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Hannah Hochevar

9:26

I'm worried Carlos Gomez is going back to his hack-tastic Astros ways. Will he remember the lessons of last year or is he, like the rest of us, doomed to repeat his mistakes?

Paul Swydan

9:26

I mean, he's gotten this far with his current approach, I'm not sure why we would expect him to change now.

By current I mean the hacktastic ways of his career in general. Sorry.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:27

He's at his career levels in swing% and contact%. He is who he is.

Not Lendrick Lamar

9:28

What would Clayton Kershaw's season line be if he threw 50% of his games at Coors?

Jeff Zimmerman

9:28

Around the same with an ERA about 1 run higher

Paul Swydan

9:28

Higher walk rate, lower strikeout rate, add at least one run to his ERA, but he'd still be really great.

Hannah Hochevar

9:29

Hi fellas. Was thinking Joe Kelly could be a vibrant multi-inning force for k's, but he's yet to record one, even throwing 100. Where does he go from here?

Jeff Zimmerman

9:29

AAA?

Paul Swydan

9:30

Honestly, if he is going to keep striking out only one out of every 30 batters, his destination is Triple-A. That's untenable.

Zeff Jimmerman

9:30

Rich Hill was just dropped in my 10 team league, he's a must add if I have an open DL spot, right?

Paul Swydan

9:30

I think so, yes.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:30

Yes

Andre Eithier's Thinning Hair

9:30

Is Kendrick Lamar your Jesus? If that's too sensitive, which was your favorite work of his? Just saw him live (amazing)

Paul Swydan

9:31

GKMC is easily my favorite. And Jesus is a bit strong. That goes to Q-Tip, always and forever.

Andre Eithier's Thinning Hair

9:31

Are hitters with low walk rates inherently more volatile producers? Thinking Andrew Toles, who swings at everything

Paul Swydan

9:32

They are if they can't consistently generate a high BABIP. Some guys are able to, but that's generally a smaller subset of hitters.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:32

I know Bill Petti has written a lot on the subject

Flo

9:32

Is Gary Sanchez for Duffy fair? 5by5 standard yahoo. What side do you prefer?

Paul Swydan

9:33

I'd rather have Sanchez.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:33

Sanchez

But fair

Brandon M

9:33

I didn't care for Humble at first. Repeated listenings made me fall in love with it.

Paul Swydan

9:34

His lyrics are so layered that you really have to try to withhold judgment on any of his songs until you listen a bunch of times and let the meanings sink in.

Miles

9:34

Any worries about Josh Bell in the early going? It seemed that preseason, many were thinking Bell would move towards his projectable power while maintaining his hit tool. However, he has gone the opposite way; failing to produce even the little power he had shown last year and in the high minors as well as a declining hit tool compared to last year.

Paul Swydan

9:35

I'm only worried about him in the sense that Hurdle needs to win this year to keep his job, and Bell might end up a casualty on the bench if he doesn't produce soon. With Marte's suspension, that worry may be less warranted than before. We'll see.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:36

I have him graded out with league average Contact% and Above average power (using StatCast metrics)

I think he is fine

Marcus Banks

9:36

How encouraged should I be by Luis Severino's last two outings?

Jeff Zimmerman

9:37

Some ... I was completely off to start the season. I still think he is a RP, but he is making it work with two pitches so far.

Paul Swydan

9:37

I like Severino. I thought they gave up on him too quickly last year. If you look at his player page, his FIP and FIP- were basically the same in '15 and '16.

Travis

9:38

You're about see see Freddie hit a HR off of Scherzer. Watch.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:38

I hope not

Paul Swydan

9:38

This didn't happen (yet) but I appreciate Travis' enthusiasm.

WHIP Appeal

9:38

Trying to decide what to do with Arrietta. Def, too early to be freaking out, but I always like to move guys before they become problems down the road (keeper league). Think he can remain effective with diminished velocity a la Verlander, or does this, in your opinion, portend to something more worrisome--injury, etc.

Paul Swydan

9:39

Well, I was bearish on Arrieta all offseason. So I'm fine with you trading him now.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:39

Trade if you can, might have to wait for the right time with his value up

Joe

9:39

So, Trey Mancini has hit 10 fly balls in his career and 7 of them have been homers. No question, just sayin

Jeff Zimmerman

9:39

Truth

Paul Swydan

9:40

I'm sure he'll maintain that ratio. Definitely keep Hyun Soo Kim glued to the bench.

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