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Jay Jaffe FanGraphs Chat - 1/23/24
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Felix
3:22
Why are pitchers whose peak was in the 1980s so underrepresented?  Clemens and Gooden have obvious answers attached, but what about Cone, Stieb, Orel, et al?  Why are we left with Jack Morris representing an entire decade?
AvatarJay Jaffe
3:25
Some of it is because voters were spoiled by the cohort of pitchers who debuted in the mid-60s and stuck around through the 80s or even into the 90s and won 300 games or nearly that many. But some of it is also that all of those guys had injuries and career interruptions that prevented them from solidifying their cases.
TP
3:25
In your write-ups on each player appearing on the ballot, was there any player who struck you in a "Damn, he was better than I remembered!" way? Which of the articles did you enjoy writing the most?
AvatarJay Jaffe
3:28
Whoops. I loved writing the Mauer, Beltre, and Utley pieces as they had all been percolating somewhere in my mind for the past 5+ years. Beyond those I'd say the Bartolo Colon and Jose Bautista pieces were the most fun but I learned so much about everyone I wrote for, even if it didn't really change my evaluation of them.
T(win)s
3:26
Does Torii Hunter stay above 5% and gain support?  Not a HOF but if you squint really hard he's a poor man's Andruw Jones
AvatarJay Jaffe
3:29
The fielding metrics just aren't strong enough (+33 runs) to call him a poor man's Jones but I think he squeaks through.
Oscar
3:29
Given your answer about Wright, any regret about leaving him off considering 5% is starting to look increasingly unlikely?
AvatarJay Jaffe
3:30
maybe a tiny bit but it's offset by trying to stimulate some more conversation about starting pitchers. Sardell's last model had Wright with an 80% chance of making the cut; he only needs 7 more votes, and I think he'll get them
3:32
Ok folks, I've got a lot to do over the next 72 hours so I'm going to call it here. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and look for my coverage of the election results here this evening. Also: no chat from me next week as I'll be skiing in France!
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