Kevin Goldstein FanGraphs Chat – 11/1/2021
November 1, 2021
Archive for Chat
FanGraphs World Series Game 3 Chat
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: Hey guys, welcome!
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: Let’s talk some baseball
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: I’m joined by Dan Szymborski and Luke Hooper, and it’s gonna be a good one
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| 8:01 |
: I mean, maybe it will be a bad one, I don’t actually know
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: But if it’s close, that’s awesome, and if it’s not, well, there’s SO much baseball (and non-baseball) to talk about
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: It’s Ian Anderson and Luis Garcia tonight, and the Braves need length out of Anderson
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Jay Jaffe FanGraphs Chat – 10/29/21
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 Jay Jaffe: Good afternoon, and welcome to today’s chat! Thankfully the technical snarls that knocked last week’s chat off the table aren’t an issue today; apologies to those who showed up to that one or waited around for it to materialize to no avail.
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Jay Jaffe: As I’m on recap duty for Game 3 tonight, I did not write for today but did a piece about Eddie Rosario’s hot streak yesterday https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/despite-a-rough-night-eddie-rosario-ha… and spoke to Kevin Goldstein about Dusty Baker https://blogs.fangraphs.com/fangraphs-audio-kris-bubic-chats-changeups… and my recent piece on his managerial evolution and Hall of Fame case https://blogs.fangraphs.com/dusty-baker-job-security-and-the-hall-of-f…
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: How would you explain to the less analytically inclined why we care so much about pitcher K% but not nearly as much about hitter K%?
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Jay Jaffe: Pitcher strikeouts strongly correlate with run prevention and future success, but the relationship doesn’t work the same way for hitters, in that a lot of high strikeout hitters have good power and generally strong production.
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| 2:04 |
: This year only 5 hitters with 400 or more PA matched or exceeded Mr. Allen’s career wRC+. It’s a similar number every year. Dick Allen is a Hall of Famer.
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Jay Jaffe: Dick Allen should be a Hall of Famer. Dick Allen is not yet a Hall of Famer. Hopefully on December 5, that status changes (see here for more about this year’s Era Committee schedule https://blogs.fangraphs.com/with-experts-on-the-negro-leagues-involved…)
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FanGraphs World Series Game 1 Chat
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 Dan Szymborski: G’evening!
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| 8:02 |
 Alex Sonty: Happy World Series Day, y’alls!
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| 8:02 |
 David Laurila: Greetings, all. About to move a load of laundry, then back to chat.
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Dan Szymborski: And to you Alex! Though sadly, it signals the end of baseball!
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: The two NL West heavyweights we all expected all along
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Dan Szymborski: I guaranteed I did NOT project two NL West teams in the World Series!
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FanGraphs Red Sox/Astros ALCS Game 3 Chat
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Dan Szymborski: Good evening!
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Dan Szymborski: For a day of events of a baseball nature.
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Dan Szymborski: Well an evening
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| 8:03 |
: How can hundreds of Fenway seats be unsold?
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Dan Szymborski: Dunno, price?
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Dan Szymborski: How many are unsold?
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FanGraphs Dodgers/Giants NLDS Game 5 Chat
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: Hi everyone! I’m here. Dan is here. The most hyped game of the season is here. Let’s hope it lives up to expectations. We’ll be here all night talking about the game, making dumb and not so dumb polls, and answering any other fun questions that end up in the queue. Thanks so much for joining us!
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| 9:01 |
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You are on the Dodgers conference call, you are asked to vote…
Go traditional, start Urias (39.6% | 50 votes)
Use Knebler as an opener to flip the lineup (60.3% | 76 votes)
Total Votes: 126
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: So far, the results of the poll show there might not be a right/wrong answer.
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: What’s the optimum lineup strategy for the Giants, with Knebel starting?
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: Personally, I’d go with my vs. Urias lineup.
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: The Giants have obviously been the biggest surprise as in outperforming team this year. What part is luck and what part is good management/strategy by their FO?
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FanGraphs White Sox/Astros ALDS Game 4 Chat
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: Hi everyone! Ben Clemens and I are here to provide ‘insight’, take your questions and provide some entertainment as we all watch game 4 of the ALDS between the White Sox and the Astros. Thanks so much for joining us. We’ve had a lot of fun doing these and it’s always great to spend time with our fantastic audience.
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: Kevin on my sheet it says you’re here for insight and me for whimsy
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: Hmmmmm, I have it reversed. I’ll call Meg.
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: Though it might be hard to match David Ortiz trying and failing to pour a briefcase full of money onto Frank Thomas
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: when it comes to forced whimsy
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: A few days ago I leadned about the rings rule at Tropicana Field. Any other quirky ground rules you might know?
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