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Kiley McDaniel FanGraphs Chat – 9/26/14

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September 26, 2014
12:01

Kiley McDaniel: I’m here and you know it’s me because I don’t have a zinger
12:05
Comment From Keith Law
How dare you try to steal my thunder…like you ever could.
12:05
Comment From Guest
ZINGGGGG
12:05
Comment From CW
Hi Kiley, have you had a chance to see Manuel Margot? His numbers certainly look solid, are you as high on him as other? If you have seen him what do his grades look like?
12:07

Kiley McDaniel: Saw him yesterday for the first time and I liked what I saw. Easy plus runner, advanced bat and a little pop too
12:07
Comment From Max
What non-baseball things do you 20-80?

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FanGraphs After Dark Chat – 9/23/14

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September 23, 2014
6:02
Paul Swydan: Hi everybody! Join me, and possibly Jeff, tonight at 9 pm as we potentially bid a couple of teams adieu, and see if anyone really wants to win the AL Central as well.

We can also talk anything else on your mind! See you soon!
9:00
Paul Swydan: OK, let’s do this. I think you’re stuck with just me tonight, you guys. Sorry about that.
9:01
Comment From Guest
Best matchup tonight: STL at CHC

9:01
Paul Swydan: I mean, not really, but I like your spirit!
9:01
Comment From Salvo
I can keep three of these five as cheap starters in 2014: Paxton, McHugh, Duffy, Fiers, and Derek Holland. Which two get the ax?

9:01
Paul Swydan: Assuming you mean 2015, I would give Fiers and Holland the ax, as I believe they have the least upside.

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The Best of FanGraphs: September 15 – September 19, 2014

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September 20, 2014

Each week, we publish north of 100 posts on our various blogs. With this post, we hope to highlight 10 to 15 of them. You can read more on it here. The links below are color coded — green for FanGraphs, brown for RotoGraphs, purple for NotGraphs, dark red for The Hardball Times, orange for TechGraphs and blue for Community Research.
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Player of the Year Award: Paul Swydan’s Process

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September 19, 2014

The other day Dave announced our fabulous new FanGraphs Player of the Year Award. He also said the 11 voters would be encouraged to write about their process. And so I thought I’d kick things off today by talking about mine.

In case you don’t want to click on the link, the criteria for the award is as follows:

The criteria for the award will be rather simple: which player, through his on-the-field performance, most deserves to be recognized for his outstanding play within the given season? It is an attempt to honor outstanding performances, and to consider the relative merit of all players who contributed within that season, regardless of position or quality of his teammates.

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The Best of FanGraphs: September 8 – September 12, 2014

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September 13, 2014

Each week, we publish north of 100 posts on our various blogs. With this post, we hope to highlight 10 to 15 of them. You can read more on it here. The links below are color coded — green for FanGraphs, brown for RotoGraphs, purple for NotGraphs, dark red for The Hardball Times, orange for TechGraphs and blue for Community Research.
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The Other NL MVP Candidates

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September 12, 2014

The field for the National League Most Valuable Player Award is wide open, and in a good way. There are a bevy of well qualified candidates, and even if voters may now be uncertain as to what do with Giancarlo Stanton now given his injury, there are still three no-doubt top-of-the-ballot candidates: Andrew McCutchen, Clayton Kershaw and Jonathan Lucroy. These three have been in the spotlight all season, and with Stanton, figure to be the ones who take home the hardware. But that doesn’t mean they’re the only ones for whom there is a case worth making. There as many as six other players who deserve recognition, and with white-hot finishing kicks could put themselves into the mix with the top dogs.
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FanGraphs After Dark Chat – 9/9/14

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September 9, 2014
5:17
Paul Swydan: Hi guys, join Jeff and myself at 9 pm ET, and we’ll chat with you live during the big KC-DET matchup tonight. We’ll take all our normal questions too, so the other 95% of you who don’t care about that game needn’t worry!

See you soon!
9:01
Paul Swydan: Hi everybody! I just helped my neighbor move one of those old, heavy TVs, so the adrenaline is FLOWING!!!!! Woo!
9:02
Comment From Pale Hose
Will complete teardown rebuilds go out of style? It seems like if a team stays mediocre-ish they will have quicker turnaround time and might even luck into a playoff spot.

9:02
Jeff Zimmerman: Paul – Want to move 9 railroad ties with me tomorrow?
9:02
Paul Swydan: YES!!!!!
9:03
Jeff Zimmerman: Depends if they have anything to rebuild around. The key is staying mediocore

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The Best of FanGraphs: September 1 – September 5, 2014

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September 6, 2014

Each week, we publish north of 100 posts on our various blogs. With this post, we hope to highlight 10 to 15 of them. You can read more on it here. The links below are color coded — green for FanGraphs, brown for RotoGraphs, purple for NotGraphs, dark red for The Hardball Times, orange for TechGraphs and blue for Community Research.
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FanGraphs After Dark Chat – 9/2/14

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September 2, 2014
5:37
Paul Swydan: Hi everybody!
5:38
Paul Swydan: I’ll be here at 9 pm ET to chat. There are some fun polls already up. See you soon!
9:01
Paul Swydan: Hi guys, how’s everyone doing tonight?

I think I’m flying solo tonight, so let’s get to it!
9:02
Comment From Ryan
So if Verlander has a bad outing tomorrow, which headline do you like more: “Indians Expose Verlander” or “Junk Baller: Verlander Looks Poor on the Mound, Too”?

9:03
Paul Swydan: Expose is probably the only one of the two that would actually fly, and even that is iffy.
9:03
Paul Swydan: But you’re thinking. I like that.

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The Best of FanGraphs: August 25 – August 29, 2014

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August 30, 2014

Each week, we publish north of 100 posts on our various blogs. With this post, we hope to highlight 10 to 15 of them. You can read more on it here. The links below are color coded — green for FanGraphs, brown for RotoGraphs, purple for NotGraphs, dark red for The Hardball Times and blue for Community Research.
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