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Nicklaus Gaut
11:01
Hello, friends
I have a hard-out at noon - gotta get a kid to Harry Potter camp - so let's get going
Smalls
11:01
Who wins this trade offer? Kris Bubic and Christopher Sanchez for Soderstrom, Yamamoto, and Quinn Priester?
Nicklaus Gaut
11:02
I'd prefer the Yamamoto side
The Last Marlins Fan
11:02
NL Only League: Would you hold onto Stowers or sell just in case the Marlins ship him off to an AL team?
Nicklaus Gaut
11:03
Assuming it won't significantly hurt your offense, I'd be shopping. It's a gamble but a solid one if someone's willing to give you someone decent
Will in Westport
11:04
Hey Nick, ROS … Cam Schlittler or Luis Gil?
Nicklaus Gaut
11:05
Gil -- lat might blow back out but it's a worthy gamble
Schlitz'd
11:05
Could you rank these arms: Schlitter, Slade C, Colton Gordon, Trevor Rogers, Joe Boyle?
Nicklaus Gaut
11:06
Slade > Rogers > Gordon > Boyle > Schlittler
11:07
My heart wants to put Boyle higher but just don't how many major league innings he'll actually get this season
TB is so annoying
Braxton Ashcraft
11:08
Do I get a look in the Pirate's rotation after some veterans have been traded?
Nicklaus Gaut
11:08
He could but would have to get way more stretched out first
Beano
11:10
Curious - is N Lowe a trade candidate? Where might he land? And L Robert? His potential landing spots?
Finally, are the Rockies going to let Y Hernandez play or will he be given the same horrible treatment they give all rookies and relegated to bench work while their lessers play?
Nicklaus Gaut
11:10
He should be -- Not owed very much and has another year of team control. I'd expect them to be shopping him hard
11:11
I expect a contender to maked a move for Robert -- easy buy-low/change of scenary reclamation
let's just assume the Dodgers end up with him and he's back to being old Robert in about eight days
11:12
And I generally assume the Rockies will do the exact wrong thing when it comes to player development
The Flat Mound of GABP
11:12
Do you see Anthony Bender having serious closing opportunity the rest of the year?
Nicklaus Gaut
11:14
I'm sure he'll collect a handful but don't think he'll be the "closer" closer...It'll continue to be the good ol' Marlins merry-go-round we've come to know and love
Streaming Toward Victory!
11:14
Is Eury Perez worth rostering or should I continue to stream him? He and Sandy have had the typical rocky returns from TJS and I am biting at the bit to keep them, but it backfires every time I do
Nicklaus Gaut
11:15
Gotta pick him up at this point, even if he's not an auto-start.
a post-TJ guy is suddenly a lot better after coming back with initial control issues?
we've seen it before
15:1 K:BB last two starts
11:16
14:10 in the four prior
Cambo
11:16
I lost Schwelly just when I was beginning to dominate pitching. Can I count on the latest Eury and the MIZZ to carry me through?
Nicklaus Gaut
11:16
I don't know about comletely carry but they at least have the upside to do so
11:17
love me some Miz so it's hard to put aside bias
Bubba callup update?
11:18
Any word on when Bubba will get called up? Will it even be this year, or via trade?
Nicklaus Gaut
11:18
His June struggles made it easy to keep him down but he's looked way better in the last two
11:19
Five of six good starts and I'm sure the Pirates will be ready to call him up by September!
Seriously, though - who knows what those Pittsburgh mad men are going to do?
If you can't guess, teams who behave this way annoy me greatly
Will in Westport
11:21
Good morning, Nicklaus.  Presently my Tigers (no, I do not want to jinx them) have the best record in baseball.  But they do have a somewhat glaring weakness in the infield … third base.  They have been rotating through McKinstry, Vierling, Baez, Keith.  What do you think the probabilities are that they attempt to trade for Bregman, and what sort of package do you think they would have to create to get him?  And, as always, thank you for doing these chats.
Nicklaus Gaut
11:22
While I think they could get away with continuing a 3B rotation, I think they're going to trade for a starter. Bregman would be nice but I suspect they'd be more into the Eugenio Suarez game
Will Benson
11:25
Statcast says I should be a star: XBA .285, xwOBA .381, 59.8% Hard Hit, 94.4% Exit Velocity,15.7% Barrel, 39.2% Sweet Spot, 22.3% Chase Rate…..So why aren’t I?? Whiff rate is high at 35% but K rate is manageable at 28.1%. Had a big May (5 HR's), but that's been it.
Nicklaus Gaut
11:26
The statcast numbers do look fancy but while the overall K% is technically manageable, he's still too much of a whiffer, especially on breaking stuff. And they know it.
11:27
But also, we're one off-season "will benson made a swing change" article from starting a new hype train
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