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Kevin Goldstein FanGraphs Chat - 2/7/2022
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Kevin Goldstein
12:18
Bullish.
Carl
12:19
Having worked (I presume) alongside David Stearns, what would you say his strengths are that have made him successful as a GM/PoBO?
Kevin Goldstein
12:20
Patience. A real desire for a diverse set of opinions going into decisions. There's a level-headedness to him that I've always admired.
Broken Bat
12:20
Kevin, thanks for all the effort on these chats. FG got better with your return. I have a question that may or may not get too close to your past. I understand if you pass on this. Scenario: long time pitching coach with a good reputation and success announces his retirement. Within 10 days he announces he is new pitching coach for another MLB Team. Strange cadence. Thoughts?
Kevin Goldstein
12:21
You can just say Brent Strom. I don't think this one is as weird or conspiracy laden as you might think. I don't think he necessarily retired knowing he'd go to Arizona, but that's where he lives and they approached him and that was that.
Matt
12:21
Now that we’ve seen teams begin to rapidly increase the size of their MLB coaching staff, when (if ever) do we similar changes at the MiLB level? It seems like teams have 5-6 coaches max at the MiLB level. One area of particular importance would seem to be having individual catching, infield, and outfield coaches as opposed to an all-encompassing “defensive coach.”
Kevin Goldstein
12:21
We're already seeing it....
Bubba
12:21
You've expressed doubt on how good the publicly avaliable advanced defensive metrics are.  What do you think they are missing?
Kevin Goldstein
12:22
To be fair, I have doubt about private defensive metrics as well...
Moog Powell
12:22
Good morning Kevin -
Kevin Goldstein
12:22
Good morning Moog.
Trader Foe
12:23
If you were the Braves, wouldn't long term, trading for Matt Olson be a better move than re-signing Freeman?
Kevin Goldstein
12:23
Maybe. That's all one can really say. It depends on what Freeman's contract is....
three
12:24
How thoroughly do FOs examine free agents? Is it looking at position groups as a whole and trying to identify values? Is it poring over each player individually?
Kevin Goldstein
12:24
It is pouring, and I mean POURING over each player individually.
Dylan Higgins
12:24
Which Kathleen Hanna band/album should I get into first?
Kevin Goldstein
12:24
Bikini Kill is really great, but Le Tigre is epic.
Guest
12:24
what did you order last night?
Kevin Goldstein
12:25
Ceasar salad, Orichette with sausage and peas in a tomato cream sauce, and we split a piece of tiramisu.
Nat
12:26
I know that teams & players/agents aren't supposed to be in communication during the lockout, but do you think agents have been in contact with teams, even if its "under the radar"? What's stopping the Yankees from calling up Scott Boras and saying "Hypothetically, if you were representing a top-5 shortstop, what kind of money would they be looking for?"
Kevin Goldstein
12:26
I get questions like this a lot, and my answer remains the same. I think I'd be a fool to say conversations like this aren't happening at all, but I do think they're quite rare.
Jughead
12:27
I’ve read that the dh is a done deal. Is that you’re understanding?what about expanded playoffs? That seems to be what the owners want most. Would hope the players would tell them to pound sand on that as they’ll constrain spending if they know more teams can get in
Kevin Goldstein
12:27
Expanded playoffs is the biggest chip the players have and they know it. When they give the owners that (and I think they ultimately will), you will know that we are close to done with lockout.
Sumo is Cool
12:27
Thoughts on Jeremy Barnes as Mets assistant hitting coach?
Kevin Goldstein
12:28
I think he's a great hitting mind.
Spring training in AZ?
12:28
We're taking our kid to AZ next month and are not sure spring training will happen. Will there still be public spring training activities in a lockout?
Kevin Goldstein
12:28
TBD. Minor League camps will be going on, and the back fields are fun as hell, but as to public availability, that's up in the air.
Joe
12:28
I know your predicting 154 games, iirc. I’m sticking with 162 if for no other reason than shortening the season would require MLB and MLBPA to negotiate more (when to start spring training, how to reschedule, etc.), which you know would be awful for them. Haha. What do you think?
Kevin Goldstein
12:29
At a certain point, and we are rapidly approaching it, 162 just becomes impossible.
Appa Yip Yip
12:29
Favourite Pokemon?
Kevin Goldstein
12:29
Jigglypuff.
Wally Whitehurst
12:29
Did you feel like your career was limited at the Astros because you worked from home? Or did it not matter because you were scouting and on the road so much?
Kevin Goldstein
12:29
The latter.
I was also doing exactly what I wanted. My career was fine.
DJ
12:30
Jose Altuve made the jump from Double-A to MLB in 2011 despite not garnering much attention as a prospect entering the season. A decade later do you think a player like Altuve would be more highly regarded as a prospect today, or was it an anomaly that could happen just as easily now as it did then?
Kevin Goldstein
12:30
I think he would have been more highly regarded.
Guest
12:30
What is the industry opinion regarding the Draft League and Appalachian League?
Kevin Goldstein
12:31
That is wasn't very good, but it was also just the first year for it and there's a foundation there for something that becomes very good.
Inaccessible Rail
12:31
What went wrong with Brinson?
Kevin Goldstein
12:31
Can't hit? Sometimes it's not that complicated an answer.
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