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Padres458
2:23
Machado vs harper, who ages better?
Meg Rowley
2:24
I think they will both be very good for a while; I think I'd give Machado the edge.
Darragh
2:24
I want baseball to have Premier League-style relegation so that teams will be less inclined to fully tank. What are the reasons this won't happen?
Meg Rowley
2:24
Tradition, the minors, ownership would have to sign off on it, and ownership wants the flexibility to engage in different amounts of winning or not winning.
CamdenWarehouse
2:25
Is your heat fixed?
Meg Rowley
2:25
Oh it sure is not. I am under three blankets. I have on a puffy vest. I have two space heaters going.
2:26
It is not good, but also, I am fine. I can always go sleep at my parents' if it gets really bad. Hard not to think of Seattle's homeless population, which does not have the luxury of any of those options. It is very cold here.
Stevil
2:26
Hey Meg, the free agent market for third basemen over the next couple of years is looking thin.  With talks of an Arenado extension heating up, along with Rendon and Washington looking to do the same, wouldn't it be wise for a team like Seattle, with virtually no third base prospects in the upper-minors, to try to find an under-valued/hyped player relatively soon to eventually replace Seager? Josh Fuentes, David Bote, and Louis Guillorme are a few that come to mind. What do you think?
Meg Rowley
2:27
That they'll grapple with that issue when they have to. Seager isn't going anywhere until his value rebounds anyway.
Don't worry-- Jerry won't hesitate to make a trade when the time comes.
Tom Brady Anderson
2:27
hey meg! If you had to describe why you love baseball in one sentence, what would it be?
Meg Rowley
2:28
It just lets you tell and see and appreciate so many different kinds of stories, stories that help us understand the world.
2:29
It's the damnedest thing, and something I'll never be able to sufficiently explain to my family, but it just makes me so happy.
2:31
I think it's why I've been so frustrated this offseason. There is an obvious moral question at play with how players are treated and how we reward work, and those are really important and impact people's lives, but really, I just get so much joy from this sport. And so many people in my life, people who mean a lot to me, are bound up in it, too. It has helped me find my way as an adult person. And it has never been peopled by more talented players than it is right now. Right now! That's what MLB is working with. And they are messing it up.
That was more than a sentence.
But I once wrote 1500 words on Archie Bradley pooping himself, so honestly, who is surprised?
Tom Brady Anderson
2:31
your thoughts on the Reds pursuit of Realmuto? would he position them for a Brewers-esque playoff run, featuring a great lineup and mediocre starting pitching?
Meg Rowley
2:32
Think they'd need more to really make a run at that division this year, but god do I love that they are trying.
Like, am I a Reds fan now?
2019 is so wild.
Sharp
2:32
I've taken my daughter, who is 4, to games previously, but being a 4 year old her attention span is limited and her favorite parts are the playground, the mascots, and the food.  For this upcoming season, when she's 5, what do you think are things I could do to explain the game to her better and spark excitement?
Meg Rowley
2:33
I can only speak for what has worked some with my niece, but getting her excited about home runs might help? Now, she'll cheer for either team hitting one. That's something you have to accept.
But when we took my niece to a game last year, she was the most attentive to home runs, because they came with fire works.
R
2:33
Rank your preference: SOTU, Super Bowl half time show, watching Nightengale's twitter on loop
Meg Rowley
2:34
What if I just stopped existing?
Kosch
2:34
32 degrees is cold for Seattle?
Meg Rowley
2:34
It was into the teens overnight and was 20 until about an hour ago, and also, I have no heat, so.
Vlad Jr.
2:35
What would a Spring Training extension for me look like?
Meg Rowley
2:35
A non-starter.
ChickenOfTheSea
2:35
Srsly tho, is there any way whatsoever - whether it's with the Reds, the Padres, the Dodgers, whoever - that the Realmuto deal doesn't end up making the Marlins look even more Marlinsy?
Meg Rowley
2:35
I think they're better positioned this offseason than they were last offseason to make smart moves. I do think we might feel a little let down by it because it has taken so long, though.
David
2:36
Mariners most likely to be traded? Encarnancion -> Leake -> Bruce?
Meg Rowley
2:36
Eh, maybe swap Leake and Encarnacion. I don't think Jay Bruce has a particularly active market.
Gil
2:36
I know it's just a sponsorship deal, but isn't it kinda weird to see Safeco become T-Mobile and Miller Park become literally anything else? It feels like somehow those names fit so well.
Meg Rowley
2:36
Don't forget AT&T becoming Oracle Field or whatever
2:37
It all just takes time.
When I graduated high school, I did so from Qwest field. It's now Centurylink. We all got used to it.
Ted
2:37
Is it time for Harper and Machado just to take a short term deal?
Meg Rowley
2:37
What incentive is there for that? Why would their markets look better a year from now, when they're a year older?
Ryan
2:38
We've seen players in the past complain that it can be hard to perform if they don't have a full spring training to prepare for the season.  Do you think Harper and Machado feel any pressure to sign soon for that reason?
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