Paul Swydan:

Paul Swydan:

Paul Swydan:

Paul Swydan:

Paul Swydan: Hi everybody!

Tap: How come SwStr% are not on minor league batters’ player pages? When will Contact% be added?

Eric A Longenhagen: Good morning from, pretty sure it’s Tempe? Yes, it must be.

Eric A Longenhagen: Mock draft went live yesterday, it’s here: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/fangraphs-2017-mock-draft/

Eric A Longenhagen: Today’s daily notes have a few more rumors. I’ll link that here when it goes live.

Hobbs: At this point are you moving Acuna up? Rather have him or Eloy Jimenez longterm in real life and fantasy (if you answer fantasy questions)? Thanks.

Eric A Longenhagen: I’d give it another month. Probably have those two on equal footing at this point. Easier to see elite power from Eloy, Acuna has a better defensive home, might steal you 15-20 bags.

Estuve : How much cheaper would Gore have to be than Greene for you to draft him if you were in charge of a team with a top pick (let’s say the Reds)?

Travis Sawchik: Welcome to another Monday afternoon chat, thanks for attending

Travis Sawchik: Let’s get started …

Colin: What is the analytically inclined fan to think in 2017 when a player is complimented either by his team or the announcers for hitting behind the runner? Every time I see this I just think to myself, “What’s so great about getting out?”

Travis Sawchik: There is some skill to situational hitting but hitters are best served by launching air balls into the OF

Travis Sawchik: Announcers often fall into traditional narratives, which is a problem since so many people are watching/listening to broadcasts

Kiermaier’s Piercing Green Eyes: Is the Statcast data on lead lengths public? I am dying to know how Lester’s pickoff is going to shorten leads taken on him.

Jeff Sullivan: Hello friends

Jeff Sullivan: Welcome to Friday baseball chat

Bork: Hello, friend! Apologies for my absence last week. Bork Jr can be very distracting.

Jeff Sullivan: Hello friend

Jeff Sullivan: You were dearly missed

greg: Will FG be doing a live chat for the draft?

Eno Sarris: man look at that Angels lineup, someday they’ll be looking back at that and think about Trout and this song will be playing

Whit: You believe in May Jimmy Nelson?

Eno Sarris: You know what… I might. Ever since he shelved the Curve for two games, it’s come back slower and more different than his slider, so he’s worked on the differential between the two breaking balls it looks like. And that differential was the worst in the league between heavy two breaker users in the past.

Dan: I’M FREAKING OUT WE ARE 2 GAMES BELOW .500 AND ON A 6 GAME LLLLLL FLAG STREAK HELP

Eno Sarris: I like how I don’t even know who ‘we’ is here.

Dave: Eno! My man! #TANAK. WTF?

Dan Szymborski: OH GOD THERE’S NO QUESTION QUEUE DAMN YOU CARSON

Big Tuna: Are we buying into Whit Merrifield?

Dan Szymborski: There’s probably some real power improvement there, but let’s not go too nuts yet.

The Average Sports Fan: What is holding the Cubs back?

Dan Szymborski: Losses.

Nick: Drop O. Herrera?

Dave Cameron: Happy Wednesday, everyone.

Dave Cameron: Since we last spoke, I (most likely) tore my ACL and contracted a stomach bug that caused me to vomit during the recording of the most recent podcast.

Dave Cameron: Oh, also, Mike Trout got hurt.

Dave Cameron: This week sucked.

Dave Cameron: Let’s talk about happier things.

Kiermaier’s Piercing Green Eyes: The AL position player WAR leaders right now include Sano (3rd), Dickerson (4th), and Souza (7th). Mike Trout has been the best player in baseball by so far for so long that he can win MVP despite playing for the Angels. Not that Sano, Dickerson, or Souza will still be at the top come October, but how do the voters treat the players on small market non-juggernauts for the non-first place votes? Ortiz got sixth in MVP voting last year, which is farcical, but I can’t picture the Rays’ DH getting votes over names like Correa and Lindor even if you just extrapolate his numbers to a 7.5 WAR season.

Paul Swydan:

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Paul Swydan:

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Paul Swydan: Hi everybody!

Jeff Zimmerman: Hi

Eric A Longenhagen: Good noon from Catasauqua, PA. Here is a link to today’s notes with notes from my look at Brendan McKay and more: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/instagraphs/daily-prospect-notes-530/

Ira: Can we expect a write up on Luis Robert? What’s your scouting report on him?

Eric A Longenhagen: Once he starts playing actual games, sure. I wrote him up last summer when I saw him and in the hardball times annual over the winter. He’s a very good prospect, fits somewhere in the middle of a top 100 based on what I’ve seen an the reports I’ve gotten.

J: Most upside in this year’s draft? Highest floor?

Eric A Longenhagen: Obviously this question requires certain assumptions, including me assuming you know those assumptions. But with that in mind: Greene has the most upside, McKay has the highest floor.

Greg: Any new draft buzz in the top 5?

Jeff Sullivan: Hello friends

Jeff Sullivan: Welcome to Friday baseball chat

Jeff Sullivan: Miss you, Bork

Sylvio Dante: should i be selling the farm for Berrios?

Jeff Sullivan: It’s not allowed to possess another human person, but from a more distant perspective, there’s not much here not to like

Jeff Sullivan: I’ll be interested to see how Berrios fares against big-league lefties as he gets settled, since that breaking ball is so good but seemingly so much better suited to cripple righties