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Kevin Goldstein FanGraphs Chat - 2/7/2022
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Kevin Goldstein
12:44
I mean, how much can you push it back? November playoffs games are a bad idea.
12:45
You'd have to at least neutral site the World Series.
NotAA
12:45
I know you have said you aren’t a football guy but will you be watching the super bowl?
Kevin Goldstein
12:45
I'm making Cincinnati chili that day, because it's delicious, but I'll probably play Skyrim or watch a movie.
Jack B
12:46
Could the draft still happen if there is still a lockout? Relax, people, I'm not rooting for this just something I am wondering out of curiosity.
Kevin Goldstein
12:46
Yes, it would still happen.
Liam McPoyle
12:46
How would you "fix" Gary Sanchez?
Kevin Goldstein
12:46
By not having him catch.
Chamaco
12:47
If players not on the 40 man roster can play in the minors during a lockout, did that have any impact this offseason on players who were added to the 40 man or left off? Would a team leave a guy off the 40 man who might not be rule 5 eligible so he could play a full MiLB season/get more reps?
Kevin Goldstein
12:48
No decisions prior to the lockout were made with that in mind, as no team really expected a huge dent in the season.
Bob prince
12:48
Do you take it as a given that there’ll be an expanded playoffs? I.e. why is it that the players would have to give  something up? The values of the franchises are going up.
Kevin Goldstein
12:48
I think it's going to happen.
Mitch
12:49
Do teams do any work to determine WHEN is the perfect time to offer a free agent a contract? Is there some sort of a "sweet spot" inn the negotiation tactics? This may only be applicable to minor signings
Kevin Goldstein
12:49
Not really. It's very player to player (I say that a lot, but it's true!). Some players want to know where they are going as soon as possible, and some players are going to wait as long as they can for the best deal.
Smoke
12:51
Why didn't Justin Smoak hit?
Kevin Goldstein
12:52
Dude had a career 103 wRC+, and played in nearly 1300 games. He didn't hit?
12:53
I think expectations are kinda crazy at times. Smoak had a very good career. If you line up all of the 11th overall picks, he's near the 90th percentile, no?
DJ
12:53
Are minor league spring training games typically open to the public? If not, do you think that could change this year?
Kevin Goldstein
12:54
Generally yes, yes they are.
Mike B
12:54
How did the house hunting go? find anything you liked?
Kevin Goldstein
12:54
We did, but it was contingent within hours of us first seeing it.
Frank Thomas the Tank Engine
12:54
What % of your time at the winter meetings was spent in the team war room, presentations/group meetings will all the teams, private meetings with other team's representatives, private meetings with agents, and other?
Kevin Goldstein
12:54
75% in the room. really just a few meetings (sometimes in suites, sometimes more formally in the lobby or a bar) with agents.
Frank Thomas the Tank Engine
12:55
Did you visit other team's offices?  Which team had the best setup (in terms of offices)?
Kevin Goldstein
12:55
I did not. I have seen very few teams physical offices.
Frank Thomas the Tank Engine
12:55
If you were on the road at major league games, would the host team give you an office or work area if you needed one?
Kevin Goldstein
12:56
No. Hotels and stadium suites are fine.
JC
12:56
Could a team add a series of $1 million player options to a contract to lower the AAV for luxury tax purposes, knowing the options will be declined?
Kevin Goldstein
12:56
Nope.
JC
12:56
I hear all this hype of drafting a lefty pitcher. Why does it matter if a starter is lefty or righty?
Kevin Goldstein
12:57
It matters in a bad way, right? Lefties are cool, but more hitters are RH than LH, so lefties actually have a more consistent platoon disadvantage. This doesn't get talked about enough, actually.
Dave
12:57
What would your preference be for the playoffs, no off days like in 2020 or the format in place now with multiple off days.  I really liked the pandemic playoff  format in that you had to use your whole pitching staff.
Kevin Goldstein
12:57
I really liked it as well, but don't think we're going to get a repeat of it.
Jeff
12:58
If a player not on the 40 man roster gets called up to the Major league team does he then need to be added?
Kevin Goldstein
12:58
Absolutely.
Mitch
12:58
Did the astros ever get a strong trade offer for one of their core players (when they were WS contenders) that really made the FO consider doing it? Even though it would have really stirred things up in the fanbase
Kevin Goldstein
12:58
Yup.
RFLMBillyFish
12:58
LHH vs RHP splits ... when a guy really crushes MiLB lefties, what are the red flags that performance won't translate against MLB lefties?
Kevin Goldstein
12:59
Honestly, when a guy really crushes MILB lefties, I'm more concerned with his inability to hit RHP.
Mitch
12:59
Did the Astros have certain "focuses" when it came to scouting that they believed would set them apart from other teams?
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