JotCast | August Fagerstrom FanGraphs Chat -- 5/3/16

August Fagerstrom FanGraphs Chat -- 5/3/16

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Eldridge Cleaver

12:36

Guess on when Trea Turner gets called up? Is there a way to formulate an expectation on this assuming service time were the only consideration?

august fagerstrom

12:36

It's gotta be soon. He is crushing the minors, and Espinosa is Espinos'ing

12:37

I think this is pretty clearly a service time thing, but I also think it's one of the more obvious scenarios where a team needs to just bite the bullet and promote the guy that will help them win more ballgames

Kim

12:38

On the Mariners team page, Adam Lind has been worth -0.6 WAR. When I look at overall players sorted worst --> best, he's nowhere to be found. What am I doing wrong? Also, what the heck is he doing wrong?

august fagerstrom

12:38

He probably doesn't have enough playing time to qualify for the overall leaderboards, is what's happening

Just alter the min. PA threshold

Eric

12:38

Polanco is breaking out! But where have the steals gone?

august fagerstrom

12:38

I wouldn't worry about the steals when he's hitting the way he is

August's real father

12:39

It's amazing that the Astros are essentially cooked already. At first it was a pitching problem, but now they can't hit either. When do they become desperate enough to bring up Reed?

august fagerstrom

12:41

I think Reed was going to come up when he was going to come up anyway

Not sure how much this will have accelerated their timetable

MattInMinny

12:41

Given that Buxton has had two relatively lengthy shots at the big league level and has looked atrocious in both (like Bartolo Colon bad), shouldn't the Twins be giving Max Kepler the next extended shot to replace the also-awful Danny Santana in CF?

august fagerstrom

12:41

Maybe, but it's way too soon to give up on Buxton just yet

Cody

12:42

Views or TLOP?

august fagerstrom

12:42

TLOP x1000000

12:42

top 5 Radiohead albums

august fagerstrom

12:43

Kid A > OKC > Rainbows > TKOL Basement session > Thief

August's real father

12:43

The Yankees are without question the worst team in the AL

august fagerstrom

12:43

you heard it here first, from my real father!

Mike T.

12:43

any luck finding a new favorite sandwich joint?

august fagerstrom

12:44

I've got a couple prospects.

I quite enjoyed a place called Al's Deli the other day.

Vic

12:44

Naquin seems to be emerging as a regular for the Indians. While he doesn't profile as a star, does he seem likely to be able to hold the job in CF. especially given the lack of other CF options.

august fagerstrom

12:45

To be honest, I haven't been impressed. He has 16 striekouts, one walk, and a .500 BABIP

His swing/approach just doesn't look like a major league swing/approach. I can't see this lasting for much longer

gcarter

12:46

No team has had 700 walks since Giants had Bonds. Think the Cubs get there this year?

august fagerstrom

12:47

They're on pace for 871 right now, and I think they're walking at something close to their true-talent level, so yeah, totally doable

Matt

12:47

With Albies, Swanson, and Ruiz coming up at the end of the year, and Inciarte returning next week, are the Braves really going to be this bad for very long? That's four major upgrades.

august fagerstrom

12:47

How certain are we that those 3 guys are all being promoted this season?

I, for one, am not

Erik

12:48

The Cubs' run differential is double anyone else's. Is there anything that can stop them winning the World Series other than luck or injuries?

august fagerstrom

12:48

yeah, baseball

Bork

12:48

Is Arenado a product of Coors or just THAT good?

august fagerstrom

12:48

both

12:48

Is there anything positive about Lorenzo Cain's struggles this year at the plate? Does he turn it around? Thanks

august fagerstrom

12:48

Wrote about this last week

Bork

12:49

Why did the Red Sox not insure Sandovals contract?

august fagerstrom

12:49

I have no idea. To be honest, I've never even thought about this concept before

jaypo

12:49

If the Angels were to break the bank and spend big for Harper, but every other area stayed exactly the same... What would their record look like?

august fagerstrom

12:49

Like, 7 wins better than their true-talent level right now?

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