JotCast | FanGraphs After Dark Chat - 5/9/17

FanGraphs After Dark Chat - 5/9/17

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Paul Swydan

4:40

If you were to replace a letter in the word "FanGraphs" with the FanGraphs logo, which letter would you choose?

F (9.1% | 15 votes)

First A (25% | 41 votes)

N (9.8% | 16 votes)

G (11.6% | 19 votes)

R (0.6% | 1 vote)

Second A (31.1% | 51 votes)

P (4.3% | 7 votes)

H (6.1% | 10 votes)

S (2.4% | 4 votes)

Total Votes: 164

4:43

What is tonight's best 7:05 - 7:10 pm ET matchup?

SEA (Miranda) vs. PHI (Eickhoff) (7.2% | 12 votes)

WAS (Scherzer) vs. BAL (Jimenez) (39.5% | 66 votes)

CLE (Carrasco) vs. TOR (Bolsinger) (10.8% | 18 votes)

KC (Young) vs. TB (Andriese) (0.6% | 1 vote)

NYY (Sabathia) vs. CIN (Adleman) (3% | 5 votes)

SF (Samardzija) vs. NYM (Wheeler) (32.9% | 55 votes)

STL (Wainwright) vs. MIA (Straily) (6% | 10 votes)

Total Votes: 167

4:45

What is tonight's best 7:40 pm ET or later matchup?

BOS (Pomeranz) vs. MIL (Peralta) (2.9% | 5 votes)

ATL (Colon) vs. HOU (Morton) (6.4% | 11 votes)

MIN (Santiago) vs. CHW (Pelfrey) (0.6% | 1 vote)

CHC (Lackey) vs. COL (Freeland) (6.4% | 11 votes)

DET (Verlander) vs. ARI (Ray) (38.4% | 66 votes)

LAA (Meyer) vs. OAK (Cotton) (4.1% | 7 votes)

PIT (Nova) vs. LAD (Urias) (41.3% | 71 votes)

Total Votes: 172

4:49

Which team with a .500 or better record but a - BaseRuns RDiff is the most for real?

BAL (21-10 record; -1 RDif) (55.5% | 101 votes)

CHW (15-15; -6) (0% | 0 votes)

MIN (15-14; -7) (3.3% | 6 votes)

MIL (16-16; -8) (5.5% | 10 votes)

DET (15-15; -14) (8.8% | 16 votes)

All of them are for real (1.6% | 3 votes)

None of them are for real (25.3% | 46 votes)

Total Votes: 182

9:00

Hi everybody!

PLEASE keep voting in that first poll. I think we're on the right track with it being on of the A's. But which one? Agh!

9:01

Jeff should be along soon. He told me he is live at a ballpark tonight. I'm not sure WHICH ballpark though.

Hobbs

9:01

Have any worries about Correa? I'm in a 12tm Roto dynasty and there's a chance I could trade for him or CSeager. Who'd you rather have?

Jeff Zimmerman

9:02

Correa, I like his power better ... and Hi everyone

Paul Swydan

9:02

I think Correa may always be slightly undervalued in a traditional roto league that counts batting average, and as such Seager may be the better bet.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:03

I was late. A pitcher who never touched 90 was sitting 90-93 before I head to the press box

Paul Swydan

9:03

Right now, Seager's career AVG is .308, while Correa's is .275. That's a big difference.

Either way, I am NOT worried about Correa. He'll be fine.

Namo

9:04

Justin Wilson for closer soon?

Paul Swydan

9:04

Soon is now, apparently.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:04

Hope so ... did Detroit make a call later in the day?

Paul Swydan

9:04

I like Wilson, but I wouldn't get too attached. He'd be a yellow light at best for me if I was doing the Bullpent Report.

Yeah, I saw it around 6ish.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:04

ok

Paul Swydan

9:05

Reminder to always read the Bullpen Report on RotoGraphs.

Oddball Herrera

9:05

Turn the bar graph in the logo so that the bars are stacked vertically instead of lined up horizontally, top bar is the longest one, still retains the 'data' look while also actually looking like an F.

Paul Swydan

9:05

I didn't understand one word of this. Maybe if I read it again...

Jeff Zimmerman

9:06

For once, I agree with Paul

Paul Swydan

9:06

Oh ok I get it now. I don't think I'll be allowed to turn the logo.

But good idea! Once I figured it out.

Tom

9:06

No Red Sox left fielder has ever had a positive defensive season. Think its time to adjust the metrics for the monster?

Paul Swydan

9:06

Wait, what?

9:07

I see lots of positive defensive seasons here. http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=of&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=0&t...

Oh, left fielder.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:07

I would really have to study it. The Sox haven't put great defenders in LF over the years.

Paul Swydan

9:07

Still see some, both in TZ and UZR eras. http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=lf&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=0&t...

9:08

That's also true.

9:09

From 1941 to 2009, they only had like six regular LFers - Williams, Yaz, Rice, Greenwell, O'Leary, Manny. I might be missing one btw Greenwell and O'Leary. None of those guys were there for their gloves.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:09

Someone is listening to another game without earphones in the media booth. I am thinking of going off on him.

Paul Swydan

9:09

DO IT

BasedBochy

9:09

How would you rank Hosmer, Belt and Yonder Alonso ROS in an OPS league?

Paul Swydan

9:10

Belt

Belt, Alonso Hosmer

Sorry

Belt, Alonso BIGGGGGGGGGGGGGG GAP Hosmer

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