JotCast | FanGraphs After Dark Chat

Paul Swydan

5:56

What is tonight's best matchup?

BAL (Worley) vs. NYY (Eovaldi) (1.6% | 2 votes)

LAD (Kazmir) vs. WAS (Lopez) (1.6% | 2 votes)

NYM (Syndergaard) vs. CHC (Arrieta) (94.5% | 121 votes)

SF (Peavy) vs. BOS (Porcello) (0.8% | 1 vote)

CLE (Salazar) vs. KC (Flynn) (0.8% | 1 vote)

CHW (Quintana) vs. SEA (Miley) (0.8% | 1 vote)

Total Votes: 128

6:01

What's your favorite Olympic event(s)?

Track and Field (30.3% | 37 votes)

Swimming (9.8% | 12 votes)

Gymnastics (13.1% | 16 votes)

Basketball (13.1% | 16 votes)

Volleyball (8.2% | 10 votes)

Boxing (2.5% | 3 votes)

Diving (1.6% | 2 votes)

Soccer (7.4% | 9 votes)

Water Polo (3.3% | 4 votes)

Other (10.7% | 13 votes)

Total Votes: 122

6:02

Do you think Kyle Schwarber will be a star?

Absolutely, he's the next Ortiz/Edgar (6.6% | 9 votes)

I could see it (47.4% | 65 votes)

Meh (38% | 52 votes)

No, he'll be average at best (7.3% | 10 votes)

Definitely not, he was a flash in the pan (0.7% | 1 vote)

Total Votes: 137

8:46

Do you think the Red Sox overpayed for Drew Pomeranz?

Hell yes! (9.3% | 5 votes)

I think so. (37% | 20 votes)

Seemed even. (50% | 27 votes)

Slight underpay, actually. (1.9% | 1 vote)

Hell no! (1.9% | 1 vote)

Total Votes: 54

9:01

Hi everybody!

Stevo

9:01

CURLING!

Paul Swydan

9:01

I thought it was implied I meant Summer Olympic events, but Stevo is the kind of commenter that a lawyer dreams about.

Roadhog

9:02

How would you balance a Puig for Hill trade? Setbacks for Kershaw and Ryu should scare the Dodgers a bit.

Paul Swydan

9:02

There's no way I would give up Puig for Rich Hill (I'm assuming that's the Hill you mean). Hill exited this weekend with a blister, and has already had a DL stint. I don't know that I'd be all that jazzed about giving up anything of value for him. Certainly not a current big leaguer like Puig.

Fork

9:02

10 team Roto 15 active hitting/15 active pitching/10 bench slots so 400 active players. Would you trade Thor for Springer & JA Happ what about Thor for Wil Myers and Kyle Hendricks

Paul Swydan

9:03

I wouldn't do either of those deals unless you were convinced that Thor is broken, and I'm not convinced of that at all.

Brent J

9:03

In a 10x10 head 2 head league an want to add a high end SP or closer= trade springer or polanco and what type SP to target? Bum, arrieta, cueto, carrasco, salazar? Cody Allen

Paul Swydan

9:04

I think Polanco could get you in the discussion for those guys, but not necessarily Springer.

Michael

9:04

Trade Salazar (Keepable) for Pomeranz (Not keepable) and Edwin Encarnacion (Keepable) in a 12 team league? Competing this year

Paul Swydan

9:04

If you have the pitching depth necessary to float losing Salazar and Pomeranz, I guess. But I'm not crazy about that deal.

James M

9:04

Kluber was pulled after 95 pitches (7ip, 5h, 8k, 0r), Sale after 100 (8ip, 1h, 6k, 0r). Both teams lost. Intrigued to get thoughts if there's any statistical backing to pull these guys seemingly so early.

Paul Swydan

9:05

I didn't watch these games specifically, but in general, I think we've reached the point in the season where you need to be able to trust your best pitchers to go 120 pitches.

JalapEno

9:05

I'm in a keeper league with a snake draft (5 keepers = first five rounds). If we wanted to transition to an auction draft, how would we do it?

Paul Swydan

9:06

Just do it. It'll be messy for a year, but everyone will get over it. In the league I used to play in, we would do the auction draft, and then teams had 48 hours to declare their keepers. We would name 4 new keepers each year, though keepers were tradeable, so the number of keepers per team varied wildly.

Michael

9:06

12 team league, Bryce harper for kluber, raisel iglesias, and joey votto: who should say no?

Paul Swydan

9:07

Hopefully the Kluber/Iglesias/Votto team. I like Harper and all, but...

Archer>Picard

9:07

Bautista for Puig, who says no first?

Paul Swydan

9:07

That's interesting. Probably the Blue Jays, but it's a heck of an idea.

Archer>Picard

9:07

Do you think Ortiz saying the Red Sox should sign EE is tampering?

Paul Swydan

9:07

Not even remotely, no.

People are allowed to have opinions.

9:08

Tampering is Ortiz going to EE and saying "Don't negotiate with other teams, just sign with the Red Sox, I'll make sure they give you a good deal."

Josh

9:08

Regarding Jose Abreu, are we now in "take what you can get and run" mode? He posted awful marks in the (awesome) hitter contact-quality report, and there's nothing to really indicate him coming around, other than the middle-infielder-ish 11% HR/FB.

Paul Swydan

9:09

If you're competing for a title, yes. If you're out of it, I think hang tight. He has too much talent for this to continue, but I certainly understand your frustration if you're competing for a title.

Dock Ellis

9:10

I floating around this trade idea, I think it's perfect. Correa, Reed, and 2 high B prospects and two lower prospect for Trout. What says y'all?

Paul Swydan

9:11

I think any Trout trade proposals need to be fully fleshed out. Unfortunately, Trout is the kind of franchise marquee star that it has to be a home run for the Astros to deal him, and while WE all know Correa is great, I don't think he has that profile nationally yet.

A Tribe Called Kipnis

9:11

Is Tyler Skaggs worth a shot in deep AL leagues? He looked like he might be sort of good once upon a time, right?

Paul Swydan

9:11

Yeah, take a shot for sure.

Dayton Moore Talking Head

9:12

Do the Royals add a marginal piece or two, go back, or sell off? Realistically, what could they get for impending free agents Volquez, Morales, or Hochevar?

Paul Swydan

9:12

Maybe they could get something for Hochevar, but not much in general. Which is why there's no real point to them selling.

Palm Frond

9:12

If the Yankees make my dreams come true and unload whoever it takes to pick up Baez or Profar, is there any market for Starlin Castro at all?

Paul Swydan

9:13

I'm sure they could trade Castro, because talented middle infielders are always in short supply. But obviously they'd be selling low.

Tucson is for Lovers

9:14

Tungsten or Aluminum?

Paul Swydan

9:14

Aluminum

Name

9:14

Schwarber: Fat, slow, hurt, can't play a position and can't hit lefties. Doesn't he have to put up like a 150 wRC+ against righties just to be average? That seems a lot to ask out of him

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