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Meg Rowley FanGraphs Chat - 5/23/18
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Michael
12:50
So with your HoF answer does that mean you think Pete Rose should be in?
Meg Rowley
12:51
No. I think what he did is fundamentally different than individual PED use and a much greater threat to the integrity of the game. Plus ummm the google result for Pete Rose and legal trouble isn't great.
Porcho Villa
12:51
FYI, I just googled the words “Rowley Lind baseball fart”. I don’t have a question, I just wanted to tell you.
Meg Rowley
12:51
My parents are weirdly still very proud of me.
Bo
12:52
Atlanta is currently 11th in the league in average attendance... That's not too shabby!
Meg Rowley
12:52
I also don't think attendance shaming is useful.
Babe Lincoln
12:53
Idea: making the FG Leaders board sortable by HOF status.  So we can answer burning questions like which HOFer had the highest wRC+ in 1974.  Any chance?
Meg Rowley
12:54
I don't think there is a ton of demand for it, and while it isn't wRC+, I think Baseball-Reference has much of what you'd be looking for
CamdenWarehouse
12:54
You inspired a whole Effectively Wild episode about the fart!
Meg Rowley
12:55
Actually I was inspired by a whole Effectively Wild episode, and then spent the evening worrying that someone else would beat me to writing about it because my job is fundamentally very strange.
Ham 'n Mayo Smith
12:55
Is Puig turning it around or just on another brief up cycle?  Saw him take a six pitch walk vs. Rox last night, showed extraordinary patience / didn't swing at all on four Bettis pitches just off the outside black.  Seemed reasonably impressive...
Meg Rowley
12:56
I think he was getting a touch unlucky before and we're seeing that shake itself out a bit now.
Just moved to Milwaukee
12:56
Favorite Wisconsin beer?
Meg Rowley
12:58
Karben 4 has a beer called Fantasy Factory I liked a lot; Two Hearted is good.
12:59
I liked New Glarus' Scream double IPA
As an IPA drinker, the midwest was hard for beer sometimes, because that wasn't their thing quite as much, though I know there are lot more now
Skuggs
1:00
Hate to harp on this, but I agree that the HOF "is best as a museum"...and that's the exact reason Rose has to be in.
Meg Rowley
1:01
Yes, by that logic, I suppose so, though you're then obligated to tell an honest story of Rose, which he might not be keen on.
Greg
1:01
So I'm out of the loop, but what's the deal with Goldschmidt?  Is he playing hurt?
Meg Rowley
1:05
It is really strange. The strike outs are way up. He is better on the road, so maybe some of it is the humidor, but it's a pretty dramatic split so I wonder how of it that can account for. I don't know anything special or secret or fancy about him being hurt, but I am starting to wonder. I will admit I haven't looked at it closely enough to say if there is a mechanical thing that is out of sorts.
Nic
1:06
Any chance Gleyber wins roy over Ohtani.
Meg Rowley
1:07
Barring an injury or a realllly dramatic downturn in performance, I'd be surprised. It isn't a knock on Gleyber, it's just that Ohtani has been so fun and good, and what he is doing is so compelling.
Bored Employee
1:08
This might not be your wheelhouse, but do you have any idea when Eric and Kiley will update THE BOARD?
Meg Rowley
1:08
Allow me to consult my esteemed colleagues.
Eric says they are adding draft guys sometime this week, overall top 100 next week, and will update team lists posts draft.
1:09
I'd also encourage you all to follow the FanGraphs prospect twitter account for all the latest on THE BOARD and other prospect news: https://twitter.com/FG_Prospects
Chacin the Dream
1:10
How much does the NL Central benefit from playing the AL Central in interleague?  Enough to matter re: wild card?
Meg Rowley
1:13
Some but I think it probably evens out more than you think. I guess wins are wins and these things might be close, so it could certainly be worth looking at when it is all said and done, but the biggest beneficiary of getting to play the AL Central is still Cleveland.  And honestly the good teams in the NL Central probably get their biggest boost from the Reds.
yankinstl
1:13
What are the chances that Ohtani some day wins all the awards? (MVP, CY, etc.)
Meg Rowley
1:15
I think pretty low. There are too many other position players with more regular playing time for MVP. Maybe a marginally better chance for Cy Young, but you still have the entire Astros rotation plus Sale, Severino, Paxton (YEAH I SAID IT), Kluber, etc to contend with. Put that way, I think very, very low.
Oyster Burns
1:16
prime a-rod or prime griffey?
Meg Rowley
1:17
I wish I could go back in time and rewatch prime A-Rod with my perspective on baseball now, because I know for sure I didn't appreciate him enough and was mad and fussy and mostly, was a dumb teenager who thought his contract was bad for the game.
Please win, Caps
1:17
Ben Lindbergh cited female listeners of EW mentioning that they are often forced to “prove” their baseball fandom to men through statistics/other advanced knowledge. To what extent is that true with your male colleagues (at FG or
Meg Rowley
1:18
I work with very smart, respectful people here. I worked with very smart, respectful people at BP. I haven't had a problem with dudes in the industry. Which isn't to say that other women don't experience that. But I have been insanely fortunate in terms of coworkers.
1:19
Now, fans out in the wild? That's been different. I will say that one of the reasons I was first drawn to advanced stats was because it leveled the playing field. Ain't none of us nerds been close to being pro ball players.
tyler
1:19
They need to get rid of the unbalanced schedule no?  With the way the wild card is set up teams in the AL east are screwed.
Meg Rowley
1:20
I think that it would take a lot to get rid of divisions because owners (and fans!) like the rivalries and that's a natural way to do it.
1:22
That, the other day I was joking with buddies about the most Mariners way to miss the postseason and I think I've landed on everyone in the AL Central having a worse than .500 record and the M's not making it again with a .600 record. It's not likely to happen for any number of reasons but it would be so Mariners.
Please win, Caps
1:22
elsewhere?
Meg Rowley
1:22
Yes elsewhere. VERY IMPORTANT CLARIFICATION.
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