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Meg Rowley FanGraphs Chat - 4/10/18
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Mark
1:21
Hi, do you know of site with a master list of ALL baseball contracts? Not just active ones, but every contract every given out?
Meg Rowley
1:22
In a consolidated place? Cots goes back a bit, though not that far. Beyond that, probably Baseball-Reference, though I don't know if you can query all of them at once.
Mc
1:22
Will a MLB team ever again elect to go with a deeper bench to counteract an 8-9 man bullpen?
Meg Rowley
1:23
I'd think probably, and if Manfred's recent comments portend anything, they might not have much of a choice.
Shawn L
1:23
Can you make sense of JBJ's -2 DRS at this point in the season? I know the its extremely difficult to compute, but -2 (although just slightly below average) doesn't match what I'm seeing.
Meg Rowley
1:24
I would encourage you to wait a while longer before looking at defensive metrics.
stever20
1:25
Why does baseball do such uneven schedules where you have Dodgers having D'Backs with 12 games by May 9, but Rockies with 0 games until May 20.  Wouldn't it make more sense/be more fair for them to be relatively equal?
Meg Rowley
1:26
I think probably works out fine most of the time.
Gavin
1:26
Concern level for Kevin Gausman?
Meg Rowley
1:27
I wasn't filled with confidence before, but I'd also point out it has only been what, nine innings, and the big difference has been home runs?
MARTin
1:27
Apologies about the King Felix question. Looks like Haniger and Cano may have good seasons though, amirite? 🙂
Meg Rowley
1:27
Hey look, friends again.
bleacherbeerbum
1:28
thoughts about the 4-man OF alignments employed by HOU. getting to cute, or sure to catch on as a reaction to FB-oriented hitting?
Meg Rowley
1:29
Don't think we've seen evidence it is too cute so far. Seems like a reasonable reaction to a guy like Gallo, though we should always remember these things aren't as novel as we think they are.
As with all shifts, there is a level that will be Too Much, though I wonder how much luck someone would have trying to convince Joey to bunt and not swing for power. He seems to like that a lot.
Sean
1:30
The Mariners look like they stumbled into a really good bullpen at least...
Meg Rowley
1:31
It has only been eight games, but they are currently 26th in bullpen FIP.
1:32
There is potential there, certainly. If you want to feel encouraged, check out how Nicasio's velo improved in his last outing. But it hasn't been a great time so far.
Vinbaka
1:32
Buying Bundy's start?
Meg Rowley
1:32
I am intrigued by Bundy's start. I also think I remember him starting strong last year before tailing off. But I am intrigued.
1:34
Ok, I have to get going. Thanks for all the great questions, and sorry for what I didn't get to. Today we get Severino/Sale, so that should be fun. Have a good day!
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