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Jeff Sullivan FanGraphs Chat -- 11/9/18
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Chase
9:27
I'm torn on Ramos for the Angels (there's interest there according to the LA Times). He's had durability issues and Pujols/Ohtani are going to take on most of the DH responsibility, but Ohtani SHOULD be back to being a part-time starter and part-time DH in 2020 and I'd be surprised if Pujols was still on the roster by then, could open things up to help keep him fresh
Jeff Sullivan
9:28
The Angels need a catcher. Ramos is a catcher. Even with the Rays last season, he DH'd only five times. I wouldn't worry about the flexibility too much. When Ramos needs a breather, he just gets the day off
El Guapo
9:28
Am I the only person who liked when team were abbreviated NYA/NYN, CHA/CHN, etc?
Jeff Sullivan
9:28
No. And it's a source of frequent disagreement between websites
9:29
There's also, say, Kansas City. Are they KC, or are they KCR? The world might never settle
(I prefer KCR. I like three-letter consistency)
Shameless Texas Homer
9:30
So this might be a crazy/homer take but: The Texas Rangers should sign Bryce Harper. He can transition to 1B (Guzman isn't the long term solution there), he can be the face of the franchise now that Beltre is likely retiring, can play with buddy Gallo, no state income tax, new stadium next year, they have money. Plausible?
Jeff Sullivan
9:31
Every single team in baseball should have some amount of interest in signing Bryce Harper (or Manny Machado). The problem for the Rangers is, they're not good, and they don't project to be good for a little while. Harper's going to sign a super-long contract, and nothing will be knowable by the end, but remember that Harper has never seen an LCS in his life. Why wouldn't he want to sign with a winner?
9:32
The Rangers could come over the top, of course, and offer like $40 million more than the next-highest bid. But then you're talking about a potential huge overpay, when you're more of a mid-budget operation
Mike
9:33
Hello jeff.  Do not die.
Jeff Sullivan
9:33
In little danger at the moment!
Monsignor Martinez
9:33
What player do you think is the best 1-season wonder?  That is, a player who had one crazy good year, but had a pretty mundane career?
Jeff Sullivan
9:33
Hold on, I can do this with math!
9:34
Give me one minute
Well, probably two minutes
9:40
So I don't know how far back you'd like me to go
And I recognize this delayed the chat
9:41
I also don't know where the cutoff ought to be! But let's look at, say, position players who had a 5+ WAR season
9:42
Cito Gaston was once worth 5.5 WAR. His career WAR was 0.9
For all I know Max Muncy might end up a great candidate here
9:43
Garrett Atkins had a 5.4-WAR season, and a career WAR of 6.5
9:44
On the pitching side, Mike Norris had a 6-WAR season, and a career WAR of 8.5
He's the most interesting more recent candidate
I apologize for how long all of this took but I thought it was worthwhile to explore
Bill James
9:45
Joc Pederson for Dellin Betances. Who says no?
Jeff Sullivan
9:46
Yankees. Don't think Pederson's is that difficult a skillset to find
While Pederson has two years left and Betances has one, Betances is a special reliever, and Pederson is a platoon bat
Hae-Lo Dee
9:47
Who's the starting catcher on opening day for the M's?
Jeff Sullivan
9:50
Early guesses: Russell Martin, Welington Castillo, or Caleb Joseph
I wonder if they might have some way to get Kevin Plawecki. But I keep thinking about Martin, who's coming up to the end of his contract, and who wouldn't cost much beyond salary
Ozzie Ozzie Albies Free
9:51
World Chess Championships!! Woo!!! If people think baseball is slow paced....
Jeff Sullivan
9:51
It's really the commercial breaks that make professional chess unwatchable
That's why I always prefer to watch amateur chess
Not beholden to Big Corporate
Ryan
9:52
fun fact, DJ LeMahieu is 32ndin average EV but signficantly below average in barrels, hes in the same neighborhood as A/EV neighborhood as Mike Trout, Marcus Thames and others....wonder if he could be convinced of a swing change
Jeff Sullivan
9:52
Was thinking about this very thing just the other day
9:53
Now, LeMahieu is no youngster, and the other thing about him is that he's a true spray hitter. If he wanted to change, he'd have to change pretty dramatically, and he's been successful with the spray approach before
But you can look at LeMahieu and imagine the next Daniel Murphy. There's something there, untapped
Hae-Lo Dee
9:53
With the M's path, do you think they'll finally give Vogelbach a chance to get 600 abs?
Jeff Sullivan
9:53
No. Maybe 300
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