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?

Paul Swydan:

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!

Paul Swydan: OK guys, well the stupidest replay challenge ever just happened, so it seems like a good time to start chatting!

Comment From hscer
But I don’t WANNA root for Papelbon!!!

Paul Swydan: Yes, but do you want to be a pirate?

Paul Swydan: (that’s a Seinfeld joke, for you kids out there)

Comment From The Cincinnati Kid
Time to make up for your preseason bold predictions: list 3 BOLD predictions for the trade deadline.

Jeff Sullivan: Hey guys

Jeff Sullivan: Obviously this is quite late, but I wasn’t planning on having Troy Tulowitzki get traded

Jeff Sullivan: So I had to finish writing about that before I could start this. But now that’s done! So I’ll be with you just as soon as I’m done tweeting that link and this link

Jeff Sullivan: OK!

Jeff Sullivan: By the way, I’ve swapped with Kiley this week because he wasn’t available today, but he will be on Friday.

Jeff Sullivan: Back to normal for me, next week

Jeff Sullivan: It’s a chat!

Jeff Sullivan: Let’s chat!

Comment From greg
Did you get a chance to read the Ben Lindbergh piece on AVM this morning? Pretty cool.

Jeff Sullivan: Being on the west coast, I don’t get a lot of reading time before these chats. Gotta deal with breakfast and making myself look presentable. But it’s bookmarked to read after the fact

Jeff Sullivan: For anyone who hasn’t seen it: http://grantland.com/featur…

Comment From Sal
Hi Jeff, why would the Indians be dangling Carrasco out there? He’s excellent and extremely cheap for the next 4 years. Seems a bit premature to me no? Is their system so light on talent they need to try a move like this now?

Eno Sarris: this is how I feel today

Eno Sarris:

Eno Sarris: damn babies

Comment From Angelsin15
I saw the Angels linked to Yoenis Cespedes – what would he cost in terms of prospects?

Eno Sarris: I bet the Tigers, if they ‘rebuild,’ will want to do so around Miggie, meaning it would take someone really close or in bigs, like Tropeano and… Kubitza or Bedrosian? Doubt it would take Newcomb, Heaney or Baldoquin.

Comment From Dave Dombrowski
What is a realistic package I could expect to land from the Dodgers or Cubs for David Price?

Dave Cameron: It’s 10 days until the trade deadline, so this seems like a good chat to focus on the deals, rumors, and speculations of the day. Or if you wanted to ask about the Trade Value series from last week, we can do that too.

Dave Cameron: The queue is now open.

Comment From marc
Does alex guerro to the pirates make sense?

Dave Cameron: No, because he’s not very good and his contract makes him mostly untradable.

Dave Cameron: They’re probably the team that makes the most sense for Ben Zobrist, though.

Comment From Bobby Ayala
What do you think the Mariners’ record would be without Rodney on the roster?

Paul Swydan: Hi everybody!

Join me tonight at 9 pm ET, and we’ll talk some baseball. Or whatever. Jeff may join us later as well. I’m too tired to think up something snappy to say, so we’ll just go with that. Oh, go read Owen’s piece today at THT. He spent a lot of time on it.

Paul Swydan: Hi everyone! One second.

Comment From Henry Rowengartner
Have you paid any attention to how Schwarber is looking defensively since he’s been called back up?

Jeff Zimmerman: I heard it was not great with a couple errors at C his first day behind the plate.

Paul Swydan: I was watching some tonight. He looked just fine to me. Hammel was burying balls in the dirt, and he was backhanding them pretty fluidly. I guess you would like to see him block the ball instead of back-handing, but it didn’t look like a trainwreck or anything.

Comment From Joss
You are the new pitching coach for the New York Yankees (Congrats!), how do you get Eovaldi to strike folks out?

Kiley McDaniel: Have some late summer high school-geared 2016 draft trips coming up soon: East Coast Pro in Tampa and Area Codes in Long Beach. I hit the road tomorrow, have a big project in the works and will have 2016 draft rankings coming when I get back in mid-August.

Comment From bpqa
If I’m sitting in the seats next to the scout’s section, what’s the etiquette on talking to a scout during the game?

Kiley McDaniel: About the same as him walking into your office when you’re busy to talk to you. Wait for a lull and don’t expect much. Best to chat before/after the game when they can actually pay attention to you, though scouts often rush out before the fans do to skip traffic. It will be very obvious if he doesn’t mind talking to you.

Comment From John
Hey Kiley,
I was wondering about what the difference is between watching a minor league game on TV versus in person? For example, am I going to learn less about a player and their tools/ability when watching a game on MiLB.tv instead of being at the actual ballpark? It seems like if anything the multiple camera angles should help, right?

Kiley McDaniel: Less. The multiple angles, from my limited milb.tv experience, don’t help because they aren’t the two angles that scouts want (behind home and open side) and if they are, they’ll cut away too quickly, etc. Not worth the time for me, unless I’ve literally never seen a top 50 prospect in baseball.

Comment From Joe
Highest rising prospect in Brewers system this year outside of Arcia?