Travis Sawchik: Greetings

Travis Sawchik: What’s everyone drinking? I’m on coffee No. 3 of the day ….

Travis Sawchik: We need to talk. So let’s begin …

CamdenWarehouse: Do you see the Pirates trading Cole this summer? There seems to be more rumors about him than any other starter at this point.

Travis Sawchik: If they are out of the race, or on the fringe of the race, they should absolutely explore the market.

Travis Sawchik: With the remaining club control (2.5 seasons), and the way he’s pitching, his value will never be greater

Jeff Sullivan: Hello friends

Jeff Sullivan: Welcome to Friday baseball chat

Bork: Hello, friend!

Jeff Sullivan: Hello friend

Snowflake: Are Eric Sogard and Carson Cistulli the same person?

Jeff Sullivan: Eric Sogard went to Arizona State

Eno Sarris: hey this is nice and mellow unlike my life

Eno Sarris: I”M HERE HOLE ON

Kiermaier’s Piercing Green Eyes: The league made sure that the sanctity of baseball was protected and that Brad Miller will no longer use his contraband pink bat after his illegal 3-5 performance on Monday. This feels like a missed opportunity for the league. Why can’t players get whatever color they want, lightsaber style? Cespedes could get a neon bat to pair with that garish arm sleeve, players could use colors to support causes, sons of former big leaguers could honor pop by using the same color…seems like an easy marketing opportunity and chance to add more personality to the game.

Eno Sarris: Because tradition is our mission.

Greg: So it looks like Freddie Freeman’s wrist is probably fractured. Any long terms concerns with any injury like that?

Eno Sarris: Yes. Hamate problems sap power, wrist is pretty bad for that sort of thing.

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.