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Paul Swydan

10:17

What is tonight's best 7-8 PM ET matchup?

BOS (Pomeranz) vs. NYY (Tanaka) (35.9% | 61 votes)

PIT (Nova) vs. BAL (Gausman) (5.3% | 9 votes)

CHW (Quintana) vs. TB (Archer) (51.2% | 87 votes)

LAA (Chavez) vs. DET (Norris) (1.8% | 3 votes)

STL (Wainwright) vs. CIN (Adleman) (1.2% | 2 votes)

PHI (Nola) vs. ATL (Garcia) (3.5% | 6 votes)

SF (Cain) vs. MIL (Anderson) (1.2% | 2 votes)

Total Votes: 170

10:19

What is tonigiht's best 8 PM ET or later matchup?

MIA (Locke) vs. CHC (Arrieta) (2.9% | 5 votes)

NYM (deGrom) vs. TEX (Gee) (2.3% | 4 votes)

HOU (Paulino) vs. KC (Junis) (3.5% | 6 votes)

CLE (Clevinger) vs. COL (Senzatela) (4.6% | 8 votes)

SD (Lamet) vs. ARI (Ray) (23.1% | 40 votes)

TOR (Estrada) vs. OAK (Hahn) (1.7% | 3 votes)

MIN (Santiago) vs. SEA (Paxton) (7.5% | 13 votes)

WAS (Scherzer) vs. LAD (McCarthy) (54.3% | 94 votes)

Total Votes: 173

10:21

How much do you think Bryce Harper's next contract will be?

$0 - $100 million (0.5% | 1 vote)

$101M - $200M (0.5% | 1 vote)

$201M - $300M (9.1% | 18 votes)

$301M - $400M (25.4% | 50 votes)

$401M - $500M (45.2% | 89 votes)

$501M - $600M (12.7% | 25 votes)

> $600M (4.6% | 9 votes)

Can't call it (2% | 4 votes)

Total Votes: 197

10:32

Which team has been the biggest disappointment so far?

Mets (26.6% | 51 votes)

Giants (40.6% | 78 votes)

Mariners (9.9% | 19 votes)

Rangers (5.2% | 10 votes)

Angels (0.5% | 1 vote)

Blue Jays (9.9% | 19 votes)

Pirates (3.1% | 6 votes)

Other (say in comments) (4.2% | 8 votes)

Total Votes: 192

9:00

Hi everybody!

Tap

9:00

How come SwStr% are not on minor league batters' player pages? When will Contact% be added?

Paul Swydan

9:01

I don't know the answer to this but I asked internally, and if anyone lets me know during the chat, I'll let you know!

Bud

9:01

Best guess what Mike Leake's ERA is at year's end? Thanks...

Paul Swydan

9:01

I'll say 3.35.

Jake

9:02

Is Jeff Samardzija borderline elite now? He looks like he's putting up the best peripherals of his career so far

Paul Swydan

9:02

Right now, yes. He's in the top 10 in WAR right now.

9:03

And yeah, both K% and BB% career bests. The low BB% is more impressive to me.

ChatzMcGee

9:03

Giants are most disappointing to Giants fans, everyone rose is glad they suck, it is known.

Paul Swydan

9:03

everyone rose?

I assume that was supposed to say "else" ?

Familybro

9:03

Would you advise buying low on Tanaka?

Paul Swydan

9:04

I would. I don't think there's any way he's this bad unless he's hurt, and if he is, then you didn't give up much to buy low.

Jake

9:04

What do you think Cozart's true talent is? 3-4 WAR player?

Paul Swydan

9:05

Yeah. He's been incredible this year. I'm willing to buy into a lot of the changes, but the BABIP probably isn't going to be 111 points higher than his career average long-term.

9:06

And there's nothing wrong with a 3-4 WAR player. That's better than he's been his whole career, and he's had a good career.

Edwin

9:06

Is Votto having his best year ever?

Paul Swydan

9:07

Nope. He's had a lot of great years.

2010 is still the season to beat.

Schimpf Fried Rice

9:07

O/U on 35 HRs and .315 OBP for Schimpf?

Paul Swydan

9:08

Will take the under and under.

BTW, Jeff is at his daughter's baseball game tonight, in case you're curious.

Sterling Mallory Chris Archer

9:08

I'm a bit late, but I'm voting Phillies for biggest disappointment. I didn't think they'd be this bad.

Paul Swydan

9:08

Me neither!

Nick

9:09

I won 2k on draftkings yesterday. Are you aware of any legal way to avoid taxation on these winnings? I live in CA

Paul Swydan

9:09

God no, never ask me for legal advice. I know not of these things. Sorry.

Big Tuna

9:09

Rays are calling up Faria. What do you think of his MLB prospects and, for fantasy purposes, how would you compare him to other young arms like Jordan Montgomery?

Paul Swydan

9:11

Well, he projects as a league average starter. Certainly, I don't think the Rays should be tied to Andriese or Ramirez in the rotation longterm, but they also have De Leon and Snell there for competition, so I wouldn't be too bullish on his chances of sticking in the rotation all season just yet.

Nick

9:11

Do you think that racism or stereotypes, besides those based on height affect player evaluation for HS, College, and Int players?

Paul Swydan

9:13

Whether overt or subconscious, we all have our biases, and some of those may bend toward racism. I'm sure that affects scouting. For instance, I have heard in the past that some scouts don't like scouting in inner cities because they don't feel safe there, which probably isn't fair to those cities. We can all do better, but I don't think there is an overt attempt to keep certain kinds of people out of baseball. The days of Tom Yawkey refusing to sign Jackie Robinson or Willie Mays because they're black are, I believe, over.

Big Tuna

9:14

Do you buy this version of Andrelton Simmons as being fantasy relevant?

Paul Swydan

9:14

I mean, the 6 homers are nice, but no. Not unless you're in a deep AL only league.

M&M

9:15

Any level of concern on Gerrit Cole? Last few starts were putrid.

Paul Swydan

9:15

Nope. He'll be fine.

Dan

9:15

Jimmy Nelson has looked quite good lately -- is it realistic to expect more of the same from him ros? What do you see his final era, and K's total looking like? Thx!

Paul Swydan

9:16

Look for something soon on Nelson from Jeff Sullivan. I know he said he'd be looking at him this week.

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