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Kevin Goldstein FanGraphs Chat - 6/28/2021
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Xcetera
12:48
Does Curtis Terry warrant a look at DH for the Rangers now that Willie Calhoun is out for a while?
Kevin Goldstein
12:48
Sure, why not. If you are where the Rangers are right now, you use this time to evaluate your own players and see which might be a part of a good version of the team in the future.
Bearry
12:49
In scouting, so often you get such short looks at players that I’m sure platoon issues get amplified or covered up by chance. How was that taken into account in FOs? Especially with a guy like Bader who almost doubled his RHP OPS vs LHP
Kevin Goldstein
12:49
I mean, you still have all the stats to go beyond the brief in-person look.
D Backs fan
12:49
Good call on Ryne Nelson. Has he shown he can maybe stick as a starter? Would you fastrack and move to pen?
Kevin Goldstein
12:49
Always saw a pen arm, but it's really good stuff. Maybe a five-and-dive type starter.
Loge
12:50
Team A and Team B are roughly equally good overall, but Team A has great run prevention with a mediocre offense, and Team B has a great offense with mediocre run prevention. Which team is more prone to a long losing streak?
Kevin Goldstein
12:50
Gut reaction is B, but I'm sure a smart data person could give you a better answer.
Aaron
12:50
Mad Max: Fury Road. Great movie, yes?
Kevin Goldstein
12:50
I mean, it's fine, good even, but great? Nah.
Steve O
12:51
Not to be reactionary, but is Gerritt Cole still an ace without the sticky substances?
Kevin Goldstein
12:51
I think he will be, yes.
Cob
12:51
Do you see Bobby Dalbec as a sustainable major-leaguer? If so, how does he fit into the Red Sox plans?
Kevin Goldstein
12:51
I don't.
Dalton Wilcox
12:52
What will the first salary cap # look like? $180 million?
Kevin Goldstein
12:52
I don't think you are getting one, nor should you.
Guest
12:52
Should Detroit go after Correa in the offseason?
Kevin Goldstein
12:52
I think any number of teams should.
Guest
12:52
I know you’d said there were likely to be 0 suspensions by the foreign substance rule. I’d like to hear your take on the Santiago situation.
Kevin Goldstein
12:52
We will see how it plays out. He's insisting it was just rosin....
Kevin Silverstein
12:53
Shocked and Appalled you don’t think Shawshank is a great movie. My question to you is: what constitutes a great film?
Kevin Goldstein
12:53
Um . . . personal taste? You love that movie, that's great! Enjoy it! I don't shame anyone for liking something I don't. I don't think it's good.
Spiders
12:53
PS: I'm with you on shawshank being over-rated. Some great moments, but the structure is long and shaggy.
Kevin Goldstein
12:54
And Spiders doesn't either....
Joser
12:54
Do players and owners have a good sense for how perilous MLB's situation is? The idea of a lockout when the sport is struggling this much is kind of baffling.
Kevin Goldstein
12:54
I guess I want to understand your "the sport is struggling" comment. I don't agree.
DJ
12:55
Assuming Eduardo Escobar is traded soon, do you expect the cost to be a decent amount higher than it would've been in another month?
Kevin Goldstein
12:55
Not really.
Loge
12:55
Too early to get excited for Keston Hiura again?
Kevin Goldstein
12:55
Probably...
Matt 2
12:55
Regarding the tools you value more/less compared to the consensus. Am I correct that you then prefer guys with limited raw power that have a high probability of maxing out their game power (compared to raw) due to good contact ability+plate discipline, as opposed to guys with huge raw power that have a lower probabilty to hit for all of their power in game due to concerns about the hit tool?
Kevin Goldstein
12:55
Yes.
Bort
12:56
Gittens is back to mashing like crazy in Triple-A. Should the Yankees trade him for something or give him the keys to the 1B position?
Kevin Goldstein
12:56
I don't think there's much trade value there. 27 year old, right-handed, bat-only power goof.
Dalton Wilcox
12:56
Jared Kelley or Mick Abel?
Kevin Goldstein
12:56
Abel.
DFan
12:57
Do you see CJ Abrams playing 2B in SD and them moving Cronenworth to the OF or vice versa?
Kevin Goldstein
12:57
I don't think they even know. You figure that kind of thing out when you have to.
Fayyaz
12:57
Which players did you most think "if only we could get him to Houston, we'd turn him into a star"? Put another way, who was on your shortlist of talented guys being poorly used?
Kevin Goldstein
12:57
Tons of pitchers. Colin McHuge was the first, Cole the biggest.
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