Kiley McDaniel: Today’s schedule involved a bunch of calls and one got moved and one went shorter than expected so here I am. Good catchphrase, right?

Comment From Chris (AL)
Have you heard of this Moncada guy?

Comment From RotoLando
It’s that time of the week. Legit questions only, please

Kiley McDaniel: Nice to see the sarcasta-bots are out early today

Comment From RotoLando
Any new predictions on where the Cubans land?

Kiley McDaniel: I wrote this one yesterday, so I hope I don’t change my mind that fast

http://www.fangraphs.com/bl…

In fairness I narrowed it down to two likely options, which is really the most you can do at this point. The other Cubans’ market is still wide open.

Eno Sarris: be here soon. feeling like some hip hop today

{“author”:”uNiqueTaMere”}:

Comment From Guest
Missy Elliot owned that halftime show y/y

Eno Sarris: Well my boy was mesmerized by Katy Perry and the sharks and lions but yeah Missy did pretty well.

Comment From Cronut Burger
Does Hamilton’s injury equate to an uptick in CJ Cron’s fantasy value? Given the current power drought, is he worth gambling more than a few bucks at the auction?

Eno Sarris: I think he’ll basically full time DH to begin the season, and if you value him at like .260/15 I think you’ll own him and there’s a little upside left.

Dave Cameron: It’s Wednesday, so let’s chat about… James Shields, I guess? Or maybe my get-rid-of-the-draft proposal, which you can read here: http://www.foxsports.com/ml…

Dave Cameron: Alright, let’s do this thing.

Comment From Vslyke
Do you think Mike Minor gets dealt at the deadline if he rebounds? He’s older than most of the Braves staff and will be a FA after the 2017 season.

Dave Cameron: I’d imagine pretty much any Brave not named Freeman or Simmons having a good year could be trade bait.

Comment From Kris
Why not lump everyone together and allow the draft picks to be traded among teams while keeping the slot’s in place?

Dave Cameron: If the function of the draft can be replicated without the process of assigning picks — and it can be — then the picks are useless, and come with negative side effects like we saw with Brady Aiken this summer.

Paul Swydan: Hi everybody!

Jeff and I will be here at 9 pm ET to answer all of your base-and-or-balling queries. See you soon!

Paul Swydan: Hey guys, one minute and we’ll get started.

Paul Swydan: OK, here we go. Jeff is making more polls.

Paul Swydan: Glad to see BU is leading the Beanpot poll (of the four schools anyway).

Comment From Rated Rookie

Paul Swydan: I forget why he does this. This is from Fletch right? I need to whip out that DVD again soon.

Jeff Sullivan: Hello friends

Jeff Sullivan: Welcome to live baseball chat

Jeff Sullivan: Approximately nothing has happened in baseball for a couple of weeks, so this ought to be gripping

Comment From Tony G.
Are you surprised that Shields still hasn’t signed?

Jeff Sullivan: I think everybody is. I usually don’t worry about these things when they drag out, but there’s something about the calendar flipping to February

Jeff Sullivan: I think it’s in some way an encouraging reflection of the baseball market — teams are less willing to pay for what a player has already done. With Shields, you sell the durability, the innings totals, but teams now are genuinely afraid of what all that durability might mean now

Dan Szymborski: Whew, just barely made it!

Dan Szymborski: Stupid post-Super Bowl oversleeping.

Comment From Dan
It’s actually still a dream.

Dan Szymborski: I’d make a joke that I’m posting naked, but I don’t want to give you guys nightmares.

Comment From Mike T
Snowing and sleeting here… need baseball to get here soon!

Dan Szymborski: I get post-sports affective disorder between football and spring training.

Kiley McDaniel: I have the least snappy intros in the prospect chat game and I’m gonna keep it that way

Comment From Total Clown
Hey Kiley, is that prospect you just wrote about legit?

Comment From Pale Hose
Is Carson Cistulli legit?

Comment From RotoLando
Hell yeah, it’s time for the legittest chat on the internet

Kiley McDaniel: Good to see you guys have your game face on

Comment From CoolWinnebago
Keith Law’s (Sorry!) top 100. What are your feelings on it? Im no expert but parts of it just seem nonsensical to me. Ex. Joe Ross at #63 and Matt Wisler omitted. Judging from your org write ups your list will have many disagreements with his.
Also, remind me when your list is coming out.

Eno Sarris: I’ll be here shortly shorty

Eno Sarris: Let’s start off mellow

{“author”:”Billy Valds”}:

Comment From Carl
You can target one player in a trade — are you going after Paul Goldschmidt (8th round keeper) or Anthony Rizzo (20th round)?

Eno Sarris: Give me Rizzo and the 12 rounds!

Comment From Miketron
How intrigued are you with Travis Snider now that he is in Baltimore?

Paul Swydan: Hi everybody! I’m flying solo tonight. Jeff is having some computer trouble. Sorry to postpone last night, but after three hours of the snowblower vibrating my hands, the last thing I was up for was rapidly typing for an hour. Hopefully you understand.

But I’m here tonight, and starting at 9 pm ET we can talk all the baseball talk you can talk. Or something. See you soon

Paul Swydan: OK, let’s do this.

Comment From Rated Rookie

Paul Swydan: This was more or less me yesterday.

Comment From DC
Whatcha think about me trading a $17 Carlos Gomez for $17 Hanley and $5 kris Bryant? These values would be set for 3 years.

Paul Swydan: I think that if you can make up the steals elsewhere then this is a no-brainer.

Dave Cameron: It’s a Wednesday, so we’re chatting. Because the wife is at the dentist, leaving me with both child and dog, there’s a chance we’ll start a little late today; I don’t know how well I’ll be able to work and care for two attention craving beings at the same time.

Dave Cameron: Alright, Mom’s home just in time for the kid to start screaming, so let’s talk some baseball while I ignore it.

Comment From mtsw
Any good reason to think Travis Snider is a better options for the Orioles outfield than De Aza or Lough? Does he make more sense as half a DH platoon with Delmon Young?

Dave Cameron: Why is it either/or? They didn’t DFA De Aza or Lough. Having three useful outfielders is better than having two.

Comment From David
Casey Janssen can’t replace Clippard because almost nobody can, but do you expect a rebound from him next year?

Dave Cameron: Yeah, he seems like a decent bounce back candidate. Probably more of a decent arm than a relief ace, but he could be a nice little addition.