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Paul Swydan

6:46

What is your favorite flavor of original Starburst?

Cherry (24.3% | 49 votes)

Lemon (11.4% | 23 votes)

Orange (13.9% | 28 votes)

Strawberry (38.6% | 78 votes)

I can't decide! (4% | 8 votes)

I don't like any of them (5% | 10 votes)

I've never eaten original Starburst (3% | 6 votes)

Total Votes: 202

6:50

What is tonight's best 7 pm matchup?

TB (Ramirez) vs. BAL (Miley) (1.6% | 3 votes)

CHC (Hendricks) vs. PIT (Cole) (44.8% | 86 votes)

SEA (Hernandez) vs. DET (Zimmermann) (12.5% | 24 votes)

CIN (Feldman) vs. MIL (Davies) (2.6% | 5 votes)

Rain vs. Mankind (38.5% | 74 votes)

Total Votes: 192

6:54

What is the best 8 pm or later matchup?

MIN (Santana) vs. TEX (Cashner) (6.4% | 12 votes)

KC (Duffy) vs. CHW (Covey) (1.1% | 2 votes)

TOR (Estrada) vs. STL (Wacha) (29.8% | 56 votes)

WAS (Ross) vs. COL (Marquez) (5.3% | 10 votes)

SD (Richard) vs. ARI (Corbin) (4.8% | 9 votes)

OAK (Hahn) vs. LAA (Ramirez) (0.5% | 1 vote)

LAD (Kershaw) vs. SF (Blach) (52.1% | 98 votes)

Total Votes: 188

9:00

Hi everybody!

Jeff Zimmerman

9:00

Alex

9:01

10 team OPS league should I trade Cruz, Cespedes, Chris Davis for Rizzo and Daniel Murphy?

Paul Swydan

9:01

Are you saying should you trade all of those players? I don't think you are? Of the players you have listed, I wouldn't trade Rizzo, but I'd probably be ok with dealing 1 of the other 3 for Murphy.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:02

Tough call, I think I would keep the 3

Paul Swydan

9:02

I mean, if you have Davis and Rizzo and need a 2B...

Ceej

9:02

What're the odds that once Joc comes back, Bellinger goes back down for service time issues?

Paul Swydan

9:03

I don't know, I guess we'll find out soon enough, I'm sure someone will ask Dave Roberts. He's got a great opportunity to get off to a good start. One way to make yourself memorable is to do damage against the Giants.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:03

Service time is no longer the issue, just Super 2 ($$$) and the Dodgers have plenty of $$$$$

Paul Swydan

9:03

My guess is that they wouldn't call him up now if they weren't prepared to have him up all season. So if they send him down, it may not be for service time monkeying.

hscer

9:04

asked this once a year or two ago: will Harper manage a .500 OBP season in his career?

Paul Swydan

9:04

I'll say no. Not that his .460 OBP season was anything to shake a stick at.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:04

Jordan

9:04

Need good hitters out of these for H2H league: Puig, Rendon, Bautista, Moreland, Conforto, Hosmer. Which two would you pick?

Paul Swydan

9:05

Rendon, Conforto (if he keeps playing) and if not then Puig/Bautista. Can't quit Bautista yet.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:05

Puig and Bautista (most upside)

9:06

12 man H2H league. Q) Hold Bautista until _________. 1) Dump now. 2) Early May. 3) Late May. 4) What do you mean? Keep holding.

Paul Swydan

9:06

3 or 4

Jeff Zimmerman

9:06

Puig's Left Bicep

9:07

Is there something to be had for the related velocity of pitches with similar movement to each side? For example, an 84mph slider paired with a 84mph change that move similarly and tunnel off the fastball are more effective than greater pitch pairing velo differentials? Too many factors to say?

Paul Swydan

9:07

I think generally speaking the most important velo difference is that you want separation between your fastball and your changeup/offspeed stuff.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:08

Agree with Paul

Jason

9:08

is Austin Hedges already a top 5 catcher? How good is his bat and how elite is his defense?

Jeff Zimmerman

9:08

No, do it for a couple years.

Paul Swydan

9:09

It'll be tough to be a top 5 catcher with that BB% and K%. Not prepared to say just yet on his defense. Like Jeff said, let's give it some time.

Boom Boom Mancini

9:09

Hi Paul, again with a Meadows question. Do you like his chances of being up before June OR, as I have seen speculated, will the Pirates require him much more seasoning and aim for next year?

Paul Swydan

9:09

I don't think he'll need to wait until next year unless he's really bad at Triple-A this season.

9:10

So far, he's been really bad at Triple-A, but hope springs eternal.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:10

Once he's hit AAA for a couple months, then he'll be up

BoJack Horseman

9:10

No early polls? Damn it Paul, get your shit together! Ask about BoJack, give the people what they want!

Paul Swydan

9:10

Sorry Bojack, nobody felt worse about it than me, I assure you.

DbackGrit

9:11

Is there still reason to worry about Greinke? Velocity is down, but other peripherals look good. Maybe it won't hurt him as much because he relies on tunneling more than his velocity?

Paul Swydan

9:11

Jeff can speak to the health issues better than I can.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:11

Yes there is worry. I wrote about the risk last week

9:12

http://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/mash-report-greinke-lackey-and-tomlin...

Paul Swydan

9:12

Statistically, things seem fine. But the health is the bigger concern.

Nelson

9:12

This new 10day dl is wrecking my fantasy team. In losing players by the minute

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