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Jeff Zimmerman

9:13

I don't get the Orioles. They are just a few moves from being really good and they keep getting in their own way.

Saul Pwydan

9:13

How does pitch framing account for pitches that miss their target by a large margin? If a catcher is setting up outside corner, and the pitcher hits the inside corner but it's called a ball, does this hurt the catcher's framing stats even though he probably had no chance to frame the pitch?

Paul Swydan

9:14

I don't know for sure, but I would assume that it does hurt him.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:14

It hurt them. Part of the game.

BoJack Horseman

9:14

I feel like I have to say this every week, we need a best Netflix show poll, so that I, BoJack Horseman (the MOVIE STAR) can win it. Last week, we didn't have that poll. That was - and I don't say this lightly - worse than 100 September 11ths.

Paul Swydan

9:15

I'm not running it until you stop complaining, BoJack. If that IS your real name!

Billy Beane

9:15

If you actually had to sign Eric Hosmer to a 10 year deal, how much would make sense? There's no way a league average bat plays at first base until 37, so you know you're going to cut him with money remaining at the end... Maybe like 10/$30, 10/$25? He isn't even that good at the front of it... I guess if you wanted him for 2 or 3 years you could just space out the money over an absurd length of time to defer it. Either way, I want whatever they're smoking at his house.

Paul Swydan

9:16

Me too!

Jeff Zimmerman

9:16

From the stories I've heard, some pretty good stuff.

Chaps

9:16

re: MLB in Mexico City - recent political trends aside, how would MLB deal with the high elevation (~7000 ft vs. ~5200 ft in Denver) and the significant pollution? Would a domed stadium be sufficient to deal with the pollution?

Paul Swydan

9:17

I would think a dome would be a potential solution. Maybe part of the deal would be that they have to build a bunch of those cool tree towers that aim to reduce pollution.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:17

I don't know about the pollution. It's just an option.

Hack Wilson

9:19

In the 3rd year of a keep 7 6X6. Best players available are around 40s in NFBC ADP. What does this mean for trade value of top guys. Is KB worth a 1st and 2nd with the inflation?

Jeff Zimmerman

9:20

Use auction values to find out

9:21

Also you can turn ADP to action values here: http://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/adp-to-auction-values-process/

Paul Swydan

9:21

That seems rich to me.

(on the vertical forest/tree towers i mentioned - very cool: http://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/china-welcome-asia-first-vertical-forest)

Big Tuna

9:22

Need some help with keepers in a 12 team OPS. Pick two: Michael Fulmer in the 15th, Piscotty (16th), Baez (17th) or Jharel Cotton (26th). Thanks

Paul Swydan

9:22

Fulmer and Cotton, for me.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:23

Fulmer and Piscotty for me in weekly lineups. Baez instead of Fulmer in a daily lineup league.

Ian

9:23

OBP dynasty. My Springer for his Buxton/Bellinger?

Jeff Zimmerman

9:24

Yes, I think Bellinger is going to be a stud and Buxton still has potential

Paul Swydan

9:24

I like it for you. Springer doesn't figure to get much better, so this is probably the time to sell him.

Frank

9:24

Do team win projections take into account a team's resources and likelihood to add or subtract players later in the season?

Jeff Zimmerman

9:25

Nope

Paul Swydan

9:25

Ours certainly don't. Can't bake everything in, especially in this case, because we don't really know.

For instance, would you have predicted at this time last year that the Yankees would be selling come the trade deadline?

Dave

9:25

Trade Benintendi for Gary Sanchez in 1 catcher OBP keeper?

Paul Swydan

9:26

I'd keep Benintendi, but I don't think you'd be wrong to trade for Sanchez.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:26

Yes, The catcher replacement level pushes Sanchez up quite a bit.

Dronefinger

9:27

Why is Manfred so insistent on pace of play and speeding up the game? If it is because he is trying to draw in a casual fan won't he be alienating the real fans with his rule changes?

Paul Swydan

9:28

He doesn't care about alienating real fans, because he knows that real fans are going to stick with the sport no matter what. These changes are mostly about optics. MLB can be said to be doing something about it.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:28

I think he is putting out a ton of bad ideas and then will go with a real plan like a smaller strike zone at some point

First Time Poster

9:28

Trying to decide my final keeper in two leagues with cost in brackets (standard 12 team 5x5 wOBP for both): Arrieta (3rd), Cargo (4th) or Miller (15th). Other league same settings: Arrieta Desmond (5th), Arrieta (7th), or Quintana (9th). Also, how do I space out my questions? Pressing enter submits my question, leaving for a very ugly looking question.

Paul Swydan

9:29

The question looks fine, no worries there.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:29

Arrieta and then Desmond. I could go Cargo in league 1 and Arrieta in league 2

Paul Swydan

9:30

I guess I am not sure which Miller we mean here. Brad/Shelby/Andrew? If it's Andrew, I like him in the 15th, otherwise Arrieta.

For the second league, probably Arrieta.

Dronefinger

9:30

Did MLBPA union cheif Tony Clark mess up this new collective bargaining agreement by letting the commissioner and owners make unilateral rule changes going forward in 2018? How big of an oversight was it? Should MLBPA find a new union chief?

Paul Swydan

9:31

I think it'll end up being a huge oversight. MLB can basically do whatever they want to the strike zone next year and the players are powerless to stop them. MLBPA needs to be run by a labor lawyer.

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