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One Sad Giant
12:22
How much is Encarnacion's bad start attributable to Indians bats being generally cold to start the year? Or is the answer April or time to start worrying?
Travis Sawchik
12:22
The age is a concern, but he's always been a slow starter and the weather has been horrendous
Let's wait on EE
Cody
12:22
Are you buying or selling Todd Frazier's improvements at the plate and the results they're bearing. Swing% down 14 points to career average, BB% two times higher, and Hard% up 10; just to name a few stats that have caught the eye.
Travis Sawchik
12:24
Frazier spiked his BB% last year, which was interesting. Is he consolidating the growth? If so, the Mets might have some surplus value here
Eric
12:24
Any thoughts on Olson so far?  Not much power and he's really struggled to make contact.
Travis Sawchik
12:25
We were expecting Babe Ruth 2.0, so, yeah, a little discouraging ... Again, it's tough to evaluate a lot of baseball in April
Grigg The Goat
12:25
Swansbies is a top 5 middle infield in baseball, true or false?
Travis Sawchik
12:25
I'm here for Swansbies
12:26
Swanson's adjustment appears to be working. Top 5? That's rare air. I'd say it has top 10 potential for sure
Gotta like what Braves have going on, though
Q-Ball
12:27
I hate to ask this question, but is King Felix toast?  Or should we consider him just an innings-eater at this point?
Travis Sawchik
12:28
Sadly, yes. Lotta mileage on that right arm
Matt
12:28
Odds the Mets know that Nimmo is better than Bruce?
Travis Sawchik
12:28
Bruce is a fine player but those $39m could have been spent elsewhere
Not sure why you wouldn't believe in Nimmo entering 2018
v2micca
12:29
Bartolo Colon, he of age and waist size 44, armed with a fastball that hasn't topped 87 mph since the Bush administration, was perfect through 8 innings against arguable baseball's best line-up.  What does it all mean?
Travis Sawchik
12:29
Baseball, man
Concrete fan
12:29
Sean Manaea's velocity is down but is compensating with better command and a good mix of secondaries, do you think he can be a #2/#3 with a 88-90 MPH fastball?
Travis Sawchik
12:30
Those secondaries would have to be really good ... 1.63 ERA/4.03 FIP early
12:31
It's not that you cannot succeed at 88 mph (see Rich Hill) but the spin has to be special
Manaea might have two plus secondary offerings when they're right but I mostly worry about what this means for his health
Belted
12:32
How many more productive years does Buster Posey have to have to be a lock for the HoF?
Travis Sawchik
12:32
Better question for Jay Jaffe
But Posey has the multi-year peak you're looking for (which ought to be most important)
Scott Boyer
12:33
Travis did you create another updates positional power ranking article for bullpens yet?
Travis Sawchik
12:33
!!!
Some of the top bullpens are off to rocky starts ...
Zach
12:33
What aspects of the Pirates early success should I be most excited about?
Travis Sawchik
12:34
Taillon, Polanco, Marte, Vazquez ... Those guys have to be stars, they have the skills to be stars, and thus far they have been stars
I wonder could Gerrit Cole be doing this in Pittsburgh?
Erik
12:34
It would be stupid to overreact to Ronald Acuna's slow start in the minors. But he's only had one season of success above the very low minors. What are the chances that he's way overhyped?
Travis Sawchik
12:34
Very small
Guest
12:34
How underrated is JA Happ?
Travis Sawchik
12:35
He's perhaps become underrated. Sold arm who gets it done in a unique way with the separation in movement on his 4- and 2-seamers
Zonk
12:35
I am holding out hope that Jason Heyward returns to offensive relevance.  Am I an idiot for doing so?
Travis Sawchik
12:36
One of the great mystery's in the game is what happened to that above-average bat. Swing has just looked broken for so long
Oden
12:37
Everyone complaining about the schedule, but who could have known that the Tigers not leaving MI, IL, OH and PA until April 27 was a bad idea?!?!?
Travis Sawchik
12:37
Really bad idea
Northeast and Midwest clubs ought to spend the first 10 days of the season on extended trips West, South and in domes
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