Comment From CONTENT
I will now be provided.

Jeff Sullivan: god damn right

Jeff Sullivan: Time to baseball chat. About what? You decide! Except actually I decide

Jeff Sullivan: If you have questions about Fantex, I look forward to not being able to answer them very well

Comment From A Fan
One often hears someone described as “A good baseball man” Any thoughts on what this actually means?

Jeff Sullivan: An individual who has devoted his life to baseball and has no other remarkable skills

Eno Sarris: yolo

Eno Sarris:

Comment From ENO TIME?
IS IT THAT TIME OF THE WEEK?

Eno Sarris: Yes.

Comment From HappyFunBall
Don’t “yolo”. Don’t be that guy!

Eno Sarris: just for fun, though?

Dave Cameron: I’m back from a week off from baseball — I took the boy to Seattle to hang out with his grandparents and his uncle — so let’s chat about a bunch of stuff that happened while I wasn’t paying close attention.

Dave Cameron: I kept an eye on the scoreboard and saw the Matt Harvey shutdown stuff, so I’m at least kind of in the loop, but this week’s session might be a little light on specifics if you’re asking about recent events.

Dave Cameron: Anyway, caveats aside, the queue is now open, and we’ll get started in about 10 minutes.

Dave Cameron: Alright, let’s get this thing going.

Comment From HappyFunBall
I’m trying to figure out the best fabulous German word to perfectly encapsulate the angst and disappointment that is the 2015 Washington Nationals. What do you think, is it WELTSCHMERZ: The mental depresssion or apathy caused by comparison of the actual state of the world with an ideal state? Or should I be using TORSCHLUSSPANIK: the fear that time is running out and important opportunities are slipping away?

Dave Cameron: I don’t know any german curse words, so I probably can’t effectively answer this question. But the Nationals season is probably almost over now, and it’s been an unquestioned disaster.

Paul Swydan: Hi everybody! Jeff and I will be here at 9 pm ET to cram some baseball right into your cramholes. Join us then!

Paul Swydan: Hi everybody! How about that Matt Harvey, eh?

Comment From Carson "City Nevada" Cistulli
That would be time consuming.

Jeff Zimmerman: Yes, yes it has been.

Paul Swydan: I think I was 4 minutes into the Dayn Perry podcast and Carson still wasn’t done reading the ad. God love him. I do actually want to try that product though…

Comment From Name
Can anyone recommend an alternate MLB news site like HardballTalk? Since their redesign that site is non-functional for me (can’t get the infinite scroll to work to see past a few stories nor the comments).

Kiley McDaniel: I’ll be back in a few moments to answer your fantasy football start ’em/sit ’em questions for week 12. Thanks!

Comment From Fitch+McTeer
Have Archie Bradley, Jon Gray and Henry Owens held firm on their FV grades or have any slipped? Do any of these three have a high risk to bust?

Kiley McDaniel: Preseason, Gray was the lowest 60 and Bradley/Owens were the high end of 55, just a few slots behind. So, basically there were all the same in the 55-60 area. The only slight change is Gray slid down a few spots to a 55 and all three missed the in-season update since they have big league time but not enough to graduate and just missed the top 26, which includes all the 60’s and a few 55’s http://www.fangraphs.com/bl…Being power-based righties, Bradley/Gray have more risk than Owens, but trying to guess who will bust even with AAA/MLB arms isn’t very easy.

Comment From Emmett
Theoretically, if a hitter had an 80 grade hit tool and 50 raw power, could the power actually play up in games because of the amount of quality contact they would make?

Kiley McDaniel: Yep and that happens with some big leaguers like Mauer, but it’s very rare and to project a 70-80 bat that would make this happen, means it’s very tough to predict in advance since 70-80 bat projection in the minors means top 10 prospect in the game.

Comment From Fitch+McTeer
Can Richie Shaffer be the starting 1B in TB next year? Or will they re-sign superstar James Loney to block him?

Jeff Sullivan: Well it’s Friday, which means a late start to this scheduled baseball chat

Jeff Sullivan: Let’s talk Matt Harvey shutdown!

Jeff Sullivan: Or literally anything else

Comment From Phillies113
In the second half of 2015, Joey Votto’s walk rate is higher than his strikeout rate by DOUBLE DIGITS (29.1% vs 16.7%)! How bananas is Joey Votto right now?

Jeff Sullivan: I love this. Will probably write about it early next week. Votto has basically stopped swinging at inside pitches. Umpires don’t like to call strikes on inside pitches to lefties. So Votto is ahead in more counts, which means he can focus even more on the pitches he wants to hit…

Jeff Sullivan: Also, Votto has gone back to hitting the ball the other way, after a spell of pull power. He’s not perfect, but he’s close

Eno Sarris: trying not to be late today!

Eno Sarris:

Eno Sarris: I’m here!

Comment From Vilnius B.
BTW, can anybody in the chat room explain why my typing of comments anywhere in FG or RG has become so tediously slow since I upgraded from Windows 8 to Windows 10? It’s not happening anywhere else, e.g., newspapers. I’m not a tech geek, so I’m clueless.

Eno Sarris: The Dark Overlord will be back from his vacation soon, I’ll point it out!

Comment From Lenard
Eno, I haven’t been here in what feels like months, have you changed shampoos?

Paul Sporer: We’ll get started shortly, y’all!

Comment From Tony
Hi, Paul.

Comment From Reginald Denton III
What’s up with Scherzer? Is he due for a good start against the Cards tonight?

Paul Sporer: Too many HRs lately. It’s correctable. It’s not like we’re seeing a collapse of skills so I’m not all that worried, but HRs sting and that’s what we’re seeing outta Max. I don’t know what’s causing them, but they are definitely behind his struggles

Comment From Anthony
How would you set up the Mets pitching staff for the playoffs?

Paul Sporer: Good question. I’d imagine deGrom, Harvey, Thor, and Colon. I could see them putting Colon in between Harvey & Thor because he’s such a change of pace from the two power pitchers.

Paul Swydan: Hi everybody! Jeff and I will be here at 9 pm ET to answer your baseballing question. Feel free to ask me about the giant leap my son’s swing took today. Or you know, pennant races and stuff. It’s all good. See you soon!

Paul Swydan: Ok, let’s do this.

Jeff Zimmerman: OK Brave Star

Paul Swydan: Brave Star?

Jeff Zimmerman: https://www.youtube.com/wat…

Paul Swydan: Dude, WHAT was that?

Kiley McDaniel: Kiley is here

Kiley McDaniel: Don’t worry

Comment From GRANDPA
KILEY YOU’RE LATE

Kiley McDaniel: Good to hear from you, internet

Comment From Mark
Comments on the Nationals bringing Trea Turner up without giving him playing time?

Kiley McDaniel: Talked about it on the podcast this week. On the face, it doesn’t make much sense when he could get regular AAA at bats for a few more weeks, but the fact that he’s likely the opening day starter next year means there’s a little more urgency to see him around the big leagues and gauge his mental readiness.

And, since they’re in a race and can’t play him everyday, it would take longer than 4 weeks for him to get a true 4-week experience in the big leagues. That’s me trying to figure out why WSH did it this way and you can kinda see where they’re going.