Paul Swydan:

Paul Swydan:

Paul Swydan:

Paul Swydan: Hi everybody!

Jack: Ronald Acuna worth keeping over Ray at same price ($1)

Paul Swydan: Couple of non-ASG q’s before we get started.

Travis Sawchik: Greetings!

Travis Sawchik: It appears the chat did not post early (probably user error) so I will check back in a few minutes after some questions have entered the queue …. Thanks for your patience

Travis Sawchik: Tarp is coming off …. Chat will resume at 1215 pm est

Travis Sawchik: BTW, happy Trade Value week

johnny5alive: who wins tonight

Travis Sawchik: Judge has to be the favorite, right?

Jeff Sullivan: Hello friends

Jeff Sullivan: Welcome to Friday baseball chat

Jeff Sullivan: Sorry for that delay, was finishing a podcast

Stuafoo: Dave made an interesting claim recently that Brandon Belt might be the player who is hurt most by their home ballpark. Who else would be on that list?

Jeff Sullivan: So I actually kind of disagree with Dave there

Jeff Sullivan: It’s true that Belt has hit twice as many home runs on the road as he has at home, over his career. But his career home wOBA is .359. His career road wOBA is .348!

Eno Sarris: Saw these guys along with Andrew Bird, Weezer, Mumford… and they were clearly the best in show

Tumbler, Whiskey: #VoteHos

Eno Sarris: #LoveHos

Biden the Dog: More like Dellin Becanthitthestrikezone am I right?

Eno Sarris: It was the reason he didn’t start, right?

Asdrubal: Fister, Gossett, Lively, Butler – I dare you to rank them.

Dave Cameron: Happy Wednesday, everyone.

Dave Cameron: Have my first post-op meeting wth my orthopedist today, so will have to wrap things up a little before 1 pm, but I’ll go longer next week to make up for it.

Pablo: Think the Brewers will make at least a minor trade to try to compete this year? They have a ton of outfield depth in the minors they could deal.

Dave Cameron: Yeah, they keep hanging around, and barring a huge collapse, definitely won’t be selling now. I could see them going after a Jason Vargas type, the kind of guy who would upgrade their rotation more than some other teams, and who might be able to crack their playoff rotation but wouldn’t in some other cities.

Dave Cameron: I’m sure they’d prefer a controllable guy, but I would imagine they’ll get outbid for the likes of Gray and Quintana.

The Toe: Should the Cubs try and sell Arrieta and Davis at the deadline? No team has ever won the WS being below .500 on July 5th.

Eric A Longenhagen: Good morning. Quick one today for obvious reasons. Perhaps not so obvious, the AZL schedule is very staggered today giving me a chance to get to four games today. They start at 10am here, so let’s boogie.

Tommy N.: How far away is Jacob Nix from your top 100?

Eric A Longenhagen: He’s probably already there

Steven : Is Alex Speas expected to come up as a reliever for Texas?

Eric A Longenhagen: Worth trying to develop him as a starter and I think he has a shot, even if it’s only 30 or 40%, to be one.

Eric A Longenhagen: Also, even if you think the player ends up in the bullpen, starter development gives them more chances to work on the secondary pitches.

Travis Sawchik: Greetings!

Travis Sawchik: I hope everyone here is enjoying their extended weekend and not shooting off fireworks in their quiet subdivisions ….

Kevin: Do you know when Dave’s trade value series is going to come out?

Travis Sawchik: I believe it is published during the All-Star break. It’s one of my favorite reads of the year

Kevin: Now that the website redesign is behind us, what’s the next big thing coming to Fangraphs?

Travis Sawchik: That’s a good question … And i am not privy to all plans. But with the Effectively Wild podcast added, Ad Free membership created, and the redesign it’s been a pretty eventful 2017 thus far

Jeff Sullivan: Hello friends

Jeff Sullivan: Welcome to Friday baseball chat

Bork: Hello, friend!

Jeff Sullivan: Hello friend

Jeff Sullivan: I’ve missed you

Edwin: Approximately what % of Wins are attributed to Starting Pitchers?  Any idea?

Dan Szymborski: And away we go!

Dan Szymborski: Sorry, was in a work conversation!

Nick: Is Beede still the Giants’ number 1 pitching prospect or has Suarez overtaken him?

Dan Szymborski: In my eyes he has, but some are going to quibble with that no doubt.  I’m not sure it’s *obvious*

ECinDC: Is it possible that Stras could be worth his extension? But really, he’ll opt out unless he’s hurt right?

Dan Szymborski: He could very well be.

Eno Sarris: Headed up to LA tomorrow to see Junior Boys and Kilo Kish at the Globe.

Jose Berrios: Thanks for chatting.  How good a SP am I next year and beyond?

Eno Sarris: I’m a fan!

Eno Sarris: I’d call him a top 30/40 type

Tony: Eno,  it’s halfway through the season.  Time to admit the Cubs have some serious issues?  They still have the talent and the crappy division but there are holes that were not expected back in April.

Eno Sarris: I think they’ve always been looking for pitching