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Paul Swydan

9:50

Oh, I'm sorry, I hadn't read that. Then....yeah, I'm not sure.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:50

I think he wants to play in the majors and doing his hardest to keep the dream alive

Crusty Juggler

9:51

Would you rather have August's hair or Eno's hair?

Paul Swydan

9:51

Like, if I had to KEEP one of their hairdos? Definitely Eno's. It's amazing how much hair August actually has in that bun. It seems like a ton of effort to take care of it.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:51

Eno's. I pretty much have the same hair, but I cut it.

Paul Swydan

9:52

LOLOLOL

Baba Yaga

9:52

If you had to set the Cubs playoff rotation, where do you put Hendricks? He doesn't have the big name or big salary of some of the other Cub starters, but as the saying goes....all he does is get guys out.

Paul Swydan

9:53

Well, you can never tell what they'll do because Joe Maddon is always going to be too cute by half, but cuteness aside, they'll probably line it up as Arrieta-Lester-Hendricks-Lackey. If the team they're facing is especially right-handed, maybe they move Hendricks ahead of Lester.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:53

#3 or #4. Might depend on the match up

Defectation

9:54

Any wild guesses about what Gurriel will be able to do this season?

Paul Swydan

9:54

After watching Rusney and Soler not live up to their billing and Abreu's slump this year, I'm out of the Cuban player forecasting business, sorry.

9:55

But I did pay good $ in Ottoneu for the privilege to find out, so I'm just as curious as the rest of you are!

Jeff Zimmerman

9:55

I have 0 expectations. And how about Guerro (sp?) for the Dodgers

Paul Swydan

9:56

Right. And Puig's been demoted.

Crusty Juggler

9:56

Have the same hair as Eno?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

Paul Swydan

9:56

That might be a slight exaggeration, but there is definitely a bit of curl in Jeff's hair.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:57

Yep, it can curl quite a bit.

Coach

9:57

Who goes off the board first in next year's fantasy drafts: Mookie or Rizzo?

Paul Swydan

9:58

Tough. Mookie is definitely going to give him a run for the money, but Rizzo delivers more of the "first round" hitter traits.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:59

I like the Mookie types as I can find 20 HR power at the end of the draft, but 20 SB guys are gone.

Cybo

9:59

Trevor Story is a __ rounder in fantasy for 2017?

Paul Swydan

9:59

6-8th?

10:00

Being first in home runs among shortstops is definitely going to push him up people's draft boards, even if his overall offensive game doesn't warrant such high placement.

The bar is set pretty low for shortstops.

Jeff Zimmerman

10:01

I think Paul has his value right, but I think someone will reach before then as early as the third on position scarcity

Paul Swydan

10:01

To me the more interesting question is how far ahead of Tulo will Story be drafted.

James

10:01

Who wins the NL West?

Paul Swydan

10:02

I picked the Giants, and I'll stick with them.

Picked them before the season, that is.

Jeff Zimmerman

10:03

I picked the Dodgers and will go there. So Paul and I will both be wrong and the Rockies will pull it off

Paul Swydan

10:03

Ha!

On that note, we're going to call it a night. Thanks so much for hanging out with us, as always!

Jeff Zimmerman

10:03

Yep, I need to finally get a story loaded up for Paul

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