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Meg Rowley FanGraphs Chat - 5/23/18
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Kristen
12:26
Worst food you've ever had a ballpark?  Just can't get into Globe Life's Dilly Dog (hot dog stuffed into a dill pickle and whole thing is deep-fried).  Kinda nasty.
Meg Rowley
12:26
Does the beer selection at Yankee Stadium count as food?
HappyFunBall
12:27
Rules minutiae question. Cano went on the DL the day before his suspension. Now he's on the restricted list. Does that mean he is no longer on the DL? Or are they concurrent lists?
Meg Rowley
12:28
This is a good question. I think he is technically just on the restricted list, though the language is a bit ambiguous.
12:29
If you look at the transaction log, it says he was placed on the restricted list, as opposed to transferred. But I think he's just on the one list.
Ray Liotta as Shoeless Joe
12:30
Love the business word song in the podcast. Want to share a business word with us?
Meg Rowley
12:30
This is now everywhere but "taking things offline" used to confuse the hell out of people when I would say it.
I suppose now it confuses the hell out of people because we are all forever online.
mel
12:31
In what order do you place the Astros, Red Sox, and Yankees and why?
Meg Rowley
12:32
I think you have the order right. Astros first because they are just so terrifyingly complete, even if the pitching cools a little, Red Sox over Yankees because I still like that rotation marginally more.
My opinion of the Red Sox/Yankees ordering is likely to change approximately 100 times before the end of the year.
Babe Lincoln
12:33
Thoughts on today's PED users getting into the HOF  Thoughts on 90s PED users getting in?
Meg Rowley
12:36
I tend to not be especially fussed about it. I think guys like Bonds clearly had HOF worthy careers independent of any steroid use. I think baseball benefitted from guys like McGwire and Sosa using as much as anyone. I think there is a lot of performance alteration or supplementation that goes on that isn't PED use.
Mostly though? I think the HOF is best as a museum that tells the game's story, and baseball happened when I was a kid, and is happening now.
12:37
The Hall should reflect that.
I also get it if voters want to draw a line between 90s users and guys who get got now.
Mike
12:37
What are the odds of Trout's career taking a Pujols-esq turn: still a lock for HOF but with some serious decline in the later stages of his career that diminishes his star?
Meg Rowley
12:38
I think low and I can say that because we're still in the phase of his career when he is a young, strong dude who will live forever.
John
12:38
Kyle Lewis isn't developing like I would hope. I was very impressed with his first season prior to injury.
Meg Rowley
12:38
Turns out working knees are pretty important in baseball.
FailSon
12:39
Can we have a specific chat where only questions about Braves players/ prospects are asked since thats about 50% of the chats devolve into.  Wondering out loud where all these ppl come from since no one shows up to their games.
Meg Rowley
12:40
In Braves fans' defense, their team is young and exciting and their ballpark is hard to get to.
David
12:40
I know you said you're done with mariners but.. Not many teams can lose a starting 2b, Centerfielder(/backup 2b), DH, right fielder and possibly shortstop without having depth issues. The fact that we were losing a starting 2b and DH and having reasonable backups is an okay depth showing. Now if we can just get Romine off of this team.
Meg Rowley
12:41
I didn't say I was done. I mean, if nothing else, I am a season ticket holder, feel happier when they win then when they lose, and will be doing a few different events with the team later this summer.
12:42
But I think it is ok to like something very much, to even love it, and to be realistic about what it is.
12:43
There is no help coming for them from the minors. Heck, they're likely to recall Jayson Werth at some point here. Or Taylor Motter. Every team that gets hit with injury has to deal with depth, and even a team like the Dodgers can struggle to do so if the injuries pile up.
12:45
The Mariners are very thin everywhere. They're outperforming their pythag by four games and might give meaningful time to Gordon Beckham. We love them. This start has been so fun! But we can tell the truth about who and what they are.
McAllister
12:45
Who would you rather have; Javier Baez, Addison Russell, or Gleyber Torres.
Meg Rowley
12:45
Gleyber.
Javy is great fun, but Gleyber. I've never been able to get excited about Addison Russell.
Please win, Caps
12:46
You, Jeff, Travis, and the rest of the weekly chatters are great, but have you thought about doing some guest chats? Like with the monthly residents, or Sheryl Ring?
Meg Rowley
12:46
I'll definitely ask!
Babe Lincoln
12:46
What percent of entries in the queue are misogynist/otherwise obnoxious re your gender?
Meg Rowley
12:46
A delightfully small percentage.
12:47
The internet is awful and there are dopes everywhere, but most people here are good people.
Bud Selig
12:48
Has anyone ever considered renting players? Like not an actual trade but say the Mets can lend DeGrom to a team for the rest of 2018 for X compensation with an additional agreed list of Y compensation players if there is an injury to that guy in the time hes rented? Would shorten the rebuild for teams in the middle of contending / rebuilding and help teams go for it in that year.
Meg Rowley
12:49
I like this idea very much if for no other reason than I think it would be great fun to watch and even more fun to write about.
Sotolicious
12:49
When is Mookie betts going to cool off?
Meg Rowley
12:50
When the sun goes out.
Of course, he won't be alone.
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