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Kevin Goldstein

10:05

I said in my chat Monday, Rockies gotta Rockie.

Jon Becker

10:05

Two outs or down one run, sure, hope for a bad throw or bobble or something. But in that situation, man...

Couple of great throws though, don't want to overlook that

Kevin Goldstein

10:05

Again, HORRIBLE send.

Bill

10:05

115 MPH? Man. That would have been a home run anywhere else

Kevin Goldstein

10:05

Fantastic execution, no question, but horrible send.

Pinstripe Perry

10:05

Pinch hitting Odor before Sanchez is a tell that this is the end of the road for Gary in NY, right?

Kevin Goldstein

10:05

It should be.

Dan Szymborski

10:05

Yeah, I can't fathom that decision

10:06

As SammySosasCork said above, with 1 out, not in this lifetime, not in the next

Ian Swirka

10:06

The spirit of Wendell Kim is strong in that box.

Dan Szymborski

10:06

Windmill!

ksoze0720

10:06

how different is data analyzed/accessible via FG vs what teams have access to?

Jon Becker

10:06

A lot of talk, understandably, about what the Yankees re going to do at shortstop in the offseason, but Sánchez has probably worn out his welcome and Higgy shouldn't be more than a backup

Kevin Goldstein

10:06

The big advantage at this point (or I guess what I miss the most) is minor league data.

Dan Szymborski

10:07

I'm quite clever at getting interesting data, but there's no comparison in being able to get it *all* easily

Mike

10:08

KG, speaking of horrible sends, was there any thinking behind Gary Pettis' windmill of an arm or was that just his call

Kevin Goldstein

10:08

There definitely was. We talked a lot about how there's the measurement you have to make at the time about the runner and the thrower(s), but you have to add in a variable for chances to execute. I brought this up early, but in the 2017 ALCS, it was an auto-send on anything close because Gary Sanchez can't catch the baseball.

Marlin Child

10:09

Why do the Yankees seem to be so down on Sanchez? He’s not actually that terrible, right?

Kevin Goldstein

10:09

He's a guy who should be a DH, and he doesn't have that much H other than the power....

Conner from AZ

10:10

Where does Gary even play from here on out for someone else? DH? Or will another team think they can fix him at C to be at least serviceable?

Dan Szymborski

10:11

The problem is that if you don't believe he can play catcher, then he's not all that exciting a DH

Pinstripe Perry

10:11

C, SS and CF are probably the 3 most important positions and they are burning questions for Cashman and NYY this offseason. One looks like it can be solved easily with $, the others require a bit more creativity.

Kevin Goldstein

10:11

I remain of the belief that Carlos Correa is the perfect fit in NYY.

Dan Szymborski

10:11

Unless he has a *huge* offensive boost post-catching. Which *is* possible because catching is weird.

Guest

10:11

just joined the chat now. has there been any discussion of arod treating joey gallo like hes chopped liver

Dan Szymborski

10:12

We've been in the Statcast one!

Kevin Goldstein

10:12

More like lots of discussion about how nobody is watching the espn broadcast!

Morbo

10:12

Kevin I do not share your optimism on Correa I think the injuries catch up with him sooner rather than later

mybloodyballantine

10:12

Also lots of talk about the Rockies for some reason

Dan Szymborski

10:12

We go where the questions are!

Chamaco

10:13

Never shoulda made Gallo shave the beard

Kevin Goldstein

10:13

Correa just had his healthiest season and was a six-win player

mybloodyballantine

10:14

I want some highly sought after free agent to refuse to shave his beard and dare the yankees to force him

Kevin Goldstein

10:14

I HAVE ALWAYS DREAMED FOR THIS.

Bill

10:14

What do you think Correa gets as a FA? What does ZIPS think?

Jon Becker

10:14

A lot; a lot

Dan Szymborski

10:15

Last run I did was like 6/160, I think.

Kevin Goldstein

10:15

I'm taking the over.

Jon Becker

10:15

Yeah, I was going to say 8y/$240M

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