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| 11:18 |
: starting you off with yo momma jokes today
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Yo momma is so dumb she named her some Eno |
| 12:00 |
Yo Mama’s so fat, she didn’t understand why people were freaking out in the KFC ‘I ate the bones’ commercial |
| 12:00 |
Yo momma’s so stupid, she thinks Jordan Zimmermann’s last name only has one N. |
| 12:00 |
: Start with an interlude today, why not.
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| 11:44 |
: It’s the first Wednesday of the regular season, so let’s chat right up until the Tigers start pummeling the Twins.
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| 12:02 |
can you forsee the orioles making a mid-season trade? if so, what do they go after? |
| 12:02 |
: Their rotation still isn’t very good. If they’re going to make a postseason run, they need better pitching.
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| 12:02 |
Any expectation of what the Braves will do with all the future payroll they freed up in the Upton/Kimbrel trade? Do you think they go get some FAs or spend it on the farm system? |
| 12:03 |
: Seems like they’re stockpiling young arms who should be cheap for a while, so if they can assemble a rotation out of the guys they’ve traded for, should be plenty of money to go buy themselves a new outfield. And a third baseman. And maybe a catcher.
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| 12:04 |
How frustrating is this part of the year for you from a writing/editing standpoint? Obviously you can’t just ignore that real games are being played, but there’s so little data to do meaningful Fangraphs-style analysis of. |
| 6:02 |
: Hi everybody!
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| 6:02 |
: Not sure who is with me tonight, but we’ll start at 9 pm ET. BASEBALL IS BACK! Let’s talk about it.
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| 9:02 |
: OK, let’s do this. I never spoke with Jeff, so I think I’m flying solo tonight.
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| 9:02 |
Baseball! |
| 9:02 |
: INDEED!
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| 9:02 |
In terms of an AL-only league, is Medlen, Nova or Matt Moore a better DL stash for a team looking to win this year? |
| 9:09 |
: Hey guys, welcome to live baseball chat
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| 9:09 |
: Usually my late excuses are a bunch of bullshit, but this time I’m late because I had to go and jump a friend’s car battery
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| 9:09 |
: So I’m basically a hero. No criticism allowed
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| 9:11 |
are you going to chat for 6 hours like sporer? |
| 9:11 |
: Dear god that sounds like an absolute nightmare
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| 9:11 |
: Although we will chat, as a staff, for like 13 hours on Monday
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| 10:58 |
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| 10:58 |
: no fear I’ll be hear shortly
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| 12:00 |
Where does Eno see Rusney Castillo starting the season? If your answer is in the minors, what are your overall thoughts on that? |
| 12:00 |
: Rehab assignment? When he’s healthy I think he’s up.
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| 12:00 |
How worried should we be about David Robertson right now? Should Robertson owners be scooping up Zach Duke just in case? |
| 12:01 |
: Not if it means dropping a starter or an actual closer. If you dropping someone like Ken Giles, then yeah, do that. Safety first.
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| 11:52 |
: It’s the final Wednesday before we have actual baseball, so let’s do our last offseason chat of the year.
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| 12:02 |
: Alright, let’s fire this thing up.
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| 12:02 |
Carlos Martinez has a ___ % chance of becoming a very good MLB starter |
| 12:02 |
: 25
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| 12:02 |
If you are the Cubs 25th guy would you have beef with the union supporting Bryant? |
| 12:03 |
: I wouldn’t look at it that way. Their statement was a PR move as both sides seek to gain public ground supporting their positions in the upcoming CBA negotiations.
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| 5:54 |
: Hi everybody!
I haven’t talked to Jeff yet, but assuming he is in, tonight will mark the glorious return of the Menage a Chat! That’s right, Chris Cwik, newly of Yahoo! Big League Stew but always a FanGraph’er at heart, will e back in the building! So get your questions in, and we’ll see you at 9 pm ET. And remember, this time next week there will be baseball on. As Luke Cage/Power Man would say, Sweet Christmas!!! See you soon. |
| 9:01 |
: Hi guys! The menage a chat is back!
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| 9:01 |
: What’s up, nerds?
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| 9:01 |
: Who let Chris in?
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| 9:01 |
Oh god, not Cwik. |
| 9:02 |
micah johnson? next big 2B??? whats your take??? |
| 11:58 |
: Hello. Kiley is here.
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| 12:00 |
Nick is here. |
| 12:01 |
: Good to hear from you Dr. Nick. Hi everybody.
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| 12:01 |
Can you remember a draft class where so many top prospects have suffered injuries? |
| 12:02 |
: I can’t, but it always bothers me when Bill Simmons announces every NFL/NBA season is the craziest one he can remember, so I don’t want to fall into that trap. Maybe it’s the normal amount of injuries, but since this class kinda sucks, we’re just noticing it more since top 10 guys are going down instead of fringy first rounders.
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| 12:02 |
How do you see an international draft being implemented? |
| 12:00 |
: I am here, LIVE FROM SUPLEX CITY
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| 12:01 |
I’m here for the free breadsticks |
| 12:01 |
: Crap, was I supposed to get breadsticks?
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| 12:02 |
: I’m saving the complete non-baseball Qs for the Lightning Round
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| 12:02 |
I’m not well versed in statistics but is there some measure of confidence that zips or steamer calculates with each player’s projection? If so, is this published on the internets somewhere? |
| 12:02 |
: I publish probabilities of various levels and milestones on the spreadsheet, but not a specific 95% confidence interval or something
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| 12:02 |
: Hey y’all, we’ll get going soon! I know there are a number of drafts coming up this weekend, so I’ll be here for quite a while taking your questions today!
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| 12:03 |
Who do you like more for this year and forever Shane Greene or Chase Anderson in a deep dynasty league? |
| 12:04 |
Cant wait! |
| 12:04 |
: Probably Greene, but it’s really close between those two.
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| 12:04 |
more WAR in 2015: Bartolo Colon, or Cliff Lee, Grady Sizemore, and Brandon Phillips combined? |
| 12:04 |
: Hahaha, that’s a great question. Gimme Sizemore & Phillips (I’m not expecting anything from Lee).
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