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Paul Swydan

9:10

Alonso may end up being better than Belt, but I'll list Belt first on the past credibility factor.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:10

I think that is right. I could see taking Alonso if you need power

caesar_solid

9:11

Is the value of OF defense changing because of the increase in flyballs?

Paul Swydan

9:11

I don't know, that's a good question. Intuitively you would think yes, but I haven't read anything that points to that conclusively.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:11

No, it's not that many FB's We aren't even back to the FB levels from less than 10 years ago

Paul Swydan

9:12

Jeff knows best.

Plan

9:12

Arrieta? Buy low?

Paul Swydan

9:12

I'm not going to, but I can't blame you for taking the flier if he comes cheap.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:12

Yea. He's a healthy pitcher.

Paul Swydan

9:13

His Contact% is the same as last year, if you're looking for a ray of sunshine.

Ri k

9:13

Who has more trade value right now- Judge or Bellinger?

Paul Swydan

9:13

Gotta be Judge. Probably a lot of people out there who still haven't heard about Bellinger.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:14

Judge, I think. It's been more so far.

Hannah Hochevar

9:14

All the people who voted "BAL" as most for real also voted for the BAL/WAS match-up because of Ubaldo, not Scherzer.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:14

Chance Bellinger goes back to minors if struggles

Paul Swydan

9:14

Sick burn by Hannah.

Poop Emoji

9:15

Is there any hope for Bautista? According to Mike, even his barrels are down once again this year. Try to sell for anything versus holding or dropping?

Paul Swydan

9:15

At this point, I'd be considering any and all trade offers.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:15

Yea, I am not sure how much you will get.

Paul Swydan

9:16

He's actually hit worse in May. His K% is over 40% for the month.

apples

9:16

Right now, who's career start is more exciting: Judge or Gary?

Paul Swydan

9:16

That's like asking me which dessert I'd rather have, cheesecake or ice cream cake? The correct answer is yes.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:17

Career? after less than half a year. Good stories but let pitchers adjust.

Moltar

9:18

Thinking about non-terrible ideas to prevent marathon extra inning games, what about having all scoring after the 13th inning be sudden death? All runs are walkoffs, whether it's the top or bottom of the inning? At least once the away team scratches home a run we don't have to wait for the bottom half of the inning or worse - the home team tying and the game continuing.

Paul Swydan

9:18

I don't care for this idea, sorry.

9:19

But you're thinking, I like that.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:19

it's ok, I don't like any changes.

MIller Time

9:20

Justin Wilson = Yellow. Who gets the job then? K-Rod again? A. Wilson? Trade?

Jeff Zimmerman

9:20

I think the Tigers want K-Rod to close.

Paul Swydan

9:20

I think it's going to be a long season in Detroit, A, and B, I would absolutely expect K-Rod to get another shot at some point.

troke

9:21

Tyler Anderson's last start looked a lot more like last year than it has up to now -- that is, more cutters, fewer fastballs. Is this him turning a corner? Or is there some other reason he has been lousy up to now?

Paul Swydan

9:22

Home runs have been the big killer up until now. http://www.fangraphs.com/statsd.aspx?playerid=12880&position=P&type=0&...

9:23

His walks have been good, and his contact% has been relatively consistent. He just needs to keep the homers in check.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:23

Home runs seem to be killing every pitcher.

Paul Swydan

9:23

True.

Hannah Hochevar

9:23

Doesn't the letter to be replaced depend on the logo that's replacing it? IE, does the logo's shape match that of a letter?

Paul Swydan

9:24

Well, yes, but that was the reason I did the poll. I don't know that our logo perfectly matches any letter shape. At least not any letter in our logo.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:24

LogoGraphs

Paul Swydan

9:24

DON'T TEMPT ME!

Von

9:25

Bryant, Machado, or Arenado: who do you prefer if you are a GM building a team around one of those guys?

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