| 9:04 |
: All right, let’s do this |
| 9:04 |
: Made the mistake of starting a twitter conversation right before the scheduled chat time. I’m the worst 🙁 |
| 9:07 |
If a chat goes on fangraphs and there is no Jeff Sullivan around, does it make a sound? |
| 9:07 |
: Pretty sure we can now observe that the answer is no |
| 9:07 |
Bottom to Top is terrible. |
| 9:07 |
: I tried to look for somewhere to change it but I don’t know where to change it 🙁 |
| 12:00 |
: We get signal. Main screen turn on.
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| 12:01 |
Word is that the Padres are “aggressively” trying to trade Grandal. Can we get a preview of what ZiPS thinks about him? |
| 12:01 |
: 239/339/399 in SD, 112 OPS+, 2.8 WAR
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| 12:01 |
Nelson Cruz. $58M?? |
| 12:01 |
: Meh.
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| 12:01 |
Are you happy your O’s didn’t get Nelson Cruz at that price? |
| 2:37 |
: Hey all. Queue is open and we’ll begin at 3pm. Remember priority to stat/data/FG info questions, but anything is fair game. I’m @NeilWeinberg44 if you’re looking for me on Twitter. See you in a few.
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| 3:00 |
: Alright. Let’s get started. A little light on questions so far, so today’s the day to get stuff answered.
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| 3:01 |
What is that picture I see? Sandlot football for dads… w/ uniforms! (Sans helmets?) |
| 3:01 |
WHAT IS HAPPENING TO MY CHAT WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN AM I SAFE |
| 3:01 |
: People have strong opinions!
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| 3:01 |
: As always, if you know of a better service than CIL, we are all ears.
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| 11:10 |
: Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. Let’s be thankful for an hour or so of baseball conversation.
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| 11:10 |
: The queue is now open.
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| 12:03 |
A couple of reports out of Toronto are that the Jays have given Melky Cabrera a deadline to respond to their offer (believed to be 3-years / $39M) by the Winter Meetings. If you were Melky’s agent, do you advise him to take it? |
| 12:03 |
: Yeah. I don’t think he’s worth any more than that.
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| 12:04 |
Since Cargo and Tulo are unlikely to return value until health is more sure, shouldn’t the Rockies at least look to move Morneau, Stubbs and Rosario? |
| 12:04 |
: I disagree with the premise. I would bet several teams would pay for Tulo’s upside, even coming off the surgery.
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| 9:03 |
: Are we ready to baseball chat? |
| 9:03 |
: I’ve given the queue a few minutes to get going and subsequently settle down |
| 9:03 |
: So let’s talk about god knows what |
| 9:04 |
i fear change |
| 9:04 |
well this looks funny |
| 9:04 |
what the heck is this interface????? |
| 11:59 |
: oh god, I hope this works this week. somebody say something!
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| 11:59 |
something |
| 11:59 |
: Hooray!
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| 12:01 |
: As I’ve traveled so far
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| 12:02 |
: As I’ve traveled so far from the future for you, let’s get this fantasy started and fool the experts, too.
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| 12:02 |
: First off.
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| 12:03 |
: You wanted a snappy intro and you won’t get one because I always set expectations low
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| 12:05 |
: I should mention the FG Youtube page is growing, with videos of 2 of the 4 players that were traded last night, including Jose Dominguez who hit 100 mph in that video:https://www.youtube.com/user/FanGraphs/videos
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| 12:05 |
: I tweet these out when they’re posted so check me @kileymcd for the latest
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| 12:05 |
Do you think the Yankees go stop-gap at SS b/c of Mateo or is it too early to be thinking of him as a potential future SS for them |
| 12:07 |
: Never underestimate how quickly NYY fans can get ahead of themselves. Mateo has only played in Rookie Ball. He’s their best SS prospect and I’ve seen him a good bit and he’s really good, but you didn’t call Cito Culver the future when he was the same age and was just taken in the 1st round. Years and years away from the big leagues, so stop gap is underselling it.
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| 12:07 |
What would be your best guess for Moncada’s timetable to reach the show? |
| 11:43 |
: I’ll be here shortly. In the meantime, anyone get a Steely Dan vibe from this?
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| 11:43 |
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| 12:01 |
: Ooops. Forgot to publish this. I’ll give y’all a second. It’ll be like a real-time lightning round!
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| 12:03 |
pew pew |
| 12:03 |
::lightning:: |
| 12:03 |
Let’s dance! |
| 2:39 |
: Hi all, we’ll get started at 3pm but the queue is open. Remember that this chat prioritizes stat/data/FG/how does that work type questions, but everything is fair game.
If you’re looking for me, @NeilWeinberg44 on Twitter during non-chat hours. |
| 2:59 |
: Alright, let’s discuss baseball! Keep the questions flowing.
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| 2:59 |
How exactly is WAR calculated? |
| 3:00 |
: For position players: http://www.fangraphs.com/li…
Complete position player example: http://www.fangraphs.com/li… |
| 3:01 |
: The pitcher one is a little more complicated and is out of date on the site. I’ll be updating that, hopefully very soon.
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| 3:01 |
When evaluating projected stats, is there a hierarchy you think works best to sort through players? Meaning, is it helpful to look at wRC+ first and then combine that with the best wOBA second, and so on. |
| 11:53 |
: It’s Wednesday, so that means we’re chatting.
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| 11:54 |
: The queue is now open, and we’ll start in a few minutes.
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| 12:02 |
What’s next for the Blue Jays? |
| 12:02 |
: Sounds like probably a reliever. I could see them going after Miller or Robertson, since they’re clearly pushing forward on the short term.
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| 12:02 |
Do the Jays believe in their pitching enough to justify Martin’s contract? |
| 12:03 |
: The AL East hasn’t been this weak in a long time. If ever there was a time for every team in the division to go for it, this is it.
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