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Dave Cameron
12:25
But the outrage to impact ratio on this one is disproportional.
CamdenWarehouse
12:25
(Don't forget to mention that your subscription to the Athletic is a write off)
Dave Cameron
12:26
Well, yeah, I guess it is, but the taxes saved on not having that discount my income by $50 is about the most negligible savings I could think of.
12:27
I subscribe to The Athletic because I want to read people like Ken Rosenthal, and I want there to be businesses around who pay them to write.
Jenna Haze
12:27
Off the top of your head which names come to mind as among the most overrated position players or starting pitchers since the strike in 1994? My buddy is convinced it is Jeter, and while I think Jeter is a little overrated, that still seems like a very wrong choice to me considering that Jeter is a worthy HOF caliber player and Ryan Howard exists.
Dave Cameron
12:28
Juan Gonzalez
Justin
12:28
Is it reasonable to look at the Arizona diamondbacks and believe they are representing the NL come October?
Dave Cameron
12:28
They have a chance, of course, but any calculation that has them as anything but the 4th most likely NL pennant winner is doing it wrong.
Lulio Jugo
12:29
If MLB is juicing the ball, shouldn't they owe teams an apology for not being open about it?  Juicing the ball makes low-contact/high-power guys more valuable, so it completely affects roster construction and value of nearly every player.  By juicing the ball, MLB is basically penalizing some teams and helping others based on roster decisions that were made without the knowledge of the juicing
Dave Cameron
12:29
You're assuming MLB did it on purpose.
I think the most likely scenario is that it happened without anyone planning on it happening.
PF
12:29
When evaluating prospects, do you favor upside or closeness to to the majors?
Dave Cameron
12:30
Both matter, but I think in general, there's far too much confidence in our ability to actually identify a player's upside. Half of the stars in baseball right now were "low ceiling" guys.
Jose Altuve leads the Majors in wRC+. Every players upside is basically "best player in baseball"
HugoZ
12:31
If you're an AL team in need of a dh next season, how much would Atlanta have to eat of Kemp's salary to make it worthwhile to acquire him?
Dave Cameron
12:31
Almost all of it. He's not that much better than Chris Carter at this point, and Carter got 1/$2.5M as a free agent.
EbenezerBatflip
12:31
How big will Otani-mania get in the offseason? Will it be the biggest international signing story ever?
Dave Cameron
12:32
I'll still believe he'll come over and accept whatever a team can give him of their bonus pool when I see it.
12:33
That said, if he does sign with someone for $8 million or whatever, the story of whether there's some other agreement in place is going to immediately surface.
And will be fascinating.
groucho
12:33
Obviously can't compare what the red sox did to the cardinals hacking scandal, but which of the two do you think their respective teams benefited most from?
Dave Cameron
12:33
Cardinals, easily.
Shaqalier
12:34
Is Jose Ramirez going to get some 2nd and 3rd place votes for AL MVP?
Dave Cameron
12:34
Probably not.
I mean, maybe he'll get one from the Cleveland writers or something.
But I don't think he'll mount a serious campaign.
Timmay
12:35
Thoughts on the CC Sabathia bunt controversy?
Dave Cameron
12:35
What CC said was beyond dumb.
Fielding your position is part of the game.
12:36
I'd order every decent bunter on my team to bunt on CC every time.
CubFan
12:36
Do you see Willie Calhoun starting 2018 in the majors even though TX didn't bring him up in Sep?
Dave Cameron
12:36
Would guess that it means they'll keep him down for a few weeks next year to get the extra year of control.
Reginald Denton III
12:37
Dave, hope you're safe from the fires that have spread up there.  How close are you to the nearest one?
Dave Cameron
12:38
The Milli fire is about 40 miles west of us. That one is mostly contained and is just a smoke producer now. The Nash fire is the one that the area is worried about now. It's burning towards Elk Lake and the Cascade Lakes Highway and hasn't been contained at all yet, so if the winds whip up, it could start burning down some very popular hiking trails and resorts around here.
And obviously, the fire in the Columbia River Gorge is awful. We're not that close to it, but still, having that part of the country on fire is very sad.
Al
12:39
If you're the Tigers, do you retire Verlander's number after he retires?
Dave Cameron
12:39
For sure.
Anthony
12:39
So, follow-up to the residency piece, if a team did find a way to, say, prevent TJS with 90% effectiveness, would they then have an ethical obligation to share that info with other teams? That would be a massive competitive advantage, but withholding injury prevention info would seem morally objectionable
Dave Cameron
12:39
It's a super interesting question.
12:40
I think you can make a pretty good case that anyone who discovers a magic bullet for preventing arm injuries owes it to the game to make that knowledge public.
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