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Eno Sarris — Baseball Chat 12/7/17

1:37
Eno Sarris: namesake intro

12:01
Ray Liotta as Shoeless Joe: Rafael Palmeiro. Discuss.

12:02
Eno Sarris: Athletes are born with that special kind of crazy that produced this recent news that he wants to try and come back at 53. 6% of the league was active when he retired.

12:02
Matty P: isnt the demise of Evan Longoria a bit overblown? Dave alluded to him having minimal trade value at this point. I think hes gotta still have a few good years left

12:03
Eno Sarris: Have a hard time believing he’s done being an impact player at 32. The league is hitting for power and his goes away? I bet he hits 30 this year.

12:03
Andy: You get a choice of one beer to drink on Christmas day… what are you drinking?

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Dave Cameron FanGraphs Chat – 12/6/17

12:00
Dave Cameron: Happy Wednesday, everyone.

12:01
Dave Cameron: This week’s book recommendation, for those with toddlers: Hunting the Daddyosauarus. Super fun.

12:02
Dave Cameron: Let’s get to the coldest of cold stoves.

12:02
Ray Liotta as Shoeless Joe: How poorly does Jeter have to run the Marlins to have a negative pWAR (popularity WAR) in the mainstream baseball world? What about his pWAR in the New York markets? Like, if Jeter sends Giancarlo Stanton to the BoSox and Dombrowski fleeces Jeter, he’s dead to Yankees fans, right?

12:02
Dave Cameron: Michael Jordan is the obvious corollary. He’s run two NBA franchises into the ground as an executive, and I don’t think Bulls fans care at all.

12:03
Big Papi: Red Sox are still the AL East favorites, right?  I was worried that NY would get Ohtani, but without him they still look like a WC team.

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FanGraphs After Dark Chat – 12/5/17

5:49
Paul Swydan:

Which of Paul’s most listened to artists (according to Spotify) this year do you like best?

Kendrick Lamar (29.4% | 41 votes)
 
The Alchemist (2.1% | 3 votes)
 
Nas (9.3% | 13 votes)
 
Mobb Deep (3.5% | 5 votes)
 
Wu-Tang Clan (16.5% | 23 votes)
 
I like them all equally! (2.1% | 3 votes)
 
I don’t like any of these musical acts. (36.6% | 51 votes)
 

Total Votes: 139
5:52
Paul Swydan:

Which of Paul’s 9 most listened to songs of 2017 (according to Spotify) do you like best?

Your Wildest Dreams – The Moody Blues (9.8% | 12 votes)
 
Let’s Groove – Earth, Wind & Fire (13.1% | 16 votes)
 
Capt. Underpants Theme Song – Weird Al (7.3% | 9 votes)
 
Everything She Wants – Wham! (3.2% | 4 votes)
 
Saturday – Nathan Willett of Cold War Kids (0.8% | 1 vote)
 
I’m The One – DJ Khaled f/ Bieber, Chance, Lil’ Wayne (12.2% | 15 votes)
 
While My Guitar Gently Weeps – Regina Spektor (13.1% | 16 votes)
 
All Night – Big Boi (4.0% | 5 votes)
 
(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty – KC & The Sunshine Band (11.4% | 14 votes)
 
I don’t like any of these songs! (24.5% | 30 votes)
 

Total Votes: 122
5:58
Paul Swydan:

Do you think the Mikolas signing makes the Cardinals rotation deep enough to trade away a starting pitcher?

Absolutely (3.8% | 6 votes)
 
I think so (17.8% | 28 votes)
 
Meh (36.3% | 57 votes)
 
I don’t think so (30.5% | 48 votes)
 
Definitely not (11.4% | 18 votes)
 

Total Votes: 157
9:02
Paul Swydan: Hi everybody!

9:02
Austin: Thoughts on Drew Pomeranz for 2018?

9:02
Jeff Zimmerman: Hi

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Eric Longenhagen Prospects Chat: 12/5

12:01
Eric A Longenhagen: Okay, believe we are ready to go here. Thanks for coming, everyone.

12:01
Tommy N.: Hypothetically if the Padres acquired Ohtani would this elevate them into the best farm system in your opinion?

12:01
Xolo: If the Padres land Ohtani, do they have the best farm system in baseball?

12:01
Nolan: If the Padres manage to sign Ohtani, does that change their long-term plan at all? Should they still be looking to trade guys like Hand or Solarte, or should they start to consider going after controllable MLB talent? Yelich comes to mind, and they certainly have the prospects.

12:01
Go Go Gadget Hamate Bone: True or Flase: Adding Ohtani to the Padres gives them the best farm system in the game.

12:02
Eric A Longenhagen: We could have a philosophical debate about whether you even include Ohtani on a prospect list, but yeah off the top of my head I’d say adding Sho gives them the top system. You could argue they have the top two prospects in baseball at that point.

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Travis Sawchik FanGraphs Chat

12:06
Travis Sawchik: Greetings!

12:08
Travis Sawchik: Looks like there was some issue with the queue prior to the start of the chat almost certainly my fault

12:08
Travis Sawchik: My apologies. Let’s talk ..

12:08
Ray Liotta as Shoeless Joe: Is it shocking to you that Alex Rodriguez is currently more popular than Derek Jeter?

12:09
Travis Sawchik: ARod’s turnaround as an analyst is a great comeback story

12:09
Travis Sawchik: I suspect he’s going to have a better run as an analyst than Jeter will as an executive

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Jeff Sullivan FanGraphs Chat — 12/1/17

9:04
Jeff Sullivan: Hello friends

9:04
Jeff Sullivan: Welcome to Friday baseball chat

9:04
Jeff Sullivan: We either have very much or very little to discuss. I don’t know

9:04
The Average Sports Fan: Are the Phillies in a position to make a couple small-medium adds and be a wildcard contender?

9:05
Jeff Sullivan: I don’t think so, not yet. I see how the core could be forming, but they’d need huge seasons from, say, Hoskins, Crawford, and Altherr or something. And they’d need more than just Nola in the rotation

9:05
Jeff Sullivan: I think that 80 wins would be a greatly successful season. Sights set on 2019

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Eno Sarris Baseball Chat — 11/30/17

7:02
Eno Sarris: dedicated to Giancarlo Stanton, this is how much I got on his contract

12:00
Xolo: Please tell me why signing Hosmer isn’t a terrible idea for the Padres.

12:01
Eno Sarris: Can’t imagine why it *would* be a good idea.

12:01
Hannah Hochevar: At this point I’d be sad if the O’s resign Chris Tillman but also sad if they don’t resign Chris Tillman. What’s a fan to do?

12:01
Eno Sarris: Be sad, I guess.

12:01
CubFan: With the Cubs saying they are willing to use Ohtani in the OF as well as pitching how much have they improved their chances of landing him?

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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat – 11/29/17

2:01
Dan Szymborski: It begins.

2:02
The Average Sports Fan: Is Piscotty a real trade piece?  Does his contract help or hurt?

2:02
Dan Szymborski: After his 2017, it probably hurts a bit.  I don’t think he’s a real trade piece at this moment.

2:02
Nate: Give us a hypothetical return if the Giants trade Bumgarner this winter, pretty please?

2:03
Dan Szymborski: Given two years, I think he’d land a top 20 prospect and a second somewhere in the top 100 and some lotto tickets.

2:03
Ubaldo Jimenez: Should the Orioles resign me to a 100 million dollar contract?

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Dave Cameron FanGraphs Chat – 11/29/17

12:04
Dave Cameron: Happy Wednesday, everyone.

12:05
Dave Cameron: I’m gettting a little bit of a late start today, but we’ll fire this thing up in a couple of minutes.

12:11
Andrew : Will Stanton be traded by the Winter Meetings and too what Team?

12:11
Dave Cameron: Since we’re dealing with a guy who has never run a team before, it’s hard to know what Jeter is going to do.

12:11
Dave Cameron: My guess is the teams that are interested will eventually tell the Marlins that they’re moving on if they don’t get an answer.

12:12
Dave Cameron: And I wouldn’t be shocked if that happened next week.

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FanGraphs After Dark Chat – 11/28/17

7:11
Paul Swydan:

Which player acquisition do you care most about?

Giancarlo Stanton (6.9% | 11 votes)
 
Shohei Ohtani (59.4% | 94 votes)
 
Both equally! (11.3% | 18 votes)
 
Neither, I just want them to move so other stuff starts happening!!!!!!! (22.1% | 35 votes)
 

Total Votes: 158
7:13
Paul Swydan:

What is your favorite Star Wars movie?

Episode I: The Phanton Menace (3.8% | 6 votes)
 
Episode II: Attack of the Clones (1.9% | 3 votes)
 
Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (4.4% | 7 votes)
 
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (5.1% | 8 votes)
 
Episode IV: A New Hope (12.1% | 19 votes)
 
Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (30.7% | 48 votes)
 
Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (15.3% | 24 votes)
 
Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2.5% | 4 votes)
 
Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (even tho I haven’t seen it yet!) (3.2% | 5 votes)
 
NONE, STAR WARS IS TRASH! (20.5% | 32 votes)
 

Total Votes: 156
9:00
Paul Swydan: Hi everybody!

9:01
Paul Swydan: Just me tonight. Jeff is out of pocket.

9:01
MattyB: Does Keynan Middleton have a reasonable shot at taking over the Angels’ closer role during the 2018 season?

9:02
Paul Swydan: His chances probably depend on 1) can he cure his home run problems? and 2) Who gets hurt in front of him. But certainly not impossible.

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