Dave Cameron: Holding the kid so typing one handed. Queue is open and all that.

Dave Cameron: Alright, let’s do this.

Comment From Chuck
I understand the quick-and-dirty in regards to WAR equivalents for position player (2=Average, 4=all star, etc). Is there a good breakdown for RAR?

Dave Cameron: It depends a bit on the run environment, but the runs to win conversion is around 9-9.5 right now, so just multiply WAR by that and you’ll have RAR for that level.

Comment From jocephus

fangraphs legal dept?

Dave Cameron: Ken Tremendous likes us.

Jeff Sullivan: Hello friends

Jeff Sullivan: Welcome to live baseball chat

Jeff Sullivan: This one’s going to end a little earlier than my chats usually do, owing to another obligation. But to make up for that, I’m starting late

Comment From Tony G.
Any chance we see a bounce back for Alex Rios in 2015?

Jeff Sullivan: Depends how much of a bounceback you’re looking for. Kansas City is a bad place to try to re-discover lost power, but I can see Rios fitting well in the system and being a half-decent semi-regular

Comment From Ryan
Content, content, content!

Comment From mtsw
Who are you? Kiley too big to do these now that he’s the type of guy who gets named dropped in MLBtraderumors headlines?

Dave Brown: My name is Dave Brown. You might know me from the internet. Kiley is not too big to chat, or to fail, but today you have me!

Comment From Working hard or hardly working?
Would the White Sox be crazy to not platoon LaRoche and Connor Gillaspie?

Dave Brown: Man, I got long thoughts about Gillaspie being good enough to hit either hand of pitcher. LaRoche pretty much has to play daily, no? Unless you’re just dyin’ for Dayan to DH, which actually maybe wouldn’t be the worst?

Comment From Yoan Moncada
When am I most likely to debut in the majors? How good do you expect me to be?

Dave Brown: Why can’t you tell us, Yoan????

Eno Sarris: I’ll be here at the top of the hour. In the meantime, dream of…

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Comment From juan pierres mustache
THEORY: The Hall of Fame is an elaborate ruse to get Jonah Keri’s head to explode on live TV

Eno Sarris: But he’s so nice!

Comment From Pale Hose
Thoughts on Alcantara and Enrique Hernandez in super deep dynasty?

Eno Sarris: Way more into Alcantara. All he needs to do is make more contact.

Dave Cameron: Hey everyone. Sorry for my absence on the site over the last couple of weeks, but I have a good excuse.

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Dave Cameron: That said, we’re going to try and chat today, and I’ll ramp up work again probably starting next week.

Dave Cameron: So, get your questions in now, and we’ll start chatting in 15 minutes or so.

Comment From STiVo
Puig’s top comp in ZiPS is Al Kaline, and Kershaw’s is Sandy Koufax. ZiPS is awesome.

Dave Cameron: Keep in mind that the top comparison is mostly just for fun, and ZIPS sees a wide range of outcomes for almost every player. But yeah, ZIPS *loves* the Dodgers.

Paul Swydan: Hi everybody!

Paul Swydan: Sorry we got this up late tonight. Jeff and I will be here at 9 pm ET. Fire away with questions now and we’ll see you soon!

Paul Swydan: Hi guys. Jeff will be along in two minutes. I’m going to put up one more poll in the meantime.

Comment From HappyFunBall
Hi Dr. Nick!

Jeff Zimmerman: Hi everyone

Paul Swydan: Good to start the year with a Simpsons reference. Let’s get it.

Jeff Sullivan: Hello friends

Jeff Sullivan: Welcome to live baseball chat

Jeff Sullivan: Today we hear about the Hall of Fame, which is something I’m told I’m supposed to have an interest in. You are free to ask Hall of Fame questions, but I can’t promise a passionate response

Comment From Eminor3rd
You should do a weekly podcast even when Dave comes back.

Jeff Sullivan: All up to Carson but I’m open to it. Maybe biweekly. I feel anxious when we publish a podcast that doesnt’ talk about baseball at all because I feel like we’re letting people down?

Comment From George is Curious
Hi Jeff. Happy New Year to you and yours! As of January 6, who do you see as the biggest name out there that will switch teams before the season starts?

Jeff Sullivan: Hello friends

Jeff Sullivan: I hope you’re having a pleasant this time of year

Jeff Sullivan: If anybody is around, let us discuss the sport that we discuss

Comment From John
All this talk of Drew going to get 9-10 a year for multiple years is ridonculous right?

Jeff Sullivan: I would’ve believed it to be more ridiculous before Kendrys Morales got real money for two guaranteed seasons. Seems teams are willing to forgive the missed-spring-training thing, and Drew is a shortstop in a market that doesn’t have any

Comment From Guest
Why don’t you do this chat at 3pm or something, take the opportunity to sleep in?

Dan Szymborski: PLEASE ACTUALLY WORK THIS WEEK!!!!

Comment From faith
HE MADE IT

Dan Szymborski: I was here last week! The site didn’t work.

Comment From Mike
Happy Holidays and New Year to everyone!

Comment From Matt
It is alive!

Comment From Matt