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Jeff Sullivan FanGraphs Chat -- 4/20/18
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Jeff Sullivan
11:01
Not for very long. Romo needs to be treated gingerly
Joe
11:02
Is Charlie Morton the 3rd best pitcher in the Astros rotation?
Jeff Sullivan
11:03
Over the course of a full season, I'd say fourth. But honestly, man, they're all SO GOOD. It's amazing
Erik
11:04
Harvey has a 3.62 xFIP. Strikeouts are up and walks are down. Why is anyone remotely worried?
Jeff Sullivan
11:04
High contact rate, doesn't get swings out of the zone. He's better than a 6.00 ERA, but he's not showing progress
mike
11:04
what's the market for Donaldson?  does the shoulder problems significantly reduce their expected return??
Jeff Sullivan
11:04
Absolutely, Donaldson's value is much much lower until or unless his shoulder recovers
LosDoyers
11:05
Has AL East gone back to the mid-2000s normalcy of 1/2 being REd Sox/Yankees, Blue Jays at 3rd and Orioles/Rays at the bottom?

It was fun when that order was upended from 08 onwards
Jeff Sullivan
11:05
I think the Rays will be all right for the foreseeable future, but definitely not on par with the cream of the crop
Stevil
11:05
Seattle has two terrible relievers, unproven options at 1B, and two left fielders coming off injury or surgery and bad second halves. Do you see them buying at the deadline (or earlier), selling, or being stubborn?
Jeff Sullivan
11:05
I genuinely don't know how they could buy. They don't have anything
11:06
Maybe they find a contract-year reliever, but I think they kind of stand pat and hope
Joe
11:06
Man, you really hate Bryan Mitchell huh
Jeff Sullivan
11:06
I was kind of high on him during the winter but I'm already about ready to pull the plug
tyler
11:07
I thought the modern way of viewing lineup protection was that the guy in front protects the guy behind by getting on base more often, is that wrong as well?
Jeff Sullivan
11:07
No, that's at least somewhat true and helpful
Provided the guy in front doesn't spend too much time trying to steal, which is a distraction
Bruce
11:07
Last night betances talked about a change to his sequencing which is helping him.This got me wondering, how much do we know about the value of sequencing?It seems to me like this is the final frontier of sabermetrics.
Jeff Sullivan
11:08
We don't know nearly enough about sequencing. It's extremely hard to study, and hidden in there is probably the explanation for why Jeff Mathis keeps getting jobs
All right, I need to get rolling
11:09
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
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