Paul Swydan: Hi everybody!

Paul Swydan: I think you’re stuck with just me tonight. Jeff is out with his better half.

BK: Given that the cost of Upton was 1.5 years/$5M and a ~30th ranked prospect, why wouldn’t more teams be in on that?

Paul Swydan: Maybe they were but the Padres just like the Blue Jays prospect better.

Paul Swydan: I mean, we definitely heard that Cleveland was in on Upton. Baltimore too.

Orioles Fan: It’s not dark yet…are you in Europe?

august fagerstrom: hey!

august fagerstrom: let’s chat

august fagerstrom: while listening to Beck’s Mellow Gold

august fagerstrom: OK, sorry. Let’s start for real.

Bork: Hello, friend!

august fagerstrom: Hi, Bork!

Eric A Longenhagen: Good day, sirs and madams. I’m just finishing writing up the prospects in the Chapman deal so give me a few minutes…

Eric A Longenhagen: I also require liquid refreshment.

Eric A Longenhagen: Also, holy crap there are a lot of you here.

Eric A Longenhagen: OKay, let me start by plugging some stuff and letting you know that, after hitting Chicago for the Under Armour game and getting back home to AZ last night, I was forced to eat salad for breakfast. It was really terrible.

Eric A Longenhagen: So here’s the link to my Bregman callup piece: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/scouting-astros-call-up-alex-bregman/

Eric A Longenhagen: Dahl callup piece has been filed and is just waiting for editing. Same goes for the reports on the Cubs prospects sent to NYY in the Chapman deal.

Dan Szymborski: I’m watching Hook. RU-FI-O! RU-FI-O!

Dan Szymborski: Also as a note, since I’ve been talking Chapman on Twitter for like 12 hours, all Chapman questions will be answered with non-sequiturs.

Dan Szymborski: I actually like Hook.

Dan Szymborski: No, it’s not great, but it’s fine.

Matt: Who made Ryan Schimpf Barry Bonds?

Dan Szymborski: TEH STEROIDS~!!!!!!oneoneoneonetwothree

Eno Sarris: One of my favorites from Pitchfork Fest last week… I’ll pepper the chat with my best of. These guys kinda combine motown and garage, which is cool. See you soon.

Northsider: How does Commish Sarris punish the Cardinals?

Eno Sarris: Probably draft picks and international money because that’s all that’s really in the commissioner’s purview against teams, right? And some money money I guess.

Thwerve: Tyler Skaggs or Jose De Leon?

Eno Sarris: Skaggs? How many innings does De Leon have? What if he comes up in the pen?

Bork: I can’t of been the only one that thought of something else when I read a headline about Juiced Balls.

Dave Cameron: Alright, two chats left before the trade deadline, so let’s get all rumory up in here. Or you could ask lingering trade value questions. Or anything else, really.

The Average Sports Fan: What do you think the Reds are able to get out of Jay Bruce?

Dave Cameron: A midlevel guy, not a top 100 type. He’s just not that impactful of a player.

chris: How steep a price would Cleveland have to pay for Chapman? Do you see a guy like Aiken or Bobby Bradley being shipped out?

Dave Cameron: Like Chicago, I don’t see them as a great fit for Chapman; Cody Allen is a good closer, and Chapman won’t want to pitch middle innings. They need a good LH guy to work 7-8 innings, so Miller makes a lot more sense. And you’re not getting Miller without giving up Frazier or Zimmer, and even then, might still get outbid.

Fire Kevin Cash: Who’s fixed first: Chris Archer or Drew Smyly?

Paul Swydan: Hi everybody!

Stevo: CURLING!

Paul Swydan: I thought it was implied I meant Summer Olympic events, but Stevo is the kind of commenter that a lawyer dreams about.

Roadhog: How would you balance a Puig for Hill trade? Setbacks for Kershaw and Ryu should scare the Dodgers a bit.

Paul Swydan: There’s no way I would give up Puig for Rich Hill (I’m assuming that’s the Hill you mean). Hill exited this weekend with a blister, and has already had a DL stint. I don’t know that I’d be all that jazzed about giving up anything of value for him. Certainly not a current big leaguer like Puig.

Fork: 10 team Roto 15 active hitting/15 active pitching/10 bench slots so 400 active players. Would you trade Thor for Springer & JA Happ what about Thor for Wil Myers and Kyle Hendricks

august fagerstrom: coming to you live from not-Cleveland, it’s a baseball chat!

august fagerstrom: for our soundtrack, I’ve been revisiting one of my all-time favorites lately, Animal Collective – Feels

august fagerstrom: lastly, we’ll probably get this one started about 10 minutes late or so

august fagerstrom: alright, let’s do it!

Bork: Hello friend! I am back in the office today and not in a waiting room.

august fagerstrom: hi Bork! hope all is well with you and the BORKFAMILY

Eric A Longenhagen: I don’t have anything especially witty to open the chat with this week so…

GPT: Can Giants fans start to get excited about Sandro Fabian?

Eric A Longenhagen: I think it’s fair to say you have a nice little prospect down here in Scottsdale, but not that he’s burst on the scene and has obvious star-level tools.

Eric A Longenhagen: Before I went in to see the Giants I texted a bunch of scouts who have the AZL as part of their coverage to ask who I should be watching and none of them said Fabian.

Eric A Longenhagen: I think he’s a solid athlete with a chance to have an average bat and power, maybe above average D in RF.

Eric A Longenhagen: But he’s a long way off.

Dan Szymborski: Szymborski has arrived, to the disappointment of all.

Section 118: Give me a % chance of both Marcus Semien and Khris Davis hitting 35 HRs this year

Dan Szymborski: So like 40% and 70%? Let’s call it 28%

Dan Szymborski: maybe that’s too high

Dan Szymborski: 30 and 60? 18%?

Chris: How worried should the Bucs be re: Polanco ?