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?

Jeff Sullivan: Hey everybody, welcome to unusually early Friday chat

Jeff Sullivan: I know the timing isn’t perfect, but I’m moving apartments today — for real — so I’m trying to get this finished in time to do all that nonsense

Jeff Sullivan: And then in a few weeks, I get to move again! Fun consequences for the chats. Baseball now

Comment From Flowing Locks
Should Jacob deGrom be known as Jacob deStroyer of Worlds?

Jeff Sullivan: isn’t Jacob deBomb a lot more obvious

Comment From Pascual Perez
What’s the feeling among prospect hounds about Byron Buxton. Still a future star?

Paul Sporer: We’re live. I know we’re starved for baseball, but just one more day. What’d y’all think of the Home Run Derby?

Comment From Jill
Pence or Puig ROS in OBP league?

Paul Sporer: Puig for me. Plus I think he’s coming at a relative discount right now.

Comment From ricardo
Springer or JD Martinez ROS?

Paul Sporer: JDM and I think that’d be the case even if Springer were healthy

Comment From Larry
Keeper Trade: How much longer to you expect Garnder to be better offensively than Yelich. Obviously ROS this year, i think next year too, then it flips?

Paul Swydan: i everybody! Tonight, the FanGraphs After Dark chat is hereby replaced by the All-Star Game Live Blog! My goal is to get started around 7:15 pm, so we have time to chat before first pitch.

Paul Swydan: So tune back in around that time. If I’m not here, know that it’s only because I’m trying to wrangle the children into their pajamas. Until then, I’ll get some polls going. See you soon!

Paul Swydan: American League

Paul Swydan: American League

Paul Swydan: All-Star Game

Paul Swydan: Mookie Betts

Kiley McDaniel: I’m back home after a day full of BBQ and travel delays yesterday. Have an article I’m wrapping up on interesting pro prospects I’ve seen recently and the oft-teased big prospect update (TM) is also in the works

Comment From the real brian
Would prospect Earl Sweatshirt receive an odd Future Value?

Kiley McDaniel: I see what you did there

Comment From Phil
After starting the year terribly, Dominic Smith looks to be slowly turning things around. Have you seen anything encouraging in his swing, or is this just a short hot streak?

Kiley McDaniel: Caught a game of him in Florida and hope to get another on my next trip down later this month. Two scouts I talked to said he was the best hitter in the league and the raw power is still there, so this is just one of those “power will show up in games later” situations. The track record of really good hitters getting to that power is very positive, so as long as the contact is still good, I think it comes together. The pre-draft Todd Helton comp is still in the ballpark.

Comment From Bren
There are a lot of conflicting reports out there on Gavin Cecchini’s defense. Can you fill us on anything you might be hearing?

Dan Szymborski: Noon: A Time for Chatting

Comment From Neil Huntington
How about them Boccos!

Dan Szymborski: Bocco?

Dan Szymborski: Sounds like a Commedia dell’arte stock character that got banned for making children cry.

Dan Szymborski: “Hey kids, it’s Bocco, the Clown Prince of Reaping Souls!”

Comment From GSon
and.. Dan is right on time.. whuttah guy !!

Jeff Sullivan: Hey guys, sorry, it’s bad timing for a chat in the middle of a move. But I’ll do what I can!

Jeff Sullivan: I’ll never be this late again in my life!

Jeff Sullivan: Now for the baseball

Comment From Matt
would you trade Desmond for Samardjza? keeper league

Jeff Sullivan: Reminder that I don’t deal well with fantasy questions! Because I don’t know how to answer them, because I don’t play.

Comment From brad
If you could ban one type of stat from baseball broadcasts forever, what would it be?