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Meg Rowley FanGraphs Chat - 5/1/18
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Meg Rowley
12:00
Hello, and welcome to  the chat!
12:01
There are roughly 200 Dodgers questions in the queue. And we will get to many of them! But first...
CamdenWarehouse
12:01
What's next for the Mariners and Ichiro and when does it happen?
Meg Rowley
12:04
I imagine a somewhat painful parting is imminent. Heredia isn't an All-Star but he is clearly a better option at this point than Ichiro, even just as a defensive replacement.
12:05
I was always concerned about how this was going to end. I don't think it will cast a shadow for too long (Ichiro has to be aware he isn't playing super well) but it's a bummer of a footnote to add to a franchise legend's story.
Q-Ball
12:05
It is now May....so, can Nats fans officially panic?  Improved NL East really not helping either.
Meg Rowley
12:06
PANIC seems like a lot, but STRONG CONCERN isn't crazy.
12:08
I don't expect the Phillies and the Braves to be lasting obstacles, and there's a lot of time to make up 5.5 games. We still have them projected to win the division, but it wouldn't hurt to get to it.
Anonymous
12:08
Think the Dodgers trade Kershaw?
Meg Rowley
12:08
Not even one tiny bit.
Zonk
12:08
Jansen and Kershaw are looking mortal, Seager is gone, and their best hitter right now arguably is Matt Kemp.  Time to panic in Dodgerland?
Meg Rowley
12:10
This panic feels more justified. Maybe not PANIC but panic. The Diamondbacks are a really good team! They have such fun hats and players! And the Dodgers lost a guy that is much harder to paper over with internal options.
Hannah Hochevar
12:10
Clearly the O's and Dodgers match up on Machado (so long as the O's help with salary, which only makes getting solid prospects more likely) - but as an O's fan I just think prying Manny loose is a 'from my cold dead hands' situation...
Meg Rowley
12:11
This is obviously going to be the conversation, and I will admit that I can be a terrible coward who disgraces her family in my reticence to predict trades, but I don't think it ends up happening.
12:12
For one thing, it seems like if you're the Dodgers, you kinda want it to happen like, right now to maximize your chances to make up the ground you've ceded to the D-backs.
12:13
If I were them I wouldn't sweat the money (I get to say that! It isn't my money!) but the prospects they'd have to give up seem like a lot for a rental.
Mark
12:13
I'm worried about Devon Travis' future. I've loved him ever since the Jays stole him from the Tigers, but it looks like his health has jus totally sapped his ability to hit. Or am I overreacting?
Meg Rowley
12:14
It's really a bummer. He's one of those guys who we've always said, "Well, if he could just get healthy. Or just stay healthy." But he's never been able to do it. I don't think it is unreasonable to shift your expectations downward.
Carl
12:15
Seager for Machado, along with some combination of cash from the O's and lesser prospects from the Dodgers, to keep LA under the luxury tax. Who says no?
Meg Rowley
12:16
The Dodgers. Every single one.
David
12:16
OZZIE AND ACUNA VS THOR I'M SO EXCITED
Meg Rowley
12:16
It is indeed a very fun thing!
Gibby's Waddle
12:16
I know all the analytics on Jarlin the Marlin scream regression is imminent -- is there anything that shows that maybe, just maybe, some of what he is doing is real and sustainable?
Meg Rowley
12:17
He's a human being and we defy expectations all the time? But to answer sincerely, it seems like a reckoning is coming.
Apart from anything else, that strand rate combined with his peripherals is terrifying.
Billy Beane
12:17
Hey Meg, you are good at twitter.
Meg Rowley
12:18
The mistake here is that no one is good at twitter. Twitter is inherently terrible but I will be shackled to it forever and ever as part of my professional life.
Kristen
12:18
Opportune time for TEX to deal Profar to LAD?  On one hand, he has been hitting pretty well lately.  On the other hand, TEX needs to rebuild in a big way.
Meg Rowley
12:19
Not sure they'd get all that much in return. The Rangers do need to rebuild. I would be surprised if Profar nets them the dudes they need to start doing so.
Pennsy
12:20
Are MLB owners responsible for providing a supportive atmosphere for gay players, or is the onus on gay players to come out and change the atmosphere for themselves?
Meg Rowley
12:21
My answer to "Should an employer do all they can to ensure their workplace is a respectful one, and that their employees refrain from harassment?" is always going to be yes.
12:22
Baseball is a workplace. We don't think of it that way much of the time, but it is. It isn't on Sally in accounting to make the case for her own human dignity to the other folks at the widget factory.
Keefths
12:22
Can you go whisper something sweet to Domingo so he can pick it up ?
Meg Rowley
12:24
It's the damnedest thing, isn't it? I need to look at it more closely to see  if there is something that can account for him putting everything on the ground now. If it's not an injury, I'd expect it to right itself, but it is real weird.
Slurve
12:24
Which consistently below average players do you root for?  Why?
Meg Rowley
12:25
Excuse you, Mike Zunino is good now.
Lunar verLander
12:25
Clearly small sample size, but which Astros pitcher do you think will get the most Cy Young votes at the end of the season?
Meg Rowley
12:26
I'm inclined to say Verlander just because of the innings he'll pitch, but ummm we should be talking about Charlie Morton more. We should talk about him a lot.
12:27
I'm still not used to him throwing 97 easily, but man.
Zvazda
12:28
Hi Meg! I know you, Jeff and basically everyone have talked that Felix is basically done now. I'm curious what we think that means? Do you mean he's done being the king or he's close to being done in the majors?

Maybe i'm looking through Felix tinted glasses but I feel like over his last couple starts I've been able to see what the future, low velo, solid #3 starter or so looks like. I'm still hoping he's gonna get a couple seasons good enough to be in the HOF. :'(
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