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Paul Swydan

9:39

I don't know of any other way to do it, to be honest. Obviously it's easier to do this with the teams who ask you to email rather than apply online.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:40

And this is open hiring season. Teams are in flux as people are coming and going.

Paul Swydan

9:40

Oh yeah, lot of job posts this week.

I have more to do, in fact.

Tommy

9:40

Hi! I love you.

Paul Swydan

9:40

We love you too, Tommy!

Matt

9:41

I web scraped game logs from FG game recaps and am trying to reconcile the data with the player game logs I scraped. Having lots of trouble getting these to compare. Any idea where I can get this PA-level data much more easily?

Paul Swydan

9:41

I don't, no, but maybe Jeff does?

Jeff Zimmerman

9:42

In-season, no. You can wait for Retrosheet to come out.

Ohhh....

Scape MLB gameday ... same source at Pitchf/x

Big Joey

9:43

Should Dynasty owners be deeply worried about Conforto's injury/surgery?

Jeff Zimmerman

9:43

Ask around for the source of it

Not deeply but yes, it concerning.

Paul Swydan

9:43

I know I am. In general, I won't keep a Mets player in a dynasty league until Alderson, Collins, and their whole medical staff get gone.

Matt

9:43

Jimmy Nelson a $7 keeper next year?

Paul Swydan

9:44

Matt my friend, we need more context than that. What's the salary cap in your league? How many teams? How many players per team? Without any context at all, I suppose I'll say yes, but I don't feel good about it.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:44

Yep, looks good. I would expect him to draw around $15+ if healthy

Chris

9:44

What do you guys make of Matt Olson? Lifetime splits against lefties are concerning.

Paul Swydan

9:45

Perhaps you are also incorporating his MiLB stats, but strictly in the majors, an 89 wRC+ against lefties from a guy who hits left-handed isn't a death knell.

9:46

And that's only 48 PAs at the MLB level. Too early to say he has a definitive problem IMO.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:46

IMO, the league isn't caring about adjusting to him. They just want the season to be over. I think teams will look hard in the offseason and he will struggle out of the gate in '18

9:46

Which team would have their near future outlook damaged the most if the ball reverted back to "pre 15'" standards?

Paul Swydan

9:46

Well certainly not the Red Sox, since they can't hit home runs to save their lives.

9:47

The Brewers stick out to me as a team that has jumped the line because of their power.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:47

The Indians. Lindor and Ramirez didn't hit HRs until the new ball.

Not a Rays Fan

9:47

Is it normal to love Kevin Kiermaier as much as I do? This is only referring to his baseball ability and not even his looks.

Paul Swydan

9:48

Totally normal. You do you.

brb

Jeff Zimmerman

9:48

Normal, yea.

Roger

9:49

The first five rotation candidates for Cincinnati next year are ... Desclafani, Bailey, Castillo, Romano, Stephenson? Mahle, Garret, Finnegan, Reed?

Jeff Zimmerman

9:50

Their rotation has the potential for huge variation. I could see five of those kids breakout (WIndians style) or just be dreadful

Big Joey

9:50

What do you guys think Benintendi averages the next 5 years? .300 25/25 100/100?

Jeff Zimmerman

9:51

All seem fine. The R/RBI mix with change depending on where he bats. Also the AVG and SBs seem high.

Tim

9:51

Kershaw and Kluber have the ERA and xFIP advantage; Scherzer and Sale have the FIP advantage. Who are your Cy Young picks?

Paul Swydan

9:51

He hasn't hit .300 since High-A so I'm a little dubious of Benintendi AVERAGING .300, but the rest looks good.

I'll stick with Sale and Kershaw.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:52

I'll take Kluber (carry 2 of my fantasy teams to championships) and Scherzer. Kershaw missed too much time

Paul Swydan

9:52

True, Kershaw doesn't have the bulk.

Big Joey

9:52

Conforto or Trea Turner in a keep-forever league?

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