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Jeff Sullivan FanGraphs Chat -- 8/31/18
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Jeff Sullivan
11:01
Of course it's realistic and possible, but even the depleted A's are better than the Mariners are
Ozzie Ozzie Albies Free
11:02
Hypothetically, if I were to pitch in an MLB game, how many runs would be scored on me before I got three outs with the best defensive team behind me? For the record, I hit 61 on the speed pitch during a spring training game.
Jeff Sullivan
11:02
Not long ago Scott Kingery went out there straight-up lobbing the ball around 40 miles per hour. He retired three of his first six batters faced
11:03
Now, in the same game, Roman Quinn got destroyed, but even he finished his first inning having faced just six batters
11:04
It might go faster than you think
Matt
11:05
Is Roman Quinn's production sustainable?  If the Phillies think so, can you see them moving santana or an outfielder to make room for him?
Jeff Sullivan
11:05
Feel like he's probably seen as more of a fourth-outfielder type
And Santana would not be that easy to move, either
Vslyke
11:06
Is there any proof that young pitchers tend to wear out in the postseason? Newcomb (and to a lesser extent Folty) have struggled some recently, which could be a big concern for the Braves given their lack of other options.
Jeff Sullivan
11:06
Foltynewicz has been really good in August
11:07
Newcomb's mediocre peripherals are simply catching up to him
More experienced pitchers might be more skilled at keeping gas in the tank for the season's seventh month, but that feels just as likely to be untrue as true
Jake
11:08
Since the arbitrarily chosen cut off date of 8/3, Giolito in 37.1 innings has a 3.86 ERA, a 3.61 FIP, 26.5 K%, 8.0 BB%, and a 55.2 GB%. Do you see legit reason for optimism that he can be a solid starter, especially with the development of his changeup and the uptick on his fastball velocity?
Jeff Sullivan
John C.
11:08
do you think the Mariners are officially toast ?
Jeff Sullivan
11:08
no
Georgie
11:09
Rays don't seem to have much to go after this offseason (only need is a right handed catcher with michael perez). With the glut in the infield, seems duffy is best candidate to be moved. Does he have any trade value?
Jeff Sullivan
11:09
Not that much. Cheap two years of control, but not much more than an average infielder
Bo
11:10
Besides Folty and Gausman, who can the Braves trust to start in a playoff series?
Jeff Sullivan
11:10
Come on down, Anibal Sanchez!
tb.25
11:11
Any research on success (struggle) rate of top prospects shipped around? One hypothesis is teams sending guys they suspect won’t make it, other hypothesis is too many coaches saying too many things over short period of time
Jeff Sullivan
11:11
I lean toward the selection-bias argument; you're going to be selecting for top prospects whose teams don't believe they're so special
Like Francisco Mejia, for example
Will
11:12
The A's are good and badly need starting pitching, and yet they shut down Luzardo, who likely has the highest upside of all their SP options. Will the A's come to regret that? (Sorry for the leading question)
Jeff Sullivan
11:13
Last year, Luzardo threw 43.1 affiliated innings. This year, he's thrown 109.1. His past three times out in Triple-A, he's been mediocre
I think the A's are right to stick to their guns, on this one. If they really wanted, they could go get someone like James Shields for nothing more than money
11:14
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...sometime. I'm away at the end of next week. But until whenever we do this again, be well, and have great days
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