| 9:07 |
: Hello friends
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| 9:07 |
: Welcome to Friday baseball chat
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| 9:07 |
: Hello, friend!
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| 9:07 |
: Hello friend
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| 9:08 |
: What do you expect from me in 2017? Going forward?
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| 9:08 |
: To be perfectly honest it’s hard for me to see you as anything more than Chris Carter. Which, hey, Carter has been a pretty good hitter. But Gallo isn’t all the way there yet, so Carter might be the 60th or 70th percentile outcome
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| 2:01 |
: Now, fill up the glasses with treacle and ink and anything else that’s pleasant to drink!
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| 2:01 |
: The chat has started.
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| 2:01 |
: Save us, Dan, from the worthless wasteland Twitter has become…. tell us about your cats.
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| 2:02 |
: I think they’re all sleeping. It’s 2 PM, so Galileo should be appearing any minute to sit on my lap and start buttering me up for dinner.
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| 2:02 |
: Greg Holland to the Rockies. Good or bad for the Rockies? Good or bad for Greg Holland?
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| 2:02 |
: I’m optimistic. I’m not sure it’s the best environment to rehab your value, but he’ll probably help the Rockies.
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| 12:26 |
: when your long time friend says she’s working on more conscious world neo soul, you wonder what she means
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| 12:00 |
: What does that even mean
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| 12:02 |
: it’s that kind of music!
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| 12:02 |
: Do the Nats add to their bullpen before opening day?
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| 12:03 |
: Maybe in season. David Robertson is the obvious one, but maybe the asking price is too high? Joe Blanton is the obvious free agent.
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| 12:04 |
: Sorry for the delay! Some sort of connectivity thing.
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| 12:01 |
: Do you think Alex Reyes is going to open the season in the rotation?
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| 12:02 |
: Whoops; guess we’ll answer that question before I say hi.
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| 12:02 |
: My guess would be no; he’s going to be on an innings limit, and has options, so the easiest way to handle their crowded rotation is to let him work in Triple-A for a month or two.
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| 12:02 |
: Anyway, hi everyone. Happy Wednesday.
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| 12:03 |
: Which division favorite requires the fewest things to go wrong in order to miss the playoffs completely?
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| 12:04 |
: Probably Houston. A couple of injuries to guys like Correa, Altuve, or Springer, and they might be sunk.
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| 4:25 |
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What is your strongest opinion on the TB-LA trade?
Friedman is just plundering his old team (1.5% | 4 votes)
TB did well to get De Leon (50.7% | 134 votes)
Boy do the Twins have egg on their face (38.6% | 102 votes)
Something else (9.0% | 24 votes)
Total Votes: 264
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| 4:28 |
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What do you think is Andruw Jones’ biggest legacy in baseball?
His playing career (37.1% | 75 votes)
How he has inspired kids in Curacao/Aruba to play baseball (15.8% | 32 votes)
Hard to choose, they’re both pretty great (47.0% | 95 votes)
Total Votes: 202
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| 4:29 |
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Will you be watching the World Baseball Classic?
Hell yes! (19.3% | 46 votes)
Probably (32.3% | 77 votes)
Meh (19.3% | 46 votes)
Probably not (18.9% | 45 votes)
Definitely not (7.9% | 19 votes)
What’s the World Baseball Classic? (2.1% | 5 votes)
Total Votes: 238
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| 4:33 |
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Which movie would get your vote for Best Picture?
Arrival (13.0% | 29 votes)
Fences (1.7% | 4 votes)
Hacksaw Ridge (6.2% | 14 votes)
Hell or High Water (4.4% | 10 votes)
Hidden Figures (2.6% | 6 votes)
La La Land (11.6% | 26 votes)
Lion (1.3% | 3 votes)
Manchester By The Sea (4.9% | 11 votes)
Moonlight (5.3% | 12 votes)
Who cares what a group of 80-year-old men think? (48.4% | 108 votes)
Total Votes: 223
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| 9:00 |
: Hi everybody!
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| 9:01 |
: Love your chats Paul! Have you seen any studies on the success or failure of unusually tall hitters (6’5″ or taller)? As an example, I’ve heard some analysts say that pitchers will prey on Judge because of his huge strike zone — do you agree?
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| 12:01 |
: We need to talk
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| 12:01 |
: So let’s get started …
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| 12:01 |
: Would the MLBPA be wise to fight for a payroll floor more than anything?
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| 12:03 |
: An article I researched related to this very subject was just published on the Site so please check it out….But, yeah, I’m surprised the MLBPA has not fought for a floor given where the owners’ share of revenues has gone, given there is a tax on payroll spending.
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| 12:03 |
: While it’s not a perfect comparison, if MLB had an NBA-style soft cap and floor, there would have been 19 MLB teams under the floor in 2015
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| 12:04 |
: What happens first, an MLB expansion or an MLB relocation?
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| 9:04 |
: Hello friends
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| 9:04 |
: Welcome to Friday baseball chat
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| 9:04 |
: Hello, friend!
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| 9:04 |
: Hello friend
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| 9:04 |
: Sup Bro
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| 9:04 |
: Sup friend
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| 1:03 |
: This feels like music that has come before but, unlike War on Drugs or others I’ve heard, I don’t hate it for that fact. Kinda love it.
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| 12:01 |
: Eno the baseball guy! Ludes ludes ludes ludes ludes ludes!
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| 12:02 |
: Hey Eno – where do you see Franklin Gutierrez ending up? Do you think an unexpected team like the Dodgers, even with their OF log jam, could swoop in and get a guy who they can platoon vs Lefties?
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| 12:02 |
: Unexpected: Boston. More expected, especially after Mahtook trade: Tampa.
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| 12:02 |
: What’s the highest you see Cotton going in terms of SP this year? Top 40? Is keeping him in 17 team league for 8 bucks a solid price?
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| 12:03 |
: I’d keep him there. I bet he goes in the top 60 unless I’m inflating him too much.
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| 2:38 |
: I THOUGHT TODAY WAS TUESDAY!
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| 2:38 |
: How does the Jays offseason look after the Jose Bautista signing?
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| 2:38 |
: Decent, not specatular.
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| 2:38 |
: How much fun is it to check out TalkingChop and see so many people adamantly fight against the validity of sabermetrics. We have some heated Matt Kemp discussions going on if you want a “fun” read
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| 2:39 |
: I’ve been in some of those. I already flamed that guy with the weird metaphysical post.
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| 2:39 |
: Over/under on number of strokes you expect to have tonight
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| 12:08 |
: Sorry about the delay!
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| 12:08 |
: I’m here.
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| 12:08 |
: I had to finish up a Tim Raines piece before starting the chat, which you can read here. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/what-would-a-modern-tim-raines-look-like/
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| 12:08 |
: Ad Free Fangraphs is so much better. Does Edgar Martinez get in next year?
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| 12:09 |
: Ad-free FanGraphs is so much better. If you haven’t signed up yet, you really should. Better for you, better for us, better for the planet.
As for Edgar, I think his last ballot in two years will be his shot. He’s going to need the Raines “are you sure you don’t want to vote for me?” pressure. |
| 12:10 |
: What do you think of the Saunders signing? Combined with the Kendrick trade, it looks like the Phillies have taken a lot of plate appearances away from their recently arrived or soon-to-arrive young outfielders like Altherr, Quinn, Williams, and Cozens. Will they have enough game time available to give those guys looks to see if they’ll be valuable future pieces?
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