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Meg Rowley FanGraphs Chat - 3/3/2020
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Meg Rowley
2:47
(plus assuming marital status isn't a typo issue)
Logan
2:47
Fair enough.  And let us both hope those sending pitch emails are making better pitches than Weber and his 5.04 career ERA.
Meg Rowley
2:47
Indeed - rough enough out there for freelancers.
Appa Yip Yip
2:47
The service time manipulation accusations have already started with regards to Nate Pearson but he has less than 150 pro innings pitched, and this is all based on 3 (very fun) spring training innings. Is there meat on this bone or are fans just being (rightly) cynical about team motives?
5 Run Homer
2:47
The Jays are starting Pearson in AAA, and that's super lame. That's all I have to say
Meg Rowley
2:50
It seems a little less egregious than say, the pre-injury decision for Vlad Jr. - Pearson has had some non-arm related injury stuff and going into last year, there were questions about what the velo would look like when he came back, but I think being cynical about FO's approach to this stuff is almost always reasonable.
Given some of their other comments on years of control, they might just tell us though.
Joseph
2:51
thoughts on the Rangers rotation?
Meg Rowley
2:52
That they are going to have one of the better ones in the AL, even if I think some of their offensive deficiencies might make the team win fewer games overall than would be fun to expect.
Bort
2:52
If Sale is seriously injured, the Red Sox should revisit that Myers/Quantrill deal, right?
Meg Rowley
2:52
I'm not sure that I'm convinced that the Red Sox are affecting an especially competitive posture this season.
Morbo
2:52
how is craig such a prolific writer?
does he subsist solely on caffeine and baseball?
Meg Rowley
2:54
Craig is good at his job in a lot of different ways, but I think one of the ones that addresses your question is that he has a really, really good sense of topic selection. Part of being able to write so much is not wasting time on topics that go nowhere.
TomBruno23
2:54
How many of those team previews do you see on the schedule and think, "Do we really need to spend X amount of minutes talking about this team?" Looking at you, Royals.
Meg Rowley
2:56
So as people who enjoy talking about prospects and player dev, the really rough ones are the teams that have nothing going on at the major league AND minor league levels. Those are the ones where Ben and I do a lot of "so, anything else?" in gchat. But we've been fortunate to have good, engaging guests, so none of them are a total drag.
Walker
2:58
Will Betts' next contract be smaller or larger than the contracts of Bryce Harper and Manny Machado?
Meg Rowley
2:58
I think larger - he's older than they were when they signed their deals, but he's also better.
Dave
2:58
No one should have ever let Ben know he could take a vacation from the pod, now he's doing to regularly!
Meg Rowley
2:58
Don't worry, Sam and I will hold down the fort this week.
2:59
And just think - if Ben rests, he'll live longer, and that means more pod.
Beeks
2:59
Which division do you think will be most fun/interesting to watch in 2020?
Meg Rowley
2:59
Very excited to watch the NL East, very excited to watch the NL West.
Dave
3:00
Speaking of topics that go nowhere, when can we expect a piece writen by you?
Meg Rowley
3:00
Ohhh sad, looks like we're out of time!
3:01
I gotta get rolling.
If you're going to be in the greater Phoenix area next week, come by our meetup!
3:02
Until then, have a good week, wash your hands, and (if applicable) go vote.
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