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Jeff Sullivan FanGraphs Chat -- 2/15/19
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Jeff Sullivan
10:24
I don't think it's very realistic anymore given where we are on the calendar. The Red Sox won't want to shed a starting outfielder, and as the Reds go, I'm very intrigued by what we might see in center from Senzel
Poised
10:24
After these ace extensions with Nola and Severino. Do you think it makes sense for the Rockies to do the same with Freeland and Marquez?
Jeff Sullivan
10:24
Marquez, absolutely. Freeland, no
10:25
I mean, Freeland, yes, depending on the terms, but from the Rockies' perspective, I doubt you're getting Freeland at a major discount, given the ERA he just posted
With Marquez, you'd have a chance to sign him before he realizes he's already broken out
scooter262
10:25
Not sure why so many writers are mad at front offices for not signing big guys: isn't it also on the agents for not reading the current environment correctly? Nobody is going to give Kimbrel 6 years.
Jeff Sullivan
10:25
Yes, multiple parties are at fault
The rumored initial Keuchel demands were insane, if there was any truth to them
10:27
Remember when Ervin Santana was rumored to be seeking $100 million over five years?
He got one year and $14.1 million in March
The Electrician
10:29
Is there any reason teams have not put their players on the 60 day DL yet, if their timetable figures they will miss more than 60 days?
Jeff Sullivan
10:30
Maybe there's just no reason right now? If you don't need the spot yet, there's little incentive to free one up ASAP
10:32
Last year the Indians put Cody Anderson on the 60-day IL on 2/25. The Dodgers put Julio Urias on the 60-day IL on 2/23. The Braves put Grant Dayton on the 60-day IL on 2/14
Fat Tub of Goo
10:33
Would Padres be best suited to develop Tatis at 3B and allow Machado to play SS assuming they land Manny?
Jeff Sullivan
10:34
I think they'd be better off with Tatis at short, but if they had to do something like this in order to get Machado to sign, it would be worth it
tom
10:35
has fangraphs offered bryce harper a job yet?
Jeff Sullivan
10:35
No, but Scott Boras is still using us as leverage
JH
10:35
Do you watch college baseball in mid-february because it's the only (competitive) game in town on or are you content to pass your time with other pursuits while waiting for the major league season to begin?
Jeff Sullivan
10:36
The latter. And also, I'll watch some spring training, just to watch fun pitches
Ryan
10:37
The Red Sox have come out and said they want to give Betts a mega-contract. If that happens and they have to decide between Sale and Bogaerts, whom should they sign?
Jeff Sullivan
10:39
The accurate and annoying answer is that it all depends on the terms. Of the two, I like Sale a lot more, but god only knows what he'd be looking for in an extension
The Electrician
10:39
If the best 'pillow' contract Harper or Machado got was like, 1 year 35 mil, how much money would it take for them to consider taking a 1 year pillow contract in Japan? 1 year 50 mil?
Jeff Sullivan
10:40
Probably more like $60 - 70 million. Spending a year away from big-league competition would only raise more questions next offseason when they'd become free agents again
Paul
10:40
Is there any truth to a report that neither Bryce or Manny don't want to play for Gabe Kapler?
Jeff Sullivan
10:40
I don't know, Paul, but I doubt it
James
10:41
How much of this slow free agent market is just a Scott Boras power play?
Jeff Sullivan
10:41
Boras and Lozano
George
10:41
I've accepted the fact that the Dodgers are not getting Harper and i'm ok with that. Am I crazy?
Jeff Sullivan
10:41
No. The Dodgers are very good, Bryce Harper is only one player, and there are plenty of ways to be successful
Ginny
10:42
What do you think of Glasnow's changeup? He said he's going to throw it more this year.
Jeff Sullivan
10:43
The changeup he threw last year wasn't good, and it's not easy for someone with his arm slot to throw a good conventional changeup with consistency. Maybe he's made a grip tweak or something, but my expectations for the pitch are modest
Mike
10:45
Is this a new trend with arb-eligible players signing pretty cheap deals before they hit arb2/3?
Jeff Sullivan
10:45
Consensus opinion is that it's likely to be
Free agency has been devalued, at least in terms of the player perception, so players and agents are more likely to push for long-term security before they hit the market
tom
10:46
is the harper/machado scenario like the prisoners dilemma? if so, wouldn't the safest route be for them to collude with each other?
Jeff Sullivan
10:46
The problem is that their agents literally hate one another
Hae-Lo Dee
10:47
Does it make any sense for the Mariners to pick up Buchholz and open the season with a 6-man rotation?
Jeff Sullivan
10:47
Yeah, but only if they intend to stash Sheffield down in Triple-A
Otherwise there's no space
Phan
10:47
Been waiting on the other phils’ young pitchers to break out for a minute now. Any thoughts about whether they actually will?
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