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Jeff Sullivan FanGraphs Chat -- 8/1/18
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Jeff Sullivan
10:15
Because I sure don't
10:16
Wheeler has a 106 ERA- and a 97 xFIP-. No one was going to go crazy
James
10:17
The WAR numbers on Gausman and Archer have been pretty tight. Do you feel the two players are actually that close? Incorrect perception of the two players lead to Archer being much more expensive or something else?
Jeff Sullivan
10:17
Teams love strikeouts, and Archer is the better strikeout pitcher. He's also historically thrown more innings
10:18
But I don't think it's a stretch to say that Archer is worse than his peripherals. And when you accept that, the gap does indeed begin to narrow
v2micca
10:19
What is the likelyhood that Gausman is Atlanta's opening day starting in 2019?
Jeff Sullivan
10:19
10-20%. Foltynewicz is good
Ian
10:20
Why do fangraphs writers always use R^2 instead of R?
Jeff Sullivan
10:20
Because I think R2 is more familiar to people
Zonk
10:20
Are the Brewers comfortable with their rotation?  Why not address this at the deadline?
Jeff Sullivan
10:20
The latter suggests the former, doesn't it?
10:21
The Brewers tried to get starters. They just obviously didn't like the prices, so they went for other upgrades instead. They're better now than they were in the infield, and they're better now than they were in the bullpen
Saw video of Jimmy Nelson throwing in the bullpen yesterday. He's the real wild card here for September
Ray Liotta as Shoeless Joe
10:21
How much sleep did you get last night?
Jeff Sullivan
10:21
Far far more than I got the night before
Wopaseft
10:23
The Brewers and Cubs are effectively tied, but the Brewers have played 4 more games. I assume this is more beneficial to the Brewers, but by how much?
Jeff Sullivan
10:23
Very very slight
Extra days will be good for the pitching staff, but once the September rosters roll around, the benefit is mitigated
10:24
Also worth noting our Playoff Odds page thinks the Brewers have the tougher average remaining opponent
Guest
10:24
Surprised the Yankees didn't go after a bat?
Jeff Sullivan
10:24
The Yankees lead baseball in wRC+
10:25
Neil Walker was already an extra bat, and if he doesn't do anything in the absence of Judge, well, that's what Voit is for
10:26
Voit is sitting on a 134 wRC+ in Triple-A
The Yankees don't really need much help
Guest
10:27
If you were GM of a team but could only have access to one piece of information about all players in the league, which would you choose: OPS for the current season, or age?
Jeff Sullivan
10:27
OPS, I think
stever20
10:29
Dodgers move of getting Axford seems a bit weak for their pen.  Are they just going to use starters in the pen like they did with Maeda last year?
Jeff Sullivan
10:29
Cingrani is coming back, and Fields is also coming back
10:30
Urias could come back in September, and Ryu could either help the bullpen or push Stripling into the bullpen
10:31
They already got Floro, who's been terrific so far, and Ferguson looks good
Ferguson as a reliever: 21 innings, 4 runs, 2 walks, 27 strikeouts
That's even better than I thought
Long story short, the Dodgers are fine
Q-Ball
10:32
The Orioles are rebuilding and accumulating IFA space and suddenly doing very un-Oriole things.  Is this a permanent change for the Orioles franchise?  Are GM/Manager changes in store?
Jeff Sullivan
10:32
Unclear right now what will happen with Duquette and Showalter, but it's obvious other forces have had an influence on the organizational strategy
10:33
So even if Duquette remains where he is, the team is going to be operating differently from how it did
HappyFunBall
10:33
In the 8th inning of last night's travshamockery of a baseball game, the Mets' broadcast team commenced reading directly from the team media guide rather than calling the action on the field. They began by recounting the 1969 postseason (because LOL), and the production team played the theme from Masterpiece Theatre in the background.

Should they get an award for broadcasting excellence, or be fired?
Jeff Sullivan
10:33
Make them all president
10:34
In a 25-1 baseball game, the priority is to entertain, not to call the game that was already decided an hour and a half earlier
Guest
10:35
It's funny that we lump the Pirates/As/Rays together a lot, while one of those teams has the best ballpark and the other two have the worst. Probably means a better ballpark won't change the team at all
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