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Kevin Goldstein FanGraphs Chat - 2/28/2022
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Johnny Rico
12:47
Are there any non-former players as head of Player Devs?
Kevin Goldstein
12:47
Most.
Jason
12:47
I've heard scouts say prospect lists are bull excrement and many writers have the same sources so it often turns into a lot of groupthink that is only marginally representative of how people inside the game value the players. As someone who has been inside the FO and written a prospect list what is your perspective?
Kevin Goldstein
12:47
I think our list is an excellent combination of how the industry sees these players, but that individual teams would have wildly differentiating lists.
Sirras
12:48
Are you at all surprised by the number of players reported to be routinely at the bargaining meetings?
Kevin Goldstein
12:48
Not at all.
Kretin
12:48
What are the chances of the entire season being canceled?
Kevin Goldstein
12:48
0.074912381238%
Jack B
12:48
Re: first job in baseball: Public
Kevin Goldstein
12:48
Baseball America.
Mets fan
12:49
How common is VR in player development?
Kevin Goldstein
12:49
Still rare.
jimmy
12:49
if you were god emporer of the world and by extension baseball, what would be our alternative to having "owners" of baseball teams?
Kevin Goldstein
12:49
I mean, there's a reasonable public trust argument to be made, but it's a waste of time because it's never going to happen.
Guest
12:49
Fastest baserunner you've ever seen?
Kevin Goldstein
12:49
I think Billy Hamilton.
Topher
12:50
when did you figure out you wanted to have a job in baseball?
Kevin Goldstein
12:50
I don't know. My career has been a very go with the flow kinda thing, and find things I want to do.
Monday Maniac
12:50
Mike Trout's 2010s dominance has to be up there pretty high in all-time great decades, right?
Kevin Goldstein
12:50
I mean, are there people who don't think that?
14343
12:51
Hey KG. I remember when the Stros were close to landing Harper (in '19?). Would you mind expanding briefly on what was the package Houston was planning on sending over? And perhaps what went wrong?
Kevin Goldstein
12:51
It would be bad form to talk about the package, but I was sure that deal was done.
heat
12:51
Will someone throw 107 in a MLB game in the next 20 years?
Kevin Goldstein
12:51
I don't know! There has to be some upper limit of just what is capable physically. It's a better question for a bio-mechanist, of which I am not.
171
12:52
I recently looked up Byron Buxton's height and 6'2" can't be right, can it?
Kevin Goldstein
12:52
Why is that not right?
jimmy
12:53
if you can't answer what the package for bryce was, can you indicate if it in retrospect it would have made the nationals much better today?
Kevin Goldstein
12:53
Not really!
Yankees
12:54
Does Gary Sanchez ever return to 2017 Gary?
Kevin Goldstein
12:54
Probably not.
Mike
12:54
how do you like your coffee?
Kevin Goldstein
12:54
Iced.
Sean
12:55
Let's flip the Trout question around... were there any Astros that you were told from higher up that were not ever to be discussed in trades?
Kevin Goldstein
12:55
No.
Josh
12:56
How good of a handle do front offices have on their own prospects? Is everyone in the front office up to speed on 30 players? 50? 100?
Kevin Goldstein
12:56
Different people have different depth. Some would be 30, some would be 150+.
Jeff
12:56
On Charlie Morton:
  1. Is he really as phenomenal a guy as the media seems to suggest?
  2. Who in the Houston system was most responsible for his 2017 emergence as a dominant starter? Just a shocking late-career turnaround for the guy
Kevin Goldstein
12:57
Yes; a combination of scouts, front office led analytics and pitching coaches.
Nate
12:57
So were you the actual point guy on that Harper deal? I'm a little curious about how this all played out now...bet that was a bummer when that fell through
Kevin Goldstein
12:57
Nah. That's way too big a deal for me to run point on. I was advising.
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