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Johnny5Alive
1:17
remember when we thought David Wright was going to be a hall of famer
Eno Sarris
1:17
dammit
Sonny
1:18
Where you valuing Price this year? Ahead or behind a Cueto or Lester?
Eno Sarris
1:18
Ahead! He's good. Should be healthy now.
Leyland's Cig Baby
1:18
Were you (or any of the other Fangraphs writers that you know of) into collecting baseball cards growing up? What were some of your best?
Eno Sarris
1:19
That -- and the fact that my dad bet on baseball -- was how I got into baseball. I still have my collection, waiting for my youngest to be older so I can give them to my boys. I have a 58 Bowman Yogi Berra, Rookies for Maddux, Sandberg, all the modern guys, pulled Sandberg from a $12 pack in the early nineties. Decent collection.
1:20
Definitely have that beautiful Griffey 90 upper deck rookie.
Anthony
1:20
Is there anything to like about Ariel Miranda?
Eno Sarris
1:20
No
Morbo
1:21
I  drafted last in my league last year and decided to try a different strategy. Drafted Syndergaard in the first then MadBum as my second round pick
it didn't go so well. But I clawed my way back to third by the end of the season, some how
Ewilly
1:21
Is there any chance the Angels screw with Ohtani's service time?
Eno Sarris
1:21
would be such a dick move after getting a free number one prospect.
Anthony
1:22
So, I know research on slider effectiveness is fuzzy from your piece on Flaherty, but the video of the three top sliders was shockingly different. Do you have any untested hypotheses about what makes a slider effective?
Eno Sarris
1:24
The spin rates are all over the place on sliders, I think it's hard to pick them up, statcast drops every ninth one or so. I think the continuum between cutter, power slider, slider, hard curve, and curve is more fluid than the one between sinker and changeup and splitter. I think breaking balls are the real feel pitch. And though I've defined breaker movement off the fastball, I'm pretty sure that it's interaction with the fastball that's somehow missing.
Anthony
1:24
Where would you rank Carlos Martinez among the league's best pitchers IRL?
Eno Sarris
1:24
Easily top 30, probably top 20. Ace.
Barry Badrinath
1:25
Does Vladdy Jr force himself onto the big league team this year or does Shap and Ross hold him back another year?
Eno Sarris
1:25
Headed for September most likely, but team dynamics may matter. If they're good...
Marty
1:25
It's fun to joke about Cameron being a superhero...but the dude basically kicked cancer's ass, held a dream job in writing and editing, and now works for a team, and has a great family. The dude is an effin superhero!
E
1:25
I passed on Hopslam this year. I love it but $18 for a 6 pack of a seasonal is almost insane to me.
Eno Sarris
1:26
That's steep. I think I paid something similar for hazy Mikkeller just now, I better start checking prices more now.
New Bork
1:26
Jim Thome has a career OBP of .402
Eno Sarris
1:26
I'm not saying he was not a great player, not at all.
My name is Judge...
1:26
with KatiePerrysBootyHole comes wettbutt; people forget about wettbutt, but they were just as important.
Brad
1:26
any worries about the humidor and goldy?  I saw andrew perpetua say he may drop goldy around 10 spots because of it.
Eno Sarris
1:27
The research from the physics angle suggests it could really curb homers there. 30% seems radical, I'd bet the under on that, but it is nerve wracking.
Barry Badrinath
1:27
I'm sorry but what is the humidor situation?
Eno Sarris
1:28
Arizona has been long considering adding a humidor to keep the balls more humid, same thing Colorado did. I don't know if they're confirmed doing it though.
where are my tickets!!! !!! !!
1:29
Gavin
1:29
Poor Justin Bour. Do you think he stays put in the Miami wasteland after the disintegration of the entire team?
Justin Bour
1:29
Help me
Eno Sarris
1:30
literally right next to each other. It's kinda tough being a first baseman in general right now. Plenty of teams are just taking whatever falls to the market at that position.
Trevor Hildenberger Fan Club
1:30
TREVOR HILDENBERGER IS REALLY GOOD!!!
Eno Sarris
1:30
He is!
RIck Hahn
1:30
Don't forget Maris/Mantle combining for 115 in 1961.
Slurve
1:30
Any opinion on Sean Newcomb?
Eno Sarris
1:31
He dropped huge on the BA list, but pitchers seem to be able to come back from that more than hitters.
RIck Hahn
1:31
I'll take Dave Parker or Ellis Valentine making that throw home.
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