| 9:01 |
: Everybody ready to baseball chat?
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| 9:02 |
: One minute late this time! New recent record!
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| 9:02 |
Is Fangraphs looking at replacing FIP with SIERA as the main ingredient to pitcher WAR? |
| 9:02 |
: I don’t think we’ve ever even discussed SIERA in our meetings for years
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| 9:03 |
: Granted, Dave and Dave talk about things I’m not privy to, but I haven’t heard anything to that effect
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| 9:03 |
Best team that didn’t make the playoffs? |
| 11:58 |
: It’s party time!*
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| 11:58 |
: * Any promises of a party to not indicate that there will be a party
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| 12:00 |
: First up though, our usual business. Presidents fighting for some strange reason!
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| 12:00 |
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| 12:02 |
The Fangraphs profile last week made it seem like Tomas is going to be a +3ish WAR player. Does that sound right? |
| 12:01 |
: I’m here and you know it’s me because I don’t have a zinger |
| 12:05 |
How dare you try to steal my thunder…like you ever could. |
| 12:05 |
ZINGGGGG |
| 12:05 |
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 |
: 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 |
What non-baseball things do you 20-80? |
| 11:48 |
: I’ll be here soon. Full Disclosure.
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| 12:01 |
Brandon Moss seems like the kind of baseball player that I’d like to have a beer with. What beer pairs well with a Brandon Moss? |
| 12:01 |
: Something bubbly because he’s a maniac. So much energy.
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| 12:01 |
Eno, can I just say that you’ve been absolutely killing it with these interview articles. |
| 12:01 |
: Hah. Thanks! This one was just a ton of fun.
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| 2:32 |
: Hey all. We’ll get started at 3pm. This chat specializes in answering stat/data/FG features questions but any and all baseball questions welcome.
I’m @NeilWeinberg44 on Twitter if you’re looking for me other times. It’s Fall now, so my dog stopped sleeping all day, which means he may attempt to type answers. Can’t really vouch for their quality. |
| 3:00 |
: Alright, let’s chat! My dog doesn’t want to chill, so this may run shorter than normal, we’ll see. So get good questions in early! Also, person who always asks about catcher DRS, today is your day. I can answer that question!
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| 3:00 |
What do you think of Felix’s implosion last night? Kluber for Cy Young? |
| 3:01 |
: I was a Sale supporter until his bad outing last week, but I think it’s Kluber at this point. I don’t know if he’ll win – that depends on the quality of the specific voting group. But Kluber’s got the best case.
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| 3:01 |
If I’m trying to calculate a pitcher’s total WAR by adding in his hitting and defense, am I counting the positional adjustment twice? |
| 3:01 |
: If you’re adding their WAR as a pitcher and their WAR as a position player, you are not double counting anything.
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| 11:31 |
: It’s the final Wednesday of the regular season, so we can look forward to the postseason, talk about the awards races, speculate about winter moves, or just talk about my dog. Fire away.
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| 12:04 |
what do you think happened to BJ Upton? why the major collapse? |
| 12:05 |
: He stopped hitting for power. The rest of his game is basically the same, but he had to drive the ball when he made contact to make the skillset work, and he doesn’t do that anymore. Why? I don’t think anyone knows.
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| 12:05 |
Did you expec the Brandon Moss/Eno Sarris transcript to end with them getting coffee sometime, maybe seeing a movie? |
| 12:05 |
: We’re going to have a regular weekly series now called Eno Hanging With Brandon Moss.
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| 12:05 |
: (We’re not. But that would be fun.)
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| 6:02 |
: 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 |
: OK, let’s do this. I think you’re stuck with just me tonight, you guys. Sorry about that.
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| 9:01 |
Best matchup tonight: STL at CHC |
| 9:01 |
: I mean, not really, but I like your spirit!
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| 9:01 |
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 |
: Assuming you mean 2015, I would give Fiers and Holland the ax, as I believe they have the least upside.
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| 9:06 |
: Well let’s talk about baseball, live
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| 9:07 |
: I suppose we don’t have many alternatives
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| 9:07 |
: Or we have infinite alternatives
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| 9:07 |
Shane Greene’s true talent, over/under league average starter? |
| 9:08 |
: The last time I checked this — probably two weeks ago or so — Greene was the MLB leader in rate of pitches thrown low, as defined by some standard I used. Beat Keuchel. Beat some relievers who exceeded my minimum threshold. Greene knows how to keep the ball down like few others
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| 9:08 |
: I think maybe that becomes exploitable, and maybe he owes a good deal of gratitude to Brian McCann and the Yankees’ receivers, but with the strike zone expanding down there I think Greene can succeed now in a way he might not have been able to do 5 or 10 years ago
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| 11:34 |
: Hello, everybody! A surprise chat today. I’ll be with you at the top of the hour, look forward to answering some questions.
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| 2:57 |
I was 80 games over .500 in my league in 1st place. I got crushed 9-1 in the first round (after a bye) to a team that was 3 games over. Why do I still play H2H? |
| 2:58 |
: I have no idea!
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| 2:58 |
Championship in weekly points league. Degrom has been my ace lately but I’m concerned collins shuts him down after rosters lock. Go with degrom or 2 start peavy against sd and la. Thanks. |
| 2:59 |
: Wouldn’t risk it. Go with Peavy.
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| 2:59 |
Nats rotation – Roark or Gio? |
| 11:04 |
Prospects chat whoooo |
| 11:04 |
: I don’t have a snappy intro this week either so luckily Jake stepped in with a whoooo |
| 11:05 |
In general, how long does it take for seven figure+ international prospect signings to start showing up in the minor league system/prospect rankings? |
| 11:06 |
: Some of the top guys will go straight in there, like Pedro Gonzalez did for the Rockies, but I don’t think any of them will get into the 45 FV category unless I hear some crazy good reports from instructs. Jurickson Profar got crazy good instructs reports right after he signed, for context. |
| 11:07 |
: Also, we moved today’s chat to 11 since I’m going to the PIT-NYY instructs game at 1 and NYY has most of the July 2nd guys on the roster. Not sure what the lineup will be for today, tho. Follow me on twitter and I might tell you. |
| 11:07 |
Whoooooooooooooo! |
