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Jeff Sullivan FanGraphs Chat -- 8/10/18
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Jay
9:52
What do you think the chances are that the Angels move Kole Calhoun this month?
Jeff Sullivan
9:52
Just about 0%. They want to be competitive in 2019
9:53
They know they can't give up on a year while they still have Mike Trout under contract
David
9:54
Should the Padres promote Luis Urias?
Jeff Sullivan
9:55
He's their best second baseman, but he's also not on the 40-man roster. Personally, I wouldn't be put off by that
In other words, yeah
mmddyyyy
9:56
Good baseball examples of correlation =/= causation?
Jeff Sullivan
9:56
I bet, if you looked at it, the Rays' home winning percentage goes down as their attendance goes up
Because they draw their biggest crowds from playing the Red Sox and Yankees
I don't know why that's what came to me first
9:57
Teams win more often when they wear white jerseys
David
9:59
Thoughts on Jacob Nix starting tonight?
Jeff Sullivan
10:00
Safe, because he's a strike-thrower. Probable lower ceiling, because he doesn't miss bats
Honestly, it's just fun to see different names in the Padres' rotation. It's been largely so boring
Tyler
10:01
Betts went from 7 fwar to 7.5 fwar in one night.  How is that possible this late in the season?
Jeff Sullivan
10:01
He went 4-for-4 with a cycle and a walk
10:02
Yesterday he was worth 0.4 WAR via his hitting alone https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y...
Mitch Haniger was worth 0.3
mmddyyyy
10:04
Could teams put some type of PED language into contracts?
Jeff Sullivan
10:04
Can't imagine the union would allow it
Can't imagine the agent would allow it to be signed
10:05
There's already a joint drug agreement. Anything related to PEDs should be collectively bargained
All Cats Are Beautiful
10:05
Are the Yankees going to blow past the salary cap next year? Or is the current plan of staying under (or perhaps juuust over) their new normal?
Jeff Sullivan
10:06
I think the whole idea has been to drop under the threshold once, so as to reset the penalties
The Yankees aren't going to stay around $190 million forever. They can easily afford a payroll twice that
Daniel Carroll
10:07
Would you answer these questions any differently if you knew that the people who are posing as players were actually the players themselves?
Jeff Sullivan
10:08
No question
I'd be a lot more thoughtful in my responses
Although I don't really know why. What has any random baseball player done to deserve my respect?
10:09
More than any of the readers, I mean
Guess I'm just a suck-up
Maybe if I'm nice they'd give me some money
Dave
10:09
Do the Padres promote Mejia soon?
Jeff Sullivan
10:09
You tell me, Dave. You're the one who works for them
mmddyyyy
10:10
Are there any players who consistently overperform their peripherals?
Jeff Sullivan
10:10
For hitters, really fast guys
They sometimes blow away their expected wOBAs
10:11
For pitchers, you've got some fly-ball guys. And some weirdos, like Brad Ziegler
10:12
Hell, Julio Teheran has a career 93 ERA- and 108 FIP-
Why? I don't know!
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