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Kevin Goldstein FanGraphs Chat - 4/5/2021
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Together Royal
12:22
Is this offense this good or is this too small of a sample / Rangers are terrible?
Kevin Goldstein
12:22
Gonna be a long year in Dallas.
Mariners Mojo
12:22
Why won't they allow all draft picks to be traded, like they do in other sports? Is there some underlying factor that affects it?
Kevin Goldstein
12:22
There isn't, and I've always been a supported of allowing for the trading of picks through the first ten rounds.
Robert
12:23
Ohtani? Ohtani! Ohtani?!
Kevin Goldstein
12:24
It's absolutely remarkable, but I still worry about his ability to do it for an entire season.
Kiermaier's Piercing Green Eyes
12:24
You've opined that getting in bed with gambling is bad for the sport, right? The godawful Bally scorebug's ticker was apparently designed so that we can bet on the games in real time. I'm don't love the only TV broadcasts for many fans constantly telling people to gamble, to say nothing of the distraction and waste of vertical screen space.
"We designed it that way with [betting] in mind so that we could eventually insert propositions or betting lines or predictive gaming [elements] easily."
https://www.sportsvideo.org/2021/03/30/how-sinclair-pulled-off-the-gar...
Kevin Goldstein
12:24
I have not so opined, and I'm a bit of a contrarian on the issue. It doesn't really bother me.
Eli
12:25
Do you think that it is more the Orioles are decent, or are the Red Sox going to be as bad as they were last year?
Kevin Goldstein
12:25
Neither? I don't think the Red Sox will be a .500 team this year, and I don't think Baltimore will lose 100.
TKDC
12:25
You highlighted Sean Hunley last week. How do you view Brannon Jordan of USC? Sits 90-92 but is just striking the hell out of batters. Supposedly has a crazy spin rate.
Kevin Goldstein
12:26
Don't have an opinion at April 5th at 11:26 am CST, but you've inspired me to take a lookie loo at him.
Jeter
12:27
Are you personally for or against international player draft?
Kevin Goldstein
12:27
Against.
Jack M
12:27
Best arm in the draft not named Leiter or Rocker?
Kevin Goldstein
12:27
I'm a pretty big Ty Madden fan.
Chris
12:28
I don't know if you'd know the answer to this or not, but does the league actually have any intention of cracking down on pitchers using foreign substances, or is it all talk and no action will be taken to back it up?
Kevin Goldstein
12:28
I don't know the answer, but there was no sign of it during the opening weekend, when I saw plenty of arms going to the sticky stuff.
Matt
12:29
Did you see this coming for Merryweather?  His stuff looks dominant...
Kevin Goldstein
12:29
I did not, and yes, his stuff looked insane.
Tarheel_23
12:29
Hey
Kevin Goldstein
12:29
Ho.
Tom
12:29
Better prospect..Spencer Torkelson or Julio Rodriquez?
Kevin Goldstein
12:30
We have a Top 100 list. It's up. It's an ordinal ranking. Answer is right there for you.
Bettsbellingercaruso
12:30
If you were the Rockies GM how would you try to turn Coors into your advantage?
Kevin Goldstein
12:30
I wouldn't try. I would just try to build the best baseball team, regardless of park.
Eric
12:31
Michael A Taylor looked great in the opening series. and apparently made some swing changes, but being 30, there's gotta be a slim chance that he's due for a breakout, right?
Kevin Goldstein
12:31
He might be a good candidate actually. Swing changes are easy to see. Much easier and much more well connected beginning to the operation.
Heisenberg
12:32
Your Up and In podcast was phenomenal-I’m enjoying chin music but are there any plans to do to do a show that involves more prospect evaluations like up and in did?
Kevin Goldstein
12:32
Maybe! There will be more to talk about in that regard now that we have actual games.
BillOnTheShore
12:33
First off, the correct answer to "Hey" is "Yo." Just ask Razor Ramon.
Second, is there any chance the "Rio Ruiz, starting 2B" experiment actually works long-term (or at least for 2021) for the Orioles?
Kevin Goldstein
12:34
He has good hands . . . like I don't think he'll be good there, but I don't think he'll be a disaster either. Also, I had to google to find out who Razor Ramon was. That's a helluva haircut.
Jeter
12:35
Do you agree baseball has a 3-true outcome problem? Is it driven by the obsession with efficiency? What would be your change or two to remedy.
Kevin Goldstein
12:35
Certainly less action, but I don't have a fix for it that doesn't break the game.
Bernie,
12:36
Can eathan Small be a big time starter? 😄
Kevin Goldstein
12:36
He can be A starter, but 'big time' feels like a bit much.
Dee Arby
12:37
If Mick Abel got 20 starts this year, what do you think his stat line would be?
Kevin Goldstein
12:37
Like . . . in the big leagues? I don't know . . . six ERA. Major League baseball is insanely hard.
Get the shot!
12:37
Hey KG, I saw the Cardinals and Angels reached the 85% vaccine mark. Do you know if anyone is tracking which teams are above 85%?
Kevin Goldstein
12:39
Good question! I haven't seen anyone tracking it, but I sure hope it happens for all 30 teams. I got my first shot on Wednesday and shot two coming on April 28.
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