Eno Sarris: No idea what the images are but I like A-Trak and I like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs so

The Hamburglar: What is wrong with Chris Archer? Article idea!

Eno Sarris: Just having a chat with Collette about this. Checked injury markers and he has two: zone% is down precipitously and velo is down too. Exit velocity up 4mph. Slugging percentage up on the slider. He admits the slider isn’t well. Friend said he thinks he sees Archer making an adjustment in his legs to get velocity back and that something is now off kilter up top. Hopefully he’s not hiding anything. If his release point was super inconsistent, I’d be more worried, but I’ll give him a 6/10 worry.

JeevesAsksYou: Traded Story for JD Martinez. Already had Seager and Suarez. Not too shabby eh?

Eno Sarris: Yeah I’d do that.

The Hamburglar: What pitchers have demonstrated a changed approach, new arsenal of pitchers, etc. that you are high on thus far?

Dave Cameron: Happy Wednesday. Let’s go ahead and talk some baseball.

mike: who is a guy you are higher on that your colleagues are lower on? and vice versa?

Dave Cameron: Well I haven’t polled all my colleagues, so I’m not sure I have a great baseline to compare against. But I get the general feeling that I’m higher than most people on Kyle Hendricks.

matt: Giolito an ace someday? how soon?

Dave Cameron: I’d say it’s not a great idea to project any pitching prospect as an ace. There’s just so much that can go wrong between dominating the minors and reaching that level in the big leagues.

max: do you see joey gallo fitting into the Rangers plans? if so, how?

Paul Swydan: Hi everybody! Let’s do this.

Paul Swydan: Sorry I’m late.

Chris: Is there any way to access old Baseruns data (2002-2014)? I’ve been asking Fangraphs in as many ways as possible, but I haven’t been able to find that data. I’m looking for it for a school project, and any help would be appreciated. Thanks Paul!

Paul Swydan: I have asked too! To no avail yet, but we’ll get it eventually.

Jeff Zimmerman: OK

yolo: I got offered Felix/Starlin Castro/Cody Allen for Springer/Teheran in an deep OBP league. Both my pitching and my shortstop situation are trash, but my OF is deep. Worth taking?

august fagerstrom: let us chat

august fagerstrom: (at noon)

august fagerstrom: chat soundtrack: Yo La Tengo — And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out

august fagerstrom: OK! The AT&T guy is now out of my apartment and I have *real* internet! No more phone tethering! Yay!

august fagerstrom: Let’s do this thing.

Texas Dolly: What happens with Nomar Mazara in Texas assuming Choo and Hamilton return in a month? Does he remain a starter somehow or end up back in the minors to get regular playing time?

Dan Szymborski: *cough*

Dan Szymborski: Don’t worry, I won’t be inserting my coughs.

Chris Hatcher: On a scale from “blow it up and start over” to ” they’ll figure it out and be a strength”, how concerned should Dodgers fans be about me and my ‘pen mates?

Dan Szymborski: It’s a little late to blow it up. And they *still* have the #3 bullpen in the RoS projections – even if you apply some kind of suck factor and say they’re “only” 10th or something, how would they build a better bullpen than the #10 on April 18th?

Tom: Any idea why Tulo has bad offensive numbers since he got the jays?

Dan Szymborski: 2015 wans’t alarmingly worse given the sample size

Jeff Sullivan: Hello friends

Jeff Sullivan: Let’s chat already

Q-Ball: Fun Cub Fact: Cubs run differential right now is +43. That is more than the total runs scored of 22 teams.

Jeff Sullivan: I don’t think juggernauts really exist in baseball, but this is what one would look like

Jeff Sullivan: People said our expectations of the Cubs were way too high. They’re exceeding them! It’s so stupid

Raindog: More surprising: Daniel Murphy has highest qualified wOBA in MLB or Russell Martin has lowest?

Dave Cameron: Thanks for joining me on a Thursday this week. Spent a lot of time flying back to NC yesterday, so thanks to Eno for filling in.

Dave Cameron: Now we see if the Thursday crowd is any different!

Gary Gorr: How did you enjoy your time in Toronto and at Pitch Talks?

Dave Cameron: Pitch Talks was great. One of the most fun baseball events I’ve been to, and excited to be part of a bunch more this summer. If you have a chance to go to one, you definitely need to do so. They’re a blast. Toronto itself was also great, but a bit cold. Try to be warmer, Canada.

John: Is it possible to trade for a coach? I feel like teams would part with pretty high level prospects for Ray Searage

Dave Cameron: Yes, it happens, but rarely. Lou Piniella was traded, for instance. Usually it’s more of a guy-wants-to-leave situation, though, and the team gets compensation for letting him out of his contract. I don’t think teams could or would trade a coach against his will. And Searage doesn’t want to leave Pittsburgh.

Eno Sarris: sometimes when you get down in this business you just have to have a center, a calming soothing thing, and yesterday this was that thing for me

Eno Sarris:

Blerick: How could the author of this weeks very good changeup piece be got down?

Eno Sarris: By a little gremlin that finally got rid of his ear infections only to have his teeth bother him from 4:30 on this morning? Woof.

Lindor Truffles: Looming question–must know before league mates: Jepsen or May?

Eno Sarris: I think it might be May! Jepsen has been worse so far, May has been used right before him, and the last close game, it was May that finished the game. He seems to have more strikeouts in the bullpen, and velocity and handedness are about the same.

Jeff Zimmerman: Why match up question Paul?…….well, I guess 18% of our readers failed it

Paul Swydan: Hey, to each their own, right?

Paul Swydan: Let’s do this.

Tom: Melancon, Hanrahan, Bailey, Gagne. Just a few relievers the Red Sox have traded for that were terrible for the club. Any chance the same happens to Kimbrel and/or Smith?

Paul Swydan: Obviously there’s a chance, but I wouldn’t bet on it. At least not in Kimbrel’s case.

Jeff Zimmerman: Boston always seems to be late to the party. I am still surprised they haven’t been able to develop more.

august fagerstrom: Hello!

august fagerstrom: Quick programming note: I’m in the process of moving, and very shortly someone is coming to my apartment to buy my dining room table and chairs. Due to that, we may get this thing going a few minutes late today. Apologies

august fagerstrom: In the meantime, listen to MF DOOM:

august fagerstrom: OK!

august fagerstrom: Table: sold

august fagerstrom: Will chat for an hour starting now