Eno Sarris: I’ll be here at the top of the hour!

Arnau Sabat:

Eno Sarris: Enjoy, in the mean time.

Eno Sarris: hey you guys

Comment From saskatunes
3 favorite War on Drugs tunes

Eno Sarris: That one, that one and that one. I just heard them for the first time this morning. In related news, I’m an old man with a toddler son. What’s funny about this is that it sounds like some sort of Fleetwood Mac plus Bruce Springsteen, and despite the fact that I don’t like either of those bands, I like this one!

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

Comment From _David_
Would you support an auction system for the draft? I know you would like it abolished, but might this way remove the surcharge some teams might have to pay prospects who would prefer to sign elsewhere?

Dave Cameron: I would support an auction format for the draft, and in fact, that was part of my proposal to abolish it. You’d still want to have to a sliding scale of allocations — some prefer it based on prior season W/L record, I prefer it based on market size — but an auction system would democratize things a bit more.

Comment From doffbhoya123
can the cubs be contenders this year?

Dave Cameron: Probably not, no.

Comment From _David_
Is Fangraphs formulating a plan for a doomsday scenario where all the mlbam data is private? Would it involve FG paying for some level of access?

Paul Swydan: Beware the ides of the FanGraphs After Dark Chat!

I mean, hi everybody!

Jeff and I will be here at 9 pm ET to tackle all of your baseballing queries.

Paul Swydan: If you didn’t see it yet, I wrote today about Jeff’s Royals. Specifically, their bullpen:

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-royals-dont-need-to-carry-seven-relievers/

Paul Swydan: I’ll try to get some polls up in a little bit, but hopefully you’ll join us at 9 pm!

Paul Swydan: OOooooooooooooo my. Let’s do this.

Comment From Jaack
Dave Cameron has been kidnapped by Ninjas. Are you a bad enough dude to save the Dave Cameron?

Jeff Zimmerman: The only hope would be Dave getting into a staring contest with them.

Jeff Sullivan: Let’s do some live baseball chat

Jeff Sullivan: Couple minutes late today but that’s better than usual!

Comment From SMC
PROVIDE CONTENT NOW

Jeff Sullivan: I will provide content if you will be content

Jeff Sullivan: (DIFFERENT WORDS)

Jeff Sullivan: I apologize if this is kind of herky-jerky because it seems like Cover It Live is being pretty slow at the moment

Dan Szymborski: And heeeere we are.

Dan Szymborski: First things first, the poll that will be tallied over the course of this chat.

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Dan Szymborski: There’s the Tale of the Tape. Now, we return to our regular chat.

Comment From Mr. Wrestling IV
So Dan, Delmon Young had a couple good hits yesterday.

Dan Szymborski: Every good game brings Delmon Young closer to a roster spot. I always root against him as an Oriole.

Eno Sarris: ola, see you soon

Jesse Reinier Nieuwenhuijzen:

Eno Sarris: That should wake us all up.

Comment From John Stamos
Yeah! Baseball chat!

Eno Sarris: I’m excited too.

Comment From Smack Breinke
Are you ready for the 90 win Mets?!

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

Comment From David Ortiz
What do you project for me in 2014? Am I still mashing?

Dave Cameron: No reason to expect a huge decline. I’d imagine you have a few more good years left.

Comment From Matt
Whats the expectation for games played from my Miami Man Crush Stanton this year? Same as the past?

Dave Cameron: Probably 140-150. For guys on non-contenders, there’s also a higher likelihood that they get shut down in September.

Comment From Bret
Who do you think will be the Jays Opening Day second baseman?

Paul Swydan: HI EVERYBODY!

At 9 pm ET, we’ll rap about some baseball things. And whatever else is on your mind. I finally saw Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2 this past weekend, so we can talk about that. Or The Americans, which comes back tomorrow – woo hoo! Or we can just stick to baseball. Whatever floats your schooner.

See you soon!

Paul Swydan: Hey guys, let’s do this.

Comment From Garth Vader
For fantasy draft purposes: Am I better off caring about wOBA more than wRC+ for projections? My thought being that I don’t care what league or park context the guy is putting up the numbers, just that he IS putting up the numbers.

Paul Swydan: It’s a fair point, but you also may be misled by wOBA. A lot of wOBA is your on-base percentage, so you still might not end up doing all that well. For instance, Mark Trumbo only had a .322 wOBA last year. Based on that, you’d never draft him. But if he hits 34 bombs and drives in 100 again, then he’s a stud. So, there isn’t one metric that you can use by itself, IMO.

Comment From City Beer Store
Given current state, if you had the choice which side of this trade would you take? Goldy+Kh.Davis or Kemp+M.Adams?

Paul Swydan: Not even a question, the Goldy side. Davis and Goldy are both going to play, and the other two might not play much, if at all.

Jeff Sullivan: Hey, I think I’m on time again?

Jeff Sullivan: Tremendous!

Jeff Sullivan: Baseball chat!

Jeff Sullivan: And a CoverItLive hiccup! Anyway, off we go

Comment From Gson
ah.. nothing is more frightening than an on time host of a Fangraphs chat…

Jeff Sullivan: I like when Dave is late by like 18 minutes. Yeah, “finishing an article,” whatever, amigo

Dan Szymborski: Presenting, for your bemusement, the man that’s taller than Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, in better physical shape than Bartolo Colon, less authoritarian than Nicolas Maduro, and more intellectually honest than Murray Chass: ….oh wait…it’s just Dan Szymborski

Comment From Papa Grande
Trout 6/150… how do you feel?

Comment From Papa Grande
Seems like that much money for only two extra years really isnt that awesome

Dan Szymborski: Those two extra years would be pretty damn expensive on the open market. Trout’s salary would dwarf top salaries today – either he or 2000 A-Rod is the most valuable player to ever be open to bids

Comment From Concerned Fantasy GM
Hey Dan. Thanks for giving us something to look forward to on Mondays! I’m in an 11 team AL-only keeper league, and worried going into my auction. I do not have a catcher, and it looks like Mauer, Santana, Perez, Wieters, Castro, Gomes, Avila and Zunino are all being kept. Do I break the bank on McCann? Do I target the tandem of Norris and Jaso in Oakland, and hope that together they become a solid option? Any insight you can provide is much appreciated.

Dan Szymborski: If it doesn’t cripple you, McCann’s a far better fantasy option. It’s closer in real life, bu