Dave Cameron: Happy Wednesday. Let’s do this.

JCNY: Am I crazy to think Adam Wainwright could still be a Top 12 starter this year? His ’14 was fantastic and he had basically a whole year without wear on his arm. He’s not young, and he’s coming off a major lower body injury, but still…

Dave Cameron: Your body still ages even if you’re not pitching. With all the great young arms in the game now, it’s hard for me to see Wainwright cracking the top dozen pitchers.

Hooha: If Trout got hurt (god-forbid), would the Angels be the worst team in baseball?

Dave Cameron: Not even close. Have you seen the Phillies?

Outta my way, Gyorkass: Leaving out mediocre teams who are trying to contend but probably should not be (sorry, Marlins, Rockies, Orioles, etc.), which true NL contender holds the highest probability of utter collapse this season? How about the in AL?

Paul Swydan: Hi everybody!

Paul Swydan: Jeff will be by in a couple of minutes.

Ed in Iowa: I have to teach two classes tonight. Gonna miss most or all of the chat for the second week in a row. My IQAR (Insightful Questions Above Replacement) is plummeting!

Paul Swydan: Oh, Ed. Ed, Ed, Ed. You promised you’d be here this week.

Paul Swydan: I forgot to send Jeff his chat invite. Whoops!

Medias Rojas: Why do I get the feeling I’m going to be seeing a lot of Travis Shaw this year? The only question is, primarily at third or first?

august fagerstrom: chat time!

august fagerstrom: soundtrack: The Foreign Exchange – Connected

august fagerstrom: Gonna put on a FRESH POT and we’ll get started at noon

The Dude of NY: And people say A’s fans have nothing to look forward to in 2016!

august fagerstrom: A’s baseball: come for the gnomes, stay for the gnomes

daneyko: Steven Matz should be able to pitch 190 IP this season. Are you agree with manager Collins ?

Q-Ball: How does one pronounce “Szymborski”? zim-BOAR-ski?

Dan Szymborski: Hey guys! Starting a bit early because I have to go strictly at 1 for an ESPN fantasy chat.

Dan Szymborski: Err fantasy mock draft

Dan Szymborski: there is no chat.

Bork: Any spring training performances catch your eye yet? Bad or good.

Dan Szymborski: Giolito curveball broke my laptop.

Jeff Sullivan: Hello friends

Jeff Sullivan: Welcome to live Friday baseball chat

Jeff Sullivan: Brought to you this time from a friend’s house where I’m observing someone while he recovers from surgery. Hopefully he doesn’t clot while I’m talking about Pedro Alvarez or something

Jeff Sullivan: If I disappear for a little while it’s probably because of a medical emergency!

Tony G.: Hey Jeff. Hope all is well. Who do you expect to be the Astros’ Opening Day 1B?

Jeff Sullivan: Singleton, still. I don’t expect that to last more than a month or two

Eno Sarris: I’ll be here shortly so just chill

Eno Sarris: I have no pants on.

John: Who wins the Indians’ CF job out of Spring Training? Is this individual worthy of a spot in mixed leagues? AL-only? Nothing?

Eno Sarris: You know who I think is going to win the job? Tyler Naquin, that’s who.

Eno Sarris: As for his value… I think he could maybe .260/.320/.380 with some steals, which is AL-only type value.

Mike: Should I take Scherzer over Betts and Abreu in the second round of my fantasy draft? Also, would you take Arenado over Correa and Rizzo?

Paul Swydan: Hi everybody!

Paul Swydan:

Paul Swydan: We always have the sexy results, because THIS chat happens after dark.

Paul Swydan: OK, I’ll stop wasting time now.

Broak: Thoughts on a possible Josh Reddick extension? Seems like both sides are pretty serious.

Paul Swydan: I guess I’m pretty bearish on Reddick. He’s only played full seasons in 2 of the 4 years he’s been in Oakland.

august fagerstrom: hey y’all! apologies for my tardiness, lost track of time cleaning my apartment. get those questions in and we’ll start shortly!

august fagerstrom: I would link to Kendrick Lamar’s “untitled 07” as today’s song/album chat soundtrack, but nothing is up on YouTube yet, so let’s go with the other record I listened to on yesterday’s bike ride, Ty Segall – Melted

august fagerstrom: But seriously, listen to that Kendrick. Dude is making the most powerful music out right now

The Dude of NY:

august fagerstrom: seems like a good place to start

The Dude of NY: WHY CARTER CAPPS? WHY?

Dan Szymborski: There’s a chat for us. Somewhere a chat for us.

Dan Szymborski: Loud and crude and open air, wait for us, somewhere.

Dan Szymborski: Noontime in U.S. FanGraphs a time for us. Time together with time to spare, time to yell, time to glare. Today!

daneyko: Carlos Rodon is ready to become an All-Star ?

Dan Szymborski: Maybe not this year, but I’d be surprised if he never had an All-Star type season.

Zonk: Unless your first name happens to be “Avisail”, it’s hard not to like the A-Jax signing for the White Sox. What say you?

Jeff Sullivan: Hello friends

Jeff Sullivan: Welcome to Friday baseball chat! There’s baseball happening!

Daniel: Your thoughts on the Jays this year? Seems like their PECOTA projections were a little conservative…84 wins seemed low even if it would give them a WC.

Jeff Sullivan: PECOTA puts them at 86-76 and Steamer/ZiPS puts them at 84-78. I like them more around 88-74; I don’t think they’re a particularly deep team, but they’re a strong team, and in a weird way I kind of like their underwhelming starting rotation

Jeff Sullivan: I obviously love Stroman, I’m on board with Happ, and I should hope they don’t give many starting opportunities to Sanchez because I think he’s a dynamite relieer

daneyko: do you like Ian Kennedy with the Royals. Better ERA in 2016 ?