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Jeff Sullivan FanGraphs Chat -- 6/15/18
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Jeff Sullivan
10:59
There's value in just keeping him around to make the on-field product more palatable
v2micca
10:59
Is there a metric that quantifies the value added by a player who consistently sees more pitches per plate appearance than the league average?
Jeff Sullivan
10:59
No, because it's not at all clear whether that's valuable at all
Kristen
11:01
TEX have anything that might get NYY to pry one of their stud AAA-SP prospects like Sheffield or Swanson loose?
Jeff Sullivan
11:01
Doubt it. Maybe if they paid literally all of Hamels' remaining contract
All Cats Are Beautiful
11:02
The Yankees have graduated Severino, Sanchez, Judge, and Gleyber in successive years. Plus additional guys like Andujar, Green, Montgomery. Is this unprecedented or is it just unprecedented to a Yankees fan?
Jeff Sullivan
11:02
One of my favorite old fun facts is that, between 1992 - 1996, the Dodgers won five consecutive NL Rookie of the Year awards
I don't think this is unprecedented -- it's just great, and, for the Yankees, very unfamiliar
Cwis Cwik
11:03
Thoughts on Jhoulys Chacin? Looks like a great value for the Brewers and his constantly changing pitches, pace, and delivery give him a fun Cueto-like vibe.
Jeff Sullivan
11:03
Been a lot better since a bad April. I've been meaning to check up on him a little further down the line, since I know he was sort of intended to be a Brewers experiment
11:04
Seemingly hasn't made any progress against lefties
But that slider is truly a wonderful pitch
Cheesesteak
11:05
If you were the Phillies GM, what would you do, assuming the team is in contention in a month?
Jeff Sullivan
11:06
I doubt I'd do anything major, but it kind of depends on how the next month goes. Would be interested in adding an everyday corner outfielder
Anthony
11:06
Benintendi's hard contact is down ten points, yet his slugging is up 130 points. How does that happen? Luck?
Jeff Sullivan
11:07
He's gotten better about selectively pulling the ball, but I do think lately he's just been playing over his head
Good player! And he wouldn't be the first quality BB/K guy to experience a power spike. But I think this is just a hot streak
Anthony
11:07
How much optimism do you have that Sano bounces back?
Jeff Sullivan
11:08
He'll be back in the majors, but I don't think he's going to be a star anymore
Hobbs
11:08
Is David Pertalta good now or is this just a hot streak? He's already 3 away from career HR total. You think he keeps his playing time when everybody is healthy and hits 30HR?
Jeff Sullivan
11:09
Peralta was a dangerous hitter before he started having back problems. If he's healthy now, it's not that much of a surprise that he's dangerous again
Anthony
11:09
What happened to Jonathan Schoop?
Jeff Sullivan
11:09
What happened to Rougned Odor?
11:10
Seems like swinging at everything is just a dangerous game to play
All right, I need to get rolling
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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