Dan Szymborski: Hey guys!

CamdenWarehouse: Do you see Stephenson in the Reds rotation at some point this season?

Dan Szymborski: If his command is OK, I think he’ll get some time considering where the Reds are. Maybe even in if it isn’t.

mtsw: Does the fact that the arbitration system rewards counting stats for hitters but wins/saves for pitchers create a systemic bias towards teams with pitcher-friendly parks? Hitter counting stats are park dependent but wins/saves aren’t really.

Dan Szymborski: Never really thought of it, but I don’t think enough players go to arb for that to be a big deal.

Dan Szymborski: And I believe that they’re free to make an argument wiht a player to this effect.

Dave Cameron: Happy last Wednesday before baseball, everyone.

Dave Cameron: Let’s do our final preseason chat of the year.

Dave Cameron: And look forward to some real baseball on Sunday.

senorsilver: Anything to Thames struggles in the spring? Maybe one guy where spring is relevant?

Dave Cameron: I doubt it. He’s always had power, even before he went to the KBO, and there’s zero reason to think that faded over the winter.

Erik: In a division with two bad teams, like the NL East, how much do you think the players care about at least finishing higher than one team in the division? Obviously, players are hyper-competitive and want to win every game, but at the end of the season, will the Phillies or Braves be happy that they at least finished higher than the other team, even if it’s objectively worse for the team’s future since it means a worse draft pick?

Eric A Longenhagen: Howdy, is this thing on?

Eric A Longenhagen: ‘Tis.

Eric A Longenhagen: Let me tweet a link to the started chat and we’ll get rolling.

Eric A Longenhagen: Okay. How are you folks? I am well. Walker Buehler is pitching in the Dodgers big league road game today so if you’ve got MLB.tv and that game is on, you should check that out.

Gary: Are you heading to Florida for camps there at all or just staying in Arizona?

Eric A Longenhagen: Just here, if I do Florida it will be to straddle Extended and the FSL while also hitting draft stuff.

Jeff Sullivan: Hello friends

Jeff Sullivan: Welcome to Friday baseball chat

Bork: Hello, friend!

Jeff Sullivan: Hello friend

Bork: Hello Friend

Jeff Sullivan: Impostor!

Eno Sarris: wish I could have been in Charlotte for the Run the Jewels show drinking Stay Gold NEIPA…

Bork: Will this be the year Dalton Pompey sticks in the MLB? Please?

Eno Sarris: There’s a whole wide left field waiting for him

C3P0hhhh: What do you think of jSullivan’s comparison of Bird to a young Lucas Duda? Would you tend to agree, or do you think his past injury history might be suppressing his ceiling a bit?

Eno Sarris: It’s not a bad comp, but you also have to think of Lucas Duda as he was in 2015 not 2016.

Jewel: Which injured pitcher would you rather have, Alex Reyes or Matt Harvey? Real life baseball, contracts don’t matter.

Dan Szymborski: It’s party time!

Dan Szymborski: And heads up – yes, platoon splits and DMB stuff will be posted. My work baseball preview stuff comes before that.

Dan Szymborski: And no, I won’t give you an exact date and time, guy who asked variations on this question about 15 times last week.

Druidiful: Dan, are you going to actually have your regularly scheduled Wednesday chat on a Wednesday?

Dan Szymborski: It’s weird, isn’t it?

Jim: Delino Deshields could do what with 600 at bats leading off for the Rangers?

Dave Cameron: Happy Wednesday, everyone.

Dave Cameron: We just published the SS positional power rankings, which wraps up the infield, and we’ll move to the outfield tomorrow.

Dave Cameron: I’ll take any PPR questions you have, or there’s a WBC championship game tonight, or we can just talk about the 2017 season.

Bork: If Devon Travis can stay healthy.

Dave Cameron: That would help the Jays an awful lot. But at this point, probably not something they should bet on.

Not Didi: What is the best solution to replace me for the next month? I think, I am about to show how valuable I am in April.

Paul Swydan:

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Paul Swydan: Hi everybody!

Jeff Zimmerman: Hey

Matt M: this WBC has been great

Eric A Longenhagen: Good morning from Tempe.

Eric A Longenhagen: Chat, go.

Tommy N.: Did you get to see the Padres’ prospects recently? What can you tell us about what you saw?

Eric A Longenhagen: Yes, several.

Eric A Longenhagen: Hold on, let me grab my notes so I can do this properly….

Eric A Longenhagen: Okay..

Dan Szymborski: OK, let’s get the party going.

bl27: walk issue will be a problem for Blake Snell ? Similar to Edinson Volquez early in his career

Dan Szymborski: Given his minor league walk rates, I expect it to be his weakness.

DEF: Wait, today is only Wednesday? This week is really dragging.

Dan Szymborski: FRIDAY

Dr Morris: What do the D-backs know about Mitch Haniger that the rest of the world (and the world’s projection systems) don’t? On paper he’s at least an average-plus RF and he’s murdering the ball in ST.