Dave Cameron: Happy Wednesday, everyone. After taking last week off to go to Oregon and buy a house, I’m back in the sweltering heat of the east coast. Summer is the worst.

Dave Cameron: Summer on this side of the country, anyway. It was 68 in Oregon last week. I’m excited to move.

Dave Cameron: Anyway, let’s talk baseball, not miserable weather.

Gary: Can you explain the Swanson call up? His Double A numbers are just alright, Braves are going to be bad next year, and it starts his clock. Why are they doing this?

Dave Cameron: There’s no difference in service time between calling him up now and having him start at SS on Opening Day next year. If we assume they weren’t going to leave him down to delay his service time next year — and given that they’re going to be opening a new stadium, leaving him down seemed unlikely, since they’ll need to put a real product on the field next year — this gives him some experience ahead of time. I don’t think he’s ready to come in and perform well right away, but it’s better to have him slump at the end of this miserable year than the start of next year.

Mike_C: Given that it difficult at best to parse the intentions of front offices, are the Braves Promoting Swanson for the right reasons, or is this a desperate attempt to generate ticket sales during a season when revenue has been down?

Paul Swydan: Hi everybody!

Daniel Carroll: The visitors score three in the first, and as we go to the bottom of the first, the visitors are approximately 80% likely to win by Win Probability, but a portion of that 80% includes situations where the home team hits a grand slam in the 6th and the visitors still come back to win. Is there any way to tell what the probability is that the visitors will never relinquish the lead?

Paul Swydan: Wow, uh, probably, but I’m not sure that I’m the person equipped to tackle that equation. Jeff?

Jeff Zimmerman: Not sure, doing 2 runs is somewhat easy

Ray: Peralta or Didi ROS?

Paul Swydan: Survey says it’s a wash – http://www.fangraphs.com/projections.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&type=rfangraphsdc&team=0&lg=all&players=l28959

august fagerstrom: West coast chat!

august fagerstrom: Coming to you live from a coffee shop in Los Angeles, three hours earlier than I’m used to chatting

august fagerstrom: soundtrack: Portishead – Dummy

august fagerstrom: which record I purchased at the most insane record store I’ve ever visited yesterday (Amoeba Records in Hollywood)

august fagerstrom: was so overwhelming walking in there

Bork: Hello, friend!

Dan Szymborski: Another Monday at noon, so I’m coming home to you guys, with my own blood in my mouth.

Otis Redding: Can the Orioles keep pace in the AL East? Will 3 AL East teams make the playoffs?

Dan Szymborski: I think they can – other teams have weak spots too. It won’t help though if Miley is execrable instead of lousy.

Dan Szymborski: I think the two AL East runners-up end up being the wild card, though it’s obviously quite uncertain.

senpaisanto:

Hickey: Are these baby Bronx bombers or whatever the hell the media calls them, the real deal for seasons to come? Or do the Yankees trade as usual for a quality player that washes out in 2 years

Jeff Sullivan: Hello friends

Jeff Sullivan: Welcome to baseball chat

Jeff Sullivan: delayed by ESPN stuff. everybody has wonderful timing!

Bork: Hello, friend!

Jeff Sullivan: Hello friend

Anthony: Andrew McCutchen HOF odds: over/under 50%?

Eno Sarris: I’m going to be gone next week, no chat from me, and I’m going to:

El Borko: Hola Amigo!

Gary: What do you see from Benintendi in a keeper? Is he a 20-homer guy?

Eno Sarris: Yes! Probably no more than 10 stolen bases despite good speed though.

Matt: Thoughts on Eugenio Suarez – think he becomes a Jonathan Schoop-esque player or is this what he is?

Eno Sarris: I think there’s a bit more in there. More patience, maybe a better K%, better average, and he does steal bases! I like him.

Paul Swydan: Hi everybody!

M.O.: People don’t talk about Josh Donaldson enough. He’s awesome. Any reason for lack of coverage?

Paul Swydan: I mean, he’s been tagged in four FanGraphs posts since May 11. How much more coverage should he receive?

Jeff Zimmerman: I don’t know. Sometimes the best player are the least interesting … at least for me.

Paul Swydan: In the general media world, people aren’t going to talk about mid-market teams that aren’t awesome, and the Jays are mehhhhhh this year.

mike: i’m concerned about cleveland. are you concerned about cleveland? what is going on in cleveland?

august fagerstrom: Back to regular Tuesday chat!

august fagerstrom: Soundtrack: Flying Lotus – Los Angeles

august fagerstrom: start in 10 minute

august fagerstrom: Alright!

august fagerstrom: I scheduled arthroscopic surgery for my left shoulder yesterday. If anyone’s had that, feel free to drop a line on your experience. Also — since the last time we chatted, I tore the labrum in my *right* shoulder as well. Things are going great. I’m 25 years old going on 56.

august fagerstrom: Also super jealous that Ben Lindbergh is spending his work day playing No Man’s Sky right now. Anyone played it yet? Been looking forward it for a while and I’m not even a big gamer

Dan Szymborski: Boom.

Joe Musgrove: How’d you get your writing start? I’m wondering for post-mlb work?

Dan Szymborski: Whether or not that’s the real Joe Musgrove, I got my writing start arguing with WebTV/AOL Users on usenet, which was kind of the Twitter of the mid-90s.

Dan Szymborski: That also makes me sound really old. Writing really just takes an opinion and practice.

Matt: Hi Dan. I missed you.

Dan Szymborski: Now that sounds like a lie.

august fagerstrom: Friday chat!

august fagerstrom: Friday soundtrack! El Grincho – Alegranza!

august fagerstrom: did I type Grincho just now? because I sure meant to type Guincho

august fagerstrom: it sure is Fridy

august fagerstrom: and then I misspelled Friday. welp. this is sure to go well.

august fagerstrom: Allow me to now heat up a bowl of lemon chicken and rice and we can begin.