Eno Sarris Baseball Chat — 6/29/17

10:34
Eno Sarris: Headed up to LA tomorrow to see Junior Boys and Kilo Kish at the Globe.

12:02
Jose Berrios: Thanks for chatting.  How good a SP am I next year and beyond?

12:02
Eno Sarris: I’m a fan!

12:02
Eno Sarris: I’d call him a top 30/40 type

12:03
Tony: 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.

12:03
Eno Sarris: I think they’ve always been looking for pitching

12:03
The Average Sports Fan: Diaz has been disappointing as a closer this year.  You think he holds the job?

12:03
Eno Sarris: I do. Velo still there, strikeouts still there for the most part.

12:03
Roadhog: Do the A’s deal Khris Davis?

12:04
Eno Sarris: 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.

12:04
Tony: 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…

12:04
Eno Sarris: Will enjoy pitching in the National League, will not be happy about pitching in Yankee Stadium.

12:04
James: Is Tyler Flowers going to carry Sean Newcomb (and his 2% CH usage) to greatness? I’ll hang up and listen

12:06
Eno Sarris: 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.

12:06
ryan: you got to see bartolo pitch last night. think this kid has a future?

12:06
Nihilist Eno: 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

12:06
Jiggle Billy: I don’t know why I have these goggles.

12:06
Eno Sarris: Not bad not bad.

12:06
Brad: 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.

12:07
Eno Sarris: 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.

12:07
Vegan Man!: 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?

12:07
Eno Sarris: Trade for SP. Streaming is hard, yo, especially in today’s run environment.

12:08
Steve: 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?

12:09
Eno Sarris: 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.

12:09
Vegan Man!: Keon Broxton or Domingo Santana ROS?

12:09
Eno Sarris: Santana.

12:10
toki: 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
Eno Sarris: Butler gets bumped. Has options. All depends on price for the two, but Oakland would probably make them both available.

12:11
BT: Yankees are calling up every prospect under the sun yet Hoskins and Rosario are still just chilling. I have no question here.

12:11
Eno Sarris: Yankees need to win now.

12:12
Vegan Man!: See anything promising for Mazara in the 2nd half? Seems like the potential is sky high…

12:13
Eno Sarris: 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.

12:13
Vegan Man!: Do you see Justin Turner hitting for more power in the 2nd half?

12:14
Eno Sarris: He was sure of it and he’s hitting all the fly balls so I think he’ll be okay.

12:14
Jesus: Your thoughts on micheladas (mex beer+lime+hot sauce+worchestershire)?

12:15
Eno Sarris: I dig em.

12:15
Eric: How good do you think Godley is?  His peripherals are very solid and that groundball rate is sick

12:15
Eno Sarris: I dig him.

12:15
Tuna: 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.

12:15
Eno Sarris: also the similarity between the curve and the slider are worrisome. Seems like an expensive trade.

12:16
mike sixel: 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)?

12:17
Eno Sarris: 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).

12:17
Zed: Does McCutchen’s resurgence seem legit for the long term?

12:18
Eno Sarris: I see an above average player: above average patience, above average contact, above average power, above average speed, above average (corner outfield) defense.

12:18
Steal my heart: 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

12:19
Eno Sarris: Kemp for Maybin is not nuts. Maybin is secret Good but Kemp is very replaceable in todays game.

12:19
Vegan Man!: 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?

12:19
Eno Sarris: Also he doesn’t hit everything in the air. I’ll give him a .345-.350.

12:19
Vegan Man!: Can Sam Dyson be effective again as a closer in SF?

12:19
Eno Sarris: Yeah he’s my pickup there too.

12:20
ChicagoCardinal: Is Chris Archer the new Brandon Morrow. He always underperforms in terms of ERA.

12:20
Eno Sarris: Could be that he’ll have worse than average platoon splits because he only throws a fastball and slider.

12:20
curious: is Matz due to start unravelling without his slider?

12:20
Eno Sarris: 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.

12:21
Moltar: Need a spot starter for this weekend – M Monty? Cotton? Hammel? Anybody less owned than that you’d take a chance on?

12:21
Eno Sarris: Monty.

12:21
EbenezerBatflip: 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?

12:22
Eno Sarris: Braves seem like a decent fit? Only one more year of Markakis and they could move them in and out.

12:23
Zed: Does Joc seem like he’s turned a corner?

12:23
Eno Sarris: 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…

12:23
El Fuego: 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?

12:24
Eno Sarris: Josh Reddick and “Careless Whisper” and Coco Crisp’s “Let me Clear My Throat” were good ones.

12:24
Dora’s Map: You should go down to LA though.

12:24
Eno Sarris: In San Diego tho.

12:25
Dickie Thon’s Rage: 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?

12:25
Eno Sarris: Ham and swiss on wheat with a couple Sculpin Pineapples…

12:25
Jeries: juiced balls

12:26
Eno Sarris:

12:27
Todd: Luis Castillo – buy, sell, hold?

12:27
Eno Sarris: Buy! I don’t see why he should give up homers on that high-velo interesting movement fastball, and his secondaries are really good.

12:29
Big Tuna: 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?

12:29
Eno Sarris: Could he start at third or second on the Angels if they do a modest buy?

12:30
Linus: Jeff Samardzija:  hold or stream in 10-team?

12:30
Eno Sarris: Hold.

12:30
Music Request: Do I Look Worried? by Tedeschi Trucks Band (it’s groovy, bluesy and not vulgar)

12:30
Eno Sarris:

12:31
Cory: Would you trade Bundy to get Buxton in a keeper league?

12:31
Eno Sarris: Yeah, I’m willing to trade pitchers for lesser hitters in keeper leagues all the time.

12:31
Luzinski’sSweatyGooch: 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

12:31
Eno Sarris: It’s the Twins that lead the league in launch angle, surprisingly.

12:32
JD15: Who do you like more ROS: your boy Cotton or M Montgomery?

12:32
Eno Sarris: Montgomery.

12:32
Jack: Who’s the better closer? Rosenthal or Oh?

12:32
Eno Sarris: Rosenthal.

12:32
Hannah Hochevar: 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!

12:32
KJ: Also, Votto in a donkey costume

12:33
Bill: Why does Odor suck this year, and why is he on my team?

12:33
Eno Sarris: Way too many fly balls.

12:33
Avery: Thoughts on Soler short and long term?

12:33
Eno Sarris: .260/25 with minus D.

12:33
Yonder Alonso: Trade or extend?

12:34
Eno Sarris: Trade to Yankees I guess. Bird’s ankle looks like a problem.

12:34
Silent Bob: Is Rich Hill finally on the straight and narrow?

12:34
Eno Sarris: Not a lot of straight Hill balls.

12:34
Snarfle: 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.”

12:34
Eno Sarris: 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.

12:34
RiP: Is there any strategy for speculating on relief wins in a fantasy league?

12:35
Eno Sarris: Chase Whitley / Chad Green types. Good middle relievers on good teams with good bullpens.

12:35
bombsquad rabbi: 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

12:35
Eno Sarris: IM WURKING HARD LOOK AT ME

12:36
Nate: Would Torres injury make it possible the Yankees would trade him in the right deal?

12:36
Eno Sarris: No.

12:36
Snarfle: Any pitchers you have your eye on to snag when they’re called up? Honeywell? Weaver?

12:37
Eno Sarris: I love Honeywell but I don’t think he’s coming up.

12:37
Jack: Think there’a a chances Yonder sticks around in Oakland?

12:37
Eno Sarris: Rest of season, but I doubt he gets extended. Healy headed to first.

12:37
Big Tuna: Which injured starter are you more inclined to roster: Morton, Sabathia or Cahill?

12:37
Eno Sarris: Morton.

12:37
Nat: 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?

12:38
Eno Sarris: Same pitch unless you mean a fork split, which is held all the way out in the fingers and knuckles more.

12:38
tonyc: 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?

12:38
Eno Sarris: Dude! His splitter is back.

12:38
YO ENO: Anyway Bellinger gets demoted to AAA this season?

12:38
Eno Sarris: No.

12:39
Moltar: Still waiting on another gear from Fulmer?

12:39
Eno Sarris: Was hoping for more sliders, but am okay with this. I think the change will help him suppress homers.

12:39
Drewski: 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?

12:39
Eno Sarris: 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…

12:40
Oddball Herrera: 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”

12:40
Eno Sarris: “no we don’t need to trade for your closer, we have… *checks log* Joe Borowski.”

12:40
Ned Yost: Mazara 400 footer off Klubot.

12:41
Jeries: Lagunitas or Goose Island?

12:41
Eno Sarris: ooooh Goose because of the sours though every day says Lag for the IpAs.

12:42
Trent: 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.

12:42
Eno Sarris: And yet a few teams could really use him. I bet he does go and gets a decent haul.

12:42
Jeb: If McCutchen is above average at all the things you say he is wouldn’t he be better than just an above average player?

12:43
Eno Sarris: 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.

12:43
El Fuego: What is keeping Rhys Hoskins at Lehigh?

12:43
Eno Sarris: Shopping Murphy?

12:43
Avery: Freeman has held his BABIP in the .340-.370 range for a good 4 years now.

12:44
Eno Sarris: 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.

12:44
RJ: 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.

12:44
Eno Sarris: Porcello.

12:44
Rusney: What about Rusney for Frazier? White sox get rid plus get a guy who’s raking and soxs get help at 3rd

12:45
Eno Sarris: Might be enough? Sox would have to eat a lot of the money or add prospects.

12:45
E: Underrated second half fantasy story line – Freedie Freeman potentially gaining 3B eligibility

12:45
Eno Sarris: Here’s my sweet fantasy lineup with Anthony Rizzo at second and Freddie Freeman at third.

12:45
Tebow Time: 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

12:46
Eno Sarris: He’s one of the worst corner outfielders to be promoted in recent times, Rob Arthur found, and he was promoted to High A.

12:46
Josh: Mo’s Enter Sandman has to be #1

12:46
eno noir: walkup song – cespedes’ Circle of life is fantastic.

12:47
Moltar: 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

12:47
Jared: 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.

12:47
Eno Sarris: most of the xwOBA beaters are fast, yes.

12:48
Senile Oliver Stone: Rate my lunch today on the scouting scale: everything bagel with cream cheese, lox, tomato, onion, and capers.

12:48
Eno Sarris: Solid 50, could play anywhere, lacks star upside.

12:48
Mooseknuckle: Matt Adams had Matt McConaughey’s chest beating humm from Wolf of Wall Street as a walk up song…that was pretty epic

12:48
jake: so the famous warthen slider should be no more?

12:48
Eno Sarris: Little worried about it, yes.

12:48
Anthony: What do you think of Sean Newcomb so far this season?

12:48
Eno Sarris: I think more walks are coming.

12:49
E: Underrated walk up song: Jason Kipnis – Bouncin’ Back

12:49
Frozone: With how nasty Fulmer’s fastball is, how is his K% so low?

12:50
Eno Sarris: 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.

12:50
Danny Chaidez: 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
Eno Sarris: Everyone wants to win all the time in baseball. I hate the yelling Terry Collins types.

12:51
Elliott: 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?

12:51
Eno Sarris: Rare Barrel is a giant. I like Temescal!

12:51
Rick: Kendrys Morales is killing me, brah.  Dump him and stream hot hitters like Reddick, Taylor, or Gennnet…or just hold?

12:51
Eno Sarris: You can drop for Reddick, who has contact, power, and speed.

12:51
E: Do you have a celebrity crush?

12:52
Eno Sarris: Salma Hayek?

12:52
Tins: 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

12:53
Eno Sarris: 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.

12:54
sabrtooth: 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.

12:55
Eno Sarris: yeesh. Maybe they can trade him without eating money for a middle reliever.

12:55
Aaron: Lucroy.  Grrrrrr.  Improvement on the horizon or is this fella waiver wire chum, now?  Grandal & Ramos are still out there, somehow.  Make a move?

12:55
Eno Sarris: Grandal.

12:55
Eno out of context: Straight Hill Balls

12:55
Eno out of context: Big D Positions

12:55
Troy: Re Chad Green. The Yankees bullpen has been putrid the past couple of weeks.

12:56
Eno Sarris: Zoomed in too far. Betances/Chapman and some of those arms should be a good pen.

12:56
McClutchen: Which 2 different beers would taste good if I tried to drink them at the same time?

12:56
Eno Sarris: Try any fruity sour and a stout.

12:56
clint frazier: 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?

12:57
Eno Sarris: 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.

12:57
Matt: Do birds even have ankles?!

12:57
Big Joe Mufferaw: Is Judge going to slow down lol?

12:58
Eno Sarris: I think he’ll be a true talent .260 BA guy, but power is real.

12:58
Don: What is the worst thing to order from Chipotle

12:58
Eno Sarris: Anything if you’re not close to a toilet.

12:58
Matt: 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!

12:59
Eno Sarris: Love that man.

12:59
josh: 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.

12:59
Eno Sarris: 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.

12:59
Andrew: ENO! I’m moving to LA in a month… what’s the first brewery I should go to out there?

1:00
Eno Sarris: Mumford is aight, but I hear Monkish is the thing. I love love El Segundo and Beachwood, but they out by the beach.

1:01
Kiermaier’s Piercing Green Eyes: 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…

1:02
Guest: Thoughts on Darvish for J Ramirez in keep forever ?

1:02
Eno Sarris: Sure. Jose Ramirez is secretly great.

1:03
clint frazier: 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?

1:03
Eno Sarris: 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.

1:03
Beer Guy: Hey eno! Favorite San Diego brewery we’ve never heard about.

1:04
Eno Sarris: Half Door, although last night I had a really nice beer from Resident.

1:04
Bryz: 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-…

1:04
Eno Sarris: that dude should not be hitting it on the ground.

1:04
Don Gale: Give me an ideal itinerary for a day in SF/Oakland (assuming a game at night).

1:06
Eno Sarris: 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.

1:07
R2D2: Who gets the call first, Amed Rosario or Moncada?

1:07
Eno Sarris: FFFS BETTER BE ROSARIO SHOOT ME

1:07
Moltar: 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.

1:08
Eno Sarris: I will hate this and I don’t hate giving him a minor league roster spot.

1:08
Uncle Rico: Lowrie and Gray to Boston?  Whats the cost?

1:08
Eno Sarris: There you go, Lowrie can play third. I’m not great at the ‘what prospects will they get’ game.

1:08
Kim: Gregorius also walks up to Notorious which works so so well

1:08
Jon: I want to burn the ESPN app for all of the Tebow updates it sends out

1:09
Sloth: What do the A’s do next year with Olson, Chapman and Healy? Three bats for two corner IF spots.

1:09
Eno Sarris: DH too! At least Chapman is a good third baseman.

1:09
Big Joe Mufferaw: What would Eno’s walk up song be?

1:09
Eno Sarris: Have long said Ratatat but in reality would be something like

1:10
Jon: Tony Sanchez’s walk up was “Let It Go” for a while – eventually the Pirates did… let him go

1:10
A-Vi-P: Here is my problem with sour beers:  how do you know if it is a good sour or just a skunked beer?

1:10
Eno Sarris: Skunked beers mostly taste faded or malty, syrupy, thick. Sours taste like someone crushed a sour candy in thick fizzy soda water.

1:11
Big Joe Mufferaw: What kind of package would it take to get Alsonso?

1:11
Eno Sarris: Not a large one, there are a fair amount of first basemen on the market.

1:11
eno noir: you gotta have a male celebrity crush too.  like zac effron’s an easy one….but he’s mine. so back off!

1:11
Eno Sarris: Javier Bardem.

1:12
Don: I am lactose intolerant but I love milk and cheese.  Thoughts?

1:12
Eno Sarris: Ditch the milk, eat acidophilus and eat cheese.

1:12
Pine Needles: RE: SQL…try edX Sabermetrics 101 to learn if you are a baseball fan. https://www.edx.org/course/sabermetrics-101-introduction-baseball-bux-…

1:14
Tom: what type of beer do you serve for a 15 person BBQ?

1:14
Eno Sarris: Good lighter IPA in a can.

1:14
Moltar: 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.

1:14
Eno Sarris: Ricci in Pecker was … problematic lol.

1:15
Jon: Conforto or Story a better NL keeper?

1:15
Eno Sarris: Conforto.

1:15
Don: Are you scared of a raccoon popping out one of your eyeballs and eating it like a green grape

1:15
Eno Sarris: uh

1:15
eno noir: to add to save spec’ing question – what are the odds detroit trades wilson?   If they do – who’s the guy there?

1:16
Eno Sarris: I wouldve said Rondon but I actually think maybe the other Wilson. As blah as he is.

1:16
Just Balls: 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

1:16
Eno Sarris: slow clap

1:16
Don: Something I’ve always wanted to ask you: how do you balance work and family?

1:17
Eno Sarris: 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.

1:17
Mike Soroka: 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?

1:17
Eno Sarris: no, yes

1:17
Anon: Still high on Bird?

1:17
Eno Sarris: Not for this year, but long term… I hope this is something they can fix and he’s not Nick Johnson.

1:18
Harsh: 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?

1:18
Eno Sarris: 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%.

1:18
Big Joe Mufferaw: .260 for Judge? Why? He hits the ball harder than anyone, walks a TON, and you can’t shift against him.

1:19
Eno Sarris: Can’t get a single on a strikeout.

1:19
Booger: 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?

1:19
Eno Sarris: One of the best.

1:19
Eno Sarris: Okay I gotta go. Kids are going batpoop.

1:19
Eno Sarris: Thanks for hanging out!





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.

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