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Stevil

9:43

Good evening, Paul. Which team in each league do you feel should be in panic-mode now?

Jeff Zimmerman

9:44

Washington feels that way with their bullpen.

Tigers in the AL

Paul Swydan

9:44

Huh. It's an odd time of year for teams to be panicking, but if I were the Nationals and Giants, I'd be real concerned that I didn't do anywhere near enough to hang with the Dodgers and Cubs, especially with their windows closing.

Q-Ball

9:46

Well, with contracts that Saunders, Bautista are receiving, and Chris Carter NOT receiving, the agent for Mark Trumbo has to be nervous, right?

Paul Swydan

9:47

I think Trumbo's agent is probably sleeping a little bit better now that Bautista went back home to Toronto.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:47

And Napoli's

Q-Ball

9:48

Has a major league team ever gone an entire year without making a single trade? Rockies are 11 days away from that feat.

Paul Swydan

9:48

Oh snap, now THAT'S a fun piece. I have no idea of the answer.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:48

I don't know

Paul Swydan

9:48

But I'd bet you're on to something there, Q-Ball.

Trainman

9:48

Hey Paul, i play in an Al only auction and I recently traded Bundy ($2) and sale ($35) for Bradley Jr and Kepler ($10 each) . My other rotation consists of darvish ($6), Pineda ($9), McCullers ($10), cotton, dan Norris ($2). Did I sell sale too short?

Paul Swydan

9:49

I'd have liked to see more of a return for Sale, for sure, but I don't think you got killed. And your rotation is still pretty good.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:49

I think so. With pitching so thin in the AL owners need to target the few aces

9:50

I am also not sold on JBJ and Kepler

mark

9:50

dynasty league - should i hold on to austin meadows and benintendi or sell high?

Jeff Zimmerman

9:50

Keep Beni, sell Meadows

Paul Swydan

9:51

Definitely hold on to Benintendi. As for Meadows, it depends on if you're all in this season or not. I'm bullish on Meadows, but I'd always trade a prospect if I'm trying to win.

Trainman

9:51

What are your thoughts on dan vogelbach this year? Have him at $2 in my AL only. Over/under .775 OPS

Paul Swydan

9:51

You people are obsessed with Dan Vogelbach.

9:52

I'll take the under.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:52

Same here. Scouts seem down on him.

Anonymous

9:52

I have "mutual options" with Sofia Vergara, but she never seems to pick them up :(

Paul Swydan

9:52

Now that's funny.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:52

You too?

Joe

9:53

I feel the need to clarify that I don't particularly like The Hulk, but I really love Mark Ruffalo.

Paul Swydan

9:53

Fair enough. Ruffalo as The Hulk is so good.

Gern Cranium

9:53

Is Jeff Hoffman a fantasy option in the next couple years or is the Coors effect too much?

Paul Swydan

9:54

Ubaldo at his best, Jon Gray right now, these guys are rosterable. But they're the exceptions. Can Hoffman prove to be another exception? Maybe, but I wouldn't count on it.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:54

We'll see. It is a fine line for any pitcher to throw in Coors. I only really trust the top 15 to throw there.

westcoastpete

9:54

How do projection systems predict playing time and are they good at it?

Paul Swydan

9:55

I don't know the answer to either of these questions, but Jeff might.

I WOULD like to point out though that if you are dissatisfied with how the projection systems project playing time or how we do it on the depth charts, that you can use the Steamer600 projections:

http://www.fangraphs.com/projections.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&type=steamer600&team=0&lg=all&players=0

Jeff Zimmerman

9:55

Marcels looks at previous seasons. We use the depth charts to help with it. Using ours (or the fans in the past) where good methods

Paul Swydan

9:56

They project all hitters to 600 PA, all SP to 200 IP and all RP to 65 IP.

Andrew Friedman

9:57

Assuming the Dozier talks fall through, who do you think the Dodgers get to play 2nd base? Out of Kinsler, Forsythe, Odor/Profar, Cesar Hernandez, Chase Utley, etc.

Paul Swydan

9:57

Probably Utley or Forsythe.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:57

Utley but Profar for pitching makes a ton of sense

anonymous

9:58

Hulk's range is decent, but that arm would play up better at catcher

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