Eric A Longenhagen: howdy howdy howdy

Eric A Longenhagen: Hope you’re all enjoying all the spoarts, I know I’m mainlining them basically all day, I’m even watching hockey for the first time in years.

Eric A Longenhagen: Baseball uber alles, of course

Eric A Longenhagen: let’s talk about it

Justin: Do you expect you will gain access to any of the tracking data from alternate workout sites that clubs are going to share to help along trades this year?

Eric A Longenhagen: I’m certainly going to try. I’ve been able to do it in years past, hopefully can swing it again.

Dan Szymborski: Hello chatters and chatees

Joe: The Orioles will win 28 or more games. True or false.

Dan Szymborski: EVER? True.

Ben: Kyle Hendricks is good at pitching baseballs

Dan Szymborski: After facing his curve and change, Hendricks fastballs look like Jordan Hicks

Dan Szymborski: Well, Jordan Hicks fastballs. They don’t actually look like Jordan Hicks

Jay Jaffe: Good afternoon and welcome to another edition of my weekly chat. First off, here’s my piece from today about Fernando Tatis Jr.’s statistical dominance and the joy he’s bringing https://blogs.fangraphs.com/fernando-tatis-jr-enters-the-stratosphere/

Jay Jaffe: And here’s yesterday’s dispatch about the Marlins’ unlikely — and likely unsustainable — success amid a massive coronavirus outbreak https://blogs.fangraphs.com/despite-outbreak-marlins-skate-to-the-top-…

Jay Jaffe: And now, on with the show

Inaccessible Rail: Have you or anyone else looked at how lost playing time (wars, strikes, pandemics) affects one’s chances of HoF enshrinement?

Jay Jaffe: I took a stab in a 3-part series here https://blogs.fangraphs.com/missed-time-and-the-hall-of-fame-part-1/ (change the last digit in the URL) I have a couple stray thoughts that might lead me to revisit that down the road. It’s also worth noting that old friend Travis Sawchik did some of the heavy lifting for a piece on players missing time for WWII https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-a-year-off-might-do-to-baseb…

James: Manny Machado has logged 735 PA in a Padres uniform and has been good! At what point should the Padres be concerned that their $300 million man may actually be a good player instead of the excellent one that got him said contract?

Eric A Longenhagen: Good morning, all. There truthfully aren’t many of you in here so looks like this will be a quick one.

Pete: Who should we expect to rise in the next update of the BOARD for the 2021 draft?

Eric A Longenhagen: After showcase stuff is through

TDK: Should Ke’Bryan Hayes be the Pirates starting third baseman right now?

Eric A Longenhagen: Maybe not *right* now but I’d like to see it soon, especially since the DH enables them to play him, Bell and Moran all at once

AJ: Better prospect as an amateur, Zac Veen or David Dahl?

Dan Szymborski: And begun, the chat has!

Dan Szymborski: Once it starts, it can’t stop.

Dan Szymborski: Until 1 PM!

Dan Szymborski: Well I guess it could.

Dan Szymborski: If I have a stroke or something, I’m calling 911, not chilling with you guys.

Chris: Kyle Lewis is awesome still!!

Jay Jaffe: Good afternoon, folks, and welcome to today’s chat. While I wait fo the queue to fill, a bit of housekeeping…

Here’s my piece from today on Aaron Judge suddenly pulling the ball again https://blogs.fangraphs.com/aaron-judge-is-pulling-the-ball-again/

Jay Jaffe: Here’s yesterday’s piece on the opt-outs of Lorenzo Cain, Yoenis Céspedes et al https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/as-the-coronavirus-halts-teams-cain-ce…

Jay Jaffe: Here’s today’s FanGraphs must-read, Jon Tayler’s interview with epidemiologist Zachary Binney https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/epidemiologist-zachary-binney-on-whats…

Jay Jaffe: And here’s a lovely little tribute to the late Terry Cannon of the Baseball Reliquary and Shrine of the Eternals by John Schulian http://www.thestacksreader.com/terry-cannon-the-great-enthusiast

BB: Think we ever see Yo play again?

Jay Jaffe: Yes, I think so, particularly if the designated hitter is here to stay in the NL (and I think it is) but given his injury history, he’s unlikely to find a guaranteed multiyear deal.