Dan Szymborski: For your mild amusement, here is the Satrap of Snark, the Plenipotentiary of Persiflage, the Mesomedes of Metaphors, and the Dan Szymborski of Self-Delusion: Dan Szymborski!

Comment From Tom
Universal DH – yay or nay?

Dan Szymborski: I’m that rare person that doesn’t have a strong opinion. I grew up watching both AL and NL games, and I’m not violently for or against the DH like 99% of other people.

Dan Szymborski: But purely on a “does it make sense?” standpoint, with interleague play every day, it makes sense to have a universal DH, given that the scattershot nature of needing a DH prevents NL teams from stashing fill-ins at AAA for the set, planned DH run

Comment From Tom
If you could make one change to MLB, what would it be?

Dan Szymborski: Change the revenue sharing so that 1% goes to Dan Szymborski

: I’m running a couple minutes behind but we’ll get started in about 10-15 minutes… Get your prospect questions in now!

Comment From Camp
I traded Jose Fernandez and Granderson for Kershaw in a year to year mixer. Good deal for me?

: It’s hard to get better than Kershaw and if your league uses wins then he’s definitely more likely to help you than Fernandez…

Comment From Anthony
Do you expect the Pirates will call up Lambo any time soon, and, if so, will he be a valuable contributor?

: I mentioned this last week, too… Lambo is more of a quad-A guy and possible bench contributor at the big league level than true starting marterial

Comment From Roger
Is Bogaerts ready for a major-league trial? And is there any risk to his development by bringing him up?

Eno Sarris: For some reason I want to write ola because when I see hola I read “HOLLA.” I’ll be here at the top of the hour.

Comment From bdhudson
When a buddy of mine met my another friend named Halla, he didn’t realize she was introducing herself and yelled HOLLA! It was endlessly amusing

Eno Sarris: Lyrics of the day! Themed to my high ankle sprain:

You come down, holding tight , to the railing on the side
You stayed up, left to dry, Now you’re crumbling

It’s not complex, see all of the signs flashing on
You’re just paying, for all of the bad you have done

Comment From Joe
ENOOOOOOO! Should I stash Salazar for when Fernandez hits his IP limit?

Eno Sarris: Salazar coming up on his own limit. Once Cleveland out, he’s out I bet. Also, he’s pitched 105 or so innings, last year he was at like 85. So he could really get shut down whenever.

Comment From Oscar
Chances that Carlos Martinez stays in rotation are __ and if he does he is a top __ pitcher.

Dave Cameron: With the trade deadline behind us, we’re back to regular old Wednesday chats. All your (non-fantasy) questions are welcome.

Dave Cameron: We’ll get started in about 10 minutes, but the queue is open now.

Comment From Cream
If you had to place a wager at this point, which teams do you go with in the WS?

Dave Cameron: Detroit and St. Louis.

Comment From Byrd is the Word
Think Bogaerts gets the call right before Sept so he can be on the playoff roster or is he just going to get a cup of coffee?

Dave Cameron: Anyone can be on the playoff roster. The injury replacement loophole allows for this every year. But yes, I think Bogaerts will be up sooner than later.

Paul Swydan: Hi everybody!

Join at least me tonight at 9 pm ET, and we’ll talk baseball. If you’re going to ask me about A-Rod, it better be a creative or funny question. Otherwise, get in any questions you have, and we’ll fire it up soon!

Paul Swydan: Let’s fire this up! Just me for now.

Comment From SonnyCheeba
What ever happened to the ADR defensive ratings?

Paul Swydan: Not sure. Posting this here for the Dark Overlord. I liked those as well.

Comment From Bob Melvin
Why does Cespedes not learn that all he is going to see is sliders away until he doesn’t swing at it?

Paul Swydan: Also not sure.

Resisting the urge to make a Pablo Cerrano joke.

Jeff Sullivan: Good heavens, I think we’re starting on time.

Jeff Sullivan: I better publicize that this is live now.

Comment From Eminor3rd
DELAY! We’ can;t start on time!

Jeff Sullivan: I am not prepared for this either!

Comment From Swing and a Miss Puiggy
Jeff Sullivan and the chat long Victory lap

Jeff Sullivan: I am amazed myself

Comment From DRW
Wendy — do we have information on how MLB will calculate the “50 games” for players who are in the minor leagues, where the seasons end in early September?

Wendy Thurm: Welcome all. Thanks for the questions. I’ll do my best to get you answers.

Wendy Thurm: MLB stated in its press release that all suspensions will begin immediately, even for minor league players, other than for Jordan Norberto, who is not currently signed with a team. Minor leaguers will serve suspensions via minor league games. If there aren’t enough minor league games this year to get to 50, the suspensions will roll over to 2014.

Comment From Guest
Is the moral of Biogenesis that the league is wasting a large amount of time and money testing 1000’s of players for PED’s numerous times every year?

Wendy Thurm: It can be frustrating to see this kind of situation years after the players and the league agreed to a rigorous testing program. A few things to remember. First, players aren’t tested every day. Second, the biochemistry of PEDs is often a step or two ahead of the testing. That doesn’t make the testing meaningless. It just means that some PED isn’t captured but current tests. Expect the testing regime and the punishments to be strengthened.

Comment From Kris
Could/should/will the MLB ban the Levinson’s/ACES from representing MLB players?

Dan Szymborski: Welcome to this Haphazardly Scheduled Special Edition of Dan Szymborskirama.

Comment From juan pierres mustache
BREAKING: Szymborski suspended through 2014 for Twitter hijinks.

Dan Szymborski: Dave just got the link up now (good reaction time, he did it within a minute of me emailing him)

Dan Szymborski: But right now there are only *10* live readers (usual is about 700-1000), so it may be slow for a few minutes.

Comment From NobodyBeatstheBiz
Mets: Top 10 rotation in August 2014?

Dan Szymborski: Yeah, add in Montero and Noah Syndarg…Synderga…Smith and it’s looking pretty sweet with Niese, Harvey, Wheeler

: We’ll get started in about 15 minutes… get your questions in!

Comment From leaping hurdles
Has Andrew Lambo slugged himself into the conversation as decent prospect again?

: Not really… he’s still somewhat young so he could perhaps provide some left-handed pop off the bench but he has little to no defensive value and some pretty big holes in his swing.

Comment From Mr. Wrestling IV
Is Sonny Gray destined to be a reliever?

: That was the concern early in his career and when he was in college but he’s made enough adjustments to suggest he could be an impact starter — as long as he can keep a good downward plane on his fastball.

Comment From Andrew
What do you make of the Cubs’ Kyle Hendricks? Ceiling and floor?

Eno Sarris: Here at noon!

Eno Sarris: Lyrics of the day, cause it’s a bloodsport, this baseball thing:

Forty-eight thousand seats bleats
And roars for my memories of you
Now that I’m fully clean
The matador is no more and is dragged from view

Comment From person hscer
What’s an Oberholtzer?

Eno Sarris: “Head Wood” in German if we go literal, but that’s kinda gross. So let’s instead talk about his arsenal: three pitches, getting almost a K per inning in the minors, great control, not great velocity, homer and BABIP issues in the minors, pitching in the AL in a homer park. I’d leave him to the AL-onlies.

Comment From person hscer
The Nationals are 11 games behind the Braves. The Marlins are 10 games behind the Nationals.

Eno Sarris: Never one to fluff my own feathers, I’ll just point out that I picked the Bravos to win the division this year.