| 11:52 |
: happy Tuesday!
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| 11:52 |
: chat soundtrack: El-P – Fantastic Damage
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| 11:52 |
: be back in 10!
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| 12:06 |
: sorry guys, need a few more minutes before I begin. will go extra today
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| 12:14 |
: ok! apologies. lets begin
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| 12:16 |
: How crushed would Cleveland be if Lebron opted out and signed somewhere else? HE UNFOLLOWED THE CAVS TWITTER!!
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| 12:05 |
: Chatting has started. My lateness is due to the villainy of Carson.
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| 12:05 |
: Help me Dan. I’m hungover at work and need a lot of baseball
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| 12:06 |
: MORE L’AFFAIROCHE!
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| 12:06 |
: John Farrell has recently said that Sandoval will have to compete for the starting 3B job, leaving it a possibility that Travis Shaw could start on Opening Day. Do you think there’s any truth in that, or just another way to push the Panda to work harder?
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| 12:06 |
: I think Panda’s job hold is very tenuous, but would be surprised if they don’t let him suck for a month before pulling the plug.
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| 12:06 |
: Chances the Diamondbacks win the Shelby Miller trade ?
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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 |
: This one isn’t going to go as long as usual because of other work stuff. Apologies in advance
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| 9:05 |
: Kyle Seager looks like he has to practice high-fives
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| 9:05 |
: I have to imagine he wakes up every single day flabbergasted that he somehow managed to survive the Mariners’ player-development system
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| 9:05 |
: Jeff, which do you think is the most accurate projection system out there? Zips? Steamer? other?
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| 12:46 |
: No idea where this floated to me from. I gather they were popular around when I was born.
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| 12:01 |
: Your pitcher rankings suggest you’re lower on Verlander than most. I know Sporer is a believer. What are you seeing that he isn’t?
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| 12:02 |
: I think I’ll revise that up. Apparently he’s got the best fastball spin rate, and when seen in tandem with the fact that he found his rise again last year, I think a lot of his struggles were release point related. If that’s true, and he’s healthy, it all seems fixable. I’ll move him up above Shields, maybe into the low 30s. I should update those.
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| 12:02 |
: Can you get a free agent to get an Eno clause in his contract in which you get to be around a team 24/7 like Laroche had?
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| 12:03 |
: Judging how Greinke gave me an hour last week after he told the beats that they had to pool their questions, I might have a chance.
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| 12:03 |
: Who’s leading the way for the Astros’ 1B job as of today?
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| 12:00 |
: Happy Wednesday. Let’s do this.
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| 12:01 |
: 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…
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| 12:01 |
: 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.
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| 12:01 |
: If Trout got hurt (god-forbid), would the Angels be the worst team in baseball?
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| 12:02 |
: Not even close. Have you seen the Phillies?
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| 12:02 |
: 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?
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| 9:00 |
: Hi everybody!
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| 9:00 |
: Jeff will be by in a couple of minutes.
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| 9:01 |
: 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!
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| 9:01 |
: Oh, Ed. Ed, Ed, Ed. You promised you’d be here this week.
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| 9:02 |
: I forgot to send Jeff his chat invite. Whoops!
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| 9:02 |
: 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?
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| 11:48 |
: chat time!
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| 11:48 |
: soundtrack: The Foreign Exchange – Connected
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| 11:48 |
: Gonna put on a FRESH POT and we’ll get started at noon
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| 12:01 |
:
 And people say A’s fans have nothing to look forward to in 2016!
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| 12:01 |
: A’s baseball: come for the gnomes, stay for the gnomes
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| 12:03 |
: Steven Matz should be able to pitch 190 IP this season. Are you agree with manager Collins ?
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| 11:53 |
: How does one pronounce “Szymborski”? zim-BOAR-ski?
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| 11:53 |
: Hey guys! Starting a bit early because I have to go strictly at 1 for an ESPN fantasy chat.
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| 11:53 |
: Err fantasy mock draft
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| 11:53 |
: there is no chat.
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| 11:53 |
: Any spring training performances catch your eye yet? Bad or good.
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| 11:54 |
: Giolito curveball broke my laptop.
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| 9:06 |
: Hello friends
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| 9:06 |
: Welcome to live Friday baseball chat
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| 9:07 |
: 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
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| 9:08 |
: If I disappear for a little while it’s probably because of a medical emergency!
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| 9:08 |
: Hey Jeff. Hope all is well. Who do you expect to be the Astros’ Opening Day 1B?
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| 9:08 |
: Singleton, still. I don’t expect that to last more than a month or two
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| 11:30 |
: I’ll be here shortly so just chill
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| 12:00 |
: I have no pants on.
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| 12:01 |
: Who wins the Indians’ CF job out of Spring Training? Is this individual worthy of a spot in mixed leagues? AL-only? Nothing?
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| 12:01 |
: You know who I think is going to win the job? Tyler Naquin, that’s who.
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| 12:02 |
: As for his value… I think he could maybe .260/.320/.380 with some steals, which is AL-only type value.
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| 12:02 |
: 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?
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