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Jay Jaffe FanGraphs Chat - 6/17/22
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AvatarJay Jaffe
3:21
He's probably a second-division regular, a flyer in some trade for bullpen help. Your newest Pittsburgh Pirate come August?
person
3:22
"I did hear a rumor this week about a potential Hall of Famer who is ready to retire." Trout, obviously!
AvatarJay Jaffe
3:22
Nailed it
Dan
3:22
If you had six healthy but young starters you wanted to limit the innings on would you go six man rotation or have the two with the least endurance pitch on the same day and hope for four inning each?
AvatarJay Jaffe
3:22
I think I'd go 5-man rotation and rotate some of them through the piggybacking roles
Dan
3:23
Is Judge getting more WAR because he is playing center or is the fact that he's playing a harder position offset by the fact that he's better at the easier position?
AvatarJay Jaffe
3:24
his defensive numbers are pretty close to average at both positions but about half of his innings are in CF, which is giving his WAR a nudge. Not as big a nudge as hitting for a 1-freakin-9-6 wRC+ thoiugh
Guest
3:24
If deGrom was a reliever, could he consistently hit 105 MPH or so?
AvatarJay Jaffe
3:25
probably not even between trips to the IL
Guest
3:25
Realistic teams you could see pursuing Ohtani? It's easy to say every team will want him, obviously, but what about legitimate interest in giving him a historic deal?
AvatarJay Jaffe
3:25
The Mets and Giants would be my guesses for teams that could break the bank on him.
Too Sullen in San Diego?
3:25
Have you checked the box scores recently? They just put 41 runs on the Cubs in a series.
AvatarJay Jaffe
3:26
passing this along
3:27
not gonna share your PJ's-related story, erghammer, but yikes, that is unsettling
Guest
3:27
If Xander Bogaerts hypothetically got to 3,000 hits (say he stays relatively consistently and plays till he's 40) but had a lackluster WAR due to his defense, does he make the HOF?
AvatarJay Jaffe
3:27
3,000 hits will trump WAR, but it won't trump PEDs.
Pedro
3:27
I have a bet that I would kiss the plaque of Dwight Evans if he ever made it into the Hall.  Thoughts on whether the Veterans Committee will put him in?
AvatarJay Jaffe
3:27
He had a solid debut a couple years ago, and thus has a fighting chance
Aj
3:28
Thoughts on the candidacies of the three potential Hall of Fame Closers (Jansen, Kimbrel, and Chapman)? I know relievers are volatile, but I really think this season might be the death blow to Chapman, and I just don't trust Kimbrel. Would you say Jansen is most likely to get into the Hall or is this all just my recency bias?
AvatarJay Jaffe
3:28
The short version is that they'll all need to find another gear if they're going to get there. Right now I'm a bit more optimistic about Jansen than I was at the outset of the  year, and less so on the other two.
3:29
OK folks, lots of good questions still in the queue but I have done enough work for the week and need to go on a gallery walk.
Thanks so much for stopping by. Unless it's pouring i"m unlikely to have a chat next week as I finish out my Cape Cod stay but you'll probably see a piece from me on the site. Stay safe!
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