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Craig Edwards FanGraphs Chat--4/18/2019
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Paul
2:55
At what point does it become too late to sign Keuchel? If you sigh him today, you're probably not getting him until late May/early June. And assuming that he still want's more than the QO, that's a lot of money for 50-75% of a season
Craig Edwards
2:57
Even if Keuchel isn't as good as he was a year ago, he's probably a couple wins better than just about everybody's fifth starter. That is still worth more than a QO. 1/20 seems like a pretty easy call if he is taking that.
Chat Flip
2:58
If MLB is going to promote players having fun (as it did on its official twitter account yesterday) do they need to start heavily punishing retaliation for said fun? “Celebrate but get ready for one in the earhole” feels like a mixed message.
Craig Edwards
3:00
I agree. I think, ultimately, with on-field celebrations, do as much as you want, especially if your team is okay with it. If the other team is annoyed, that's a good thing. There's no place in baseball for intentionally throwing at a batter. You can police your own team, if you want. The only way to police another team is to beat them.
Matt
3:00
Is your opinion on Scott Kingery today any different than it was on Opening Day?
Craig Edwards
3:01
Yes. It is better. I still thought Kingery would be a solid player, but it is hard not to have that called into question a bit after last year. It's encouraging to see him play like the player most thought he was going into last year.
Cement Fan
3:02
Do you regard Nolan Gorman as a top-5 overall thirdbasemen?
Craig Edwards
3:02
In the minors, sure.
ron
3:03
maikel franco does not appear to have improved quality of contact. he is notably hitting the ball the other way more often and drastically increased his fly ball rate, at least early in this small sample size. Home run per fly ball rate is surprisingly not massively inflated. Walk rate and strikeout rate are also both improved. which of these changes do you believe will stick and which do you believe will regress?
Craig Edwards
3:05
I've always liked Franco's game. I think I'm partial to hitters that make a lot of contact and hit for power. I'm not sure anything he's doing right now is sustainable. He's going to hit for less power with a higher average. He's going to walk less and strikeout more. I think at the end of the year, we are going to see last year's version of Franco with a little higher walk rate and a little more power. Maybe not an All-Star, but an above-average regular.
Hello
3:07
Why does every FG writer (that I've seen) oppose throwing at batters while many members of the public are fine with it?
Craig Edwards
3:09
I couldn't tell you why many members of the public aren't more concerned for the health and welfare of human beings. Baseball is a game, but it is not only a game solely for our entertainment.
Chickie
3:09
Mookie making a case that the same $400 million dollar contract Trout got, or thereabouts, is in no way shape or form in his neighborhood?
Craig Edwards
3:10
He's still got a few years to make his case. And the market might well decide he's worth $300 million then.
Dr. Bob
3:12
If less quality will be available for trades and in free agency in the future given the trend toward extensions, doesn't this make player drafting and development ever more important than before?
Craig Edwards
3:13
It's always going to be important, but the new CBA could mitigate that somewhat and some teams might decide they would rather have multiple young prospects than a good player signed to an extension. We don't yet know if these extensions, which could be a response to lack of extensions the last five years, will continue.
Billy Beane
3:15
Of the qualified 3B since 2017 (he started mid-year), Matt Chapman has the 5th most WAR and also has the fewest PAs of anyone in the top 10 and the 3rd best WAR/600. He's a slam dunk top 3 3B. the only question is how you rank Ramirez, Bregman, and Chapman.
Craig Edwards
3:17
Anthony Rendon has 14.2 WAR since the start of 2017 which is the fourth-best in baseball. Arenado has been much healthier and that matters, too. Chapman is in the mix for top-five. He's not slam dunk top-three.
Alright everybody, thanks for the questions.
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