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Jay Jaffe FanGraphs Chat - 5/17/18
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The Old Buccaneer
1:31
Puig just hit is 3rd HR in 4 games... can he still be an All-Star quality OF?
AvatarJay Jaffe
1:31
baseball is certainly more fun when he is, so I hope so.
Jack Glasscock's Cup
1:32
how will catchers be graded for the hall of fame in the future?  Yadi has the narrative, but his career is basically russell martin.  Will framing/catcher ERA, etc be a part of the discussion?
AvatarJay Jaffe
1:36
Framing will certainly be part of the discussion. Catcher ERA not so much. It takes decades to stabilize.
Slew
1:37
Talk about Kluber and the HOF. Seems like he's going to struggle with the counting stats, so what does he need to do? A 3rd CY and a WS MVP?
AvatarJay Jaffe
1:40
Kluber's big problem is that he didn't have an above-replacement season until age 27, and I'm not sure how many more 200-inning seasons he'll have given his age and the current environment. If he pockets a 3rd Cy, that would make him a very interesting case, but even then, if the voters can turn away so many 2x winners, they'll eventually turn away a 3x one if his career is short enough.
Ted
1:43
What do you make of Sabathia's HOF chances? I think they didn't look good a few years ago but the mini renaissance at the end should help the narrative along.
AvatarJay Jaffe
Nomar Mazara
1:43
How do you feel about me ROS? Think I can be as good as Bellinger?
AvatarJay Jaffe
1:44
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/where-nomar-mazara-seems-to-have-improv...

There are signs of progress, but Mazara's gotta elevate the ball more consistently. He lacks Bellinger's speed and athleticism, so no, I don't think he can be that good an all-around player, but if he maintains his current gains against lefties, he could be a good one.
MarlinsGuy
1:45
Albies has been fun to watch, but I keep waiting for the other show to drop. Is your sense that he is a true talent 130-140 wRC+ kind of player?
AvatarJay Jaffe
1:48
I'd guess he's a bit over his head as far as the power is concerned, and would like to see that walk rate — which is about half of last year's — rebound somewhat. But he's already a top-five 2B, and that's with 99 games in the majors
Ray Liotta as Shoeless Joe
1:48
How many Major League stadiums have you visited? Do you have a vested interest in Team Hall of Fame exhibits the same way that you enjoy discussing Cooperstown?
AvatarJay Jaffe
1:52
and now the part where I have to count them on my fingers again. Bear with me

4 NY parks
2 in Minnesota
2 in DC
Fenway, Camden Yards, Jacobs Field, Tiger Stadium (RIP), Kaufman, Safeco, RBIA, Miller, Wrigley, Dodger Stadium, AT&T, Petco and as of next month, Coors.

That's 21. I'm all for teams doing their own HOF and making a thing of it. Celebrate 'em!
Nick
1:52
Speaking of schedule, it feels like some teams got the shaft more than usual with travelling. Seattle this past week with a make-up day in Minnesota then flying home for a game the next day. Others playing the same team outside of their division six times within two weeks and then being done. Was there a massive shift in how scheduling was done this year?
AvatarJay Jaffe
1:54
Not that I know of but Seattle perennially has it worse than any other team in terms of travel because they don't have anybody else very close to them.  Wish this was updated http://mlb.mlb.com/schedule/interactive-team-map.jsp?team=sea&season=2...
John
1:54
Something i learned just now that shocked me. There are significantly more MLB teams that have their home dugout on the 1st base side than the 3rd base side.
AvatarJay Jaffe
1:55
Given that it's the case in both Yankee Stadiums that I've ben to — where I've attended a couple hundred games (?) over the years — home dugout on 1B side feels normal to me.
ChatzMcGree
1:56
Since you claimed that you hate Joey Votto and that he was done forever (or something like that), he’s hit .314/.478/.570.
AvatarJay Jaffe
1:57
#fixed
NYTT
1:57
Is freddie Freeman the best 1B in baseball? Where would you rank him among the best hitters in baseball?
AvatarJay Jaffe
1:59
Coming into the year, i'd have placed Freeman just outside the group of Goldschmidt/Rizzo/Votto. I'm not sure than 1/4 season is a big enough sample size to dramatically alter that except to say that I'm fine including him in the top four.
wow, where does the time go?
Thanks for stopping by, folks! We'll do this again real soon. Like in seven days!
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