| 8:57 |
: We might start this thing on time!
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| 8:59 |
Doubt it. |
| 8:59 |
: One minute early!
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| 8:59 |
: Hi guys!
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| 9:00 |
are you a kluber believer? |
| 9:01 |
: As a good pitcher? Yeah, I’m there. As an ace pitcher? I’ll stay cautious, and maybe he’s pulling this year’s Kris Medlen, sort of.
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| 12:00 |
: Rule of Acquisition #286: Latinum is forever, but so is Jeff Francoeur sucking.
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| 12:01 |
Carlos Marmol doesn’t appear to have any upside, but the Cubs keep giving him opportunities. Is the Cub’s FO just being stubborn by not releasing him at this point? I can’t imagine another organization willing to risk any potential success by adding this mess to their roster. |
| 12:01 |
: He’s been good enough in the past that it can sometimes be hard to let go. He’s a reclamation project at this point.
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| 12:02 |
I foolishly dealt for Moustakas in a 12 team keeper. Do I carry him ’til he breaks out, or do I cut my losses now? |
| 12:02 |
: If you have the roster spot, he’s probably still worth stashing
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| 12:03 |
Hey Dan! Let’s assume the next year’s draft is deeper than the current year’s. What keeps a team from low-balling a first round draftee in the hopes that they don’t sign netting them a 2nd first round pick in the stronger draft? Are they only awarded a compensation pick if they offer a set amount to the player? Also, would that team receive a larger draft budget seeing they have 2 first round picks? |
| 12:46 |
: Hi all… we’ll begin in about 15 minutes and will be chatting about prospects, draft signings… basically whatever you’d like so feel free to get your questions in now.
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| 12:56 |
Maikel Franco…major helium? Top 50 in the game at this point? |
| 12:57 |
: Definite helium… I’ll be doing an update Top 50 prospects list in July but I don’t currently expect him to be on it… but we’ll see.
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| 12:57 |
Miguel Sano and Xander Bogaerts. Who has the better power potential? And between the two, who is more likely to realize that potential? |
| 12:57 |
: Sano has better power — pure 80. Bogaerts is a more well-rounded player… both are top prospects, though. I’d love to have either one on my team…
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| 12:58 |
Wheeler coming up Tuesday. Obviously, there is a lot of pressure, especially considering what Harvey did last year and that, at least until this year, Wheeler was always considered the better of the two. Does that have any impact on his performance and how the FO views his performance? |
| 8:47 |
: I’ll be here in 13!
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| 9:02 |
: Ok be nice to me today. I had two free hot dogs in the Oakland press box Tuesday and my stomach has been a nuclear wasteland since.
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| 9:02 |
Still free. |
| 9:02 |
: I’m paying a price.
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| 9:02 |
: The lyrics of the day is from one of my favorite reggae artists, but the words are strange out of context:
Come, little one and let me do what I can do for you |
| 9:02 |
Free Eno’s Stomach! |
| 11:45 |
: It’s Wednesday, so let’s talk some baseball. The queue is now open.
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| 12:00 |
Are the Dodgers more violent than their fan base? Or is it about even? |
| 12:01 |
: Mark McGwire looked kind of violent last night. That’s a guy I wouldn’t really want to brawl with.
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| 12:01 |
Thoughts on yesterday’s WWE match? I’m not a fan of the machismo either way, but Kennedy’s head shots seemed more dangerous than most. |
| 12:01 |
: Yeah, throwing up around the shoulders/head area is a no-no. I’d be fine with a nice long suspension.
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| 12:01 |
General impressions on Cole’s debut? |
| 6:04 |
: Hi everybody!
Chris, Jeff AND myself will be live with you tonight at 9 pm ET to cram some baseball down your cramholes. In the meantime, I’ll get up some polls, and you post some questions and comments. It’s just crazy enough to work. See you soon! |
| 9:01 |
: Six shutout innings from Gerrit Cole > seven walks from Jon Lester.
Let’s light this turkey. |
| 9:01 |
: Hi, everyone. Been a while.
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| 9:01 |
: Chris is married now you guys. Tell Chris congratulations!
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| 9:01 |
: I am working on a poll, will jump in soon.
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| 9:02 |
: Btw, 56% of you are pissing me off. Man of Steel looks AMAZING.
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| 9:07 |
: Look, at this point if you haven’t figured out that being late is part of my schtick, that’s your problem.
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| 9:07 |
: Not that it was intended this way, but look where we are!
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| 9:07 |
: I am the worst FanGraphs employee!
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| 9:08 |
Why do you disrespect me? |
| 9:08 |
: I have a different concept of you
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| 9:08 |
Please rank RoS! Hosmer, Belt, Konerko |
| 11:57 |
: Right Red Ankiel? Kirk “The Flailing Dutchman” Nieuwenhuis? Lucas Duda and Aeneas? Jordany the Spin Doctor? The man of stupid personal nicknames is here.
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| 11:58 |
Why is nobody talking about Tulo? |
| 11:58 |
: Tulo hasn’t gotten much attention, which is amazing. I know I spent half of the ESPN franchise draft chat last week bitching about Tulo not being drafted.
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| 11:58 |
Has the official Kyle Blanks’ breakout officially arrived? |
| 11:59 |
: Kyle Blanks seems to alternate his breakouts with being injured and craptastic for a year and a half.
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| 11:59 |
Any Mets worth of adding in deep leagues based on the shakeup yesterday? |
| 11:46 |
: Hi all,
I’m filling the Friday prospect chat hole this week with Mike Newman unavailable. Obviously the Major League draft is on the brain today with the first two rounds going last night and the remainder of the draft picking up again today at 1 pm eastern. I haven’t been following the draft coverage as much this year as in the past but we can talk about the draft in generalities, if you’d like. For more information about last night’s events, please check out Al’s 4.5 hour FanGraphs chat… http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/al-skorupa-fangraphs-draft-chat-6613/ If you have any prospect questions, please feel free to ask… For background on me, here is my offseason work that included the site’s Top 100 list and individual Top 15 prospect lists.. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/fangraphs-top-100-prospects-2/ http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/fangraphs-top-15-prospects-lists-a-recap/ If you want to expand from talking about prospects, we can also chat about this year’s MLB rookie class… I recently wrote about my monthly recap of the Top 5 rookies in the Majors, over at Prospect Insider… http://prospectinsider.com/view/rookie-watch:-miller-leads-charge/ I’m opening up the chat now. We’ll start at noon but you can post your questions beginning now. |
| 11:56 |
Have you seen Carson Kelly live? Thoughts? I know he’s young. |
| 11:57 |
: We’ll officially get started…. I have not seen Kelly live but I’ve seen video and have also spoken to talent evaluators who are high on the young hitter. He’s struggling a bit but is still just 18 in the Midwest League… the org is very high on him.
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| 11:57 |
Has your opinion of Daniel Robertson changed from the offseason? Is he a guy I should be trying to acquire even if it’s a slight overpay? |
| 11:58 |
: I’m surprised he’s been as steady at SS as he has been… a lot of people expected him to become a permanent 3B right away. I’m very happy with the early returns.
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| 11:59 |
Astros GM Jeff Luhnow recently said George Springer is staying in the minors. Is this a money thing, or a Springer thing, or both? |
| 5:27 |
: Welcome to the chat! Please leave your questions and we’ll be starting around 6:30. In the meantime I’ve got some videos for you related to the latest rumors from my buddies Steve Fiorindo and Tyler Bullock.
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| 5:59 |
: I wanted to discuss some draft basics before we begin. First off, let’s remember that the baseball amateur draft is a different creature than the other pro sports drafts. We hear a lot about “best player available,” but this draft has never really been about that – it’s about the best mix of value and talent. Cost is a major part of the equation. This isn’t teams being cheap – this is about how to best use limited resources on some… less than stable investments. As a logical extension of that, prior to the new slotting could a team have gone crazy and spent four times what every other team spent and got great results? Yes… but at a very poor ROI. Projecting teenagers and young men physically and in terms of how their skills would develop is HARD. Just like the people around you in your life when you were young there are an infinite number of variable that will determine their success or failure in life. This is very, very far from an exact science and that’s why I have a tremendous amount of respect for amateur scouts and the near impossible job they’re given.
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| 6:03 |
: I also think a common misconception is that there is a real consensus out there on players. There really isn’t much of a consensus. Scouts differ all the time on players. It’s pretty wide open. Watching some of these guys on the Cape last year who will be taken early tonight and I’d come across cross checkers who would tell me a guy nearly everyone projects for the first round “can’t hit” and they wouldn’t take him. Teams look for different things. Individual scouts look for different things and the process is nowhere as exact as many people imagine.
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| 6:05 |
: That brings me to… myself. Who am I and why is it worth you reading my chat? Well, I write about prospects for Fangraphs and you can find my work other places – primarily bullpenbanter.com, a site I started with fellow FG prospects writer JD Sussman and a few other talented writers. I do a lot of amateur coverage over there and I’m glad to bring some of it over to FG since I enjoy watching amateurs (as opposed to minor leaguers – who I also enjoy watching!).
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