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Meg Rowley FanGraphs Chat - 4/17/18
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Jon
12:21
I too enjoy your rapport with Carson. Two odd souls bonding over weirdness (I mean this in the best way)
Meg Rowley
12:22
Carson is a delight. I am consistently grateful that I get to work with a bunch of smart, kind, weird baseball folks. It is low key the best part of this job.
Rock Kickass
12:22
Where would Meg Rowley hit in the FG Beer League Softball batting order?
Meg Rowley
12:23
I am a diligent scorekeeper.
9th.
Rob
12:23
Are you concerned about Stanton's performance this year?
Meg Rowley
12:23
Nope.
The line is weird right now, certainly.
12:24
But quietly, he is at the moment a slightly above average hitter. Power makes up for so much.
12:25
I do feel for him, though. Even with the spike in strike outs, the way he's not being great is the way I think fans hate the most, even if the overall picture tells something different.
John S
12:25
do you think it gets lonely being the Mariners? wouldn't it feel better for all in a revamped national league west?
Meg Rowley
12:26
What benefit do you get swapping Oakland for San Francisco?
Carlos Slamtana
12:26
Will I be ok?
Meg Rowley
12:26
You are hitting the ball so hard right now! And have so little to show for it! I think you will be just fine. But you must be so annoyed.
Duffy
12:26
In a 5 x 5 roto league would you trade Nelson Cruz for Bundy, Castellanos, and Andrew Miller?
Meg Rowley
12:27
I beg of you, only because I am sure you are a nice person who deserves good advice, to ask the fantasy guys.
54
12:28
Do you ever get the urge to just stomp around and declare in your best cro-magnon voice "ME GROWLEY" before your first coffee of the day?
Meg Rowley
12:28
How do you think I wake up?
Justin
12:29
Didi Gregorious, good hitter now?
Meg Rowley
12:29
Maybe not this good, but the plate discipline improvements are encouraging and very soon, should they stick, we might even call them real!
Sean
12:30
Did Stanton bite off more than he could chew? New league, no permanent position, warm weather to "cold weather" city, no fans to crazy fanbase...that's a lot change to digest.
Meg Rowley
12:30
He really will be fine, so no.
12:31
The warm weather to cold weather city thing is such a funny perceived change to me. Sure, NY right now is colder, but the Bronx in August isn't an ice box and it isn't as if the Marlins only play in Miami.
pH
12:31
Is Ben Gamel the starting LF for the Mariners by this weekend?  Why are they waiting to call him up?
Meg Rowley
12:32
They've said it is because of the match ups and also because, well, they signed this Ichiro guy, and now they're in a roster pickle
Largest Adult Son
12:33
How does one go about submitting an article for THT?
Meg Rowley
12:33
My contact info can be found here: https://www.fangraphs.com/tht/who-we-are/about/
12:34
And I would suggest submitting a pitch for an article first.
Gordon
12:34
Are there 10 players in beer softball? Name the person you think would hit behind you Meg!
Meg Rowley
12:34
I need more coffee
Dan
12:35
While the Mets start has been impressive, the Braves would have the same record would were it not for a bad slide, Vizcaino meltdown, and weather. They also hold one of the best (and young) offenses in baseball with Acuna on the verge and an impressive crop of pitching prospects. Why aren't the Braves getting more publicity for their impressive play and blossoming future?
Meg Rowley
12:36
Because a lot of people don't think about baseball in terms of Pythag or BaseRuns records, and the perception of where they each are in the competitive cycle is different.
12:37
Also, people are, I think understandably, more inclined to believe in a rotation that is here rather than one that is promised
Billy Beane
12:37
I think re: the Mariners it would be better for the Rockies to be in the west with the A's and an expansion Portland team.
Meg Rowley
12:38
Well the Rockies are now the M's "natural rivals" in inter league play, so they get a series there anyhow.
Burt Reynolds
12:39
What are your thoughts on B Nimmo? Is he getting over hyped or is his plate discipline really elite enough to even make the Mets realize he needs to play in the MLB?
Meg Rowley
12:39
Free Nimmo imo.
Sean
12:40
Could baseball players realistically change their collective temperament and play the game in a more gentlemanly fashion (eg, no takeout slides, no running into the catcher, no throwing at guys)? Do you think it's a cultural or structural thing?
Meg Rowley
12:41
I don't think it is a gentlemanly thing. I think it is a human thing. I think because we still see fits of nonsense that we sometimes forget how much less nonsense there is than there used to be. Some progress is being made!
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