Eno Sarris Baseball Chat — 6/29/17
| 10:34 |
: Headed up to LA tomorrow to see Junior Boys and Kilo Kish at the Globe.
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| 12:02 |
: Thanks for chatting. How good a SP am I next year and beyond?
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| 12:02 |
: I’m a fan!
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| 12:02 |
: I’d call him a top 30/40 type
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| 12:03 |
: Eno, it’s halfway through the season. Time to admit the Cubs have some serious issues? They still have the talent and the crappy division but there are holes that were not expected back in April.
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| 12:03 |
: I think they’ve always been looking for pitching
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| 12:03 |
: Diaz has been disappointing as a closer this year. You think he holds the job?
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| 12:03 |
: I do. Velo still there, strikeouts still there for the most part.
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| 12:03 |
: Do the A’s deal Khris Davis?
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| 12:04 |
: Someone pointed out that he could actually be a nontender candidate, considering how much money arbitration will award him for the homerz. I doubt he’ll be nontendered, but that is an argument for trading him.
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| 12:04 |
: What say you in regards to Sonny Gray? Career highs in F-Strike% & SwStr%, but not matching the low Hard% & high IFFB% of his dominant years…
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| 12:04 |
: Will enjoy pitching in the National League, will not be happy about pitching in Yankee Stadium.
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| 12:04 |
: Is Tyler Flowers going to carry Sean Newcomb (and his 2% CH usage) to greatness? I’ll hang up and listen
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| 12:06 |
: Talked to both about it, and to some extent Flower is a big part of this. But Newcomb said that the change will come out as he goes on and did also admit that he doesn’t command it as well and that he threw it more in the minors. Then he said some stuff that you rarely hear that will be in my piece today.
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| 12:06 |
: you got to see bartolo pitch last night. think this kid has a future?
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| 12:06 |
: Went to some brewery today, the beer was good but why does it matter when ultimately we will all drink the sweet, sweet nectar of irrevocable death
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| 12:06 |
: I don’t know why I have these goggles.
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| 12:06 |
: Not bad not bad.
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| 12:06 |
: Neris seems to be doing better. Wise to drop doolittle for him? I’ve been stashing doolittle hoping he gets job from casilla, but getting impatient. Thanks.
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| 12:07 |
: I’m happy with Neris. Thought for a second they might pump up Neshek with some save opportunities but that’s probably a little obvious in today’s game.
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| 12:07 |
: I’m in 2nd place and 20 games under the projected starts limit in a 12 team roto. Trade for a SP or stream intelligently?
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| 12:07 |
: Trade for SP. Streaming is hard, yo, especially in today’s run environment.
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| 12:08 |
: Do individual player WAR accumulations differ according to position, or is a +5 WAR LF just as valuable to his team as a +5 WAR SP? In other words, does it matter where a team gets its positive WAR from? Can you simply compare the WAR of a SP with the WAR of a batter to determine who has been more valuable?
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| 12:09 |
: The whole Idea of WAR is that you can compare between positions. As pitching WAR improves, you can say with more confidence that five wins anywhere is the same.
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| 12:09 |
: Keon Broxton or Domingo Santana ROS?
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| 12:09 |
: Santana.
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| 12:10 |
: Got a multiple part ?
1. Do the Cubs make a push to not only acquire Gray but also Doolittle from Oakland? 2. If they acquire Gray is Lackey the guy bumped from the rotation? Would they possibly consider DFAing Lackey beings he’s in the last year of his contract? |
| 12:11 |
: Butler gets bumped. Has options. All depends on price for the two, but Oakland would probably make them both available.
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| 12:11 |
: Yankees are calling up every prospect under the sun yet Hoskins and Rosario are still just chilling. I have no question here.
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| 12:11 |
: Yankees need to win now.
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| 12:12 |
: See anything promising for Mazara in the 2nd half? Seems like the potential is sky high…
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| 12:13 |
: Yah I like the incremental improvements in gb/fb and walk rate. That could combine to make for a powerful second half. Still see the potential for a .300/30 guy there because he actually has a two-strike approach and can spray the ball some.
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| 12:13 |
: Do you see Justin Turner hitting for more power in the 2nd half?
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| 12:14 |
: He was sure of it and he’s hitting all the fly balls so I think he’ll be okay.
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| 12:14 |
: Your thoughts on micheladas (mex beer+lime+hot sauce+worchestershire)?
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| 12:15 |
: I dig em.
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| 12:15 |
: How good do you think Godley is? His peripherals are very solid and that groundball rate is sick
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| 12:15 |
: I dig him.
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| 12:15 |
: Do the walks concern you RE Robbie Ray? I have an offer in a dynasty to receive him for my Greg Bird, Villar, Adrian Morejon and Koda Glover.
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| 12:15 |
: also the similarity between the curve and the slider are worrisome. Seems like an expensive trade.
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| 12:16 |
: Trillium isn’t exactly close to downtown Boston……I have 1 day, and not a long one. Is it worth it? Alternatively, anything in Western Mass you love (and no TreeHouse won’t work timing wise, alas)?
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| 12:17 |
: I don’t actually know where the tasting room is, but the brewery is in south station, right? not too far on the subway, and Raw 24 I think is the name of that awesome raw bar that has a kicking taplist around the corner from Trillium (no taps at the brewery).
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| 12:17 |
: Does McCutchen’s resurgence seem legit for the long term?
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| 12:18 |
: I see an above average player: above average patience, above average contact, above average power, above average speed, above average (corner outfield) defense.
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| 12:18 |
: Trea Turner has more steals than my whole team (12tm 5×5). Peraza and a recently added Pham are my best bets for steals (no thanks to Correa). DeShields worth owning? Anyone in the minors to keep an eye on? Trade Matt Kemp for Maybin? HALP
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| 12:19 |
: Kemp for Maybin is not nuts. Maybin is secret Good but Kemp is very replaceable in todays game.
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| 12:19 |
: Given his size/strength and average exit velocity, do you think Judge has a chance at running a BABIP in the .350-.375 range consistently?
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| 12:19 |
: Also he doesn’t hit everything in the air. I’ll give him a .345-.350.
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| 12:19 |
: Can Sam Dyson be effective again as a closer in SF?
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| 12:19 |
: Yeah he’s my pickup there too.
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| 12:20 |
: Is Chris Archer the new Brandon Morrow. He always underperforms in terms of ERA.
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| 12:20 |
: Could be that he’ll have worse than average platoon splits because he only throws a fastball and slider.
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| 12:20 |
: is Matz due to start unravelling without his slider?
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| 12:20 |
: I don’t think he needs one if he has a curve and change and I’m increasingly convinced that 90+mph sliders are the most stressful pitch in the game.
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| 12:21 |
: Need a spot starter for this weekend – M Monty? Cotton? Hammel? Anybody less owned than that you’d take a chance on?
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| 12:21 |
: Monty.
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| 12:21 |
: Rusney is hitting .310 in AAA, which team wants him as a free salary dump? And is that the right move for Boston if its possible?
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| 12:22 |
: Braves seem like a decent fit? Only one more year of Markakis and they could move them in and out.
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| 12:23 |
: Does Joc seem like he’s turned a corner?
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| 12:23 |
: Yes, look at that fly ball rate. He told me once that his whole strategy is “try to hit it in the air.” http://www.fangraphs.com/graphs.aspx?playerid=11899&legend=1,2,3&statA…
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| 12:23 |
: If I had to graph fan reaction to a player/walk-up song I would rank Trevor Hoffman and “Hells Bells” and Charlie Blackmon and “Your Love” as the two best I have seen. Who are your top three?
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| 12:24 |
: Josh Reddick and “Careless Whisper” and Coco Crisp’s “Let me Clear My Throat” were good ones.
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| 12:24 |
: You should go down to LA though.
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| 12:24 |
: In San Diego tho.
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| 12:25 |
: Hi Eno! Do you ever get tired of all the high-end beer and sandwich accoutrement you have access to and just like totally low-brow it for a day or three? And what would a day of low-browing entail for you? Holing up in the back of a rusty panel van with a case of Olympia and some White Castle sliders, throwing 10 grades on Frisbee Golfers?
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| 12:25 |
: Ham and swiss on wheat with a couple Sculpin Pineapples…
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| 12:25 |
: juiced balls
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| 12:26 |
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| 12:27 |
: Luis Castillo – buy, sell, hold?
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| 12:27 |
: Buy! I don’t see why he should give up homers on that high-velo interesting movement fastball, and his secondaries are really good.
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| 12:29 |
: With the As selling off pieces, where do you see Lowrie ending up? Is he at risk of becoming a bench piece on a contender?
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| 12:29 |
: Could he start at third or second on the Angels if they do a modest buy?
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| 12:30 |
: Jeff Samardzija: hold or stream in 10-team?
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| 12:30 |
: Hold.
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| 12:30 |
: Do I Look Worried? by Tedeschi Trucks Band (it’s groovy, bluesy and not vulgar)
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| 12:30 |
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| 12:31 |
: Would you trade Bundy to get Buxton in a keeper league?
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| 12:31 |
: Yeah, I’m willing to trade pitchers for lesser hitters in keeper leagues all the time.
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| 12:31 |
: With the Yankees baby bombers and Rays offensive resurgence, is there something going on with their hitting philosophies? From the naked eye it appears that their hitters are dropping hands early to get on plane with low pitches and launching them
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| 12:31 |
: It’s the Twins that lead the league in launch angle, surprisingly.
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| 12:32 |
: Who do you like more ROS: your boy Cotton or M Montgomery?
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| 12:32 |
: Montgomery.
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| 12:32 |
: Who’s the better closer? Rosenthal or Oh?
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| 12:32 |
: Rosenthal.
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| 12:32 |
: A pitcher allows a homer after an error: the run doesn’t count against him, but the hit does. End the tyranny of Unearned WHIP! EWHIP forever!
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| 12:32 |
: Also, Votto in a donkey costume
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| 12:33 |
: Why does Odor suck this year, and why is he on my team?
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| 12:33 |
: Way too many fly balls.
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| 12:33 |
: Thoughts on Soler short and long term?
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| 12:33 |
: .260/25 with minus D.
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| 12:33 |
: Trade or extend?
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| 12:34 |
: Trade to Yankees I guess. Bird’s ankle looks like a problem.
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| 12:34 |
: Is Rich Hill finally on the straight and narrow?
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| 12:34 |
: Not a lot of straight Hill balls.
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| 12:34 |
: This is who Jose Peraza is, right? Another entry in the long list of “he would be so good if he could hit a little better.”
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| 12:34 |
: And yet he’ll get a ton of burn on that team at that position. Two speedy guys that don’t do much else in big D positions.
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| 12:34 |
: Is there any strategy for speculating on relief wins in a fantasy league?
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| 12:35 |
: Chase Whitley / Chad Green types. Good middle relievers on good teams with good bullpens.
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| 12:35 |
: I love participating in these chats at the office because the furious clickety-clacking of my keyboard makes me sound, just, crazy busy compared to my actual workload
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| 12:35 |
: IM WURKING HARD LOOK AT ME
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| 12:36 |
: Would Torres injury make it possible the Yankees would trade him in the right deal?
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| 12:36 |
: No.
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| 12:36 |
: Any pitchers you have your eye on to snag when they’re called up? Honeywell? Weaver?
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| 12:37 |
: I love Honeywell but I don’t think he’s coming up.
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| 12:37 |
: Think there’a a chances Yonder sticks around in Oakland?
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| 12:37 |
: Rest of season, but I doubt he gets extended. Healy headed to first.
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| 12:37 |
: Which injured starter are you more inclined to roster: Morton, Sabathia or Cahill?
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| 12:37 |
: Morton.
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| 12:37 |
: How many guys in baseball actually throw a split-fingered fastball as oppose to a split-change? Or are they the same pitch in your mind?
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| 12:38 |
: Same pitch unless you mean a fork split, which is held all the way out in the fingers and knuckles more.
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| 12:38 |
: Cobb Watch: Another good outing, but Ks aren’t there. Is his ceiling Ivan Nova, or is there a good chance of returning to a respectable K/9?
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| 12:38 |
: Dude! His splitter is back.
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| 12:38 |
: Anyway Bellinger gets demoted to AAA this season?
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| 12:38 |
: No.
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| 12:39 |
: Still waiting on another gear from Fulmer?
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| 12:39 |
: Was hoping for more sliders, but am okay with this. I think the change will help him suppress homers.
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| 12:39 |
: Thanks for the chat, big dawg. Am I crazy for seeking out Miguel Cabrera in my dynasty league, just banking on a hopeful upswing for my championship push?
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| 12:39 |
: His bad exit velo is better than a lot of player’s best: https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/player?player_id=408234&pos=3&player_ty…
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| 12:40 |
: The Nationals have signed Kevin Jepsen and K-Rod over the past week. A screenshot of their transaction log should be in the urban dictionary to help fully explain the term “grasping at straws”
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| 12:40 |
: “no we don’t need to trade for your closer, we have… *checks log* Joe Borowski.”
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| 12:40 |
: Mazara 400 footer off Klubot.
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| 12:41 |
: Lagunitas or Goose Island?
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| 12:41 |
: ooooh Goose because of the sours though every day says Lag for the IpAs.
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| 12:42 |
: Will the market for Darvish be pretty tepid if the Rangers decide to try to move him? Seems like many if not most contenders are more interested in controllable starters, not just rentals.
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| 12:42 |
: And yet a few teams could really use him. I bet he does go and gets a decent haul.
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| 12:42 |
: If McCutchen is above average at all the things you say he is wouldn’t he be better than just an above average player?
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| 12:43 |
: Yeah that did occur to me as I typed it lol. I’d be more comfortable labeling him above average though, maybe the power is just average in today’s game.
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| 12:43 |
: What is keeping Rhys Hoskins at Lehigh?
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| 12:43 |
: Shopping Murphy?
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| 12:43 |
: Freeman has held his BABIP in the .340-.370 range for a good 4 years now.
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| 12:44 |
: Such a line drive swing. Talked to him for a few minutes yesterday and … the recorder was off. So mad. Scribbled down what I remembered, but he talked about hitting a line drive to the shortstop as his practice, and we both laughed that he’s practicing making an out, but it works for him.
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| 12:44 |
: People are finally warming to Jordan Montgomery and I’m wondering if it’s time to stop streaming him in my 12-team mixed league. Would you drop the struggling Rich Hill or Rick Porcello for him or keep streaming? Thanks.
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| 12:44 |
: Porcello.
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| 12:44 |
: What about Rusney for Frazier? White sox get rid plus get a guy who’s raking and soxs get help at 3rd
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| 12:45 |
: Might be enough? Sox would have to eat a lot of the money or add prospects.
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| 12:45 |
: Underrated second half fantasy story line – Freedie Freeman potentially gaining 3B eligibility
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| 12:45 |
: Here’s my sweet fantasy lineup with Anthony Rizzo at second and Freddie Freeman at third.
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| 12:45 |
: Will the Mets call Tebow up in September? He plays best when the light shine brightest and the boost in attendance would be worth it
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| 12:46 |
: He’s one of the worst corner outfielders to be promoted in recent times, Rob Arthur found, and he was promoted to High A.
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| 12:46 |
: Mo’s Enter Sandman has to be #1
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| 12:46 |
: walkup song – cespedes’ Circle of life is fantastic.
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| 12:47 |
: Yoenis with the Lion King song is the GOAT of walkup music. Wilmer Flores with the friends theme is up there too, even if it’s his alternate
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| 12:47 |
: What factors come into play that a player could continue to beat their xwOBA? Mallex Smith, for example, is expected to have a huge regression based on his xwOBA-wOBA, but he is incredibly fast and also also has one of the lowest average exit velocities and Brls/PA in the league. While I don’t expect him to keep hitting over .300, I’m wondering if him making such poor contact could actually benefit him given his speed.
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| 12:47 |
: most of the xwOBA beaters are fast, yes.
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| 12:48 |
: Rate my lunch today on the scouting scale: everything bagel with cream cheese, lox, tomato, onion, and capers.
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| 12:48 |
: Solid 50, could play anywhere, lacks star upside.
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| 12:48 |
: Matt Adams had Matt McConaughey’s chest beating humm from Wolf of Wall Street as a walk up song…that was pretty epic
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| 12:48 |
: so the famous warthen slider should be no more?
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| 12:48 |
: Little worried about it, yes.
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| 12:48 |
: What do you think of Sean Newcomb so far this season?
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| 12:48 |
: I think more walks are coming.
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| 12:49 |
: Underrated walk up song: Jason Kipnis – Bouncin’ Back
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| 12:49 |
: With how nasty Fulmer’s fastball is, how is his K% so low?
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| 12:50 |
: Changeup swinging strike rate has the weakest relationship with overall swinging strike and strikeout rates, my theory is that the changeup elicits weak contact because batters can anticipate it in two-strike counts but still don’t hit it hard.
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| 12:50 |
: First time caller, long time listener. I don’t think Joe Maddon is the right guy to lead the Cubs to the promised land again. We need a guy to light a fire under their keesters.
I’ll hang up and listen to your thoughts. |
| 12:50 |
: Everyone wants to win all the time in baseball. I hate the yelling Terry Collins types.
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| 12:51 |
: Eno what’s up?! Loving what Khris Davis has done over the last week in Oakland. Pretty much the only bright spot for baseball in the Bay. Changing gears, it goes without saying Fieldwork Brewing stands alone and is eons above its competition, but any thoughts on other “little guys” creeping up such as Gilman Brewing Co. and The Rare Barrel?
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| 12:51 |
: Rare Barrel is a giant. I like Temescal!
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| 12:51 |
: Kendrys Morales is killing me, brah. Dump him and stream hot hitters like Reddick, Taylor, or Gennnet…or just hold?
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| 12:51 |
: You can drop for Reddick, who has contact, power, and speed.
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| 12:51 |
: Do you have a celebrity crush?
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| 12:52 |
: Salma Hayek?
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| 12:52 |
: Kind of an out of the blue question – but any advice on the best ways to learn SQL? Seems like a requirement to work in baseball and it isn’t often taught in many college programs
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| 12:53 |
: Google! It’s fairly easy and a lot of the stuff out there can teach it to you for free. I don’t even know it that well, I just frankenstein queries together by taking a little bit of that and adding some of this.
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| 12:54 |
: On Rusney: the way the luxury tax stuff works, Rusney’s salary doesn’t count because he’s off the 40-man roster. However, if they eat anything, that money goes back onto their luxury tax bill, and they seem determined to say under in 2017 to reset their penalties for future years.
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| 12:55 |
: yeesh. Maybe they can trade him without eating money for a middle reliever.
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| 12:55 |
: Lucroy. Grrrrrr. Improvement on the horizon or is this fella waiver wire chum, now? Grandal & Ramos are still out there, somehow. Make a move?
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| 12:55 |
: Grandal.
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| 12:55 |
: Straight Hill Balls
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| 12:55 |
: Big D Positions
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| 12:55 |
: Re Chad Green. The Yankees bullpen has been putrid the past couple of weeks.
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| 12:56 |
: Zoomed in too far. Betances/Chapman and some of those arms should be a good pen.
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| 12:56 |
: Which 2 different beers would taste good if I tried to drink them at the same time?
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| 12:56 |
: Try any fruity sour and a stout.
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| 12:56 |
: you made a comment that the yanks need to win now – were you joking? Seems like their window hasnt even opened yet given all the talent coming up and all the large contracts dropping off?
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| 12:57 |
: No not that they *need* to win now, sorry if I typed that. But they want to win now, so it’s worth trying all their prospects out. Their window is open for me, Sanchez and Judge and Severino and Montgomery is their window. Call everyone up.
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| 12:57 |
: Do birds even have ankles?!
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| 12:57 |
: Is Judge going to slow down lol?
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| 12:58 |
: I think he’ll be a true talent .260 BA guy, but power is real.
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| 12:58 |
: What is the worst thing to order from Chipotle
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| 12:58 |
: Anything if you’re not close to a toilet.
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| 12:58 |
: Michael Morse’s “Take On Me” for the Nats a few years ago got the crowd going so nuts that the Nats continued to use it as their 7th inning stretch song for years after he was gone!
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| 12:59 |
: Love that man.
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| 12:59 |
: You see Tanaka’s velocity readings last night? Routinely hitting 95+ and even 90 with the splitter. Fast gun or a shift in pitching philosophy, since he usually held back except for pressure situations.
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| 12:59 |
: He’s got to try something. Someone pointed out his statcast FIP, and while I’m intrigued by that research, what I’ve seen is that pitchers can still change who they are pretty quickly.
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| 12:59 |
: ENO! I’m moving to LA in a month… what’s the first brewery I should go to out there?
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| 1:00 |
: Mumford is aight, but I hear Monkish is the thing. I love love El Segundo and Beachwood, but they out by the beach.
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| 1:01 |
: You said “[Cobb]’s splitter is back” but he threw a change for 3% of his pitches in his last outing? It was nowhere to be found!
http://www.fangraphs.com/statsd.aspx?playerid=6562&position=P&type=6&g… |
| 1:01 |
: this is good news though http://www.brooksbaseball.net/velo.php?player=502171&b_hand=-1&time=ga…
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| 1:02 |
: Thoughts on Darvish for J Ramirez in keep forever ?
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| 1:02 |
: Sure. Jose Ramirez is secretly great.
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| 1:03 |
: if you’re cashman do you get aggressive and trade off top minor league talent to try and win this year or do you just chill and bring your young talent up over the next 2 years?
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| 1:03 |
: See what kind of starter you can get without spending Frazier or Torres. I don’t even know if I focus too hard on first.
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| 1:03 |
: Hey eno! Favorite San Diego brewery we’ve never heard about.
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| 1:04 |
: Half Door, although last night I had a really nice beer from Resident.
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| 1:04 |
: That launch angle would be even higher for the Twins if they weren’t actively trying to get Buxton to hit the ball on the ground. http://www.1500espn.com/twins-2/2017/06/notes-fenway-byron-buxton-new-…
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| 1:04 |
: that dude should not be hitting it on the ground.
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| 1:04 |
: Give me an ideal itinerary for a day in SF/Oakland (assuming a game at night).
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| 1:06 |
: Oakland: Fieldwork into Rare Barrel into the Trappist into food trucks at the stadium into your seat. San Francisco: Cellarmaker into City Beer Store, fried chicken at the donut place across from the park if you’re skimping some, crab sandwich in center field otherwise, public house, game.
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| 1:07 |
: Who gets the call first, Amed Rosario or Moncada?
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| 1:07 |
: FFFS BETTER BE ROSARIO SHOOT ME
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| 1:07 |
: I would bet my shirt that if the Mets are out in september Tebow will get the call. Never doubt the Wilpon desire for backpage headlines and “butts in the seats” and there’ll be no shortage of players who can go on the 60 day for an open 40man spot.
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| 1:08 |
: I will hate this and I don’t hate giving him a minor league roster spot.
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| 1:08 |
: Lowrie and Gray to Boston? Whats the cost?
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| 1:08 |
: There you go, Lowrie can play third. I’m not great at the ‘what prospects will they get’ game.
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| 1:08 |
: Gregorius also walks up to Notorious which works so so well
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| 1:08 |
: I want to burn the ESPN app for all of the Tebow updates it sends out
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| 1:09 |
: What do the A’s do next year with Olson, Chapman and Healy? Three bats for two corner IF spots.
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| 1:09 |
: DH too! At least Chapman is a good third baseman.
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| 1:09 |
: What would Eno’s walk up song be?
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| 1:09 |
: Have long said Ratatat but in reality would be something like
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| 1:10 |
: Tony Sanchez’s walk up was “Let It Go” for a while – eventually the Pirates did… let him go
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| 1:10 |
: Here is my problem with sour beers: how do you know if it is a good sour or just a skunked beer?
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| 1:10 |
: Skunked beers mostly taste faded or malty, syrupy, thick. Sours taste like someone crushed a sour candy in thick fizzy soda water.
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| 1:11 |
: What kind of package would it take to get Alsonso?
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| 1:11 |
: Not a large one, there are a fair amount of first basemen on the market.
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| 1:11 |
: you gotta have a male celebrity crush too. like zac effron’s an easy one….but he’s mine. so back off!
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| 1:11 |
: Javier Bardem.
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| 1:12 |
: I am lactose intolerant but I love milk and cheese. Thoughts?
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| 1:12 |
: Ditch the milk, eat acidophilus and eat cheese.
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| 1:12 |
: RE: SQL…try edX Sabermetrics 101 to learn if you are a baseball fan. https://www.edx.org/course/sabermetrics-101-introduction-baseball-bux-…
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| 1:14 |
: what type of beer do you serve for a 15 person BBQ?
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| 1:14 |
: Good lighter IPA in a can.
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| 1:14 |
: My childhood celebrity crush was Christina Ricci in Adams Family 2. My teenage celebrity crush was Christina Ricci in Pecker. Now, my adult celebrit crush is Christina Ricci in that Zelda Fitzgerald show on Amazon.
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| 1:14 |
: Ricci in Pecker was … problematic lol.
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| 1:15 |
: Conforto or Story a better NL keeper?
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| 1:15 |
: Conforto.
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| 1:15 |
: Are you scared of a raccoon popping out one of your eyeballs and eating it like a green grape
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| 1:15 |
: uh
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| 1:15 |
: to add to save spec’ing question – what are the odds detroit trades wilson? If they do – who’s the guy there?
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| 1:16 |
: I wouldve said Rondon but I actually think maybe the other Wilson. As blah as he is.
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| 1:16 |
: you think you are mr healthy because you have a squatting toilet. i bust a loaf on a waterslide every morning and im going to live forever
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| 1:16 |
: slow clap
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| 1:16 |
: Something I’ve always wanted to ask you: how do you balance work and family?
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| 1:17 |
: Don’t take a job in baseball. I’m okay at it, right now I have to go soon to take the kids to the zoo in San Diego.
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| 1:17 |
: Does submitting a question about a player as FROM that player increase the likelihood of being seen/answered? Also, am I the top prospect in the braves system now?
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| 1:17 |
: no, yes
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| 1:17 |
: Still high on Bird?
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| 1:17 |
: Not for this year, but long term… I hope this is something they can fix and he’s not Nick Johnson.
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| 1:18 |
: You’ve been pitting Judge at .260 for weeks, but his contact and swinging strike rates have actually been going up since. And his K rate is inching towards 28. When are you gonna change that line of thinking?
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| 1:18 |
: even at 28%, .260 would one of the better batting averages of all time if he did it for his career. I don’t see him cutting much past 28%.
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| 1:18 |
: .260 for Judge? Why? He hits the ball harder than anyone, walks a TON, and you can’t shift against him.
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| 1:19 |
: Can’t get a single on a strikeout.
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| 1:19 |
: Do you know much about Chicago beer? (aside from Goose Island, Revolution, & Lagunitas who we share) We’re a good beer town, aren’t we?
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| 1:19 |
: One of the best.
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| 1:19 |
: Okay I gotta go. Kids are going batpoop.
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| 1:19 |
: Thanks for hanging 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.