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Jeff Sullivan FanGraphs Chat -- 1/19/18
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Jeff Sullivan
9:17
Looks to me like it's the rotation
Hack Wilson
9:18
If the Twins land Yu Darvish are the a WC favorite? What else can/should they do to strengthen their pursuit of the Indians?
Jeff Sullivan
9:19
Even with Darvish, I think the Twins are a ways back of the Indians, and I still wouldn't think they're as good as the Angels, who look like the best WC2 contender. Doesn't mean, of course, the Twins would be screwed -- we'd be talking about some narrow margins here. They mostly just need the lineup to keep up its improvements from last season and it helps to have three bad teams in the division
Jorge
9:20
Besides the Padres and brown, what's the one throwback that a team is overdue for returning to?
Jeff Sullivan
9:20
I'm biased, but Mariners/trident
anonymous applicant
9:20
when do I get my rejection notice? the non-suspenseful suspense is killing me!
Jeff Sullivan
9:20
I'm not actually involved in the hiring process, but there were several hundred applications sent in, and every single one of them is being read. So it's taking a while
Expect a resolution within...two or three weeks?
Colin
9:21
Dave said Dellin Betances was the most likely player to be traded in the offseason.  Do you think that will still happen?
Jeff Sullivan
9:21
Not anymore. Change at manager probably made a difference
Dan
9:21
Do you think any free agents will actually hold out into the season?
Jeff Sullivan
9:21
Not because they want to
Donaldson Ducks
9:21
Thoughts on Dave leaving for San Diego?
Jeff Sullivan
9:22
I talked a lot with him throughout the process and the Padres really did make it impossible for him to turn the opportunity down. I know he never imagined leaving FanGraphs for a team, but it was simply too good to pass up. I was nervous about losing him as a colleague, given that he's served as the face of FG, but now I'm confident that we'll be fine, in large part because I love having Kiley back
9:23
And now instead of being a friend and a coworker, Dave is a friend and a source!
9:24
Impossible to know how well it will all go for Dave, but I believe in him as a department manager
Santo
9:24
If Ervin Santana (34 yrs old) can get another 500 Ks in 4 years before retiring, he will finish Top 50 career Ks in the history of baseball! Ervin Santana!
Jeff Sullivan
9:24
God bless the strikeout era!
Jim
9:24
Jeff, cool chart with the player WARs sorted by first name. But you gotta freeze the header row, man!
Jeff Sullivan
9:25
That process was all Ben. Complain at Ben!
Jason
9:25
When will the first major free agent sign, and how quickly will the rest of the dominoes fall after that?
Jeff Sullivan
9:25
I'd say that Carlos Santana and Wade Davis kind of count as major free agents
9:26
But my gut feeling is that Hosmer will make a decision before too terribly long. And there will be a run on free agents in the weeks leading up to the start of ST
Brandon
9:26
Saw a BP writer say he prefers robles over acuna. why is he definitively wrong
Jeff Sullivan
9:27
He's not
Mike M
9:27
Next 10 years - Ian Happ or Andrew Benintendi. Who ya got?
Jeff Sullivan
9:27
Benintendi
Lunar verLander
9:27
Smart move by you to turn off the hot stove while you were on vacation. You can turn it back on anytime you'd like.
Jeff Sullivan
9:27
Thanks! But I still have to get resettled. Maybe next Wednesday or Thursday
Eric
9:28
How much PA do you think Chris Taylor gets next year?  And can he roughly repeat his 2017?
Jeff Sullivan
9:28
His actual 2017 was presumably over his head, but he's going to play as a near-everyday player, and he'll be a good one. Probably something like 3 WAR, give or take
FL IBWIP
9:29
Happy Friday Jeff! Who is more likely of the three young shortstops listed to breakout at the plate this year? Tim Anderson, Orlando Arcia, or Addison Russell. My money is on Arcia if he is moved up in the lineup.
Jeff Sullivan
9:29
I'll give Arcia a slight edge over Russell, with a gap between them and Anderson
Michael Kopech
9:29
Am I going to be in the majors before June? And how much WAR will I rack up by the end of the season?
Jeff Sullivan
9:30
I would expect Kopech more around August or so, but if he's up before June, it's because he's learned to throw consistent strikes, and has become unhittable
Scott
9:30
If you were the Giants, would you feel okay with Chris Stratton as your #4 starter?
Jeff Sullivan
9:30
I haven't actually written it yet because, you know, Chris Stratton, but I see things in there to like just fine for a back-of-the-rotation starter
Don't think there's a huge difference between Stratton and Tyler Chatwood
Pie
9:31
I was also in Patagonia last week. I expected to see you, but then I realized it's a massive place and also I don't know what you look like
Jeff Sullivan
9:31
I look like every other tourist in Patagonia. But I will say that while it is indeed an enormous place, most people collect in like the same three or four spots
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