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Meg Rowley FanGraphs Chat - 11/27/18

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JimmyRay

3:04

Is Paxton still a 4 fWAR starter in YS?

Meg Rowley

3:04

Yes.

Trout

3:04

He's not getting traded, people.

Meg Rowley

3:04

Yes.

Playoff Stats

3:04

W/r/t HOF candidacy, players shouldn't be penalized for performing poorly in the playoffs, because who knows how well they should perform against top-tier talent? But they should definitely be rewarded for success in the postseason, right? Because expectations have to be lower, even if we don't know how much lower.

Meg Rowley

3:05

I think a strong postseason record can certainly be considered. The absence of one shouldn't ding a guy. Also, big Hall for all!

Meteorologist Mike Trout

3:05

Help me create a forecast of my career stats when all is said and done. Also, which hat am I wearing on my Hall of Fame plaque?

Meg Rowley

3:06

I think around all-time WAR leader (though maybe not actually all-time) and ummm jeez, can you wear an Eagles hat?

I think he ends up in Philly. I think they win some World Series. So Phillies?

AC/DC

3:07

What is the point of the Texas Rangers?

Meg Rowley

3:07

Some people work through their sadness using baseball.

Mike b

3:07

How frequently will you do these chats, this has been great and I appreciate your outlook on things.

Meg Rowley

3:07

I will continue to do them weekly.

Ben

3:08

Take a wild guess: next big name free agent to sign

Meg Rowley

3:08

Corbin

Trout

3:08

What does all-time but not all-time mean?

Meg Rowley

3:08

Close to but perhaps not surpassing.

TKDC

3:08

Compared to other sports, baseball seems to have the weakest problems. The NFL is full of concussions, the NBA is now basically played among 2-3 teams, and the NHL's product is still ice hockey. Baseball problem is that it's fans are older? Is that really that much of a problem?

Meg Rowley

3:10

I mean, there's a looming labor battle that may result in another strike, and the future of the TV deals, and an aging audience with a league that has shown itself bad at adapting to. Those aren't great.

IndyMets

3:10

I'm a sucker for a guy who plays his entire career in one uniform. I feel like there is value in keeping these guys around.

Meg Rowley

3:11

I like it, too.

But interesting second acts are also cool.

JimmyRay

3:11

Real name Margaret?

Meg Rowley

3:11

Megan. Just regular ol' Megan.

Margaret is my grandma's name, though.

Forearm Tightness

3:12

Angels pitching woes: Bad luck or something else?

Meg Rowley

3:12

I think mostly bad luck. Pitching is inherently just terrible for you.

Jeff

3:12

I'm very bored in my economics class. Is reading fangraphs and checking trade rumors on Twitter my best way to kill time?

Meg Rowley

3:12

Yes.

In fact, I can think of few better.

Nick

3:13

Hey boss. Just wanted to say, as a young software dev hoping to get into baseball, thanks for passing through all these jobs with teams lately - have applied to a couple already and continuing to watch out for more!

Meg Rowley

3:13

And there will be more coming! I have a few postings sitting in my inbox now, actually.

John

3:14

Okay, it wasn't *this* John asking, but what I think that John means is that maybe there's something people inside know about a top prospect who's been traded that, if the public knew, might lower his prospect status -- hence his team's (or, for Sheffield, multiple team's) willingness to part with them. Not saying I agree, but I think that's the idea.

Meg Rowley

3:14

Depends on the prospect. I am sure there is some of that, but most teams go in pretty clear eyed. There are players who get dealt because the org has soured on them, but often it's because they have a lot of value. And of course, it can be a mix of the two.

LosDoyers

3:15

Now we know taht certain teams are more "analytical" than others- but even among the so-called "analytics-friendly" teams are there certain characteristics of the players each club pursues in general?

i.e. what is the dividing issue right now in the analytics world?

Meg Rowley

3:15

I spend a lot of time talking to people in the industry about Houston's approach, both to scouting and employing scouts, and to player development, particularly when it comes to pitchers.

Chopin Lizst

3:16

Any suggestions what I should buy my mom for Christmas? I'm all out of ideas!

Meg Rowley

3:16

Time with you. Moms often like seeing their kids.

Faithless Friar

3:16

Padres fan. Uh, any optimism you can give me?

Meg Rowley

3:17

You have a really good farm system and a front office getting savvier and more analytically inclined all the time.