Dan Szymborski: Chat time!

Dan Szymborski: First, now that we’re in the offseason rhythm now, time to get the presidents rollin’ again.

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Comment From Bret
Jeremy Hellickson shouldn’t bring the Rays much return at all, should he?

Dan Szymborski: Not really, no.

Kiley McDaniel: You know it’s me because I don’t have a snappy intro or a branded name for my chat. It is sponsored by Stamps.com, though.

Comment From Basebull
Too early to ask about a 1.1 in the June draft?

Kiley McDaniel: Definitely not too early for me to write about it over a month ago. I still have the top 10-15 picks in the same order but will post some updates on the lower end of the list soon: http://www.fangraphs.com/bl…

Comment From Bret
Hey Kiley – thanks for chatting! I read recently that the Jays are giving Dwight Smith Jr. some reps at second base. Think he could handle the position, and would his bat profile make him a legit prospect there?

Kiley McDaniel: Just saw him in the AFL but only saw him in the OF. He’s a good athlete that can run, so the tools are there too succeed but I haven’t seen/asked anyone about this. More important that Smith keeps making contact, but Pompey is ahead of him, so I can see the logic.

Comment From j
Saw on Twitter that your grade on Aaron Judge has gone progressively higher as the season has gone along. Possible 60 FV for you or not yet?

Eno Sarris: Talking Mets always gets me all riled up. I need reggae. This is the sound of my youth:

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Comment From Guest
FBS, Stone IRS Stout, a local DIPA, and Tank 7 were my meal-time and post-dinner treats last night. My head help

Eno Sarris: Well it was a good night at least!

Comment From Ceetar
No way I should keep David Wright at $51 in Ottoneu is there?

Eno Sarris: yup nope

Neil Weinberg: Hey all. We’ll get started at 3pm. Remember, focus of this chat is stat/sabermetric/FG questions, but anything is fair game. Queue is open.

Also, if you need to reach me during the week for similar questions, I’m @NeilWeinberg44 on Twitter.

Comment From Pale Hose
Have you seen the fielding bible awards? Do you think that lineup plus an average pitching staff would be the best team in baseball 2015?

Neil Weinberg: /refreshes memory of winners

Neil Weinberg: Not a lock, but I think they would be close.

Neil Weinberg: That’s a good group.

Comment From Pale Hose
Hey Neil. How awkward do you think it is for Ned Colleti to go into work?

Dave Cameron: Welcome to the offseason. It’s our first chat since the World Series ended, and now the other 28 fan bases can join in on the fun again.

Dave Cameron: Let’s talk Hot Stove Baseball, starting in about 15 minutes. The queue is now open.

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

Comment From John
The Braves are saying they’re not interested in trading BJ – do they truly believe he’s worth keeping or do you think they couldn’t find a taker?

Dave Cameron: Teams say all kinds of stuff. If someone would take that contract off their hands, of course they’d let him go.

Dave Cameron: No one will, though, so the question is how motivated they are to pay him to play for someone else, or take an equally bad contract back in return.

Jeff Sullivan: Time for baseball chat

Jeff Sullivan: Live on your internet

Jeff Sullivan: If you want to deceive yourself, this is technically a postseason baseball chat, or a preseason baseball chat

Comment From Bret
Hi Jeff – is there a reasonable value of X for the Jays that you think would balance this equation: JA Happ + X = Howie Kendrick?

Jeff Sullivan: Happ, rather obviously, is worth less than Kendrick; Happ, rather obviously, is also due less salary than Kendrick. Because Kendrick has just the one year left, he can’t pull back a whole lot in a deal, so in this particular proposal you’d be looking at something like a B prospect most likely

Jeff Sullivan: Now, I’m not sure whether the Angels would go for that — Kendrick will be in demand and they might be able to find a young big-leaguer with years of team control. But the Jays definitely have what would be necessary

Dan Szymborski: Baseball writer finds one crazy old tip for weight loss!

Dan Szymborski: Consume less food energy than you burn.

Dan Szymborski: (A tip I do not take)

Dan Szymborski: G’noon gang, let’s get this party started.

Comment From Guest
What is the answer to the question you think a cubs fan might be the most likely to ask?

Dan Szymborski: Yes.

Eno Sarris: I’ll be here at the top of the hour, whatever hour that may be for you. In the meantime — I love Weezer, but this new Sleater-Kinney is better in my humble opinion.

Sub Pop:

Comment From baseball
baseball.

Comment From Pennsy
I wish it was baseball season.

Comment From Kaiser Sosa
Which of these two WS teams is more likely to be back next year?

Eno Sarris: I’ll say neither!

Dave Cameron: Baseball season ends in roughly four hours. Or five hours, if there are as many pitching changes as I expect. Let’s make this last game good.

Dave Cameron: Royals

Dave Cameron: Inning 1-3

Dave Cameron: 1-9

Comment From #BanknotesIndustries
Who else will be chatting?

Dave Cameron: It’s Jeff and I again.

Neil Weinberg: Hey all, we’ll get started at 3pm. Remember this chat has a stat/sabermetrics/FG data focus, but anything is fair game. And I’m @NeilWeinberg44 on Twitter if you’re looking for some info during other parts of the week. Queue is open!

Neil Weinberg: Alright, shall we baseball chat?

Comment From mtsw
Which outfield prevents more runs: 2 Lorenzo Cains or 5 Fangraphs writers?

Neil Weinberg: I would think 2 Cains, but I guess I don’t know for sure the talent distribution of the staff. I would put my confidence at 95%.

Comment From John
Could you all ever add standings to team stat pages? It would make it a lot easier to test the effect of different variables on W/L records.

Neil Weinberg: You can use Team Pitcher W/L record to take care of that.