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Jay Jaffe FanGraphs Chat - 2/28/19
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AvatarJay Jaffe
1:41
he just finished his age-27 season, has a 111 OPS+ and 13.0 bWAR to his name; even if he's the best catcher in the game at this particular moment, that resumé to date is not one with a very plausible HOF path.
Matt W
1:41
MLB should have just renamed it the "deactivated list" so we could keep our precious acronym
AvatarJay Jaffe
1:41
Disguyaintplaying List
Benny
1:41
What are your thoughts on Matt Thaiss? If you had to give him a comp who would it be?
AvatarJay Jaffe
1:43
If his nickname isn't Thunder then we as a species have failed, and should walk into the ocean holding hands.

Beyond that, I have no thoughts on him that you couldn't glean from reading the prospect capsule written by somebody who had heard of him before 12 pm today.
eamuscatuli14
1:44
Of these 4, who is the biggest HOF snub? Also who is most likely to be inducted? Minnie Minoso , Dick Allen, Tony Oliva, Jim Kaat
AvatarJay Jaffe
1:47
Minoso's position as an integration pioneer ("Orestes Minoso was the Jackie Robinson for all Latinos," — Orlando Cepeda) who was robbed of playing time by the color line and the informal quota system in place afterwards puts him at the front of the line, IMO. I think he and Allen should be HOFers, and will get there eventually (hopefully not posthumously in the latter's case). I am not very supportive of the candidacies of either of the other two players based on JAWS, but they've come close in Committee voting and I wouldn't be surprised if one of them beat the first pair to the punch, which, ugh.
pumpsie
1:47
Have you made your peace with the Harold Baines thing? He's no Rabbit Maranville, after all.
AvatarJay Jaffe
1:48
Of the two, I'd rather have Maranville in the Hall, because at least in his own time, he was viewed as an elite player, and our estimates regarding defensive value are rougher the further back in time you go. There is no ambiguity about whether Baines belongs in the HOF, IMO.
1:49
All right, sports fans, I've reached my pitch count. Thanks for stopping by today! No chat next week due to AZ travel.
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