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Dave Cameron

12:56

When you have a +10 WAR base to start from with one guy, it's just not that hard to believe you can contend. I think they'll have to really fall apart -- Richards elbow explodes, Calhoun arrested for running a meth lab -- before they consider trading Trout and starting over.

Andrew

12:56

Any individual's Spring Training performance affect your view of anything this past month?

Dave Cameron

12:57

Stuff like Alex Wood getting his old velo and arm slot back are worth noting. Stuff like Jean Segura hitting .500 are not.

Horn Please ThankYou

12:58

Re: traded front of the rotation starters. It's only a matter of time before Teheran is out of ATL.

Dave Cameron

12:58

But he's a back of the rotation starter.

12:59

Who are your starters on your all boring yet effective pitching rotation?

Dave Cameron

1:00

Jose Quintana, Wei-Yin Chen, John Lackey, Kyle Hendricks, Drew Smyly

Andre

1:01

How important is a healthy Yasmani Grandal to the Dodgers chances of success this season? I personally feel like he may be the most important position player (meaning not Kershaw) on that Dodgers roster.

Dave Cameron

1:01

Well, I like Austin Barnes, so I think they'd be okay without him. Most-important non-Kershaw guy on that team is probably Corey Seager.

CamdenWarehouse

1:01

Are we still allowed to make fun of a manager for the quotes he gives to the press?

Dave Cameron

1:02

You can do whatever you want, but it's silly to think we can evaluate the effectiveness of a manager when most of what they do isn't public.

Brandon

1:02

We can agree that Dusty Baker is bad though, right?

Dave Cameron

1:02

Nope! Players love the guy. That matters.

He might be bad. I don't know.

1:03

I'm not taking a position, besides the position that we lack the tools necessary to take a position.

Michael Scarn

1:03

Which player do sabermetrically inclined baseball fans overrate the most?

Dave Cameron

1:03

Probably Trevor Bauer.

Nathan

1:04

Vegas has Thor as around 20-1 to win the Cy young. Would you take that bet?

Dave Cameron

1:05

Yeah, I'm a big fan.

Dooduh

1:06

On what alternate universe are the A's capable of 88-90 wins?!?

Dave Cameron

1:07

They're a .500ish team; doesn't take a lot to get from there to 90 if you catch a few breaks.

Joe

1:08

Ever been to Perfectly Franks in Summerville, SC? They've got the best Hot Dogs of all time.

Dave Cameron

1:08

I'm not a big hot dog guy.

Lonnie

1:08

Where did you go to college/what did you major in?

Dave Cameron

1:09

I have a BS in Economics from UNC-Greensboro. Go Spartans.

First Time Poster

1:09

I'm not even a Twins fan (I actually have no good reason, but I've always disliked them), but you don't feel they are a contender? They have plenty of upside on that roster with plenty of stability. I'm not saying they are going to light the world on fire, but could they not win 85-88 games and content for the WC?

Dave Cameron

1:10

Could happen, but I think they're the worst team in the AL, or right there with the Orioles anyway. The pitching isn't good, I'm not that high on Buxton, Sano is going to be a disaster in the OF, they don't really have an SS or a C.

Bryceroni

1:10

Jordan Zimmermann for the boring yet effective??

Dave Cameron

1:11

Well he just got $110 million this winter, so I didn't think he'd qualify.

Dooduh

1:12

Stop it. How is the A's rotation any better than the O's or Twins?

Dave Cameron

1:12

Sonny Gray exists.