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Robert

9:49

Hi Paul - if you gave the worst team from, say, the 1950’s, the analytical capabilities of today 1) how much would that team improve and 2) by how much would they improve? Thanks for your response!

Paul Swydan

9:50

I think the more important upgrade would be to weight training, diet, and the ability for the players to not have to work jobs selling insurance and the like in the offseason. Without those things, the analytical advantage might be muted.

Tyler

9:50

Who's a better FA buy: Darvish this year or Keuchel next year?

Paul Swydan

9:50

Keuchel

Corey

9:51

Most likely dark horse NL MVP candidate and CY Young candidate?

Paul Swydan

9:52

If Rendon has another great season, he might get some MVP love. For Cy Young, ....... I dunno, hard to picture anyone other than Kershaw or Scherzer getting attention. But, just for fun, Jacob deGrom!

$11 Worth of Taco Bell

9:52

What’s the dumbest move the Royals make this offseason?

Paul Swydan

9:53

(Re-)signing Hosmer will likely be the dumbest thing anyone does all offseason.

Nate J.

9:53

Does LAA signing Upton disqualify them from trading for Stanton?

Paul Swydan

9:53

No, I don't think so.

Lunar verLander

9:53

What do you think the odds are that the Astros extend any of their young stars this offseason?

Paul Swydan

9:54

I'd say it's unlikely. The idea that the MLBPA can only grow their revenue pie by waiting for their stars to wait until they hit free agency seems to have taken hold.

Tim

9:54

Better chance at comeback player of the year: AGon or Morales?

Paul Swydan

9:54

Morales

Murdoc

9:55

Does Ubaldo get anything better than a minor league deal?

Paul Swydan

9:55

Probably not, no.

Who is Stubby Clapp?

9:55

Thanks for being the offseason baseball methodone clinic for us addicts.

Paul Swydan

9:56

I'm here for you.

Who is Stubby Clapp?

9:57

What veteran starter do the Cardinals sign to steady their young rotation?

Paul Swydan

9:58

Well, Doug Fister seemed like a good candidate.

Someone like Jason Vargas or Chris Tillman maybe?

Ron

9:59

Do Galvis and Hernandez start on opening day in Philly? Or will we see Crawford and/or Kingery instead?

Paul Swydan

9:59

I'll vote Galvis and Hernandez.

Eric Weinstein

9:59

Is it just me, or are the pending Stanton/Ohtani hold-ups overblown as the reason for the free agent market inactivity, and the effect of the CBA under-discussed? I feel like what is really going on is that with this being the first year of the new CBA, the market may be adjusting downward to the reality of the teams that have money not being willing to spend it because they don't want to run up against the cap.

Paul Swydan

10:00

I don't know, I think the teams all have their budgets set and won't be timid in spending the money allotted to them.

I will say I think Stanton holding up the market is a little overblown, but I think that Ohtani certainly is.

10:01

If you can get a potential star SP for the league minimum, then you have to wait on that chance.

10:02

All right everyone, I think that's going to do it for me. Thanks, as always for hanging out, except to those 7 weirdos who voted for Revenge of the Sith. How did Sith get more votes than The Force Awakens??? Ya'll are weird. Stay weird though. Night!

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