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Kevin Goldstein FanGraphs Chat - 12/13/2021
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Kevin Goldstein
1:12
ALL THE TIME. I know I certainly spent far more time trying to figure out mistakes than celebrate any successes.
KB
1:13
Why doesn't college baseball use wood bats?
Kevin Goldstein
1:13
Wood bats break, and good ones are really expensive.
Pat
1:13
When a guy is traded for cash considerations, how much cash are we talking?
Kevin Goldstein
1:13
Usually somewhere around the claim price. 25-50K.
1:15
Entering the final stretch....
Pat
1:15
On the rule where the 1st team to miss the playoffs gets the 1st pick- If there was a "generational" prospect at 1-1 (Strasburg, Harper), would a team ever "tank" to get that player as opposed to a 1 game play in with long shot odds to win the WS?
Kevin Goldstein
1:16
Probably. Any system is going to have scenarios like this. We just need a ruleset that tries its best to disincentive it.
Guest
1:17
Do FO have to put together a 1-5yr plan for ownership that details how they fill the roster and when they may need a bigger bump in payroll?
Kevin Goldstein
1:17
Not really with specific players, but certainly a path to contention (and more) with an idea of where payroll bumps will be needed.
KB
1:18
I remember when I was a kid my cousin sent a letter Pudge Rodriguez and he received this cool letter back from Pudge. Obviously it was just a form letter that was sent to everyone who contacted him but as a kid I still thought it was super neat. Is sending mail to players still a thing that fans do?
Kevin Goldstein
1:18
Very much so.
Guest
1:19
Theoretical stat line for Babe Ruth (if alive and in his prime) playing baseball today if he trained and was developed as he was in reality?
Kevin Goldstein
1:20
I just don't know. I wish I knew! But I just don't know. The 'trained and was developed' part is the real X factor. I feel VERY strongly that if you just dropped 1920s Babe Ruth into 2021 baseball, he'd struggle in the low minors, but how he'd do with modern coaching/development/nutrition/etc is a bit of a black box for me.
Matt
1:20
(because of the magical realism books question) Are you watching wheel of time?  What do you think of the show and did you read the books?
Kevin Goldstein
1:21
I'm not and I didn't. I like my magic realism to take place in contemporary times. I'm not a big swords and sorcery type.
Guest
1:21
Equivalence of what happened in F1 yesterday applied to MLB? Yankees down in the 9th in the 7th game of the WS but given a 3 run lead to start the inning?
Kevin Goldstein
1:23
I have no idea what happened in F1 yesterday. I have no idea how the NFL playoff races are shaping up. I don't know who's good in the NBA or NHL. I know the MLS championship game was over the weekend, but I don't know who played or who won. I can't name a single college basketball or college football player. Really, unless it happened in baseball or sumo, I just have no ability to discuss anything in sports on any level.
RFLMBillyFish
1:24
Does it feel to you that 1B defense is harder to learn than it's given credit for? So many guys get pushed there in late development but it looks really damned difficult to me.
Kevin Goldstein
1:24
[Ron Washington voice]: It's incredibly hard.
Danny
1:24
Do you think Joey Gallo could be the Yankees' semi-regular CF?
Kevin Goldstein
1:24
Can? Yes. Should? No.
Krusty
1:25
Building off the Babe Ruth question: how would a flamethrower like 1968 Bob Gibson fare if he was dropped into MLB in 2021?
Kevin Goldstein
1:25
4-5 starter is the gut feel answer.
Aearl00
1:25
Is there usually any consequences for people who are leaking info to the media or is it a generally accepted part of working in a FO
Kevin Goldstein
1:26
Depends on the team. I worked for a front office that played things very close to the vest. My rule when working with others in the front office was always I will trust you with confidential information until you give me a reason not to.
SJ
1:26
Estimate the number of times you've told somebody what you do for a living and they've responded "oh like Moneyball?"
Kevin Goldstein
1:26
273.
171
1:26
If you took Degrom and put him in baseball 50 years from now, how would he fare?
Kevin Goldstein
1:26
History tells us not very well.
1:28
Well, speaking of history, this chat is now history! Thanks for all the great questions and sorry for the little mid-chat rant there. I really do have fun with these and really do enjoy doing them, but in a world of awfulness, let's try to have a little fun when we can, huh?
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