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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat – 5/3/17

1:58
Clark Kent: Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat – 5/3/17
by Carson Cistulli

1:58
Dan Szymborski: The post about the chat is by Carson.

1:59
Tyler Glasnow: Would you give my new changeup a 55 scouting grade? Is the only thing holding me back now consistent control?

1:59
Dan Szymborski: The latter I think is the biggest obstacle. I wouldn’t want to give an exact grade without specifically reviewing the tape and looking at it, but it looks much improved to me

1:59
mtsw: Does Ryan Flaherty possess the least remarkable career in MLB history? Has never been an everyday starter, except as an injury replacement and will likely go all 3 rookie seasons and 3 arb years as an Oriole then (probably?) retire after this season. Say something about Ryan Flaherty’s lack of remarkability.

1:59
Dan Szymborski: It would be interesting to find the mediocre-est player in history.

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Dave Cameron FanGraphs Chat – 5/3/17

12:01
Dave Cameron: Happy Wednesday, everyone.

12:02
Dave Cameron: Nice to be back on the west coast after a trip to DC for Pitch Talks on Monday night.

12:02
hscer: thanks for doing Pitch Talks DC on Monday, “Previous Speaker,” great stuff as always

12:03
Dave Cameron: Thanks to the folks who came out and made it a fun night. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

12:03
The Average Sports Fan: Are the slow starts for the Royals and Blue Jays actually blessings in disguise? NO reason for misplaced hope. You are terrible, SELL!

12:03
Dave Cameron: The Blue Jays aren’t terrible, they just dug too big a hole.

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Eric Longenhagen Prospects Chat 5/2

1:02
Eric A Longenhagen: Morning from Tempe.

1:03
Eric A Longenhagen: Here are this morning’s daily notes: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/instagraphs/daily-prospect-notes-52/

1:03
Eric A Longenhagen: Let’s get right to it.

1:03
Ron: Albies has 80 games at Triple A with a wRC+ of 85 and OBP below .300. When are we allowed to start being concerned?

1:04
Eric A Longenhagen: He’s the age of a college sophomore and was hitting .290 before the weekend started. He’s fine.

1:04
Tommy N.: Do you have any thoughts on Joey Lucchesi? Could he be a fast riser considering his age?

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Jeff Sullivan FanGraphs Chat — 4/28/17

9:03
Jeff Sullivan: Hello friends

9:03
Jeff Sullivan: Welcome to Friday baseball chat

9:03
Bork: Hello, friend!

9:03
Jeff Sullivan: Hello friend

9:03
Sock Therapy: Is Aaron Judge the messiah

9:03
Jeff Sullivan: Some people are made in something superior to God’s image

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Eno Sarris Baseball Chat — 4/27/17

1:24
Eno Sarris: Dad admission: didn’t even know they made Viet Cong change their name didn’t even know they had a new album.

1:25
Eno Sarris: I like some of the new tunes like this one. Oh, and we had a beer with them over at October https://oct.co/articles/having-beer-preoccupations

12:02
Rick Sanchez: Is Bundy for real? Any concerns with the velo?

12:03
Eno Sarris: I am concerned with him. I’d be shopping pretty hard. First, there’s the injury concern. Then there’s a two mph dip in the last start, two mph off from last year. Velocity drop is the biggest indicator of injury.

12:03
botchatheny: trouble in st. louis ? –

12:03
Eno Sarris: Dude always shows up when I try to quantify managers, in a bad way.

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Dave Cameron FanGraphs Chat – 4/26/17

12:01
Dave Cameron: Happy Wednesday, everyone.

12:01
Dave Cameron: Look forward to seeing all the DC-metro folks at Pitch Talks on Monday night.

12:02
Dave Cameron: Let’s talk baseball (or children’s books) for the next hour.

12:02
Scott: I think Gurriel read your article about the Astros needing a first baseman.

12:03
Dave Cameron: Yeah, I’ve noticed. That said, it’s basically all a .500 BABIP; he still doesn’t walk and has modest power.

12:03
ChiSox2020: Dave can you please rank the top 5 White Sox pitchers trade values? (Exclude Rodon since he won’t be traded)

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FanGraphs After Dark Chat – 4/25/17

6:46
Paul Swydan:

What is your favorite flavor of original Starburst?

Cherry (24.2% | 49 votes)
 
Lemon (11.3% | 23 votes)
 
Orange (13.8% | 28 votes)
 
Strawberry (38.6% | 78 votes)
 
I can’t decide! (3.9% | 8 votes)
 
I don’t like any of them (4.9% | 10 votes)
 
I’ve never eaten original Starburst (2.9% | 6 votes)
 

Total Votes: 202
6:50
Paul Swydan:

What is tonight’s best 7 pm matchup?

TB (Ramirez) vs. BAL (Miley) (1.5% | 3 votes)
 
CHC (Hendricks) vs. PIT (Cole) (44.7% | 86 votes)
 
SEA (Hernandez) vs. DET (Zimmermann) (12.5% | 24 votes)
 
CIN (Feldman) vs. MIL (Davies) (2.6% | 5 votes)
 
Rain vs. Mankind (38.5% | 74 votes)
 

Total Votes: 192
6:54
Paul Swydan:

What is the best 8 pm or later matchup?

MIN (Santana) vs. TEX (Cashner) (6.3% | 12 votes)
 
KC (Duffy) vs. CHW (Covey) (1.0% | 2 votes)
 
TOR (Estrada) vs. STL (Wacha) (29.7% | 56 votes)
 
WAS (Ross) vs. COL (Marquez) (5.3% | 10 votes)
 
SD (Richard) vs. ARI (Corbin) (4.7% | 9 votes)
 
OAK (Hahn) vs. LAA (Ramirez) (0.5% | 1 vote)
 
LAD (Kershaw) vs. SF (Blach) (52.1% | 98 votes)
 

Total Votes: 188
9:00
Paul Swydan: Hi everybody!

9:00
Jeff Zimmerman: Hi

9:01
Alex: 10 team OPS league should I trade Cruz, Cespedes, Chris Davis for Rizzo and Daniel Murphy?

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Eric Longenhagen Prospects Chat, April Finale

12:01
Eric A Longenhagen: Is this thing on?

12:01
Eric A Longenhagen: Indeed.

12:01
Eric A Longenhagen: Now we chat.

12:01
Nomar Picnics: WHAT TO DO WITH GARRETT. Please advise. Yours, in a panic.

12:02
Eric A Longenhagen: Amir? He’s fine. That HR rate isn’t going to be that high forever.

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Jeff Sullivan FanGraphs Chat — 4/21/17

9:06
Jeff Sullivan: Hello friends

9:06
Jeff Sullivan: Welcome to Friday baseball chat

9:06
Bork: Hello, friend!

9:07
Jeff Sullivan: Hello friend

9:07
Sterling Mallory Chris Archer: How do you envision Marte playing when he comes back?

9:07
Jeff Sullivan: I don’t imagine much of anything is going to change

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Eno Sarris Baseball Chat — 4/20/16

2:05
Eno Sarris: The internet is wonderful. I was here, with my dad, and really enjoyed this song, It’s Ice:

12:01
Broseph: Any chance Zunino starts doing things at the plate anytime soon? Or should I jump ship and grab another flier like Hedges or Bandy?

12:02
Eno Sarris: Players like Zunino are super streaky. Still it’s not good that he’s striking out EVEN MORE. I’d give Bandy a shot. That’s at least a league average K%.

12:02
grimoren189: Updated thoughts on Amir Garrett?

12:03
Eno Sarris: He was 91.5 mph on the fastball and actually got whiffs on it yesterday. Still not a great fastball guy but his secondaries are fine. I like him more.

12:03
Nientsniew: Is it bad that I never ask baseball questions in this chat? In related news, I am using the bathroom

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