Jeff Sullivan: Today we talk about baseball?

Comment From Royo
Waiting for the writer to provide content…

Jeff Sullivan: Wait no longer!

Comment From Awake in Seattle
Do you expect Almonte to remain a full-time starter all season?

Jeff Sullivan: I expect him to play an awful lot, and I don’t expect him to bat leadoff all season long. I also expect him to be adequate as opposed to a guy with a .286 OBP

Comment From Boston Buck
How worried are you about Koji Uehara? Safe to say he ends up on the DL at some point this season?

Dan Szymborski: After 2 weeks of no FanGraphs chats (ESPN Chat and then away), Dan Szymborski returns, just as terrible as ever.

Comment From Steve
So… should i be starting Bailey against pitt today??

Dan Szymborski: Obviously depends on what your choices are, but Bailey’s generally a safe play even with his poor start.

Comment From Los
Where the hell have you been? I’ve needed someone to tell me if Emilio Bonifacio and Michael Morse can be the best players in the league!!!!

Dan Szymborski: The answer to 60% of questions this month is “Because April.”

Comment From Steve
My monday mornings have sucked for two weeks because of you.

Jason Collette: ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssorry, had pinetar on my ring finger and it got stuck to the keyboard. Let’s chat

Comment From Pale Hose
What’s the deal with Drew Smyly? Is he still a starter?

	Jason Collette: Yes, schedule issues have permitted them to skip over the 5th starter and let him work long in the pen. The rain delay led to the first one, and the second one made sense because of how the schedule was at the time. First start coming here in a few days.

Comment From Sam
How can I find swinging strike % for each of a pitcher’s individual pitches?

	Jason Collette: BrooksBaseball.net has the on the pitcher cards. Here is the one for Roberto Hernandez, who has the second-highest SwStr% in the league right now!

Comment From Jeff
Which pitcher will the Mets trade for a bat?

	Jason Collette: Montero

Comment From yojiveself
Is Morse/Cingrani a fair offer to Heyward or am I offering too much?

	Jason Collette: It’s fair. I have not been a Morse guy as I thought he looked done last year, but the early start is surprising.

Comment From Tron
Are you sitting Eovaldi @PHI?

	Jason Collette: It isn’t a good matchup for him. Philly is one of the better teams in the league (dating back to start of last year) vs RH pitchers featuring FB/SL as Eovaldi does.

Eno Sarris: Yes! I’m back!

FILNOBEP:

Eno Sarris: for some reason this video featured prominently in my Jamaican vacation.

Comment From Free Agent Scout
Hey Eno! My league’s first week of free agency is coming up and I need your guidance. I need to fill my UTIL spot and the best available options are Colabello, Solarte and Almonte. Thoughts on all three and who is most likely to remain a full-time starter in 2014?

Eno Sarris: ALMONTE! D at important position, right age, good enough swing (don’t love Solarte’s swing at all).

Comment From Saves Vulture
What do you make of the current closing situations in Oakland and Detroit? Which reliever should we grab on each team if we’re looking for potential handcuffs to Johnson and Nathan?

Dave Cameron: It’s Wednesday, so let’s chat. The queue is now open.

Dave Cameron: Sorry for the slight delay; had to finish up the announcement of our new content agreement with Fox Sports. If you haven’t seen it, you can check out that announcement here. http://www.fangraphs.com/bl…

Comment From Kris
What can/should the braves do with BJ Upton…? Is there anything that can be done?

Dave Cameron: Have patience. The contract basically is unmovable at this point, so they simply have to hope he can figure out his swing issues and get back to being a reasonably productive hitter.

Comment From Catoblepas
What kind of changes can we expect with the Fangraphs-Fox collaboration? Is the site as we know it going to disappear?

Dave Cameron: Absolutely not. This is a content arrangement, where Fox has essentially employed us to write for their site, but that is simply going to be in addition to what we already do. FanGraphs itself won’t see any changes from this, beyond the fact that Jeff, Eno, and I will be publishing one piece per week each over at Fox. Beyond that, FanGraphs isn’t changing at all.

Paul Swydan: Hi everybody!

Jeff and I will be here at 9 pm ET to answer all of your various baseball queries. So fill up the queue and we’ll see you then!

Paul Swydan: Hey people. I have a bowl of mint choc chip ice cream and some MLB.tv fired up. Lets do this.

Jeff Zimmerman: OK, I guess.

Comment From Darth Stout
So Brandon Belt. This is some kind of something.

Jeff Zimmerman: About time they let him play.

Paul Swydan: All spring I touted a breakout from Belt, and then I didn’t end up with him in the league where I could have because I had already landed Votto. Sad face.

Jeff Sullivan: Hey everybody and welcome to baseball live-chat.

Jeff Sullivan: Today we’ll discuss many of the things that I already know about in baseball, and fewer of the things that I would have to research in order to provide an informative response to a prompt

Comment From Daniel Poarch
IS it time to baseball live-chat?

Jeff Sullivan: Yes

Comment From jocephus
who won, you or the wasps

Jeff Sullivan: I got one wasp out but I suspect there is another somewhere in my living room because I heard a rattle in the blinds.

Jason Collette: Sorry for the late start — I pulled a Pascual Perez and got stuck in traffic, albeit at a BBQ restaurant and not I-285

Comment From Guest
Teixeira looks dreadful at the plate. Is he cooked?

	Jason Collette: Aprils have never been a good month for him, but as long as he’s complaining about that wrist, things won’t be good for him. His history buys him some leash, but early results have not been encouraging.

Comment From jocephus
can we determine the world series after 3 games?

	Jason Collette: Mariners vs Marlins — Selig’s worst nightmare!

Comment From Mikey
Jason! Thanks for the chat, was getting concerned. Thoughts on Corey Dickerson? Does his talent push him above Blackmon by late April?

	Jason Collette: Yes, I think the talent wins out here. Someone has to stand out from the crowd here eventually.

Comment From benj
Who is a better offensive player right now: Jean Segura or Brad Miller?

	Jason Collette: Two of my favorite players to watch. I’m biased with Miller as he’s from Orlando, so I’ve watched him quite a bit. I love his motor.

Comment From john
Please tell me I am dreaming. Lucas Duda over Ike Davis? There is nothing that Duda does better than Davis. Even saber-knowledgable Sandy Alderson idolaters must be going insane. Can this team get any worse?

	Jason Collette: When you have three first basemen, you really have no first basemen. Still, they’re in a better position than Milwaukee or Pittsburgh at the moment at the position. Can the Mets get worse? Are you double-dog daring them to?

MLB:

Comment From Fantasy Guru
Brad!!!!! I need your fantasy guidance this afternoon!!! Should I start Yordano Ventura in Detroit? Over/Under an ERA of 3.50?

Brad Johnson: Because you have no time to decide, I’ll do this one early.

Yordano was on my short list, he projects to about 1.1 fewer innings than Anibal if you’re able to rework your roster.

Brad Johnson: I think Ventura will do fine. Detroit has terrible hitting conditions today, which works in his favor.

Brad Johnson: Ok my dog has finished pooping. We can start.

Comment From hooha
You are not Eno. Please explain

Dave Cameron: We’ve got real, actual baseball. Let’s talk about it.

Dave Cameron: Queue is open, chat will begin in 15-20 minutes.

Comment From Ryan
Still too early to be legitimately optimistic about the M’s playoff odds?

Dave Cameron: It’s two games. They count, and the gap between the Angels and Mariners is now smaller than it was a few days ago, but I have the gap much larger than the FG Playoff Odds do, and I still don’t see the Mariners as more than a .500ish team.

Comment From Depressed Braves Fan
Is BJ Upton fixable? Obviously a SSS but he has not had a good past few games.

Dave Cameron: Remember last April? The one where Justin Upton was Babe Ruth? Don’t overreact to small samples.