Jeff Sullivan: Well, it’s this again

Jeff Sullivan: It’s me moderating a live baseball chat, with you

Jeff Sullivan: You better make this week count, because next week I’m gone!

Jeff Sullivan: (And then I’m back. I’m not quitting FanGraphs.)

Comment From adam
good riddance

Jeff Sullivan: kisses!

Eno Sarris: be here shortly! been watching with my son:

Comment From Seabass
Watch your jaw, G-Eno…

Eno Sarris: never going to wave my finger in your face

Comment From Chinese Explosions
Cargo: “deGrom the best pitcher in the league”

Eno Sarris: Eno: “All his pitches get an 80 grade”

Eno Sarris: (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.)

Paul Swydan: 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!

Paul Swydan: Hi everybody!

Jeff Zimmerman: Hey

Comment From Foz
Gardner or Eaton rest of the way?

Jeff Zimmerman: Gardner, a little more history of producing

Paul Swydan: Pretty close to dead even:

http://www.fangraphs.com/pr…

But I agree with Jeff.

Kiley McDaniel: 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

Comment From groucho
Thoughts on Alex Reyes? What do you think his ceiling is?

Kiley McDaniel: 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.

Comment From ceee
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?

Kiley McDaniel: 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.

Comment From Xolo
Colin Rea makes his big league debut tonight. What do you expect from him short and long term?

Jeff Sullivan: Hello friends

Jeff Sullivan: Welcome to live baseball chat

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Comment From Frank Jobe
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?

Jeff Sullivan: No, that wouldn’t be it — nobody played

Jeff Sullivan: 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

Eno Sarris: 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.

Eno Sarris:

Comment From IAS
Coolest pitch grip you’ve ever seen? Got any grips yesterday at the A’s game?

Eno Sarris: 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.

Comment From Ryguy
As a FG+ member, I would like to read your closer article from yesterday but everytime I click on it, it logs me out…

Eno Sarris: hit me up on twitter and I’ll get you help

Kiley McDaniel: Running out to the car to get the charger for my laptop. Will answer questions alongside my Chipotle bowl in moments.

Kiley McDaniel: I’m here!

Comment From AJ Preller
Can Javier Baez stick at short?

Kiley McDaniel: 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.

Comment From Pale Hose
Oh, look it’s Kiley.

Kiley McDaniel: It is.

Eno Sarris: its all about ranking

Eno Sarris:

Eno Sarris: yo I’m here and I dedicate this chat to Wilmer Flores

Comment From Sagar
Who would you rather have rest of this season, Karns or Erasmo?

Eno Sarris: Karns, especially if he goes to the National League

Comment From EC
Is Jayson Werth finished being a productive player?