Dave Cameron: With the draft almost in the rear view mirror, the summer trade season is about to get started.
12:02
Dave Cameron: Should be an interesting six weeks leading up to the deadline.
12:02
ChiSox: Do you see STL, PIT, MIL going for it at the deadline?
12:02
Dave Cameron: STL yes, PIT and MIL no.
12:02
Grate: How does draft pick compensation work now? Do you think the Reds would be better off trading Cozart or getting compensation for losing him this offseason?
Keith Law will unfortunately not be able to join Eric tonight, as previously announced. Chris Mitchell will be replacing him as Eric’s co-host.
Tonight, the MLB draft begins at 7 pm eastern. Lead prospect analyst Eric Longenhagen will be covering the first round as it happens, via Google Hangout, and he’ll also be joined by Chris Mitchell. Together, they’ll discuss the first 27 picks, and when possible, take questions from you guys as well.
To help facilitate the conversation, we’re going to have a Jotcast queue open for you guys to submit questions, and they’ll pick from that queue and answer them as they can. As they’ll be answering the questions on video, this isn’t a traditional chat, but they’ll hopefully have time to answer some of your queries in between selections.
Bookmark this post for your live draft coverage with Eric and Keith tonight, and we’ll have the Google Hangout embedded in this post when they go live right before the draft begins.
6:59
Ola Velund: Is there a team where the potential health-related Canning fall ends?
7:04
Eric A Longenhagen: late 20s, still ines up well vs other college arms
7:04
Dave: How likely are the A’s to take Hiura at 6 if he’s there? How much could they really save with an uderslot with him?
7:09
Mark: How much can minor league overall rankings change in one draft? How many spots could the Twins and Reds rise, or the Cards fall?
Jeff Sullivan: Sorry for that delay, was finishing a podcast
9:08
Jeff Sullivan: FanGraphs looks different now. I wonder if there are opinions
9:08
Dodgers: Do the Dodgers make a big splash this summer?
9:09
Jeff Sullivan: I’m not anticipating one, but I suppose it could in part come down to where they are with Hill and Wood. Just generally I continue to figure they’ll make the B- and C-tier moves, around their own flexibility
Eno Sarris: you know him from that hairdresser ‘fantastic man’ commercial maybe, but I like this guy’s music
12:00
Eno Sarris: heyo
12:01
Tony: What are you seeing from Brad Peacock? Think he sticks all year?
12:02
Eno Sarris: The slider is different. Much more horizontal. Getting a ton more whiffs. I think he’s having some trouble commanding it, but he’s ahead of Fiers for me, and he’s definitely interesting with this new pitch.
12:02
AJP: In light of Mike Schmidt’s comments, I was wondering what percentage of US-born players learn Spanish to better communicate with their Latino teammates?
12:03
Eno Sarris: I see it enough to know it’s not real small. A.J. Griffin is super fluent! There are others speaking broken Spanish all the time. I’ll say the percentage in bullpens, where they have time to kill, is probably approaching 50%! Lower team-wide.
Dave Cameron: Well, looks like WordPress decided not to post the chat this morning.
12:02
Dave Cameron: Once I get that fixed and get the post up, I’ll give you guys a little bit of time to get some questions into the queue, and then we’ll begin a bit late today.
12:30
Dave Cameron: Alright, sorry for the delay this week everyone.
12:31
Dave Cameron: We’re working on getting the back-end weirdness resolved.
12:31
Dave Cameron: But let’s chat baseball for the next hour or so.
12:31
Grant: What do you think Jean Segura would’ve gotten on the open market?
