game in the books and another to look forward to.

Dave Cameron: So, let’s chat postseason, awards, off-season stuff, or anything else baseball related.

The Average Sports Fan: If the Yankees end up in the Wildcard game should they just bullpen it?

Dave Cameron: Girardi said yesterday he won’t do it. That said, it would be interesting if he just ran Severino for 3-4 innings, thus potentially saving him for a Game 2 ALDS start. With Green able to bridge the gap to the late relievers, it’s worth doing.

Dave Cameron: But my guess is he’ll just go conservative and let Severino go until he gets in trouble.

Paul Swydan:

Paul Swydan:

Paul Swydan: Hi everybody!

Jeff Zimmerman: Hi

Justin Verlander: How are my Hall chances looking these days?

Jeff Zimmerman: I think you are in. I’ll be able to vote for you. I just hope the standards for pitchers starts dropping

Eric A Longenhagen: Good morning, all. I’ll start today by encouraging you to help our friends in Puerto Rico if you have the means to do so. Let’s chat.

Nick: Can you shed any light on what’s wrong with Maikel Franco? His peripherals are normal (except a low-BABIP). It’s it really just bad luck or is there a mechanical issue?

Eric A Longenhagen: Just based on the Phillies games I’ve seen he’s not a very good ‘Baseball Player’ which is to say he makes poor approach decisions at the plate that lead to bad contact when he’s making it. Was it yesterday or the day before he swung 2-0 with the team down two in the ninth inning? You need a baserunner in that situation and should be taking a strike. It wouldn’t surprise me if, upon deeper analysis, you were to find the quality of his contact suffered because his approach is just bad.

Dan: Luis Garcia of the Nats seemed to show decent bat skills. Could he maybe start the year in Hagerstown?  What is his development looking like?

Eric A Longenhagen: I have no idea. I like Garcia but that will be probably be largely determined by how he looks next spring.

Mr. Sunshine: Who are your favorite prospects (<131 AB) to stash or keep for early-mid season MLB returns in fantasy next year?

Travis Sawchik: Howdy, folks

Travis Sawchik: Looks like a great afternoon for a baseball chat (at least from the location of Bay Village, Ohio)

Travis Sawchik: Last week of the regular season …. Harper coming back … And interesting AL Cy Young race … Let’s get to it

PF: Will you miss Jose Bautista?

Travis Sawchik: I will. I know he was polarizing but he was really the first guy to break from the conventional mold of hitting … and began pulling everything to find great success. Smart dude

Prince S. Leia Fielder: Miguel Cabrera or CarGo for this last week? Both have been mostly terrible all season, both are nursing injuries, Tigers have nothing to play for so may bench Cabrera but the Rockies are facing basically all left handers. Am I just screwed?

Jeff Sullivan: Hello friends

Jeff Sullivan: Welcome to Friday baseball chat

Bork: Hello, friend!

Jeff Sullivan: Hello friend

Bork Bork: Hello Friend! Hello Friend!

Jeff Sullivan: I would like Bork to know that he has many weekly admirers and impostors

Eno Sarris: This chat is one thing we could not fully automate, I don’t think.

Guest: has anyone asked for your autograph before? was it weird?

Eno Sarris: Nobody has. that would be super weird.

Sam: Who’s coming out of the NL and why?

Eno Sarris: Nationals. Shorter series favors their dual-ace, superstar-driven strategy as long as Harper is healthy.

2-D: So next time you see Neshek are you going to ask him for his autograph… and hand him a Zack Greinke card?

Dave Cameron: Happy Wednesday, everyone.

Dave Cameron: Going to have a few more minute delay; kid slept in this morning so got him to preschool late.

Dave Cameron: We will start shortly.

Pablo: Who gets the second NL Wild Card?

Dave Cameron: At this point, it’s a toss up. I’d take MIL if I was making a wild guess, but there isn’t much separating these teams.

Guest: What is a reasonable expectation for Matt Olson next year?  Surely the league is going to adjust…

Paul Swydan:

Paul Swydan:

Paul Swydan:

Paul Swydan:

Paul Swydan: Hi everybody!

99: Will Kershaw pitch 30 games next year?

Eric A Longenhagen: Hola from Tempe, where instructional league is on the horizon. Let’s chat

TJ: Has Jake Cave earned big league playing time for a non NYY team next year?

Eric A Longenhagen: Perhaps, might take the right organizational fit for him to find at-bats but he has hit well this year.

Oklahomabrave: If the Braves make a trade this offseason which prospect would you make the case they should sell high on due to peaking value and unlikelyness of taking the next step

Eric A Longenhagen: Pending a chhange in opinion based on what I see in the AFL, Riley.

TJ: Do we see someone else going the Padres route this year and stashing rule v draftees on their bit league roster in 2018?

Travis Sawchik: Happy Monday, folks

Travis Sawchik: I’m no longer a Yinzer. First chat live from Bay Village, Ohio …

Travis Sawchik: Let’s get to it …

Moonlight Graham: Happy moving, Travis!  Pittsburgh misses you.  Have you found a replacement for Mineo’s yet?

Travis Sawchik: There are many things I will miss about Pittsburgh, incuding Mineo’s. Working on it!

Zonk: Bryant is not really in the NL MVP conversation, despite being in the top group of players by fWAR.  Is it possible the reigning MVP is underrated?