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Jeff Sullivan FanGraphs Chat -- 3/30/18
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10:53
when can I start the ji-man choi bandwagon?
Jeff Sullivan
10:53
I give it 30-40% odds that, over a full year, he'd finish with a better wRC+ than Eric Hosmer
Love me some Choi, even if he's on the worst roster imaginable for his skillset
Winker and a Nod
10:53
With Jesse Winker leading off and Billy Hamilton batting ninth, do you think the Reds' offense can carry the club to a respectable finish (around .500 or so)?
Jeff Sullivan
10:54
It's not the offense that's gonna have to do it
It's going to hurt an awful lot to go from Zack Cozart to Jose Peraza, as well
Jonathan
10:57
Settle an argument for me, does a pitching change count as 1 of your 6 allowed Mound Visits?
Jeff Sullivan
10:57
I'm not gonna lie to you -- I don't know. I haven't been able to Google an answer
The obvious guess would be no
10:58
Sometimes teams need to make a lot of pitching changes. That's not why the rule has been implemented
The rule isn't there to discourage pitching changes. It's there to discourage unnecessary conversations
Bill Rott
10:59
Can the Brewers keep either Ji-Man Choi or Jesus Aguilar? If so, which one?
Jeff Sullivan
10:59
Choi has an option remaining, so he can go down to Triple-A
Aguilar is out of options so he's in a much more tricky spot
Guest
11:00
Trea Turner is batting 6th in today's lineup.  Nuts, right?
Jeff Sullivan
11:00
They have a really good lineup
11:01
It's not clear to me that he's a better hitter than Howie Kendrick is
Julie
11:01
What could the Marlins do to not be the bottom of the NL East?
Jeff Sullivan
11:01
Poison the Braves
Rubber Sand
11:02
Thoughts on Nunez IPHR?
Jeff Sullivan
11:02
Denard Span hadn't played in a corner outfield position since 2009. I imagine he kind of got overtaken for an instant by his CF instincts
Bill Rott
11:03
What would you say is the main reason for the big discrepancy between fans' and projection systems' opinions on the Brewers?
Jeff Sullivan
11:03
Projection systems are slow to recognize breakouts. Fans are quick to recognize breakouts. The Brewers just had a bunch of minor and major breakouts in 2017
Addy
11:03
Trying to convince Blue Jays fans on Reddit that Josh Donaldson's career is not over just because he struggled on a few throws to first on opening day. I'm not worried for Donaldson's health, just wondering why the Blue Jays would think it's a good idea to let him play 3rd?
Jeff Sullivan
11:04
They're not anymore. Donaldson is going to DH until his arm is better
Josh R
11:04
a lot of hit by pitches yesterday. What do you think is really going on with this trend? I think it's more a hitter change than a pitcher change.
Jeff Sullivan
11:04
I think we have more two-strike pitches, which leads to HBP inflation, and I also have a hunch more pitchers are trying to work hitters inside in an attempt to counter the power swings
JOSE MARTINEZ
11:05
Boy can I hit, over/under I play in 75% of games?
Jeff Sullivan
11:05
Play in: over. Start: under
All right, I need to get rolling
11:06
So thank you everybody for hanging out, and I'm sorry for what I didn't or couldn't address. We'll do it again next week at the same time, and until then, be well and have great days
Happy baseball season!
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