Eno Sarris: Here in 15! Hope you will be!

Eno Sarris: Lyrics of the day! Fourth of July theme!

Round here… Round here they call me independie / ‘Cause of how independent my pen be / Movin’ on that paper, movin’ on that paper.

Comment From Suggested lyrics
American Girls, they want the whole world. They want every last little light in New York City. — The Gaslight Anthem

Comment From Daniel
I’m warming up with “Interlude with Ludes” by Them Crooked Vultures.

Comment From Meano Eno
Actually I have to go, this is terrible. Please don’t h8 me

Eno Sarris: But I do. I do.

Paul Swydan: Hi everybody!

Jeff and I will be here with you a 9 pm ET to cram in ONE more chat before you saunter off into the holiday sunset. So get your questions in now, and I’ll get some polls up after I eat me some dinner.

See you soon! (see polls at bottom of transcript)

Paul Swydan: Let’s light this candle! Jeff may be a bit late, so you’re stuck with me for now.

Comment From Jaack
My streak of 28 consecutive FG after Dark chats attened was broken last week because Utah is on Mountain Time and not Pacific. So, I’m petitioning the White House: http://wh.gov/lcFUd

Paul Swydan: Come on people, get the vote out!

Comment From Mr. Jones
Thoughts on Manny Ramirez getting a minor league contract with Texas?

Paul Swydan: I feel like there’s only a 20% chance or so of him actually seeing time in the majors this season. If anything, he’ll have the chance to retire with a little more dignity than playing in Taiwan would have afforded him.

Dave Cameron: Welcome to the first chat of trade season. We’ll still do questions on all (non-fantasy) related things, but I’ll probably focus more on trade questions during July than in other months of the year. So, if you want to talk Ricky Nolasco, this is your big chance.

Comment From rja3
If the Angels put Mike Trout on the trade market but insisted that the other team take Pujols along with his entire contract, how much would they get back? What if the team had to take Pujols and Hamilton?

Dave Cameron: Pujols isn’t worthless, so let’s say that the $210 million or so left on his deal is an overpay of about $100 million. Clearly, you’d pay $100 million to get 4+ years of Mike Trout, no question. Add Hamilton’s contract to the mix and you’re probably talking about another $50 million or so of dead money, maybe even $75 million if you think he can’t come back from this. That’s getting to the point where you’re taking on $40 million per year for Trout. He’s probably worth it, but it’d be close.

Comment From Roman
Homer Bailey is a top __ starting pitcher in baseball.

Dave Cameron: 20, maybe 15. 10 would be pushing it. He’s good though, no question.

Comment From Jay
Who should the Reds get for LF? Is this still their biggest need?

Jeff Sullivan: Hello, you all!

Jeff Sullivan: I just had a lovely time-consuming error regarding coveritlive console something something!

Jeff Sullivan: I don’t have a very good memory of errors! Let’s chat about baseball now for a while.

Comment From MBM
Would you rather have Doug Fister or Matt Moore ROS? Is it close?

Jeff Sullivan: Fister and it isn’t close because I don’t and can’t trust Matt Moore

Jeff Sullivan: Maybe Moore is making some strides, I haven’t checked lately, but his control problems freak me out

Dan Szymborski: Party. Started. Explosions. Eroticism. One. Word. Sentences.

Comment From Gregory
Favorite whiskey-based cocktail?

Dan Szymborski: Old-Fashioned. Though I drink very little with any kind of hard liquor due to stomach issues.

Comment From zack
What in the name of Kyle Blanks is going on in San Diego?

Dan Szymborski: SD’s having a fun year.

Comment From Nelson
So, the Pirates…. That’s it. That’s my question.

Marc Hulet: sorry guys, we had some tech issues on this end and apparently you didn’t see my responses… can you please resubmitted your earlier questions…

Comment From Patrick
Maikel Franco is making quite an impression on Double-A ball. Has his stocked reached Sano’s level, and when does he debut in Philly?

Marc Hulet: I don’t think he’s reached Sano’s level but he’s quite an impressive prospect and his value is up by a significant amount… I would see him being ready to take over the Phillies’ third base job by mid to late 2014.

Comment From Mr. Wrestling IV
How about Brad Miller? Can we expect a .350 OBP in the majors?

Marc Hulet: A .350 OBP might be a little high but he swings a mean stick and the adjustments he’s made have really paid off from an offensive standpoint… It will be interesting to see how Franklin and Miller end up sharing the middle infield from a long-term perspective.

Comment From Timmy
What do you think of Byron Buxton? Too soon to call him the best player in the minor leagues?

Eno Sarris: I’m sure my thumb will be fine in 15 minutes. *cuts thumb off* See you soon!

Eno Sarris: These are probably super easy, but lyrics of the day are injury-themed, appropriately:

I wear this crown of thorns
Upon my liar’s chair
Full of broken thoughts
I cannot repair

Comment From V
Just wanted to say thanks for doing this chat every week. It’s both highly informative and extremely fun at the same time.

Eno Sarris: AND I”M DOING IT IN PAIN

Comment From Richard III
My kingdom for a thumb.

Comment From JEB
pain in thumb whilst typing might be the biggest first world problem ever

Dave Cameron: You know the drill. Queue is now open, and we’ll get started in 15 minutes or so.

Comment From AJT
How much faith do you have in the Pirates?

Dave Cameron: A good amount. This is a pretty decent team with some good players. They might be closer to a .500 team than a .600 team, but they’ve already got a 47-30 record, and there’s no reason to expect them to fall apart. At this point, they have to be a favorite for one of the two wild card spots.

Comment From Barack Obama
How did fangraphs get started?

Dave Cameron: David Appelman got bored and decided to build a site that would help him keep track of numbers he cared about for his fantasy team. Seriously.

Comment From Guest
Is domonic brown for real, or is he gonna fall off like crazy in the second half?

Paul Swydan: Hi everybody!

Join me, and possibly Chris and Jeff, tonight. The Rockies are in town, but Will Middlebrooks is not. Other things are happening too. Maybe Ricky Nolasco will be on the move tonight. Who knows.

Come back and join me tonight at 9 pm ET and we’ll find out together. Until then, get in your questions, and I’ll get up some polls! (see polls at bottom of transcript)

Paul Swydan: Let’s light this candle!

Comment From Sam
Obviously he is considered a great player but do you think David Wright is underdiscussed for a player that was 5th in fWAR last year and is top 10 this year (3rd in rWAR)?

Paul Swydan: I think it’s pretty rare for a NY-based player to be under-talked about, and I don’t think that David Wright qualifies. Sorry, Sam.

Jeff Zimmerman: Possibly, it would help if the Mets were winning.

Comment From Electric
Currently have Gyorko, Kemp, Reyes, & Bucholz on the DL. These guys should all be back fairly soon and I have some tough decisions. Will need to drop two of the following: MMontero Grandal Andrus Profar(in a keeper league) Lester or Leake. Gracias!

Jeff Sullivan: Hey guys, late as usual, this time for traveling reasons. We’ll get started as soon as I put in my contacts!

Jeff Sullivan: They are in another room!

Jeff Sullivan: All right, no better time than the present for sports.

Comment From BILL
do you see Bruce Rondon getting chance to close in Detroit this year?

Jeff Sullivan: Not for very long

Comment From AJT
A bit late, so right on time!