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Kevin Goldstein FanGraphs Chat - 12/6/2021
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12:45
how likely is Bryson Stott going to start at SS for the phillies this year?  Is his stock rising in your book? Phillies have to love how close he is with Harper
Kevin Goldstein
12:45
Stock is rising, and a 2022 debut is certainly in play, but I'd be pretty surprised if he was their primary SS this year.
Appa Yip Yip
12:45
The Jays made their biggest commitment to a reliever in the Atkins era with Yimi Garcia, do you think he has another gear?
Kevin Goldstein
12:45
I was actually kind of surprised by that one. I think he's a bit overrated.
Christian Colon for Men
12:45
When looking at free agents, how do front offices assign the lead negotiator? Does one guy focus on free agent pitchers or  free agents from certain teams (like is there a NL West guy?)
Kevin Goldstein
12:46
With the Astros, it was agent based. I had Boras and a few others. It's about relationships so we tried to keep that consistent.
12:47
To be clear, at a certain point with many deals, whatever the conversation is, it gets kicked up to the GM. There were only a few FA negotiations I did from initial talk to deal acceptance.
Jed
12:48
Baseball ops employee/intern ? Avg. # of hours worked per week for in-season vs. off-season?
Kevin Goldstein
12:48
Doesn't really change. There are crunch times, and in a normal, non-CBA year, November and December are big crunch times.
Sir Nerdlington
12:48
How many rounds should the rule 4 draft be?
Kevin Goldstein
12:48
20-25.
GBS42
12:48
I understand you're not very interested in awards voting, but Buck O'Neill's election to the Hall of Fame certainly has to be heartwarming for everyone as an additional recognition of his vast contributions to the game of baseball.
Kevin Goldstein
12:49
Absolutely. I learned last week that he was NOT in the Hall of Fame (yet), and was shocked by that. Glad it's fixed, even if it took way too long.
Mickey Minoso
12:49
If you had to pie chart hit, power, run, defense, throw how would it look?
Kevin Goldstein
12:49
Very different pies, depending on position.
MikeD
12:50
“They are putting a silly amount of time into the minor league Rule 5 draft coming up…”.  Is that going to even happen?
Kevin Goldstein
12:50
Yes. The major league rule 5 is 'delayed', but the minor league rule 5 is happening on time.
Ben
12:50
What was the worst part about working inside baseball
Kevin Goldstein
12:51
The quality of life can be taxing. I was basically  at minimum on call for eight straight years.
Appa Yip Yip
12:51
If you had a pie how would it look
Kevin Goldstein
12:51
Hopefully like a cake.
Derrick
12:52
Do you think international players will have to declare for the draft similar to NBA so they can potentially increase their stock as they get older?
Kevin Goldstein
12:52
No.
MikeD
12:52
What was Scott Boras like to deal with?  From the outside looking in, I’d hire him as my agent.
Kevin Goldstein
12:53
I dealt far more with his other agents, but they're fine to deal with. I found them very straight forward.
Sirras
12:53
If you were negotiating the CBA, what non-monetary or service time related change would you push for as a representative for the owners? For the players?
Kevin Goldstein
12:54
I just think we need to have a ruleset that encourages and even incentivizes teams to put their best 25 or 26 players on the field.
Ben
12:54
Do you think players right at the line who could get small major league deals but might have to settle for minor league deals (thinking Marwin Gonzalez, Travis Shaw, Daniel Vogelbach, etc.) are more likely to take minor deals during the lockout or wait for a chance at a big league deal?
Kevin Goldstein
12:54
Definitely wait.
MikeD
12:56
An article suggestion. Regarding the Scott Boras question, it would be interesting to hear a behind-the-scenes look about different agent styles, perhaps without using names. That’s a part few of us get to see.
Kevin Goldstein
12:56
I'll think about a way to do this . . .
Chris
12:57
Will the owners even engage prior to mid January? Won't this thing take like 2-3 weeks whenever the owners are willing to negotiate?
Kevin Goldstein
12:57
To be fair, I don't think either side is really interested in negotiating on December 6th. Things will pick up in January. To get spring training starting on time, they'd need to be done or have confidence in things getting done by 2/1.
A cat
12:58
Do you feel Bogaerts would be satisfied with the Semien deal, or would he expect the Seager AAV over a shorter (6-7 year) duration?
Kevin Goldstein
12:58
This kind of thing is really hard to answer. We can talk about contract values, but at the same time, there are some players who really really really want to get to free agency and go through that process and see all of their options.
Astros 2 - Texas Orange
12:59
Is Seiya Suzuki the play for the Red Sox? There's no way they really plan to put JBJ back in the OF full time, even to get his glove into the field.
Kevin Goldstein
12:59
I think he's the play for quite a few teams.
Mac
1:00
How difficult has it become to evaluate a reliever these days? It seems they can change their profile so quickly by adding a new pitch, improving a current pitch or changing their release point. What are teams looking at for an accurate evaluation?
Kevin Goldstein
1:01
Relievers are terrifying because of the amount of variance in terms of performance. Teams are very very focused on stuff when looking at pen pieces, as well as the kind of 'unlocks' that might make them better down the road.
Colb
1:01
Does Seiya Suzuki following the Red Sox (and no other teams) as well as Red Sox players mean anything?
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