Dave Cameron: Happy Wednesday, everyone.

Dave Cameron: We get to chat while Lance McCullers destroys the Marlins.

Dave Cameron: This should be fun.

Hector: Should the Pirates trade Cole soon? If they should or do, what would a return look like for the Pirates?

Dave Cameron: Unless they get hot soon, yes, he should be on the market this summer. They pretty clearly waited too long to trade Cutch, and can’t risk making that mistake again.

striker: Quintana + Jones for Dahl, Rodgers, Hoffman, Amonte, Pedro Gonzalez.

Paul Swydan:

Paul Swydan:

Paul Swydan:

Paul Swydan: Hi everybody!

Jeff Zimmerman: Hi Paul

Paul Swydan: Thanks to the 16 people who think I’m a professional. That’s 16 more people than normal!

Eric A Longenhagen: Morning. Link:

Eric A Longenhagen: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/instagraphs/daily-prospect-notes-516/

Eric A Longenhagen: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/instagraphs/daily-prospect-notes-516/

Eric A Longenhagen: And chat…

Buck: Small sample size for sure. But is there anything I can take from Acuna’s hot start in Double A?

Eric A Longenhagen: No, especially not since last week’s chat was made up of an overwhelming number of back seat Player Dev coordinators criticizing his promotion.

Jeff Sullivan: Hello friends

Jeff Sullivan: Welcome to Friday baseball chat

Bork: Hello, friend!

Jeff Sullivan: Hello friend

Be a Dahl: David Dahl seems like a key long term piece for the Rockies. Do you think they turn him into a part time player or send him to the minors until Mark Reynolds cools down?

Jeff Sullivan: Neither would be very surprising and neither would really be that bad of a situation for Dahl to find himself in. I don’t think the Rockies are at risk of stunting his development if they don’t play him every single day in the major leagues. Besides, he still has to get healthy first, and Mark Reynolds presumably can’t keep this going forever

Eno Sarris: be here now

A-a-a-ron: Who wins in beer drinking contest: you or Sporer?

Eno Sarris: Paul doesn’t drink so

Sonny: Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz > Steely Dan. Come @ me Eno!

Eno Sarris: yeah but Steely is in all of your favorite classic hip hop

BleepBlorp: It’s Thursday! You know what that means! It’s almost time for roughly 48 hours of burying our existential dread about where our lives fit into the meaningless void of existence. It’s also Eno Chat Day!

Dan Szymborski: Let’s get this party started!

Dan Szymborski: NOTE: THIS IS NOT A PARTY

DCBaller: What are the Nats doing with Joe Ross?

Dan Szymborski: They want him to get his confidence back. He got destroyed in his Syracuse start too.

mtsw: How much are you buying new-look Yonder Alonso? Flukey 5 weeks or a guy who could end the season with 40 HR?

Dan Szymborski: Talked about this on Twitter, but I’m buying significant improvement when it comes to Alonso. He’s not driving everything into the ground, his launch angle is actually getting him some power.

Dave Cameron: Happy Wednesday, everyone.

Dave Cameron: Sorry for the delayed start; had a toddler meltdown to help with.

David: Will Chris Taylor turn into a pumpkin or is this a Justin Turner-esque resurgence?

Dave Cameron: Those aren’t really the only two options. Taylor projected as a roughly league average player heading into the season, so it’s not that weird that he’s had a good 50 at-bats. I don’t think he’s going to turn into an offensive star, but he’s a good defensive middle infielder who isn’t a terrible hitter.

Erik: The Phillies’ rotation was supposed to be their strength, but even the pitchers doing well by ERA like Hellickson have awful underlying numbers. What do you make of them going forward? Are they still the average unit they were projected to be at the start of the year?

Dave Cameron: A healthy Nola would help, but Velasquez isn’t doing anything to push back against the idea that he’s a long-term reliever.

Paul Swydan:

Paul Swydan:

Paul Swydan:

Paul Swydan:

Paul Swydan: Hi everybody!

Paul Swydan: PLEASE keep voting in that first poll. I think we’re on the right track with it being on of the A’s. But which one? Agh!

Eric A Longenhagen: Morning from an anomalously cool Tempe.

Eric A Longenhagen: Today’s chat will be held tight to an hour as I’ve got some games to hit today.

Eric A Longenhagen: Begin!

Jack: Is Jake Gatewood’s power here to stay now? 2015-16 were rough but seems to have tapped into that frame so far this season

Eric A Longenhagen: The power hes always been there and totally undermined by swing and miss issues.

Eric A Longenhagen: He’s strijing out a lot this year, walk rate has gone from 3% to 14% which is too big of an uptick to be entirely real.

Travis Sawchik: Hello, everyone

Travis Sawchik: We need to talk

Travis Sawchik: So let’s get started, shall we?

Robert : Before the season, Jay Bruce said he was going to make a conscious effort to hit more fly balls. So far, his FB rate is up about 10% and conversely, his GB rate down about 10%. Does this make his hot start more buyable?

Travis Sawchik: I believe it does. And I wrote a bit about it earlier this spring … http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/jay-bruce-tries-to-improve-q-rating-in-…

Travis Sawchik: Any time a player expresses an intention to make a change, makes the change, and performance improves … I buy in