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Paul Swydan

9:54

Loads and loads of bad puns.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:54

Agree. MLB.com will have some horrible ones

Paul Swydan

9:55

I will be interested to see his walk rate. He walked 8.2% of batters at Triple-A last season, and 12% this year. And your walk rate is generally higher in the pros than in the minors.

Carrot Juice

9:55

Is Byron Buxton the most over-hyped prospect in history? His ceiling looks more like Denard Span than Trout.

Paul Swydan

9:55

Sadly, Jurickson Profar also is in that conversation, as I'm sure are some Yankees and Red Sox prospects.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:56

Brandon Wood says Hi

Steve

9:56

Are you more willing to overpay in a trade knowing that you have to make a move in order to free up a roster spot. Ex. Kluber should be back soon, so I would have to drop Nate Karns

Paul Swydan

9:57

Sort of. Usually I'll just drop Karns and hope that it doesn't come back to bite me.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:58

Oh yea, I am in the same boat in my AL-only league. Also, I like leagues with tradable FAAB. Just say you will take some FAAB as trade before releasing the player.

9:58

Gleyber Torres up to triple A, eta for his major league debut

Jeff Zimmerman

9:58

It really depends on the Yankees needs and place in the standings. If he can help, he will play

Paul Swydan

9:58

I'm going to say August. They don't have much urgency, but if he keeps hitting this well, they'll have to do something.

OddBall Herrera

9:59

Dustin Ackley is pretty high up for failed prosects. I remember reading at the time "We're not sure what type of hitter he'll become, but one thing we know for sure is he'll hit". He was billed as a can't miss.

Paul Swydan

9:59

Yup, that's a good one.

At least Buxton is really good defensively.

Jeff Zimmerman

10:00

Most failed position players miss because they can't hit.

Will

10:00

Why do the media continue to force the Trout v. Harper narrative down our throats? Trout is the best player in baseball, end of story.

Paul Swydan

10:00

To be honest, I'm OK with this one. Baseball needs stars, and Harper is a legit star. If the way he gets attention is in comparisons to Trout that he can't quite win, I'm more than OK with that.

Jeff Zimmerman

10:01

The fight for the best player brings more eyes than the fight for the 3rd best player

Paul Swydan

10:01

On that note we're going to have to get going.

Thanks for hanging out, as always.

Jeff Zimmerman

10:01

Bye

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