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Dave Cameron

12:37

I'd guess they'll leave him down as long as they're winning, with a don't-mess-with-what's-not-broken mentality.

But if they start losing, he'll be up.

Tommy

12:37

Shelby Miller.....panic time? He's been beyond terrible so far.

Dave Cameron

12:38

I wouldn't panic, but his mechanics are clearly out of whack. When you are scraping your hand on the mound, you're doing something wrong.

Greg

12:38

Why would any owner want the MLB to expand since they can't protect all their players. Obviously there are some albatrosses (Howard, Pujols) that owners would want to dump, but there can't be THAT many, no?

Dave Cameron

12:38

They get massive checks from the owners who pay expansion fees to acquire a new franchise.

mtsw

12:39

Will the Yankees' unexpected struggles make them sellers at the deadline? Some intriguing pieces (Chapman!) on the roster and a lot of salary they would probably like to unload in return.

Dave Cameron

12:39

Depends how long this lasts. I don't think they'll panic and sell early, but if they're out of it in July, yeah, they'll be trading Chapman.

Wagon Train

12:40

Heading west? Moving back to the PNW or somewhere new?

Dave Cameron

12:40

My wife accepted a job at the cancer center in Bend, Oregon. So a new part of the PNW for me.

Owen S

12:40

I just clicked that link you gave on wOBA calculations. Why in Jesus' name has a HBP been worth more than a BB every single year?

Dave Cameron

12:41

Walks are sometimes issued strategically, so some of them come in situations where the value of the walk to the offense is quite low. HBPs are mostly random, and aren't distributed in the same way as walks, so the offense gets more value from them not being issued when it helps them the least.

Rocky

12:42

Do you think the Braves could pull off a trade for Arenado or K.Seager for 3rd base in the offseason?

Dave Cameron

12:42

No.

RIcky

12:42

Is Jake Arrieta the best pitcher in baseball?

Dave Cameron

12:42

No one is in Kershaw's class.

some guy

12:43

from our side, if you click on the head-shot above "send" you can turn off the emoji's

Dave Cameron

12:43

Here's to hoping they don't show up in the transcript.

Matt

12:44

Does FG have a policy on web-scraping?

Dave Cameron

12:46

If you're just using it for your own research, I doubt Appelman would care. If you're going to scrape the site to put it up on your own site, that'd be not cool.

Support

12:46

While you can toggle the reactions display for yourself in the settings panel, individual users can choose to hide the reactions in their own settings dialog/section.

Dave Cameron

12:47

FYI, sounds like you guys can make it so you don't see them. And I'll make sure they're turned off for all future chats.

Chuck

12:47

Think the Astros can still win the West?

Dave Cameron

12:47

Can? Sure. But I wouldn't bet on it anymore.

What have i done

12:48

Just found out my wife is pregnant. Any books you'd recommend reading before the birth?

Dave Cameron

12:49

I think the best thing we did was not read the millions of parenting books you'll be inundated with. Get a pediatrician you trust, ask them questions, believe that they know what they're doing, and don't freak out over every little thing.

Ken M

12:50

Dave Cameron at his spunkiest puts what on his saltine crackers? A little extra salt?

Dave Cameron

12:50

I use saltines to eat tuna.

Stu

12:51

Can you answer the actual fantasy baseball questions? This is a fantasy baseball chat.

Dave Cameron

12:51

No it's not.

Erik

12:51

Is BaseRuns universally a better estimate of a team's true talent than W-L record? Or are their scenarios in which good old fashioned record is more informative?

Dave Cameron

12:52

If you could play 500 games with the same roster, W-L might pass BaseRuns for real information, but over 162 games, you're better off with BaseRuns, and since rosters change from year to year, multi-year W-L doesn't really tell you anything about a particular team.

Roger

12:53

Where do you stand on the recent conversations regarding Robinson Cano as a possible or probable Hall of Famer?

Dave Cameron

12:53

I think he's going to fall just short. At +45 WAR now, probably ends career with +60ish, which is where a lot of not-quite-elected guys end up.

12:54

what is the worst part of your job?

Dave Cameron

12:54

Emoji reactions in chats.

Bobo

12:55

Re: Swihart. Think Braves could be possible trade partner? They are very slim in the catching department.

Dave Cameron

12:55

Could be, but don't know what they have that Dombrowski would want. They aren't going to trade for Inciarte.

NL East

12:56

You say the Phillies need 6 or 7 new hitters, but won't they basically have that? RF, LF, SS, 1b, and C are all basically guaranteed to be different next year, with a strong bet three of those come within the org (Williams, Crawford, Knapp/Alfaro). They've got strong capital to make a trade or just sign improvements for other spots.

Dave Cameron

12:56

You're overestimating the success rate of prospects. Odds are that you get one good big leaguer out of that group.

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