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Travis Sawchik
12:54
The humidor is going to be a great friend. I'd expect a similar net line
Mick
12:55
Between Tatis, Urias, Cordero and Villanueva, the Padres have been one of the most exciting teams this spring. There's no question, just wanted to say that.
Travis Sawchik
12:55
This is why Dave left us
CamdenWarehouse
12:55
how do in season days off work for beat reporters if they exist?  Did you get an away series every 2-3 weeks that you didn't cover, etc?
Travis Sawchik
12:56
Typically there is a "backup" beat writer who helps out on with road trips, etc
Most No. 1 writers probably do 60-65 percent of travel
There are some old-school dudes that would love to do all of it
Billy Beane
12:56
I think the idea of an article whose premise is, "Talk to baseball players about weird ideas that nerds have." Is a great one and you should write more of them.
Travis Sawchik
12:56
I know a guy who can make this happen
Neil Walker
12:57
No one is even willing to give me.... say... 1 year, 7 million? For a player who has been consistently above average throughout his career and has no off the field/clubhouse issues? The brewers could use me, no?
Travis Sawchik
12:57
I'm with you, Neil. Kind of crazy. What day is it? March 5?
Babe Lincoln
12:57
Was Billy Hamilton kinda joking around about your proposal, or was he being kinda a dick?
Travis Sawchik
12:58
I think he was mostly caught off guard and joking. I don't think he was being a dick.
Rollie's Mustache
12:58
At what point does an unsigned free agent pitcher start worrying about a lack of prep time with his eventual new team, catcher, etc.? And are we approaching that point yet?
Travis Sawchik
12:58
That has to be a real concern at this point. Now inning' projections are going to be affected and further reduce value
12:59
Especially on a short-term deal
Q-Ball
12:59
What 2018 team is the least interesting?
Travis Sawchik
12:59
Royals?
Tigers?
Twins have to be so happy
1:00
AL Central is a reason to have a more balanced schedule
Big Joey
1:00
Please rank for the 2018 season: Quintana, Tanaka, Cole.... is there a decent margin in between?
Travis Sawchik
1:01
Really Curious to see what Cole does in Houston. I think he has some upside there. I'd be tempted to rank him 1 amongst those names
Michael Westen
1:01
Was it inevitable with the game trending younger that a bunch of older FA would get iced like this?  Are we going to start seeing more guys retiring at 34-36 than 37-40?
Travis Sawchik
1:01
Yep and yep
Chuck
1:01
Mariners. The Mariners are boring, unfortunately.
Travis Sawchik
1:01
Big Maple, tho
Dan
1:02
Tell me something about the Braves
Travis Sawchik
1:02
They're in a great spot and have a ton of cash available going forward
Braves-Phillies could become quite the NL East rivalry
Karl Marx
1:03
Is it not better for the player pool if the guys who have made $30 million retire earlier to make room for someone who has made far, far less?
Travis Sawchik
1:03
The Workers really need to unite for the next cba
CamdenWarehouse
1:03
does Fangraphs have a new ME or is it Carson by default?
Travis Sawchik
1:04
There is no new managing editor. It's now become something of an oligarchy with Carson probably planning a bloody palace coup
Carson Cistulli Sabathia
1:04
I’m going to Arizona this week for to see some spring training action, what do you recommend? Just have fun watching baseball?
Travis Sawchik
1:05
The teams are much closer together and centrally located in Arizona so I would just focus on watching baseball and maybe do a day trip to Sedona
Jeff
1:05
Expectations for Schwarber? I keep drawing parralels between him leaning out and Conforto last year, though with zero expectations on defense
Travis Sawchik
1:05
I'm still a believer
Lunar verLander
1:06
Who would have thought that the reason Dave left is just because he REALLY likes Spring Training games...
Travis Sawchik
1:06
I didn't have that either
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