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 ?

Jeff Sullivan: Hello friends

Jeff Sullivan: Sorry about that delay, had an actual work phone call!

Jeff Sullivan: I got to say words out loud! In the morning!

somedude: How much value will Tyson Ross hold when he comes off the DL?

Jeff Sullivan: Very very little

Jeff Sullivan: First of all, he’s still not particularly close. And then other teams need to see him pitching effectively. That’s impossible for him to do before this year’s deadline

Dave Cameron: Happy Wednesday, everyone. It’s Trade Value week, so we’ll probably chat about that to a large degree, but with the deadline a few weeks away, plenty of trade rumors to digest as well.

Dave Cameron: So let’s get to it.

Fred: I know you aren’t a prospect guy, but as a concerned Braves fan, I see Dansby Swanson as a solid player, not a great one. Am I missing something?

Dave Cameron: This was basically the Diamondbacks rationale for trading him, so no, I don’t think you’re that far off. He doesn’t have the upside of some of the other top prospects in the game, it doesn’t seem.

Jack C.: It sounds like Alex Bregman will FINALLY be called up this weekend. Everything I have read has him playing 3B once he gets called up, but do you eventually see him taking over SS and having Correa move over to 3B?

Dave Cameron: My guess is they’ll stick with Correa at short. It probably doesn’t matter enough to make a story out of it.

Paul Swydan: Hi everybody!

Paul Swydan: Sorry I’m a little late!

Jeff Zimmerman: Well, the game hasn’t started yet

OddBall Herrera: And Altuve was only slightly taller than the girl he ran out with…

Jeff Zimmerman:

Paul Swydan: Awesome.

august fagerstrom: here comes a baseball chat

august fagerstrom: chat soundtrack is Bryson Tiller – Trapsoul, which I’ve really been feeling the past couple days

august fagerstrom: if you’re not into the new wave of R&B stuff, I’ve also been revisiting Cold War Kids’ “Robbers & Cowards” which is excellent

august fagerstrom: Gonna let questions roll in for another few minutes and we’ll start at the top of the hour

Minty: Think Moncada debuts in ’17? What do you think his HR/SB combo will be? High SBs in the minors can be skewed.

august fagerstrom: Sure seems he’s on that track. Any HR/SB prediction from me at this time would be irresponsible, but the kid is gonna be good

Dan Szymborski: Free of tiresome culture wars but not free of tiresome Dan Szymborski: The Dan© Szymborski© FanGraphs© Chat©.

Minty: Stolen bases can skewed in the low minors. Where do you think Moncada’s power/speed will end up in the majors?

Dan Szymborski: Yeah, stolen bases do tend to go wacky in the low minors.

Dan Szymborski: I expect him to still be a good SB player in the majors, but more in the 25-35 range when he does reach the majors. The power is interesting he does have the build that he should develop more.

Dan: Since AJ Reed is struggling, could you see the Astros calling up Bregman to slide in at 1st?

Dan Szymborski: No

Jeff Sullivan: Hello friends

Bork: Hello, friend!

Jeff Sullivan: Hello friend

Jeff Sullivan: Welcome to a baseball chat that feels kind of weird to conduct

Jeff Sullivan: But we will conduct it nevertheless!

Jeff Sullivan: For it is required of me!

Eno Sarris: oh man this takes me back… to 1993

Kilgore: How much has Vizcaino’s trade value fallen? He’s been pretty bad the past couple weeks.

Eno Sarris: Hopefully it’s more his injury history in the past that’s keeping buyers away more than the last few appearances.

Bork: Hello, friend!

Eno Sarris: hello, friends!

Bork: I recently found out I’m going to be a father. What are some names that are sure to guarantee the child will be a success in life? I’m looking for 80 grade baseball names that I can use while Borkwife is drugged up after giving birth.