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Meg Rowley FanGraphs Chat - 5/14/19
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Meg Rowley
2:38
Hard to beat your home park, especially one as good as Seattle's. I really enjoy Petco and Coors, and weirdly Chase field? Have spent some very pleasant games at Chase. It's like going to a baseball game in a Costco, but like, a really nice Costco?
Also, Salt River is low-key one of the best venues in baseball.
poorer
2:38
as far as you’re aware, is MLB making any effort to increase minor league salaries ? always crazy to hear stories of minor leaguers having to get odd jobs during the off-season (home depot , construction , etc.)
Meg Rowley
2:40
I have heard from some team folks that more clubs are contemplating raises, though those raises are not of the sort that are likely to shift minor leaguers out of needing offseason jobs.
j
2:40
Hi Meg,  if you were a Dodger fan what sort of response would you be hoping for from the front office?
Meg Rowley
2:41
You want to feel that it is being taken seriously, that it is centered around doing what is right for the victim. I don't quite know how to describe this but, you want to see that they *get* it. That they know how to talk about this stuff. So basically not any of the stuff the Cubs have done with Russell?
Contrapunctus Rx
2:41
The Mariners have no need to rush guys, agreed.  And, it hasn't really seemed that players like Sheffield, Swanson, Dunn, Bishop, or Mallex are banging down the door demanding playing time.  However, when Seager returns, you've got Healy, Bruce, Vogelbach, Encarnacion, Beckham, and maybe Santana for whom DH should be their first position, and probably there shouldn't be a second position.  Where do they all go if we don't start trying to move them?
Meg Rowley
2:42
Well, I suspect Healy goes to Tacoma, Seager goes back to third, and the rest stick around sort of as they are.
They aren't going to DH Santana or Bruce regularly, I don't think.
They've already accepted having a horrible defense, and these wins don't matter!
Contrapunctus Rx
2:43
Man, I'm excited about the prospect graduations this year!  Hiura, Senzel, Vladito, Tatis, Vogelbach, Alonso- Paddack (but also Canning, Martin)- it's a big year for starlets.  Who do you think comes out on top for fWAR, what with Vlad handicapping his own predicted domination?
Meg Rowley
2:43
Vlad still tops for me and then gimme all those good Paddack changeups, gimme gimme gimme.
Derek
2:43
I don't know how good a team run by you would be (I'd think at least decent), but I'd be willing to bet it would be one of the most fun! Both to watch and also follow in general.
Meg Rowley
2:44
I think it would be a spectacular failure! Hopefully I'd just hire smartly and diversely and go from there.
Gordon Tremeschko
2:44
boygenius is a great band. Did you like Phoebe Bridger's collaboration with Conor Oberst?
Meg Rowley
2:44
I do even though I do not care for Conor Oberst as a solo artist.
Matt W
2:45
Don't despair Mariners fans, you absolutely robbed the Mets in the Diaz/Cano/Kelenic deal. Diaz ahs been good but not electric, and Cano looks every bit his age and then some.
Meg Rowley
2:45
Truly just a month in with prospects who haven't debuted yet.
I thought it was strange that they gave up Kelenic at the time, and you could prove to be correct but it's very early.
Skace
2:46
If all things were even, do you see first rounders this June going more college than HS and is it a control of contract issue?  Is the Peter Alonso scenario a good barometer?
Meg Rowley
2:47
Sounds like a great time to read Kiley and Eric's latest mock draft!
Big League Choo
2:48
My local AAA team let families on the field after Sunday's game to play catch with their moms. It was great. Moms are the best. That's all.
Meg Rowley
2:48
That is neat! Many moms are great. Some moms are terrible. Humans are really hard to figure sometimes.
JeromyBurnitz
2:49
I graduate high school in a month and am going to be majoring in journalism. Any advice for an aspiring writer?
Meg Rowley
2:49
I do not want to discourage people from majoring in journalism. Journalism is very important, especially now. Paying rent is also good, so maybe double major?
bunt cake
2:50
feels like MLB needs to institute a policy re: domestic violence.  Players should be suspended until they complete counseling, and there should be a minimum 162 game suspension regardless of severity of the incident.  Offending player should not return to original team once suspension is lifted.  If the team is penalized maybe they will be more thoughtful about counseling and supporting their players.
Meg Rowley
2:51
I think, and no offense, but the policy should be shaped by experts in the field, as what you're describing sounds a lot closer to zero tolerance than is likely advisable.
Moelicious
2:51
You should tell people at the beginning of the chat that you don't answer fantasy questions
Meg Rowley
2:51
You have a lot more faith in that mattering than I do.
John
2:51
What part of Cubs response indicated they didn't take it seriously?
Meg Rowley
2:52
Not sure you can read Maddon's comments in particular and walk away think, oh, here is guy who gets it.
Also they uh tendered a contract to a not very good player in the first place?
Jeff in T.O.
2:53
Regarding the increase to minor league salaries. The Blue Jays are increasing the pay to all their minor leaguers by 50%.
Meg Rowley
2:53
They are-- they still don't pay the most in the minors and those wages still don't get their guys out of the situation they're in now.
ShoesTPA
2:54
Is Paddack more interesting than Willians?
Meg Rowley
2:54
Why are you making me pick a favorite from among my baseball children? WHY?
John
2:54
I agree 100% on Maddon's comments.  I was more thinking about Theo and the front office addressing the situation.  Also, not sure how the fact that Russell isn't very good has anything to do with their approach to this.
Meg Rowley
2:56
Because they could have just said, you know, the balance on this isn't remotely worth it for us, and we're an org with a really bad recent history on these questions, and we're going to prioritize caring about this issue. Instead, they did this.
Dave
2:56
Do you prefer Better Oblivion Community Center or Boygenius from Phoebe Bridgers?
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