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Craig Edwards FanGraphs Chat--4/2/2020
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Craig Edwards
2:51
If a team was heading toward a rebuilding phase but still had a lot of bad contracts without much to trade, I suppose that team could benefit. A team like the Giants, for example. The problem with examples like that are even though the Giants will be bad and have some big contracts still there, they would probably still do well enough at the gate and with local and national tv money, that they would make money being bad and they will not make money doing nothing.
Andy
2:51
Are MLB clubs eligible for the CARES act small business loans?
Craig Edwards
2:54
Do MLB teams really have fewer than 500 employees even if a lot of the ballpark workers are contractors? Each org has what like 200 or more players to begin with plus another 50 coaches or so. Add in scouts, front office, ticket sales, and other stadium employees and it seems like they would not be eligible. It also might be a pretty bad look to borrow $10 million or whatever to try and get some forgiven when the owners are billionaires.
our savior aaron miles
2:54
Will we see teams going with 6 man rotations or other non-traditional setups with a compressed schedule? Do you see a new type of relief role coming out of this?
Craig Edwards
2:55
That depends on how they do the schedule. If there are a bunch of doubleheaders and increased roster sizes, a 6-man rotation might be a necessity though a lot of teams would probably go the opener/bullpen route so long as they get the extra arms.
Scot
2:56
What would Jeter's career have been like if he had switched to 3B when AROD joined the Yankees? Did he have the range to play better there than at SS?
Craig Edwards
2:58
I think it would have been much the same. It's not like his reputation would have gone down. He was plenty good as a hitter to play at third base. Would he have ended up with more WAR? Maybe, but not enough to really change the way he's thought of, I wouldn't think.
ebo
2:59
I've gotta tell you, when we get through this thing I'm going to get hammered on beer and listen to or watch baseball every chance I get and it will be great.
Craig Edwards
2:59
That sounds like a great plan.
That's going to do it for this week. Thanks for all the questions.
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