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Meg Rowley FanGraphs Chat - 1/13/2020
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Sharp
4:45
If MLB went like the NFL and brought in partnerships with kids shows, who would you want?
Meg Rowley
4:47
In the booth? I think there are a lot of really dynamic young players who would be great. Put two active players and a youngish announcer in there to keep it moving and see what you get. Communicating to kids is its own skill, but I bet they could do it.
Guest
4:47
Was interested, then went to your twitter to find out more about you. Unfortunately, cliche liberal that attacks conservatives and cheers for censorship.Never mind, will ignore you in future.
Meg Rowley
4:48
I'm sorry, I just don't think we should do violent coups, here or elsewhere.
Anti-coup chat.
Blambino
4:48
Is the long ice age over with the Hendriks signing? Will we start to see free agency start speeding up, or are most teams still waiting on confirmation of the DH?
Meg Rowley
4:49
I think we at least see movement in the reliever market now.
Jon
4:49
Hello Meg, happy Meg Chat with Meg! Where do you fall on the "does Bauer deserve to beat Cole's AAV" argument? I have a tough time seeing him beat it even if he only wanted two or three years
Meg Rowley
4:52
I don't think he will - I know Cole really blossomed in Houston and I know the sticky stuff debate doesn't uh, exclude him, but I think his performance is more reliable, the highs higher, the economic conditions were different, and the persona less irksome. That last one won't carry the day, to be clear, but.
The Ghost of Wade Boggs
4:52
What are your favorite types of baseball questions to be asked? Team Specific, Big Picture, Things Related to Oddities, Rules and Rule Changes, Economics, etc . . .
Meg Rowley
4:53
I think a mix makes for a good chat - the "Player X for Player Y, which team says no" questions aren't my favorite, but they are preferable to fantasy baseball questions, which, look, I just don't know, friends.
Re: Nats
4:53
Hi Meg - can you clear up the differences between the ETAs for prospects on THE BOARD vs the RosterResource page? Do those reflect the assessments of different evaluators?
Meg Rowley
4:55
Much of what drives the ETAs on The Board is when a player has to be added to the 40-man in order to be protected from the Rule 5 draft, though there are exceptions to that. I think (I think!) that Jason is making more of a roster-need based determination.
Anthony
4:56
Trying not to get to excited over my hometown White Sox team chances in 2021. But Jeff Passan at ESPN mentioned them as the team to beat in the AL (although that too is admittedly shallow praise considering the two powers in the NL West). Should I let myself get excited or is this praise undo/premature?
Meg Rowley
4:58
Many free agents still to be signed, and the Depth Chart projections will change some when ZiPS gets folded in, but your excitement isn't irrational - we have them second in the AL, narrowly behind the Yankees (though also only narrowly ahead of the Astros and Twins): https://www.fangraphs.com/depthcharts.aspx?position=ALL&teamid=1
Jeff
4:58
Any thoughts on baseball fans' current role in labor relations between players and owners? I think the owners act so confident because the fans are so extremely on their side
Meg Rowley
4:59
I have a more depressing answer for you - I don't think the preferences of fans motivate ownership that much these days. That isn't uniformly true, nor true to the same degree where it is, and here I am distinguishing between ownership and baseball ops (though there isn't always daylight there!) but it's less of a driver than it should be.
Kate
4:59
Any idea when ZiPS wil be folded into depth charts and available on the player pages?  Thanks!
Meg Rowley
5:00
Very soon - Dan is just ironing out the kinks now!
Kiermaier's Piercing Green Eyes
5:00
For those interested in regional variation in squatting, The Atlantic wrote about it a while back.
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/03/can-you-do-the-asia...
I'm skeptical it matters for catching because it's not like squatting flat on your feet is a secret.
Adam
5:00
Would you say that with the current signings (and their dollar value), the "covid -> tough offseason for free agents" narrative has been proven wrong? Or is it still to early to tell?
Meg Rowley
5:02
Still too early to tell - think of how many guys are still unsigned! I think those who have signed have done better than expected, though since folks' estimates, including ours, assume a shit market, it's still worth asking if the deals are actually good.
Robert
5:02
Having trouble deciding if it’s even worth it to root for my Mariners this year. It’s nice to root for the kids, but there is also a glut of Flexen-type bodies, and ownership clearly isn’t interested in signing snyo
... anyone good. Thoughts?
Meg Rowley
5:03
Poor Chris Flexen! Flexen is interesting! His curve might work! It could be bad! But it is also different than it was!
5:05
I don't say that to say you have to like the Mariners this season. They will probably be pretty bad at times. I say that to say, leave poor Chris Flexen out of it.
I think you're very free to check in every now and again, see how it is going, and then check out.
It is ok to not tough out the rebuild. You aren't a worse fan or a worse person. You're just busy and only alive so long.
Fart Barfunkel
5:06
Do you think we'll see some random surprise trades of arb eligible guys before Friday's deadline?
Meg Rowley
5:06
Good question, Fart.
5:07
Not really, if only because the arb amounts aren't often that surprising, and because once a contract value is locked in, it's actually easier to trade.
David
5:07
When do you personally think you'll feel comfortable attending a game in person this season?
Meg Rowley
5:08
Depends what in person means. In the press box? Right away. In the stands? After we're all vaccinated.
5:09
Ok friends, I gotta get rolling.
Thanks for the questions, and I'm sorry for what I didn't get to. Tune in next week for the alien invasion!
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