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Jay Jaffe FanGraphs Chat - 11/1/18
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Alex
1:45
Any "surprise" teams could you see signing Machado and Harper?
AvatarJay Jaffe
1:47
Just spitballing but I wonder if the Astros and Harper could be a match. Corner OF isn't their strongest position, though they do have prospects and Reddick.
Marshall
1:47
Do front offices communicate with managers during games? Roberts got a lot of heat for some of his decisions during the WS, but I just assumed there is a team of analysts behind the scenes to run numbers and lay out all the options as the game goes on.
AvatarJay Jaffe
1:49
If they do, that would be highly irregular. No front office that I know of has that immediate input. There's no way a manager could survive in that kind of atmosphere, where he was perceived to have that little actual authority within a game.
Trent
1:49
If you could pick one player to add to the Hall of Fame, who would it be?  Or slightly differently, which of your favorite players not in the Hall has the single best case to be in the Hall?
AvatarJay Jaffe
1:52
Minnie Miñoso, a pioneer among Latin American players, is the one I'd add. I think he's got a strong case, but there are current candidates with stronger ones, starting with Bonds and Clemens; the Hall is just incomplete without them. If I was going to go "favorite players" I'd say Edgar Martinez and Mussina, who both have great cases and should be there in time (hopefully this year on Edgar!)
Jon
1:53
Best intro video to JSBX:
AvatarJay Jaffe
1:53
Haven't seen this, but I'm gonna just as soon as this is over!
1:54
ok folks, there are a lot of good questions still in the queue but I'm out of time and my stomach is growling. Thanks for stopping by today!
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