| 9:15 |
: Well, it’s this again
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| 9:15 |
: It’s me moderating a live baseball chat, with you
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| 9:15 |
: You better make this week count, because next week I’m gone!
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| 9:16 |
: (And then I’m back. I’m not quitting FanGraphs.)
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| 9:16 |
good riddance |
| 9:16 |
: kisses!
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| 11:50 |
: be here shortly! been watching with my son:
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| 12:00 |
Watch your jaw, G-Eno… |
| 12:00 |
: never going to wave my finger in your face
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| 12:00 |
Cargo: “deGrom the best pitcher in the league” |
| 12:01 |
: Eno: “All his pitches get an 80 grade”
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| 12:01 |
: (I will say maybe I was a bit overexcited. the curve is more of a 60, and the change and slider probably 70s. But that fastball, with the command, and velocity, is an 80.)
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| 5:00 |
: Hi everyody! Jeff and I will be here at 9 pm ET to talk some baseball. Until then, I’m going to go eat this tub of sugar cookies I bought for my son’s playdate today that he and his friends decided they didn’t like.
See you soon! |
| 9:01 |
: Hi everybody!
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| 9:01 |
: Hey
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| 9:02 |
Gardner or Eaton rest of the way? |
| 9:03 |
: Gardner, a little more history of producing
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| 9:04 |
: Pretty close to dead even:
But I agree with Jeff. |
| 12:14 |
: Alrighty I’m back home after 3 weeks of travel and now I can buckle down on some fresh rankings that will be coming your way soon
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| 12:15 |
Thoughts on Alex Reyes? What do you think his ceiling is? |
| 12:16 |
: Saw him right before the DL stint and put up video and a report here: http://www.fangraphs.com/bl…
There’s frontline upside if he can harness everything. |
| 12:18 |
With Anthony Alford starting to get a tone of attention in the Jays system with his HighA performance thus far this year, has it overshadowed what former first rounder D.J Davis has done in A ball? Eerily similar #’s, albeit one level lower. Does D.J Davis still have 5 tool potential/high upside? Or is Anthony Alford now the far and away better prospect? |
| 12:20 |
: I had Alford 9th in the system entering the season and Davis 30th: http://www.fangraphs.com/bl…
Alford is younger, performing better, at a higher level and is coming off a multi-year layoff from playing football. Davis’ improvement is encouraging, but Alford was a better than Davis when he was playing football and the gap is even wider now. He’ll be a top 100 prospect. |
| 12:20 |
Colin Rea makes his big league debut tonight. What do you expect from him short and long term? |
| 9:08 |
: Hello friends
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| 9:08 |
: Welcome to live baseball chat
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| 9:09 |
: I’ll be with you for live baseball chat in 30 seconds!
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| 9:11 |
Mets odds of winning the division seemed to jump between yesterday and today. Is that simply because it’s another day being in first place and thus closer to the end of the season? |
| 9:12 |
: No, that wouldn’t be it — nobody played
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| 9:14 |
: I’m going to guess a few things. Could’ve been an update to the depth charts. Could’ve had a new set of updated projections inserted. And it could also just be statistical noise; the projections are based on a large but not infinite number of simulations, so each one comes with some error bars and you might observe this sort of fluctuation
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| 10:46 |
: Two things. 1) Don’t make fun of these guys, they were legit. 2) Leave your questions, but in the interest of fun, I’m going to try and scroll up to the now and reach into the vault for questions when I need.
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| 10:47 |
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| 12:00 |
Coolest pitch grip you’ve ever seen? Got any grips yesterday at the A’s game? |
| 12:01 |
: Oh man it was grip fest. Got Britton’s sinker (cutter grip!) and Darren O’Day’s grips and we were having a love fest. Coolest might be the Critter from Latos or Despaigne’s weird thing.
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| 12:01 |
As a FG+ member, I would like to read your closer article from yesterday but everytime I click on it, it logs me out… |
| 12:01 |
: hit me up on twitter and I’ll get you help
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| 12:09 |
: Running out to the car to get the charger for my laptop. Will answer questions alongside my Chipotle bowl in moments.
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| 12:17 |
: I’m here!
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| 12:17 |
Can Javier Baez stick at short? |
| 12:19 |
: I don’t think so, but some people think maybe. I think at best it’ll be like Corey Seager where it’s fringy and you put up with it for a few years if he hits, then eventually move him before he makes the big money.
I mentioned the whispers about Baez’s makeup when I was lower on him than the other publications two years ago and it seems like those whispers are getting louder. In general, iffy makeup guys that have trouble with their bread and butter (hitting for Baez) can’t be asked to also do another thing slightly out of their comfort zone, skills-wise (play shortstop). I’d hope for second, settle for third and hope it isn’t right field. |
| 12:19 |
Oh, look it’s Kiley. |
| 12:19 |
: It is.
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| 11:39 |
: its all about ranking
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| 11:39 |
:
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| 12:01 |
: yo I’m here and I dedicate this chat to Wilmer Flores
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| 12:01 |
Who would you rather have rest of this season, Karns or Erasmo? |
| 12:01 |
: Karns, especially if he goes to the National League
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| 12:02 |
Is Jayson Werth finished being a productive player? |
| 5:45 |
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Hi everybody! Jeff is incognito tonight, so it will just be me, and you, and you, and you, and … well all of you! See you at 9 pm ET. It’s gonna be a good night! |
| 9:03 |
: OK guys, well the stupidest replay challenge ever just happened, so it seems like a good time to start chatting!
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| 9:03 |
But I don’t WANNA root for Papelbon!!! |
| 9:03 |
: Yes, but do you want to be a pirate?
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| 9:04 |
: (that’s a Seinfeld joke, for you kids out there)
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| 9:04 |
Time to make up for your preseason bold predictions: list 3 BOLD predictions for the trade deadline. |