Eno Sarris Baseball Chat — 3/31/16
by Eno Sarris
March 31, 2016
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: love this love you be here soon
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| 12:01 |
: Better season Corbin or Shelby?
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| 12:01 |
: Corbin for floor.
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| 12:01 |
: #TrollVotto has started early. How excited are you for it during the regular season? Will he bust out the tripod during an actual game?
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| 12:01 |
: If anyone would ever call his shot, it would be him, and he’d be pointing to left center grass.
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| 12:01 |
: Jimmy Rollins has looked great so far in spring. Is it that far-fetched to think he could go 20/20 this season? Last season was awful and he still went 12/13.
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| 12:02 |
: I’ve bought a couple shares. I’m a fan.
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| 12:02 |
: In an AL-only keeper league with 4 bench spots. I really want Nomar Mazara wearing my team colours, yet I don’t want to occupy a bench spot for months. When is the right time to bite the bullet and scoop Nomar?
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| 12:02 |
: May 1? Should be up by June-July after arb deadlines.
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| 12:02 |
: Thoughts on Stephen Vogt this year? Should we be at all concerned with his second half decline last year?
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| 12:02 |
: I think he can manage his overall line again.
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| 12:02 |
: How has Drew Smyly looked this spring? Smyly will finish a Top ___ in the American League this season?
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| 12:03 |
: 20. I like him. Shoulder only question.
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| 12:03 |
: it’s me 4 real!!!! drinking milk every day getting strong and for to fulfill my dream! mlb 40 man rostor by 17 bdyay! #dontbelievemejustwatch all best kakie
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| 12:03 |
: over/under: my wrinkly or my crinkly?
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| 12:03 |
: Funyuns are an underrated snack
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| 12:03 |
: mellow start.
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| 12:03 |
: Eno, we need your help. Give us all your insights on fantasy baseball! Also, did you only do your bold predictions on the podcast, or are they written down somewhere?
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| 12:04 |
: I wrote them down! http://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/eno-sarris-10-bold-predictions/
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| 12:04 |
: if one of your fg dudes were to, theoretically, include “Nate Eovaldi wins AL Cy Young” in your “Bold Predictions” it would be very, very bold. My question is, let’s say one of you was bold enough to predict this – what would you point to to back it up?
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| 12:05 |
: It’s not bad. Because once he started throwing the split finger 40+% of the time, he was killer. If they don’t know if it’s going to be fastball or splitter, batters are f’ed.
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| 12:05 |
: Over/Under 26.5 on how many HR Alex Rodriguez hits?
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| 12:05 |
: Under. Injury.
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| 12:05 |
: Assuming the same number of at-bats, who would have a better season, Mauer or Tyler White?
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| 12:05 |
: White.
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| 12:05 |
: Just be careful if you’re eating and drinking outside. After all, when you’re thirsty and the sun is beating down on you, there’s a good chance you’re going to drink more than one beer. But throwing back porters and hoppy beers—any of those kinds with a higher alcohol content—can come with consequences, so watch out for that.
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| 12:05 |
: Ladies and gentlemen our newest beer blogger is here.
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| 12:05 |
: How much free agent money would you drop on Cody Anderson right now in an AL-only?
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| 12:06 |
: Still not striking anyone out. $11 or so. Based purely on velocity increase.
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| 12:06 |
: Are you on board with Nick Castellanos having a breakout season?
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| 12:06 |
: I like him, but the improvements have been so small. The Tigers would probably be happy with one win from him, and that’s the kind of breakout I can believe in.
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| 12:06 |
: Hey Eno! Storen’d job title (or lack there-of) really screwed me! Who is the first among these guys that you think will be coronated: Zych, Kela, Dyson, Colome, Storen (ironic, I know)? Also, am I right to not really be concerned with Benoit?
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| 12:07 |
: Dyson. I like Zych, but yeah, he’s behind Benoit (balls). Colome fine, actually, probably the closer now. maybe him.
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| 12:07 |
: Did you see anything in Rich Hill’s final outing that could comfort those of us who own him?
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| 12:07 |
: fewer walks? Not yet, really.
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| 12:07 |
: Who would you rather have in 2016, Pineda or Odorizzi?
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| 12:07 |
: Odorizzi.
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| 12:08 |
: This band is fun!
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| 12:09 |
: What are your thoughts on Garret Richards and his changeup? Is this more ST fluff? Or does it seem like he is on the verge of a big breakthrough?
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| 12:09 |
: Looks like a sinker to me. Could be awesome. Still like him as a number two.
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| 12:11 |
: Could you theorise one trade the Nationals could make that would tip the scales to them winning the NL East over the Mets?
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| 12:11 |
: Don’t need one. Healthy Strasburg, good Joe Ross, call up Giolito and he’s good, Trea Turner steps in and takes over for Espinosa and he’s good, that’s how the Nationals turn into the best team in baseball.
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| 12:11 |
: Jean Segura of the .285 OBP over the last two years is going to bat leadoff. Even in his good year his OBP was only .329. How bad will this be for the D-Backs?
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| 12:13 |
: .329 would be around average, so that might be okay. And I’m one of the few that believe he could get back there. That really tough year had a lot going on and last year was not a great team situation in that they were losing. He’s in a better place this year and I could see him doing a .310 and being not as bad as it looks now.
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| 12:13 |
: Went with my tried and true strategy of going cheap on closers at auction to wait for spring to shake out, and now I want to swap out Vizcaino and possibly Cishek for better guys. Can you rank for me: Osuna, Jefress, Hoover, McGee, O’Day and Strickland? 12tm h2h points. Thanks!
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| 12:13 |
: Osuna Jeffress McGee
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| 12:13 |
: Tree House bottles?!?!??
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| 12:14 |
: I prefer cans really. can do so much with the art, it goes in a glass anyway, and there’s no light or escaping pressure in a can.
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| 12:14 |
: Bauer: Can he make me happy this year, or should I cut bait before I get the irrational thought that he might breakout.
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| 12:14 |
: Depends on depth of league. In onlies and 18+, I hold. There’s a roster crunch coming and Cody Anderson has options left.
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| 12:14 |
: John Jaso, how many PAs can he get with only 3 LHP in the division he has to face?
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| 12:14 |
: 450-500?
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| 12:14 |
: ALSO, WHICH SCULPIN IS THE KING SCULPIN?
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| 12:14 |
: Pineapple.
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| 12:15 |
: How does Matt Harvey’s recent medical news impact his PEEQUOTA, UNZIPS, and STREAMER projections?
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| 12:15 |
: Since I can’t see videos at work I’m just going to brag that I’m having poutine for lunch THANKS BYE.
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| 12:15 |
: Man Trevor Bauer is a serious mensch for trying out your pitch! Love all the Driveline videos – it got me thinking about a new pitch though. It stands to reason that when you consider pronation and okin nkn oH oih ohioh89 980h90 jknm ioI”M “M I”m” MAWEHREWORLFg ig90gj
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| 12:16 |
: going to the classics today.
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| 12:16 |
: Got Span as a late round sleeper. I expect him to lead league in runs scored. What say you?
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| 12:16 |
: I expect him to sit some since the team has depth and he’s coming off a surgery.
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| 12:16 |
: Jabari Blash, Tuffy Gosewich, Socrates Brito. Does having an insane name increase your chances of being a pro, and if so, where did you go wrong, because Eno Sarris is an 80-grade name.
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| 12:17 |
: Let’s not write Blash into stardom just yet. Someone was telling me they’ve seen him whiff in batting practice.
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| 12:17 |
: What is Nola’s ceiling really? There have been people on this site who have described him as the next Cliff Lee. Is that likely enough where he should be a hold in dynasty leagues
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| 12:17 |
: I’m holding. Plus command will make everything play up.
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| 12:17 |
: when do guys normally get put on the DL? I can overspend my cap as long as I’m under by the first game on sunday (players in DL slots do not count towards salary cap). McCullers is on waivers and I want to nab him, but only if it doesn’t put me over the cap (also have Brantley to shift to the DL at some point).
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| 12:18 |
: This is the worst part of the (non) season. I think it will happen Sunday but that’s tough on people.
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| 12:18 |
: Really enjoyed your new pitch article. I posted a similar train of thought the other day along the lines of combining two pitches: the splinker, chutter, scrurve
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| 12:18 |
: The splinker!
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| 12:18 |
: What would you name your new pitch? the Scrurve?
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| 12:18 |
: Just calling it in the Reverse Curve, which I like better than Kyle’s Overspin Curve.
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| 12:19 |
: Projections on John Lackey look for a huge drop. What’s your expectations on him?
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| 12:19 |
: I have no idea how he’s gotten this far with just a fastball and a slider.
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| 12:20 |
: Eno, thanks to you, I’ve picked up both Adam Conley and Cody Anderson for my strapped pitching staff. Any other ST velocity jumpers that we should put on our radar?
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| 12:20 |
: Jesse Hahn and Kendall Graveman but be careful with them. Alex Wood! With arm slot change, I’m v hopeful. Karns is up! Desclafani.
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| 12:20 |
: Don’t gloat: I know you said Kim was the weakest offseason import already. Should he be cut in an AL/OBP/keeper/short bench league?
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| 12:21 |
: I think he could get a chance with a bad team if he gets cut — wait until he gets cut of course — but the worst teams with the best roster spots to offer are in the National League.
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| 12:21 |
: Am I crazy to be hyped on Cody Anderson? He’s got the extra velo now, and already had a penchant for HR-prevention. Is there something in his pitch profiles suppressing his upside?
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| 12:21 |
: No Ks, even this spring with the new velocity.
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| 12:22 |
: Do you agree with the Orioles move of not keeping Kim on their opening day roster? Should he be facing big league pitchers rather than minor league?
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| 12:22 |
: They need to win games, if they didn’t like what they saw… OBP with no other tools is a tough one. Your OBP if you never swung the bat would be under .100.
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| 12:22 |
: Are people forgetting I am 30? How am I such a huge asset?
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| 12:23 |
: Just got yelled at by someone saying Cain would be better than Trout this year and no. Cain never had more than 500 PA before last year and is now 30. I sold my only share.
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| 12:23 |
: 50 HR DREAMS BABY!
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| 12:23 |
: Just grabbed Shaw and dropped Teix for the upside and dual positions…have Pujols at 1st and Bryant at 3rd so Teix was on my bench anyway…good move?
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| 12:23 |
: I don’t think this Shaw over Pablo thing is going to be permanent.
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| 12:24 |
: How would you rank Kang, Moose, and Turner for this year only?
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| 12:24 |
: In that order. I still like Kang a lot.
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| 12:24 |
: Thoughts on 2016 version of Verlander? Sporer has him a lot higher than his ADP. Do you agree?
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| 12:24 |
: Highest spin rate fastball, using it more higher in zone and for IFFB and whiffs. Re-figured it out, I think.
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| 12:24 |
: Hi Eno-culation. Do I cut ties with Trevor Bauer in an only league (keeper, 3-man bench) or ride out these Francona shenanigans? I so enjoyed watching him throw your new pitch, even if he looked like the face on the cover of Mogwai Fear Satan…
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| 12:24 |
: I’m holding in that type of league.
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| 12:24 |
: I’m not a Marlins fan, but is there any time that’s more exciting this season? Barry Bonds AND Ichiro on the same team?
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| 12:25 |
: I can’t wait for them to come to town.
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| 12:25 |
: Time to sell high on CarGo, both IRL & in fantasy.
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| 12:25 |
: yes. He might not make it through the year in Coors and I doubt he ever hits more than 35 again.
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| 12:25 |
: Are teams built as unit or as a collection of individual players? For example, if a team got good power from its middle infielders, would that free them up to target different skill sets from the traditional power positions?
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| 12:26 |
: Only on the fringes I think. You build / draft for any talent you can get. Once they in the big leagues, you adjust. Like the Cubs right now are probably trying everything they can to find good relievers and starters on the cheap.
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| 12:27 |
: Btw “eno eno” corrected to enormous. Take that as you wish.
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| 12:27 |
: Eno Eno bo-bino. Banana fana fo fino. Last week I put a question in here but I didn’t bother this week. Eno!
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| 12:27 |
: lots of questions. I encourage you to try again.
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| 12:27 |
: Tanaka has been dreadful this ST. Nothing fastball takes surprise out of splitter. Coming off elbow surgery and has a frayed ulnar collateral something-or-other. You have him 10th among AL starters. Figure he’s saving his bullets for the season? Girardi seems reluctant to name him opening day starter.
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| 12:28 |
: Pitched okay in the rain. Some guys have told me they don’t get the same adrenaline boost in spring than in the regular season. Not saying he needs that to be good, but I’m not worried… yet.
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| 12:28 |
: Are you convinced by Kepler’s one big year in AA?
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| 12:28 |
: It showed all the things that people thought were coming, so yes.
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| 12:28 |
: Eno! Can you rank’em for this year? HDH categories re-draft … Pillar, Granderson, Will Myers, Ozuna
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| 12:28 |
: Granderson Ozuna Myers
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| 12:28 |
: Do you think Hosmer is due for a power breakout or is this essentially what he is?
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| 12:28 |
: He is this and it is grand.
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| 12:28 |
: Will last years change in pitch mix allow Taijuan walker to reach the next level?
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| 12:29 |
: He’s changing again. Honestly don’t know. Plus stuff, minus command.
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| 12:29 |
: Roberto Osuna is now a Top ___ closer?
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| 12:29 |
: 10
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| 12:29 |
: My friend took Donaldson #1 in a NBFC draft and said that he was worried about Trout in that lineup. Are you worried about Trout’s counting number in that lineup?
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| 12:29 |
: It’s enough to make an argument for Harper but not Donalson, IMO.
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| 12:29 |
: Trade Ian Desmond for Maikel Franco? in a vacuum
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| 12:30 |
: yes.
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| 12:30 |
: but be careful with the vacuum.
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| 12:31 |
: Two of my favorite rappers, produced by another:
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| 12:31 |
: What’s your take on Kenta Maeda? He doesn’t have overpowering stuff, but has looked fantastic this spring. Not a high K guy, but can he at least post a K/9 in the 7 range?
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| 12:31 |
: Better than I thought. I’ll revise from 3.8 to 3.6 but only give him 7K9 at most.
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| 12:31 |
: Eno. What can you tell me about the effects of pitch sequence on the effectiveness of each individual pitch.
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| 12:32 |
: You can improve your swinging strike rate by as much as 3.8% by pairing the right pitches in the right order. http://www.hardballtimes.com/the-effects-of-pitch-sequencing/
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| 12:33 |
: Hello. Regular season soon. Goodbye.
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| 12:33 |
: whoohoo!
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| 12:33 |
: brito roto relevant if he gets 500 ABs?
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| 12:33 |
: That means Tomas v LHP only, which is super possible, given how chunky that dude is and how bad his plate approach is. I like him more than Tomas, mostly because the price is lower, too.
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| 12:34 |
: Are you holding onto any Cashner shares? Home starts only?
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| 12:34 |
: I’ve bought a couple. I’d like to see him throw more of his secondary stuff to keep people off his fastball.
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| 12:34 |
: bold prediction for Cody Anderson
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| 12:34 |
: Makes three starts this year.
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| 12:34 |
: Think Drew Storen will get more than 20 holds this year assuming he stays setup all year?
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| 12:34 |
: Him and Cecil make a good 1-2 punch.
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| 12:35 |
: Hey Eno, could you see Joe Ross being more valuable than Yordano Ventura this season? Would you take one over the other right now?
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| 12:35 |
: In my heart, Joe Ross is moving up and Ventura is moving down. I can’t yet take Ross over Ventura, who made some strides late last year, but given their prices, waiting for Ross makes more sense to me now. I’ve done that.
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| 12:36 |
: In a daily league where reverse SP/RP’s hold some value .. RP’s that can be used in SP slots to collect holds. In this case, do you like Bauer or May better to collect holds and rack up k’s?
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| 12:36 |
: May because I think he’ll be in pen all year. He’s the best SP/RP.
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| 12:36 |
: Hi Eno – Do you want Shane Greene or Kyle Gibson for the back of your staff in 15-team H2h 5×5? thanks!
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| 12:36 |
: Gibson first.
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| 12:36 |
: Loved your THT article on ballpark food. Always nice to remember how lucky I am with Citi Field, and now they’re adding the chicken sandwiches from Fuku which are ::flame emoji::. Doing a similar one for beer?
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| 12:37 |
: Yes, actually, doing an E-book for BeerGraphs that’s the same thing but a little spruced up. It’s behind schedule, naturally, because life.
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| 12:37 |
: The NSF rejected my research proposal to see if a bird in he hand is truly worth two in bush.
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| 12:38 |
: Hey Eno, sorry I’m late…I was out fighting crime
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| 12:38 |
: I’m getting tired of waiting for guys to be put on the DL in fantasy leagues.
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| 12:38 |
: yah.
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| 12:38 |
: Odorizzi over Pineda??? You have Pineda ranked way higher. Anyway I have both
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| 12:39 |
: I’m telling you, these chats are very interesting for those moments. Pineda makes me nervous in the way Tanaka should. Nervous enough to put the Yankees out of the playoffs in my predictions.
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| 12:39 |
: Who ends up closing in SF this year?
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| 12:39 |
: Strickland most saves.
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| 12:39 |
: Cody Anderson has 15 Ks in 18 spring innings. Thats not a better strikeout rate than previously?
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| 12:39 |
: It is but it ain’t no Harvey.
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| 12:39 |
: Hey could you look at this pitching stat I just threw together? (K%-BB%) + (Soft%-Hard%)÷2. I’m a simpleton so any thoughts/insights would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, and keep it sexy Eno!
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| 12:40 |
: It’s great. The only problem is that pitchers have very little control over soft/hard, at least when judged by year to year stickiness and stabilization rates.
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| 12:40 |
: So Andrew Miller is going to try to *play through* the injury? You think he can do that?
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| 12:40 |
: Apparently the bone is not important.
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| 12:41 |
: Any ideas how to trade for great but not impossible to find beers like Treehouse, pseudoSue, ect, if I dont have much in my cellar and my available local beers arent really desired?
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| 12:41 |
: I’ve actually done some trading of beers I traded for… there’s also travel and family.
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| 12:42 |
: What’s so good about Eickhoff?
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| 12:42 |
: Elite level breaking ball. If the change doesn’t work great, the second breaking ball looks good. Needs slightly better command than he’s shown this spring.
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| 12:42 |
: Weekly Sam Dyson check– Is he actually behind Wilhelmsen and Kela like the Bullpen Report says? Or do you see that being updated in the near future?
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| 12:42 |
: I’ll yell at them. Or not. I don’t see that as true.
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| 12:43 |
: Now that I have won the starting job in Pitt, where is my ceiling in terms of NL SP? Sub 4 FIP and 120 innings a reasonable expectation?
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| 12:44 |
: I dunno about him. Not keeping velocity that awesomely into his starts, not throwing the change much. What are we basing his greatness on other than Searage. Not every pitcher Mazzone touched turned to gold.
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| 12:45 |
: How much FAAB in high-stakes NFBC league would you bid on Dyson and/or Knebel?
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| 12:45 |
: I don’t think everyone’s on my Dyson train for once. I think you can get for less than five.
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| 12:45 |
: (out of 100)
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| 12:45 |
: Eno: emergency! (Kind of.) AL-only draft tonight. Lots of cash and a full complement of starters. Do you like Coghlan? He could be multi-positional eligible (A’s planning on using him at all OF spots and at 2B and 3B).
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| 12:45 |
: Yes. I think he’ll push his way into starting at 2B 2/3 of time.
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| 12:45 |
: MASTER OF PUPPETS IS PULLING YOUR STRINGS
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| 12:46 |
: When should my subsidiary chat in the comments section begin? I forget last year’s precedent…
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| 12:46 |
: Roberto Perez has a killer arm. Led all catchers in caught sb % last year.
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| 12:46 |
: Well that’s an interesting choice for your ludes.
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| 12:46 |
: What will Ryan Zimmerman do this season?
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| 12:46 |
: Be really good for 250 PA, okay slash injured for 100-150 more, on DL for rest.
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| 12:47 |
: Back of your rotation starter, Adam Conley or Cody Anderson?
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| 12:47 |
: Conley. Has the same velo boost and has the best secondary pitch of the group (change).
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| 12:47 |
: Small point, but seems strange Story’s hitting 2nd over Parra and DJ. That’s gotta be a short leash right?
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| 12:47 |
: Once the Ks start coming.
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| 12:47 |
: Can you upload videos to this chat?
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| 12:48 |
: You can embed youtube, I think.
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| 12:48 |
: corey dickerson or stephen piscotty in dynasty
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| 12:48 |
: Dickerson
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| 12:48 |
: Position scarcity question – Cano or Cain in very deep league?
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| 12:48 |
: Deeper the league, the more scarcity matters. Cano.
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| 12:48 |
: Picking one between Peavy, Bassitt, and Shane Greene, which do you pick?
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| 12:48 |
: Bassitt.
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| 12:48 |
: Do you like ketel marte and Joe panic as infielders in fantasy? Just did a draft and missed out of top infield guys and this was the remnants.
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| 12:48 |
: Hopefully 15 teams or deeper, but if so, sure, fine.
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| 12:48 |
: Have you tried hop juju from fatheads?
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| 12:48 |
: Headhunter, and I loved it.
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| 12:49 |
: Can I stay a starter and when will I get a shot at the MLB?
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| 12:49 |
: I think so, but I bet you’re up as a reliever this year.
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| 12:49 |
: Hey Eno, what’re your expectations for Patrick Corbin, Alex Cobb, and Derek Holland this season?
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| 12:49 |
: Mostly good, mostly injured, and mostly bad.
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| 12:50 |
: I’m reading the MLB food map and noticed you left out all 87 Famous Ray’s Pizzerias. Please revise ASAP. Byahhhhhh
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| 12:50 |
: THIS MESSAGE BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE STOP RUINING PIZZA BOARD
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| 12:50 |
: small pizza lude.
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| 12:50 |
: are you the drinker or the drinkee
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| 12:50 |
: So.. how big of a mistake did I make when I bought Matt Adams this year in an only league?
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| 12:51 |
: Still could beat out Moss for vs righties work at first.
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| 12:51 |
: Trevor Bauer, AL CY Young?
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| 12:51 |
: I know you’re rooting for him
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| 12:51 |
: no and no
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| 12:51 |
: HHAHENO U SAID SOMETHING “NICE” ABOUT ME WELL GUESS WHAT MADEYA LOOK — I SUCK
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| 12:51 |
: i peno buttis
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| 12:51 |
: Have you ever written anything about your auction draft philosophies? I need to learn because I feel like I should be doing them.
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| 12:52 |
: I’ve talked about them on the podcast a bunch. I prefer not to have dollar bats, at all, and save the dollar guys to relievers and last pitchers. I try to get two second rounders instead of paying for the top-top guys.
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| 12:52 |
: With the news of Reyes having the charges against him dropped, are you investing some shares in Story? Do you think if he hits he keeps the job all year? What say you?
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| 12:54 |
: Very tepid foot in the water with Story. Could easily strike out a ton and cede the job to Reyes when he comes back. Charges dropped suggests to me Reyes gets no longer suspension than Chapman. Rox could release him or jettison him for little, citing clubhouse / team culture reasons, but that might take some time.
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| 12:54 |
: Butthurt is going both ways in this thread, belters calling montrose bourgeoisie white bread hipster republik, and loopers calling the burbs bland strip center white bread SUV stick family land…
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| 12:54 |
: It’s hard to keep up.
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| 12:54 |
: (I have many friends on both sides of this debate anyway, it’s fine.)
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| 12:54 |
: Eickhoff or John Lamb?
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| 12:54 |
: eickhoff.
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| 12:54 |
: Any concern over your boy Desclafani’s injury?
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| 12:55 |
: The oblique is super important. But they seem to think he can be back in April, so maybe not so bad.
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| 12:55 |
: Any way to explain how Archie bradley went from the top pitching prospect in the game to a steaming pile of dreck? Looking back on his minors stats, why was he even a top prospect?
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| 12:55 |
: People thought he could develop a change that he never did.
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| 12:56 |
: I don’t have a lot of rural skills, but you bet your ass I know what to do when a goat goes into labor…
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| 12:56 |
: That’s an interesting way to take this.
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| 12:56 |
: Sometimes in the morning, especially after a night of drinking, I have to pee so bad that I sit down.
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| 12:56 |
: more of a middle of the night thing for me, because I’m so bleary eyed I might miss the entire toilet and have to hear about it in the morning.
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| 12:56 |
: 15 team NFBC. You’re up and Stanton, Rizzo, Cabrera and Bryant are on the board. Who ya got?
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| 12:56 |
: Rizzo.
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| 12:57 |
: I somehow was able to draft Trout, Betts and Posey in a 12 team points. Rest of lineup really solid. Is Grienke, Carrasco, Ross, Odirizzi, Pocello a decent staff? Also have Berrios.
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| 12:57 |
: You sitting pretty.
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| 12:57 |
: I see whiff% is often used to evaluate the quality of a pitch/pitcher. Is there value in using non-swinging strikes to evaluate, or is that mostly the batters’ responsibility?
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| 12:57 |
: Apparently called strikes and swinging strikes are of equal stickiness year to year but I… I just… I just don’t believe it. I want stuff first.
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| 12:58 |
: Votto’s .516 spring training OBP is lower than his 2015 2nd half OBP (.535). He’s now OBP’d above .500 for nearly 400 PA. Silly, eh?
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| 12:58 |
: Nice.
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| 12:58 |
: O/U 30/50 combined for Joc and DeShields
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| 12:58 |
: Under because of DeShields job risk.
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| 12:58 |
: My Lackey and Ian Desmond for Corey Seager. Deep league, pull the trigger?
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| 12:58 |
: YAS.
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| 12:59 |
: Hold Rusney or drop him yesterday?
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| 12:59 |
: smaller than 12 teamers with 8 bench, he gone.
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| 12:59 |
: Rise in global warming -> more home runs.
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| 12:59 |
: Temperature is huge.
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| 12:59 |
: I was typing a lude for this chat in this text box and wasn’t paying attention so I accidentally typed it into an email for work. I hope they enjoy Votto’s dickstand as much as I do.
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| 1:00 |
: Its Story time.
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| 1:00 |
: Christ I’m bored as hell at work
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| 1:00 |
: we should be helping a little bit.
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| 1:01 |
:
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| 1:01 |
: Does Salazar take the next step this year, would make the Tribe’s top 3 pretty solid.
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| 1:01 |
: I think the curve is impressive and what he needs to make the whole thing work.
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| 1:02 |
: “Reverse curve” that ain’t gonna work. Go with “reverser.”
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| 1:02 |
: THE REVERSER.
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| 1:02 |
: Did you mean Drew Smyly could be a top 20 SP in the MLB if his shoulder holds up? The question asked if he would be a top _ in the AL – just wanted to clarify. Thx Eno
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| 1:02 |
: AL top 20.
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| 1:02 |
: Any thoughts on Ottavino as a saves sleeper this season? Beyond?
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| 1:03 |
: 100% beyond. Might take past this year.
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| 1:03 |
: Russian River hanging out with Firestone. What’s your prediction? Wookey the Elder? Pliny Jack? https://twitter.com/FirestoneWalker/status/715573344033222656
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| 1:03 |
: oooooooooooh
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| 1:03 |
: Sorry, Eno. Going over to Paul’s chat. He loves me more. Unless you prove otherwise…I am the LudeBurger
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| 1:03 |
: Paul’s chat shouldn’t start until 11…
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| 1:04 |
: my time. oh well. first time. next time we’ll have this lined up so you can have both of us for hours.
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| 1:04 |
: So no one at FG has answered this question yet. Barry Bonds can still hit with power. Do you think he’d sign with a team to play just to reset his HOF clock?
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| 1:05 |
: He got frozen out of playing due to collusion if you ask me. Those forces still in power.
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| 1:05 |
: Will Brad miller go 20/20
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| 1:05 |
: no because he’ll sit against lefties.
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| 1:05 |
: What do you think of Straily on the Padres?
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| 1:05 |
: hoping he’s their 6/7 starter right now, but rough that he has no options. Will have to be in the bullpen at first.
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| 1:06 |
: But who will lude for the children, dearest Eno?
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| 1:06 |
: I made the mistake of joining a league with a bunch of old dudes… so god damn stubborn.
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| 1:07 |
: “I guess the main issue is I hold my urine in for too long, instead of peeing regularly”
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| 1:07 |
: phew.
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| 1:08 |
: Between Sandoval, Hanley, Rusney Castillo’s 72 million, and David Price, what do you think will be the worst dead weight contract on Boston’s roster at the end of 2016?
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| 1:08 |
: Castillo and Pablo will be gone, so Hanley’s I guess.
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| 1:08 |
: UPDATE: Sporer just posted the thing too early, he’s not chatting for an hour.
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| 1:08 |
: So you can chat for four hours today if you like.
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| 1:09 |
: Miguel Gonzalez is a non power pitcher, how can you lose 4 mph on your fastball without an injury ?
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| 1:10 |
: Yeah that’s not good. I hadn’t heard that, but then it makes sense.
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| 1:11 |
: guess it’s Wright and Despaigne until Gausman gets back?
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| 1:11 |
: RE DL: they go on the DL right before their first game starts. 90% of the time. It sucks for fantasy.
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| 1:11 |
: So Monday for a ton of guys.
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| 1:11 |
: people seem to think starling marte will regress to 13-15 hrs, 25 sb and a rising k rate. you buying that or do you believe in martes 2015 minus a bit of the power?
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| 1:12 |
: Steals age horribly. I’ll take him at the cost of projections, though. They might be regressing him a little hard for his age.
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| 1:12 |
: Any of these spring training wonders have much interest for you in a dynasty league: Naquin, Drury, Brito?
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| 1:12 |
: Brito more. Naquin an empty batting average, probably, Drury buried.
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| 1:13 |
: The title got cut off, but if that Was Preservation by Del and Aesop Rock, that is one of my favorite songs of all time. Good choice.
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| 1:13 |
: It was. For people blocked, we’ve had Young Guv, Aesop/Del, Matador, Sofi Tukker, and White Denim.
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| 1:14 |
: From a non fantasy perspective, whats your opinion on the Bauer to the pen news.
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| 1:14 |
: I’m not big on Tomlin and still suspicious of Cody Anderson. I think it’s a mistake from a real-life standpoint that will be corrected as soon as the roster crunch comes and they have to send someone down.
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| 1:14 |
: Twins K/9 last year was 6.52. League average was like 7.8. And they just sent down Tyler Duffy with his 8.22 k/9 last year. They have a rep of not liking high k guys so I think there might be a connection. My question is … what’s the strategy here if there is a string correlation when mapped of wins to k/9? Thanks for being awesome.
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| 1:15 |
: I’m not sure it’s as crazy as we think it is, but it does sorta look like smoke/fire. I’ll be interested in Gibson, who struck out a batter per inning and has the stuff to K more, and has even said he might K more this year.
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| 1:15 |
: I want more reverse curveballs. Coolest pitch ever – would that literally break pitch/fx?
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| 1:16 |
: They’d probably be called changeups, and would be weird. But Collmenter’s reverse curve was called a curve, too.
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| 1:16 |
: Who are you higher on among these SPs for this year only: Alex Wood, Matt Moore, DeScla, Gausman.
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| 1:16 |
: That order, though I like DeScla when in a bit more than Moore.
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| 1:16 |
: I’ve got my eyes on Nate Jones. Any chance the Sox crumble for the second year in a row and trade D-Rob at the deadline?
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| 1:16 |
: There’s that chance, and injury. Nate up there among handcuffs.
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| 1:17 |
: Who is the boss at Fangraphs?
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| 1:18 |
: If you mean who wears the leather jacket, it’s Podhorzer probably. If you mean who’s the top man, it’s David Appelman!
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| 1:18 |
: Eno Sarris firmly in the Bauer camp. Is that bias cuz you’re buddies, or do you really think he’s back in the rotation in no time?
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| 1:19 |
: He has good stuff. 23rd in K/9 last year. I start with stuff. I’m buddies with Dan Straily and I didn’t just say he needs to start now. I’m buddies with Sam Fuld and I’m not on here talking about how he needs to be the center fielder. outta here with that crap.
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| 1:19 |
: DAN HAREN FOR THE HALL. come on people.
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| 1:20 |
: Where do I get traded to this summer?
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| 1:20 |
: Boston?
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| 1:20 |
: wait, there’s an actual real life person named Socrates Brito? like, that’s not a fictional character?
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| 1:20 |
: Real person, but the puns have already been assassinated.
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| 1:21 |
: I share a name with a certain relief pitcher. How many rounds early can I justify drafting him to ensure that name synergy? Also, if I somehow intercepted one of his paychecks, how illegal would it be for me to deposit it? I mean, same name, so…
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| 1:21 |
: Man if there was an Eno Sarris in the league…
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| 1:21 |
: Recently had Lady of the Night, a dry hopped sour from Seattle’s Urban Family Brewing. It’s brewed with Nelson and Azacca hops. Yeah.
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| 1:21 |
: Sounds nice.
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| 1:21 |
: Robert Stephenson — good spring reports but then that clunker last time out. Think he has a chance to make an impact this year?
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| 1:22 |
: Something about him doesn’t float my boat. Power fastball, but the breaking ball… is it enough? Not great command or change.
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| 1:22 |
: What do you make of James Shields? Horrible year last year, does he have a chance to bounce back? How would you order Shields, Smyly and Kyle Gibson?
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| 1:23 |
: Smyly Shields Gibson, but its looking like no shares of Shields for me. If he gave up all those homers in San Diego…
|
| 1:23 |
: I have Puig ($16), Betts ($7), Blackmon ($18), and Springer ($12) and THREE outfield spots in a $300, 12-team mixed keeper league. Who should I shop and why?
|
| 1:24 |
: No util slot? If you really can’t play one of them… shoot. I’d say Puig but he’s not going to bring same value. Blackmon I guess.
|
| 1:24 |
: Do you see David Peralta taking a step forward? I’m thinking of trading Gardner for him
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| 1:24 |
: Not a step forward, but I believe in what he’s done.
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| 1:24 |
: So I’m going to be doing a beer tour of microbreweries in Ottawa with a bunch of people who don’t drink anything but the basic Molson Canadian. There is a large chance they will all pass off 90% of the beer for the day to me. How do I survive this day?
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| 1:25 |
: Water, put some down, and try to engage them on the flavors and smells so they get into it?
|
| 1:25 |
: Why is Jorge Posada’s name always at the top of the search queue?
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| 1:25 |
: I think someone’s scraper is just using that as an entry point or getting stuck there for whatever reason.
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| 1:25 |
: so i ket my $1 hudson through roster freeze, zeigler has been awful this spring, but will hudson get any saves?
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| 1:26 |
: I have Hudson pretty high on my list of setup men that should become closers. if you judge Ziegler by the things that have traditionally been used to judge closers (velocity, k%), he’s really bad. Then again, he’s not traditional and he’s a really good reliever most of the time.
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| 1:26 |
: Most SBs at SS: Segura, C Hernandez, Ketel, Story, Turner?
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| 1:26 |
: Hernandez!
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| 1:27 |
: yeah i hear pitchers have very little control over soft/hard — it’s because of their jock straps being a little too tight!!!!!!!!!! anybody??? anybody????
|
| 1:27 |
: groan
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| 1:27 |
: Yeah Eno, sure — the bone is not important. Sounds like my ex-wife!!!!!! anybody?? anybody????
|
| 1:27 |
: oh no no no
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| 1:27 |
: Pomeranz is the other SP pitching late innings, no? Him and May.
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| 1:27 |
: I have Travis Wood in one league, and there’s Ivan Nova.
|
| 1:28 |
: Is there a better Belgian White than Allagash
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| 1:28 |
: no.
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| 1:28 |
: Schoop over/under on HRs: 22
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| 1:28 |
: Over.
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| 1:28 |
: What do you think of park (twins)?
|
| 1:28 |
: .250/22 or so.
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| 1:28 |
: How early does z-swing and k% stabilize in T-ball?
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| 1:28 |
: god if you striking out in T-Ball…
|
| 1:28 |
: Tell me good things about Cesar Hernandez and Josh Harrison. I have them both as bench depth because of their position elig. CH seems like a sneaky good pickup this year though. Harrison I’d like more if he would hit leadoff.
|
| 1:29 |
: I like CH. I don’t see why he can’t .270/5/30 type of season. They going to run him out there all year.
|
| 1:29 |
: I live in Georgia now, work a real job. I am flying to NY tomorrow night for my fantasy auction on Saturday and then flying back Sunday for work Monday. Is that crazy?
|
| 1:29 |
: My job is, at least in huge part, fantasy baseball, which seems equally crazy / not crazy.
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| 1:29 |
: Is Marwin legit?
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| 1:29 |
: As a backup utility guy, yes.
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| 1:29 |
: What is more likely: Grichuck hits 30 bombs or bats under .250?
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| 1:29 |
: Under .250.
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| 1:30 |
: I like maybe four versions of this song.
|
| 1:31 |
: Do you drink artisan roasted coffee? If so, favorite roaster?
|
| 1:31 |
: No coffee for this acid reflux tummy.
|
| 1:31 |
: Do you think the next inefficiency that MLB teams will look to pursue is establishing a holistic philosophy between scouting, player development, medical, and analytical departments?
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| 1:31 |
: I think they doing that now on better teams. Development is the one lagging behind.
|
| 1:32 |
: Ryan Dull finally got knocked around a bit after not allowing a run all spring. Still, 14 Ks against 2 BBs in 10 IP. How does his stuff play against MLB hitters? Does he have a future at the top of a bullpen?
|
| 1:32 |
: yes. Really like him. A Romo type. Deception and a plus plus slider.
|
| 1:32 |
: i recently proclaimed Oskar Blues IPA as my new personal flagship. I find the local stuff revolution, two bros, finch, emmetts etc underwhelming.
|
| 1:33 |
: Revolution… are you in Chicago? What about Half Acre and Pipeworks?
|
| 1:33 |
: ok with a Semien/Desmond platoon at SS or should I make a move for Bogaerts?
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| 1:33 |
: I like that platoon.
|
| 1:33 |
: How does scarcity matter more in a deeper league? The replacement level in a 10+ team only league is about as equally dreadful at all offensive positions save catcher if you’re using a two catcher league.
|
| 1:34 |
: 10 team only leagues are super deep. If you’re talking a ten team mixed league… I just drafted in a 11-team mixed league with no MI, CI, three OF… I spent $105 on Trout and Correa and my worst players are Zobrist, Odor, Piscotty. In 12-teamers, get the bats, and worry about shortstop late.
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| 1:34 |
: Dude. I thought we were buds.
|
| 1:35 |
: We are. You said yourself that you are terrible and doing your best to get the most out of your terrible stuff.
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| 1:35 |
: On Segura, I think what everyone forgets is when Braun clubbed him in the back of the head with a warm up swing. There was never a lot of serious concussion *talk* but, that had to be a serious concussion. I think concussion diagnosis varies a ton from player to player depending on their attitudes toward treatment, relations with the press etc etc
|
| 1:35 |
: Nice one.
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| 1:35 |
: Hey Eno…I have a conference call in ten minutes, so please take my question…what are your thoughts on Parra in Coors and what % chance does Bassit bust?
|
| 1:36 |
: Bassitt is a decently high floor in Oakland. If by bust you mean out of rotation, I’ll give him 35% or so. If you mean unusable in a mixed league, way higher, 65% or so. He’s a deep league innings play with a 35% chance of mixed league excellence.
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| 1:36 |
: Parra in Coors is going to look like he did last year, so not much better, but it will stave off regression.
|
| 1:36 |
: Is “poor-man’s Jose Bautista” too much to ask for Danny Valencia? Joey wasn’t especially great against RHP before he finally busted out in his age-30 season.
|
| 1:37 |
: Interesting comp. I mean, sometimes guys figure it out. I’m skeptical that Valencia figured out righties in one season at this point.
|
| 1:37 |
: The indians opening day outfield went from chisenhall Almonte davis to davis naquin byrd. Still awful, but which combo do you prefer?
|
| 1:37 |
: Chisenall davis naquin lol. I like Chis. I hope he’s not gone too long.
|
| 1:38 |
: When is the next Sporer chat? The people want more Sporer!!! (and Eno of course)
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| 1:38 |
: Sporer chatting at 14:15 ET.
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| 1:38 |
: Is it possible the Padres convince the BoSox to take Kemp, Melvin Upton and Shields for Castillo, Panda and 2 AAA starters? It would mean the BoSox would be desperate to dump 2 mistakes for a marginal return. Sort of a reverse of the LA bailout of the BoSox a few years ago.
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| 1:38 |
: I would love it just for the theater. it’s not crazy, but I’d say unlikely.
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| 1:38 |
: Deep league, need SP. Which SEA pitcher do I pick up: Karns or Miley?
|
| 1:38 |
: Karns, more Ks and more velocity now.
|
| 1:39 |
: How many at-bats do you think Soler gets this year? HR projections?
|
| 1:39 |
: Man right now it looks like 300-400, which would mean like 15 homers would be decent.
|
| 1:39 |
: Also pee sitting down to not wake up the little one. That is, if you don’t have a castle like Eno
|
| 1:39 |
: Yes, also true.
|
| 1:39 |
: Any opinion on some of the international signees? I have Eddy Martinez, Vlad Jr. and Leodys Taveras in a dynasty league
|
| 1:39 |
: Most excited about Vladdy.
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| 1:39 |
: Do you have a Tyler White opinion?
|
| 1:40 |
: I bet he beats his batting average projection.
|
| 1:40 |
: So, what do we do about Kim in 12tm mixed? Move on or hold out hope?
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| 1:40 |
: Move on.
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| 1:41 |
: i am going to brew a black rye pa with a belgian yeast strand. was this a good choice? also need to name it. any suggestions?
|
| 1:42 |
: Call it Bad Kompany? (soccer reference)
|
| 1:42 |
: How worried should I be by the Mets lack of Spring training wins? Not at all or a little bit?
|
| 1:42 |
: Not at all. Half the game played by minor leaguers.
|
| 1:42 |
: Have to choose between Lindor and Schwarber for my last keeper slot in 15 team keep long-term with increasing price each year, both as cheap as allowed for this year. Please make up my mind for me as my head has already exploded over this.
|
| 1:42 |
: Schwarber going to catch some, I see Lindor retreating a bit to a more replaceable skillset.
|
| 1:43 |
: Send Hughes for DeSclafani in a dynasty pts lg?
|
| 1:43 |
: Yes.
|
| 1:43 |
: Reyes will get at least 2x Chapman suspension, maybe 3x … (carefully worded:) his wife ended up in the hospital, somehow …
|
| 1:44 |
: Let me just put it this way: I’d be surprised if his career was over. I’m not condoning anything he might have done, nor do I not think it’s a big deal.
|
| 1:44 |
: is wacha gonna be turrible this year?
|
| 1:45 |
: No, but my research did show that the link between changeup swinging strike rate and overall K% was the weakest — I think because the change gets a lot of weak contact and gets used as a super sinker. We may not see more strikeouts from him.
|
| 1:45 |
: Remember Kenshin Kawakami? He wasn’t very good.
|
| 1:45 |
: And the guy that kept coming up in comps for Maeda was him, but Maeda is at least five years younger than KK was when he came over.
|
| 1:45 |
: I went to Asheville fully expecting the beer scene to be overrated. Could not be more wrong. Wicked Weed ftw.
|
| 1:45 |
: Those sours are great.
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| 1:46 |
: In the future, you’ll be able to hyperloop into the future. But never the past, Eno, never the past.
|
| 1:46 |
: apologize if this is a dumb question – how big of a difference is the pitchfx data in mlb compared to minor leagues? do they publish pitch fx?
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| 1:46 |
: We don’t get minor league data for Pfx unless they play a futures game type thing in a major league park.
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| 1:46 |
: Auction Calculator Question: plugged in my league settings for pitchers (standard + hld + qs) and was surprised at how valuable it thinks RP are. Is it off, or have we always been overvaluing SP? For instance, it has guys like Grimm, Kelley, Casilla, Hudson over Danny Salazar
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| 1:47 |
: Try suppressing the RP values or using the experimental tab.
|
| 1:47 |
: Addison Russell at top 5 shortstop by the end of the year? I see a 20/10 season with a bunch of runs.
|
| 1:47 |
: I should have made that bold prediction. Crap. More reasonable is .260/18/8 or so.
|
| 1:48 |
: I like to think im pretty prodigious too
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| 1:48 |
: Can you believe beryllium is FOURTH on the periodic table? You NEVER hear about beryllium.
|
| 1:48 |
: A’s roster makes a lot more sense with Khrush and his non-arm at DH and Butler just cut. Could it happen?
|
| 1:48 |
: They going to try to nurse whatever value they can out of that contract.
|
| 1:48 |
: RE: Brad Miller, Cash dismissed any possibility of a platoon with Tim Beckham… .234/.261/.252 vs. L in 2015. Yuck.
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| 1:49 |
: However they do it, I think they still find a way to sit him against lefties, given their history with platoons, and Miller’s.
|
| 1:49 |
: Here’s the thing about “cheddar bay” biscuits from Red Lobster — the image of a whole bay full of cheddar cheese is disgusting.
|
| 1:49 |
: We start getting dugout shamans in what year?
|
| 1:49 |
: How surprised would you be if Luis Severino is the most valuable pitcher on the Yankees by season end?
|
| 1:49 |
: Not at all. Innings really only question, and they are questions for the other good starters.
|
| 1:50 |
: Drafted Kang and Park last night. We got some ho’s in this house.
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| 1:50 |
: Beer farts or taco farts? the answer is no one wins
|
| 1:50 |
: Managers should be allowed to put themselves in, but there should also be a rule that they can’t actually be good at baseball. Retired players are okay, but they have to be legit retired.
|
| 1:51 |
: Kipnis to the outfield with Jose Ramirez as the everyday 2b makes too much sense, right?
|
| 1:51 |
: I don’t know why they don’t do this!
|
| 1:51 |
: Ichiro: 3,000 or nah? (please don’t say nah)
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| 1:51 |
: He’ll hang on until he does it.
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| 1:51 |
: I work at a beer wine and liquor store in Avon, ohio. You are welcome to stop by anytime. Be sure to try some Platform brewing company. Speed merchant ipa is excellent!
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| 1:51 |
: Nice!
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| 1:51 |
: You’re at a baseball game. Do you a) drink Miller Light type beer that the vendors schelp around so you don’t miss the game, or b) take a walk to get a micro and miss some of the action?
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| 1:53 |
: c) time the entire game around my micro action. like, go to the public house early, get two beers for myself. then go during the bottom of the 6th so I get the stretch to walk back during. Something like that. I’m not crazy.
|
| 1:53 |
: Not enough attention is paid to the fact that you and Carson went to the same high school imo
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| 1:53 |
: Weird or totally expectable?
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| 1:53 |
: What is your favorite kind of yarn?
|
| 1:53 |
: lol
|
| 1:54 |
: Is Jimmy Nelson the poor man’s Garrett Richards?
|
| 1:54 |
: Not bad! He uses his curve more, has less velocity. But not bad.
|
| 1:54 |
: Tell me something awesome about all the players I just drafted, so I can feel even more smug.
|
| 1:54 |
: They are all going to be first rounders next year.
|
| 1:55 |
: #Ithrow884HOF
|
| 1:55 |
: Is the upside of McCullers worth a fight with the commissioner and the possibility of getting my first day of stats tossed if he doesn’t go on the DL before sunday?
|
| 1:55 |
: Yes
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| 1:55 |
: Do you fear that Appelman will invite the fangraphs staff to a remote island and hunt you for sport?
|
| 1:55 |
: Hahaahahaahaha gotta tell him that one.
|
| 1:56 |
: Cleveland should really change their name to the Spiders. I know that some people are legit terrified of spiders, but that’s what makes it great.
|
| 1:56 |
: Have you had Three Boobs ESB from RI. Its incredible.
|
| 1:56 |
: Senior year of college I named the spider that lived in the ceiling corner of my room.
|
| 1:56 |
: How are you feeling about Adam Eaton? Love his game, don’t think I’ve heard a single thing about him all spring.
|
| 1:56 |
: Love him, think he can hit 10 homers in a healthy year, only worried about offseason shoulder surgery, which he claims was minor.
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| 1:57 |
: With nearly every expert espousing to spend no money on starting pitching and every owner reading it…I spent $82/260 budget on Sale,Carrasco,Gray, & Stroman in an AL only. Followed up with ERod & Erasmo at $1 time. Is that a nutty contrarian strategy?
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| 1:57 |
: You playing the no whammies game, but so is everyone else to some extent.
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| 1:57 |
: How many years are we away from managers ACTUALLY putting their best relievers in at the best times not just in the 9th etc?
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| 1:57 |
: Seems the newest way for FOs to force this on their managers is to try and get three closer-worthy relievers.
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| 1:58 |
: Is there any way to search for your pitcher write ups specifically? I like your opinions on Pitchers and don’t want to miss any but also don’t want to click on each P to find out.
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| 1:58 |
: The Change is my column, has a tag on RotoGraphs. If you mean in the blurbs on the player pages… dunno.
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| 1:58 |
: Thoughts on stouts during the summer heat?
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| 1:58 |
: Drink em cold.
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| 1:58 |
: I’m not a fan of Sierra Nevada in general, but Otra Vez surprised me. How representative of Gose as a style is it?
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| 1:59 |
: The cactus is a weird thing, but it’s a Gose for sure. And most Goses now add an extra taste. Try the blood orange Gose from Anderson Valley for a sweeter, slightly more mainstream Gose.
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| 1:59 |
: Drop Scalfani for Cody Anderson?
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| 1:59 |
: no.
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| 1:59 |
: Whoa whoa you’re taking Cesar Hernandez over Marte AND Turner for SB? Please explain (not trying to sound sarcastic)
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| 2:00 |
: Worried about Marte’s OBP, lineup slot. I think he’s a bit of a hacker. Turner, PT. Hernandez going to play.
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| 2:00 |
: Poop.
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| 2:00 |
: A great documentary on your namesake: http://www.snagfilms.com//films/title/brian_eno_1971_1977_the_man_who_fell_to_earth?utm_medium=player&utm_campaign=player_referral
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| 2:00 |
: If I was president, I would occasionally have the whole country skip days. Just jump straight from Monday to Wednesday–that kind of thing.
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| 2:00 |
: Not this time.
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| 2:00 |
: Should I have a couple beers during a two-hour fantasy draft? If so what styles? Keep in mind I need to drive home not too long after it’s over.
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: Session IPA time. Easy Jack, or maybe AleSmith X.
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: If you were a prospect would you prefer to go into the Cardinals system that seems to produce all the time or the Braves because so many spots are up for grabs or…?
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| 2:01 |
: Having spoken to non-elite prospects — elite ones get taken in the draft, have little choice for the most part — they care most about development practices. Who will let them train the way they want to.
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| 2:02 |
: Oh dude. Everyone take a pee break. Sporer in 15. I gotta go!
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| 2:02 |
: Eno! I’m Hella late so let me get two quick questions in. I started a beer share at work where six of us each buy a six pack and swap every payday. Should I got Weinhenstapher Vitus or Weisbier? Baseball Q: In Ottoneu 4×4 what lesser know RP can help me for $1?
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| 2:02 |
: Vitus.
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: ENO! OTIS REDDING IS WHY YOU FIND MY HANDLE UNDER OTIS, THE LEGEND BUILT HIS CATALOGUE BEFORE THE AGE OF 30, NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE APPRECIATE THE GREATNESS THAT IS OTIS, I’D TAKE HIM #1 OVERALL IN A MUSIC DRAFT
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| 2:02 |
: Most people only know Pink Floyd for The Wall or Dark Side of the Moon. Can we give some love to one of my favorite deep cuts? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T_CATnUOngA
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| 2:02 |
: Where can I get me a girlfriend?
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| 2:02 |
: probably not here.
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: okay I’m out.
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With a phone full of pictures of pitchers' fingers, strange beers, and his two toddler sons, Eno Sarris can be found at the ballpark or a brewery most days. Read him here, writing about the A's or Giants at The Athletic, or about beer at October. Follow him on Twitter @enosarris if you can handle the sandwiches and inanity.
12:36 – best SP elig RP right now has to = Alex Colome
Trevor May a distant 2nd, and almost worthless in a traditional 5×5 (no holds)