FanGraphs After Dark Chat – 1/24/17

by Paul Swydan

January 24, 2017

4:25	Paul Swydan: What is your strongest opinion on the TB-LA trade? Friedman is just plundering his old team (1.5% \| 4 votes) TB did well to get De Leon (50.7% \| 134 votes) Boy do the Twins have egg on their face (38.6% \| 102 votes) Something else (9.0% \| 24 votes) Total Votes: 264

4:28	Paul Swydan: What do you think is Andruw Jones’ biggest legacy in baseball? His playing career (37.1% \| 75 votes) How he has inspired kids in Curacao/Aruba to play baseball (15.8% \| 32 votes) Hard to choose, they’re both pretty great (47.0% \| 95 votes) Total Votes: 202

4:29	Paul Swydan: Will you be watching the World Baseball Classic? Hell yes! (19.3% \| 46 votes) Probably (32.3% \| 77 votes) Meh (19.3% \| 46 votes) Probably not (18.9% \| 45 votes) Definitely not (7.9% \| 19 votes) What’s the World Baseball Classic? (2.1% \| 5 votes) Total Votes: 238

4:33

Paul Swydan:

Which movie would get your vote for Best Picture?

Arrival (13.0% | 29 votes)

Fences (1.7% | 4 votes)

Hacksaw Ridge (6.2% | 14 votes)

Hell or High Water (4.4% | 10 votes)

Hidden Figures (2.6% | 6 votes)

La La Land (11.6% | 26 votes)

Lion (1.3% | 3 votes)

Manchester By The Sea (4.9% | 11 votes)

Moonlight (5.3% | 12 votes)

Who cares what a group of 80-year-old men think? (48.4% | 108 votes)

Total Votes: 223

9:00	Paul Swydan: Hi everybody!

9:01	Dave in London: Love your chats Paul! Have you seen any studies on the success or failure of unusually tall hitters (6’5″ or taller)? As an example, I’ve heard some analysts say that pitchers will prey on Judge because of his huge strike zone — do you agree?

9:01	Paul Swydan: I think that’s a natural thing to say. I can’t specifically recall any studies on tall hitters, however. The study that always comes to mind when someone mentions height is Jeff’s piece a couple years back on how short pitchers are underrated.

9:02	Doug: Better keeper in a 4X4 Roto league Samardzjia or Wei-Yin Chen?

9:02	Paul Swydan: Samardzija. As Sullivan said last week, AT&T really depresses those homers.

9:02	Paul Swydan: Jeff Z will be late tonight, by the way. He’s coaching his daughter’s basketball team.

9:02	Dave in London: From a fantasy perspective, thoughts on H. Kim? Not a lot of power and no speed, but he appears to be a solid hitter w/ good strike zone judgment — a guy who can help a fantasy team’s batting average. I’ve heard that the rap on him is that he hits too many grounders

9:03	Paul Swydan: Well, that’s certainly a fair criticism. He hit more grounders than anyone else on the Orioles last year: http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=200&type=2&season=2016&month=0&season1=2016&ind=0&team=2&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&sort=5,d

9:04	Paul Swydan: And playing in that park, ground balls are certainly suboptimal. Having said that, I like Kim. I like him better in an AL-only league, but he’s good enough to be a 4th OF in mixed leagues.

9:04	Paul Swydan: Maybe even a 3rd OF if your infield is strong.

9:04	Ben: Is the Braves’ mission to build the best 84 win team in the history of baseball?

9:04	Paul Swydan: The Braves’ mission is to appear respectable so the good people of Cobb County don’t burn their new ballpark to the ground.

9:04	Andy: Puig or Benintendi in a keeper league?

9:05	Paul Swydan: Benintendi. It’s not even clear that Puig is a starter at this juncture.

9:05	John: What do you think of maikel Franco? Is he more of 2015 or more of 2016?

9:05	Paul Swydan: More 2016.

9:05	njs: if you’re the d’backs: would you rather have ty walker (and give up segura +) or jose de leon (straight up for segura)?

9:06	Paul Swydan: Well, I don’t know that that is a fair comp, because the Dodgers probably had no interest in trading with the Dbacks.

9:06	Paul Swydan: I’d consider the two pitchers to be essentially a wash. From the Dbacks perspective (aka including salaries), probably De Leon is more desirable.

9:06	Blue: As great as Andruw Jones was, he needs another category for us Dodger fans. After signing a 2-year, 32 million dollar contract in 2008, he put up a 38 wRC+ and -1.1 WAR before being cut next January. He was great elsewhere, but he legacy in LA is one of frustration and disappointment.

9:07	Paul Swydan: Certainly it wasn’t his finest hour, but I trust you to evaluate his career outside of that two-year context.

9:07	Alex Billy MaysJones: What kids of fruit would you put on opposite sides of a pen?

9:07	Paul Swydan: Wha?

9:07	CA Poke: What’s your opinion of moving Strasburg to an Andrew Miller type roll? The Nats currently don’t have a closer and this could prolong his career. I realize his salary is that of a starter, but if he gets hurt he is getting paid regardless.

9:07	Paul Swydan: I think asking a pitcher who gets hurt when his rest schedule is totally predictable is a poor candidate for a rest schedule that is unpredictable.

9:08

Sterling Malory Chris Archer: I’ll be on a first date tonight and miss the chat. I think an extra poll should be how will it end up? A) Troutian where I’m smooth in all aspects of my game B ) Ryan Howard-esque where I’m too old and still striking out or C) Joey Bats Style where she didn’t really want me except on an expensive one date deal?

9:08	Paul Swydan: No need, I’m sure the answer is A!

9:08	DJ Kitty: Rays seem to like guys who throw high in the zone taking the good (k’s) with the bad (hr’s). Any reason to think part of reason they valued De Leon more than Twins?

9:08	Paul Swydan: No, I think it probably had more to do with a more realistic valuation of Forsythe.

9:09	Travis: George Brett or Chipper Jones? Andruw Jones or Jim Edmonds? Freddie Freeman or Mark Teixeira? Dale Murphy or JD Drew?

9:09	Paul Swydan: Brett, Andruw, Teixeira, Murphy

9:09	Scott: Is defense cumulative? i.e., does having more good defenders make each of them better? How good do they have to be to trigger such an effect?

9:10	Paul Swydan: That’s a good question. I know Jesse Wolfersberger has found that this is true of hitters. I do not know if the same is true of fielders though. http://www.hardballtimes.com/the-exponential-nature-of-offense/

9:10	Dakota McKee : Is Mike trout the last Jedi?

9:10	Paul Swydan: No, Mookie Betts is the last Jedi. Trout is next-to-last.

9:10	Stan: In a Score Sheet keeper league, looking at my 13th keeper slot. Is J Profar’s potential worth more than K Morales in 2017 and beyond. Realizing Profar doesn’t actually have a position to play.

9:11	Paul Swydan: Do you HAVE to keep someone? When I played Scoresheet, the keeper slots were fungible. If you don’t have to keep either player, I wouldn’t.

9:11	Stan: Is G Richard’s upside worth the risk?

9:11	Paul Swydan: Yes.

9:11	Roy Hobbs: Is market size the issue with why MLB won’t consider places like Omaha or Nashville as options for an expansion team?

9:12	Paul Swydan: I would think that’s part of it. Another large factor is likely team territories. Omaha is probably split among a bunch of teams, most notably the Royals, while Nashville likely belongs to the Braves. Not sure about that, but there is probably some factor there.

9:12	Paul Swydan: It’s why I support putting a team in Mexico City and San Juan – less of the territorial claims to deal with.

9:13	Matthew: If you don’t hate fantasy questions – $260 cap, standard league plus OBP, hits, QS, K/9 can keep 5. Trout-45, Kershaw-43, Bogaerts – 18, Votto – 27, Goldschmit – 44, Gary Sanchez – 1, Edwin Diaz – 1, Jake Lamb – 1, Danny Duffy 1

9:13	Paul Swydan: Please, I’m flattered you all ask a dullard like me any questions at all! Trout, Kershaw, Votto, Sanchez, Diaz.

9:14	Paul Swydan: Bogaerts for $18 is attractive, as is Duffy at $1.

9:14	Paul Swydan: Goldschmidt at $44 is pretty good too, but you can’t tie up half your budget on three players, and you have to keep Trout and Kershaw.

9:14	Matthew: If you do hate fantasy questions, how many wins could a good 3rd base coach add?

9:15	Paul Swydan: 0.5 at most.

9:15	Murdoc: Ahh man. I missed the Archer chat and the Avengers chat, and now I haven’t seen any of these movies.

9:15	Paul Swydan: I’ve only seen two — Arrival and Hidden Figures. I imagine most people in the chat haven’t seen the majority of these movies, but I could be wrong.

9:15	Paul Swydan: Let’s put that to a poll, actually.

9:16	Paul Swydan: How many of this year’s Best Picture nominees have you seen? (see prior poll) All nine (0% \| 0 votes) 7-8 (0% \| 0 votes) 5-6 (3.5% \| 2 votes) 3-4 (3.5% \| 2 votes) 1-2 (28.0% \| 16 votes) None (64.9% \| 37 votes) Total Votes: 57

9:16

Weezy: So last week I asked a question about pre-arb/arb salaries, and Travis’ article on the middle class of baseball spoke to my question: The way players have been compensated seems to be at least bending, if not breaking. How do you see MLBPA fighting to change player compensation in the next CBA?

9:18

Paul Swydan: To be honest, the MLBPA doesn’t seem all that interested in fighting this fight. What they need to be doing is fighting for more rights for the young class of players – minor leaguers and young major leaguers. Get their pay upped and on a closer playing field to veterans, and veterans would again become more desirable. But that doesn’t seem to be happening, nor do I expect it to.

9:18	5 Run Homer: I’d like to mention that I’m only watching the WBC because I’m starved for baseball

9:18	Paul Swydan: That’s OK though!

9:18	Stevil: Biggest hole in baseball: Tigers CF, Nationals Closer, Angels rotation, or elsewhere?

9:18	Paul Swydan: I mean, in all of baseball? Probably elsewhere.

9:18	Murdoc: Where’s the best landing spot for Dozier now?

9:19	Paul Swydan: I fear that he won’t be going anywhere until the trade deadline or until a contender suffers a debilitating injury.

9:20	Paul Swydan: When I looked at this, the Yankees and Angels seemed like good fits, but the Angels signed Valbuena, and the Yankees don’t seem to want him, so … http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/who-wants-brian-dozier/

9:20	99: It seems like playing the game in 1950 and playing the game in 2000 would be very different things. In 2050, will we feel the same away about the year 2000? Or is baseball “solidifying”?

9:21	Paul Swydan: I’m sure it will feel different. If I knew how it would be different, I can assure you I would be spending my time in Las Vegas, getting rich off of my omniscient ways.

9:21

Cam: It’s difficult to argue with what Freidman & Co have done to ensure the Dodgers are a healthy franchise (personnel wise) top to bottom. Strong MLB team, strong farm. However – with the ultimate goal being a World Series win, how long does the ownership group give this front office before they decide to go in another direction? One feels that, regardless of the process, results will determine their fate. Do you think there’s a line penciled on a calendar?

9:21	Paul Swydan: Nope. They got within two games of the World Series last season, I think they’ve done a very good job thus far.

9:21	Guest: What kind of career should we expect from Lewis Brinson? Star? Superstar maybe?

9:22	Paul Swydan: I would never expect anyone to become a superstar.

9:22	The Long Con(ley): Dave’s post about the Marlins got me thinking. What team(s) are most like to try the ‘new’ bullpen multi-inning ace strategy?

9:22	Paul Swydan: I don’t think any teams, to be honest. Starting pitchers are stubborn, as are managers and coaches.

9:22

00: Facing a dillema in my keeper (12 team, $260 budget, 5X5): Have 2 keeper spots available for 4 players. Jon Lester $10, Robbie Ray $3, Matt Shoemaker $3 and Andrew Miller $3. Note I have already used $185 from my first 6 keepers. That’s why I lean Ray + Miller because upside and those sweet ratios.

9:23	Paul Swydan: Definitely Miller. I probably bite the bullet and keep Lester too, because despite your budget crunch, $10 for him is a bargain, and if you need to deal him the day after the draft, you could get a lot for him.

9:23	Doug: WAR is a useful tool to compare pitchers to hitters for trade purposes. But the fielding part for position players screws things up a bit IMO. Is there an alternative way to do this comparison?

9:24	Paul Swydan: Well, you don’t need to look solely at WAR, nor should you. You need to compare a variety of statistics, plus the normal scouting reports and soft-side factors.

9:24	The Cincinnati Kid: Could a team of FG staff + Trout beat a Rookie level team?

9:25	Paul Swydan: Wow. I doubt it. If you gave us Trout plus say, an actual professional pitcher, maybe, but I don’t think any of us is capable of actually pitching to professionals.

9:25	Paul Swydan: I don’t know if any of us is actually capable of throwing strikes from 60 feet 6 inches even 4 times out of 10.

9:25	python-r: There was an Archer chat? Dammit!

9:26	Paul Swydan: Yup, you missed it. We might have another as we get closer to the start of the new season, you never know.

9:26

Ryan: New playoff format after realignment : 5 best records from AL and NL make playoffs. 4 plays 5 in one-game playoff; 3 plays the winner of that in a three-game series: 2 plays the winner of that in a five-game series; 1 plays the winner of that in a seven-game series; and the winners go to the WS. What say you?

9:27	Paul Swydan: That sounds inaccessible and complicated, and you have introduced another short series, which I don’t like. Other than that it sounds just ducky.

9:27	Hack Wilson: Any optimism that Forsythe has set a higher market value for Dozier and a good first half will net the Twins more that JDL and stuff?

9:27	Paul Swydan: No, but I admire your optimism for such a scenario.

9:27	Ryan: McCutcheon, Puig, Braun, Quintana: who gets moved before the 2017 trade deadline?

9:27	Paul Swydan: I’ll be conservative and say just Quintana.

9:27	Michelle: How do I make myself not care about Hall of fame voting?

9:28	Paul Swydan: By reminding yourself that you can only worry about the things that you can control?

9:28	Mike: Standard 5×5. Im keeping Machado, Correa, Betts and Freeman. I can keep 1 more between Bregman, Sano, Springer, Hamilton

9:28	Paul Swydan: Leaning Springer.

9:29	Paul Swydan: Could be talked out of that.

9:29

Dave in London: 4×4 AL-only 11 team league. Two of the teams are expansion teams this year (no players to start with before the draft) and I’m expecting severe draft inflation. Should I keep Stroman ($16) to go with Rondon ($6) and Gausman ($2)? I think Stroman has break-out potential this year, and I’m planning to add a No. 1-type SP in the draft

9:30	Paul Swydan: I don’t see his breakout potential, but in an 11-team AL-only league, I think you probably have to keep him at that price.

9:30	Stevie Ray: Please rank Benintendi, Dahl, and Mazara

9:30	Paul Swydan: I’d rank them just as you have them there.

9:30	Tom: Should the Pirates be rebuilding, shooting to win now, or something in between?

9:31	Paul Swydan: Win now. To me, they owe McCutchen the chance to shoot for the moon and give Pittsburgh a championship before they ship him out next season. I’m not holding my breath though.

9:31	Michelle: Are either of you football or basketball fans?

9:31	Paul Swydan: I love the NBA, and while I am rapidly falling out of love with the NFL, I still pay attention to it

9:31	Paul Swydan: .

9:31	Michelle: Jeff and Paul… Love your work. What odds would you give the Dbacks’ chances of sneaking into a playoff spot?

9:32	Paul Swydan: It’s obviously non-zero, but it’s somewhere between 0-5%.

9:32	vottomanempire: What to expect from the rumored Valencia/Vogelbach platoon this year, in terms of ABs? Valencia is the one who hits lefties – does that make him the short side of the platoon?

9:32	Paul Swydan: Yeah, I would think so. Also, awesome name.

9:33	Rick: How you foresee the challenges faced by “the MLB middle class” playing out?

9:33	Paul Swydan: Poorly, for them.

9:33	johnnie: How many more 35+ SB seasons do you forecast for Villar and how long before the brewers trade him?

9:33	Paul Swydan: 1-2. Whether Milwaukee trades him soon or not soon probably depends on how quickly this rebuild comes together.

9:34	Tay from L.A.: Blanton or Blevins? Who do Dodgers sign?

9:34	Paul Swydan: Can’t say that I have a prediction there, but to me it’s always better to sign the devil you know.

9:34	Jose: I really want to watch ‘Cloverfield Lane’ but can’t find it online to rent. Worth paying $14.99 to buy online?

9:34	Paul Swydan: I haven’t seen it, but I would probably want to see it before comitting to $14.99 for it.

9:35	Paul Swydan: I did want to see it though.

9:36	Paul Swydan: I think the reason you probably can only buy it and not rent it is just came out on video? Maybe if you wait a bit it will be available to rent?

9:36	Orbit: Is AJ Reed cooked? Are we all overreacting to a small MLB sample?

9:36	Paul Swydan: He was very good in the minors last year, so I wouldn’t say he is cooked by any stretch.

9:36	Petco Warehouse: Manny Margot. Hunter Renfroe. Austin Hedges. Who makes the biggest impact for the Pads in 2017? In the long-term?

9:37	Paul Swydan: Guessing Margot for both.

9:37	Will Graham: Drew Pomeranz or Vince Velasquez get to 150 innings? Do either of them stick as a starter?

9:37	Paul Swydan: Will say that Pomeranz does not get there if everyone in Boston’s rotation is healthy. I think the only obstacle to Velasquez getting to 150 is his health. I think they’re both good enough to be very good starters

9:37	Paul Swydan: .

9:38	Pitts: Does Gregory Polanco finally live up to the hype this year and become a 25/20 HR/SB machine?

9:38	Paul Swydan: I mean, he was 3 HR and 3 SB shy of that last year. Is that not good enough for you? I like Polanco a lot.

9:39	Hannah Hochevar: Hey now! I’m not 80 and get an Oscar vote. (It should clearly be Moonlight, btw. First movie in a long time where I would’ve just walked back into the theater after it was over to watch it again.)

9:40	Paul Swydan: Well, good for you. Keep fighting the good fight. But as I’m sure you know, most of the voters are old, white men. http://www.slashfilm.com/shocker-oscar-voters-white-male/

9:40	Paul Swydan: Which is why the Oscars have become increasingly irrelevant for me.

9:41	Paul Swydan: And I’m guessing for you as well, as 37 votes in, none of you has seen 7, 8 or all of these movies. 34 of you haven’t seen more than 2.

9:41	python-r: Would you rather see a strike and work stoppage as opposed to the garbage CBA the MLBPA just signed? I think I would – no minimum salary increase, internat’l kids got hosed, favors the owners on every issue. #fuckthebourgoisie #seizethemeansofproduction

9:42	Paul Swydan: Absolutely. With all due respect to Tony Clark, I think it might be better if the MLBPA found a labor lawyer to run their association.

9:42	Dave in London: Cloverfield Lane — jiggly camera throughout, if it’s the sci-fi movie I’m thinking of. Hard to watch a jiggly camera movie for two hours

9:43	Paul Swydan: You’re thinking of Cloverfield, I think. Cloverfield Lane is a somewhat related cousin to that movie, though I tried to avoid reading precisely how they were related because I wanted to see the latter.

9:43	Bryce Harper: Will I regain my MVP-like form this year?

9:43	Paul Swydan: I believe you will, yes.

9:43	Travis: Chipper or Boggs?

9:44	Paul Swydan: Boggs. Just barely.

9:44	Paul Swydan: Childhood sentiment plays a role there, for sure.

9:44	Murdoc: Do you think the Rockies will shed an outfielder before the season starts?

9:44	Paul Swydan: I’ve given up trying to predict what the Rockies will do.

9:45	Mike: Its a decent movie, I wouldnt pay 15 dollars for it though

9:45	Paul Swydan: RE Cloverfield Lane

9:45	Dave in London: Are the Indians setting a new model for smaller market teams by building a talented cost-controlled starting rotation, as they can’t afford expensive free-agent hitters? It looks like the Rays are following the same course

9:45	Paul Swydan: I don’t know that this was a model that Cleveland built, or that can be built. I think it’s something that all teams are trying to do at all times.

9:46	TVD: Is Carl Edwards the next super elite reliever posting absurd K-rates and low ERAs a la Miller, Betances, Chapman, Diaz, etc.?

9:46	Paul Swydan: He’s on the list, but the real gem I think is a guy who I will have a piece on tomorrow. Stay tuned for that!

9:46	Joe Nello: If you like fantasy questions: who’s your favorite 5 category sleeper for the year? If you don’t: who’s your favorite 5 category sleeper for the year?

9:46	Paul Swydan: Ha. I don’t know that a guy who contributes in all five categories can be considered a sleeper.

9:48	Paul Swydan: To be honest, I haven’t really compiled a sleepers list, but Jose Ramirez is a name that sticks out to me. Despite him playing in the World Series, I feel like people still might not know who he is.

9:48	Travis: Think Sadaharu Oh could’ve been a successful MLB player?

9:48	Paul Swydan: Probably, yeah.

9:48	#coppyandthewhosaysno: Hello, sir. Do you see J-Hey getting back to being a productive hitter this year? If not, I guess you hit him 8th and be happy with his glove and arm?

9:49	Paul Swydan: I do. But yes, if he doesn’t, then yeah, you drop him down in the order.

9:49	Jeff: Who do you like better for this year and Rest of Career. Sano or Schwarber?

9:51	Paul Swydan: I think from a rate basis, Schwarber, but I don’t know that he’ll play as much as Sano. I think it’s an interesting question because Sano’s stock is down and Schwarber’s is at its peak, so the best long-term answer would seem to be Sano. But I just don’t trust Minnesota.

9:51	Derek’s Jeter: Do you foresee Andrew Toles as a top 30 or 20 outfielder this season? Does he continue his exceptional late-season/postseason form from last year?

9:51	Paul Swydan: I don’t foresee him being that good, no. But I do like him.

9:51	Shapiro: Do you like the Blue Jay signing of Salty or should they have gone more defense?

9:52

Paul Swydan: I think teams need to sign minor league deals with catchers heading into spring training because you always need lots of catchers to get your pitchers ready. If he sees significant major league action, we can revisit the decision then, but I don’t think it’s worth having much of an opinion on at the moment.

9:52	Atkins: Would 2/$6 million get it done for Travis Wood? Rich or too little? Also would it help to possibly add consideration that in the second year he can start.

9:52	Paul Swydan: Seems light.

9:52	Minty: If Puig sucks for 2 months and Bellinger tears it up in AAA, does he come up?

9:52	Paul Swydan: I think Bellinger’s call-up decision is going to be more determined by how well he plays.

9:53	TVD: Do you think Joc makes another stride forward this year and becomes a Top-20 OF?

9:54

Paul Swydan: Well, he was a top 20 outfielder last year, and he didn’t even get into a full complement of games. So, he doesn’t really need to stride forward much, he just needs to be as good as he was last year and maybe stay a little healthier. http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=of&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=0&type=8&season=2016&month=0&season1=2016&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0

9:54	bananastand: Do you think that moonlight fared poorly at the poll at the beginning because fangraphs has a heavily white audience?

9:55	Paul Swydan: To be honest, it’s been awhile since I checked FG’s demographics, but in the past, nothing has stuck out as overly remarkable about our demos other than the heavy skew toward men over women.

9:55	Paul Swydan: Judging from the second poll, it seems likely that most of tonight’s participants have simply not seen the movie.

9:55	Murdoc: I’ll say something nice about the Rockies, Coors is aging quite nicely. Where does it rank in your current top ballparks? Hard to believe it’s the third oldest park in the NL.

9:56

Paul Swydan: It’s top 5. And the reason it ages nicely is because the team sets aside millions of dollars each offseason for refurbishments, even if those refurbishments are as simple as new paint for railings and girders. In other words, keeping the ballpark is a point of focus for the team, and it shows.

9:56	Paul Swydan: keeping the ballpark looking pristine, that should say

9:57	Rocks: Staying on theme, what do you see from Trevor Story next year? Similar or little bit less production.

9:57	Paul Swydan: Similar if a little lower on the slugging percentage

9:57	python-r: What disastrous injuries/under-performances will wreck the Red Sox season a la 2014/2015?

9:58	Paul Swydan: Well, if you’re asking me to actually predict injuries – and I have to say, only a Yankees fan would ask someone to predict injuries like that – I’d say it would probably be Pedroia and Chris Sale.

9:58	Paul Swydan: But that’s a bad look. Don’t ask me to predict injuries!

9:58	Ryan: David Dahl, the new face of the Rockies for the next couple years? Will he be a star?

9:58	Paul Swydan: I think he will be very good, but I expect Nolan Arenado to remain the face of the Rockies.

9:59	bananastand: How do teams protect their valuations of players? If a team offers one prospect over another to a team, doesn’t that tell the other team how they value their players? Or does everyone know what everyone thinks about their players?