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Meg Rowley FanGraphs Chat – 6/11/19

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June 11, 2019
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Meg Rowley: Hello everyone, and welcome to the chat.
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Meg Rowley: A few things to highlight in case you missed them during our very busy week of draft coverage.
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Meg Rowley: FanGraphs is headed to Cleveland for a Very Special Event the weekend before the All-Star Game.
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Meg Rowley: Details are here. https://blogs.fangraphs.com/instagraphs/announcing-the-fangraphs-all-s…
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Meg Rowley: We will have a fun panel of fun folks, which is why tickets are $15 (free with FanGraphs membership).
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Meg Rowley: Hope to see everyone (or errr 90 of you) there.

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FanGraphs Audio: Jay Jaffe Contemplates Facial Hair

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June 6, 2019

Episode 863

FanGraphs writer Jay Jaffe joins the program to discuss his impressions of the recently concluded MLB draft as a non-obsessive prospect observer, the trends and narratives that have most surprised and delighted him in the young season, and also, the free agent situations of Craig Kimbrel and Dallas Keuchel. Please note, this podcast was recorded prior to Kimbrel’s signing with the Cubs, but we think the discussion is still interesting. You can find Craig Edwards’ analysis of the Kimbrel signing here.

Don’t hesitate to direct pod-related correspondence to @megrowler on Twitter.

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Meg Rowley FanGraphs Chat – 6/4/19

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June 4, 2019
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Meg Rowley: Hey pals. We’ll get started in just a minute.
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Meg Rowley: Ok
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Meg Rowley: Hello!
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Meg Rowley: Welcome the chat. Appreciate everyone’s patience.
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Meg Rowley: Before I take questions, I’ll just highlight our Draft Week coverage generally, and today’s recap of yesterday’s draft action specifically: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/day-1-draft-review/
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Meg Rowley: Also, follow the FG Prospects account, where Eric and Kiley are reacting to Day 2 https://twitter.com/FG_Prospects

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Meg Rowley FanGraphs Chat – 5/28/19

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May 28, 2019

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FanGraphs Audio: Craig Goldstein Eschews Financial Flexibility

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May 17, 2019

Episode 862

Baseball Prospectus’ managing editor Craig Goldstein joins the program to discuss his new job, his cats, and then, in a far more serious turn, the state of baseball dissembling, including what teams promise, but perhaps really mean, when they prize “financial flexibility,” how we talk about the changes we’ve seen to the baseball, and how the Cubs have talked about Addison Russell. We got a little spicy at times, and forced Dylan Higgins to edit out several swears.

Craig’s piece on financial flexibility can be found here.

Don’t hesitate to direct pod-related correspondence to @megrowler on Twitter.

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Meg Rowley FanGraphs Chat – 5/14/19

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May 14, 2019
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Meg Rowley: Hello, and welcome to the chat!
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Meg Rowley: It is rainy in Seattle today, and I have some sad tunes on. Let’s see if a little chat can’t shift the mood.
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Confused Dodger Fan: Struggling with the Julio Urias news. I want to be able to like the players who play for my favorite team.
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Meg Rowley: Drat. It’s really a bummer. It is very hard for the continued existence of cases like this to not alter one’s appreciation for the sport in a meaningful way. Or at least, it is difficult for me. This stuff care ware you out.
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Professor Hulk: Is all hope lost of Keuchel and Kimbrel playing this season?
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Meg Rowley: I don’t think so.

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FanGraphs Audio: Craig Edwards Lowers and Raises the Alarm

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May 12, 2019

Episode 861

FanGraphs writer Craig Edwards joins the program to discuss various causes of potential baseball panic. For instance, ought we to panic over Vladimir Guerrero, Jr.’s slow start given the early-career performances of other former top prospects? No! Should we shift uncomfortably in our seats over Sinclair Broadcasting Group’s recent acquisition of 21 regional sports networks given how it may impact the pricing and availability of baseball broadcasts? Maybe! We also discuss the St. Louis Cardinals, for Craig is a Cardinals fan.

Craig’s piece on Vlad Jr. can be found here. His most recent piece on Sinclair can be found here.

Don’t hesitate to direct pod-related correspondence to @megrowler on Twitter.

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Meg Rowley FanGraphs Chat – 5/7/19

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May 7, 2019
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Meg Rowley: Hello all!
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Meg Rowley: Welcome to the chat.
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BEES: BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
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bob:

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Big League Choo: Which weighs more: 10 pounds of baseballs or 10 pounds of bees?
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Meg Rowley: On my soul? The bees for sure. Much harder to dodge.

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FanGraphs Audio: Ben Clemens, Live from a San Francisco Airbnb

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May 4, 2019

Episode 860

I welcome FanGraphs contributing writer Ben Clemens (@_Ben_Clemens) to the program to offer our listeners a chance to get to know one of the site’s new writers. We discuss Ben’s former life in finance, his cross-country move, his love of the St. Louis Cardinals, and his approach to baseball writing and watching. Plus, we marvel at Jackie Bradley Jr.’s very poor start, and Cody Bellinger’s very good start.

Don’t hesitate to direct pod-related correspondence to @megrowler on Twitter.

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Meg Rowley FanGraphs Chat – 4/30/19

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April 30, 2019
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cavebird: Do you think they should allow Carter Kieboom to get the Boxburger exception to the no emojis rule for player’s weekend?  And if he does, what if his brother is also up that weekend?  Of course, they would have the same name on the back of their uniforms in normal games, too.
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Meg Rowley: I really can’t imagine caring what a player puts on his players’ weekend jersey so long as it wasn’t a slur?
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Greg: The top 5 teams in defensive runs above average are the Giants, Dodgers, Padres, Diamondbacks, and Rockies. Is this a weird coincidence? https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=0…
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Meg Rowley: Given some of the individual guys those teams have, it isn’t super surprising, but also, I would warn against looking at a month’s worth of defensive data and thinking it’s anything so meaningful.
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The Chop is for Chumps: Meg, what do you make of all the young, superhyped, Atlanta arms flopping at the big stage i.e. Kyle Wright, Touki Toussaint, Bryse Wilson, Luiz Ghohara, and Sean Newcomb?
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Meg Rowley: That pitching is really hard and that there is a reason that we were all a little nervous about a pitching-forward approach to building the farm?

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