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Meg Rowley FanGraphs Chat - 5/28/19
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Meg Rowley
2:03
Friends, we'll get started in a moment here. Allow me a second to Issue Some Marching Orders.
2:08
Hello!
Welcome to the chat!
I have issued my marching orders, and shall now take your questions. Apologies for the delay.
Bring Back Jeff
2:08
Pedroia :(
Meg Rowley
2:09
It is truly a bummer. I hope that the grumpiness over his contract, which truly shouldn't matter to folks, subsides quickly and we can just appreciate his role in that franchise.
Shick Nields
2:09
How mad should I be as an Indians fan?
Meg Rowley
2:10
I would never dare tell another person how to feel, because I dislike very much when other people tell me how to feel and also because my therapist says that I need to let go of things I can control, which easier said than done lady!, but if I were a Cleveland fan, I would feel very mad.
2:11
This set of circumstances was both very predictable and quite easy to avoid, or at least, quite easy to attempt to avoid in a more meaningful way, and they elected not to.
L00ping
2:11
Are the A's the manifestation of underappreciated players.  It seems like even Matt Chapman is underappreciated?
Meg Rowley
2:12
I think they're the manifestation of a smaller market team that plays after a lot of the country is sleeping so while they are capable of being properly appreciated, the overall success of the team plays a big part in demanding our attention and making us focus on their very good players. Their recent run is a good way to do it, though.
Vander
2:12
How dangerous do you think the Reds are?
Meg Rowley
2:13
To themselves? Quite, apparently. But more seriously, they could be quite dangerous. Their record doesn't match their underlying stats. In a competitive NL they might have given up too much ground for it to matter this year, but they could definitely spoil some stuff.
oswald2319
2:14
When (and if) will the AL playoff race settle down a little bit because something has to fall, my bet is that the A's stay hot and hold their spot and the Indians fall off the map and then MAYBE the Redsox fall but it's very unlikely, what do you think?
Meg Rowley
2:16
I like the Rays better than the A's, though a lot of course depends on how soon the A's injured arms come back and how good they are when they do. If I had to pick the field right now, I'd go pretty much exactly in order of our AL make the playoffs odds, with the possibility that the Red Sox and Rays flip Wild Card spots.
The A's would be my first team out, though.
DBRuns
2:16
On a scale of worst case scenario to best case scenario, how would you rate this season for Cleveland? Lindor misses nearly all of April, Jose Ramirez has been dreadful, your #1 and #4 starters go down with injury, odds to win the division are now below 2%. At least the bullpen hasn't mirrored last season's implosion.
Meg Rowley
2:17
I mean, Lindor could have been out all year, and the rotation could be more banged up. There are worse versions of the current genre they are occupying, but this hurt AND bad world is pretty dire.
Chat Announcement!
2:17
This is your weekly reminder that Meg doesn't answer fantasy baseball questions!
Meg Rowley
2:18
It's true. Because I realllly care about each of you as people.
phix
2:19
Do base running speed metrics adjust for incidents of low effort/laziness? I am thinking about Manny Machado's 6.3s mosey to first base a few days ago. Will this bring his speed numbers down? Should it?
Meg Rowley
2:19
Setting aside the sea of yuck that is the low effort/laziness discourse, talk to me about how one assesses that with any kind of automated rigor.
Al Gone Quinn
2:19
Do you believe the Astros are ludicrous?
Meg Rowley
2:19
In fact, I do.
Dennis
2:20
why was statcast down for mets dodgers yesterday? Is that data lost?
Meg Rowley
2:20
I'm not sure why it was down, but it wasn't just in LA. And I'd think so? If the array isn't collecting data, it's not collecting data, which I think is what happened?
Josh Bell
2:21
Look at me go!
Meg Rowley
2:21
Kind of busy looking at the ball go very far off your bat, but fine, I'll shift my gaze.
Gaslamp Gary
2:21
Why are people so set on destroying Manny Machado's rep? When Bryce Harper acts out, he is "just trying to fire up his guys." Is there a difference besides skin color here?
Meg Rowley
2:22
If I felt like being generous, I would say that Machado offered a quote that has been run into the ground, but considering that I don't think that is actually what is motivating the discussion, I don't feel like being generous.
Confused in Chicago
2:23
Meg: why are all of my Fangraphs ads for a horny online Halloween costume store? What did I google that led me to this lowly state? I appreciate a Sexy Dragon Lady costume as much as the next person but for pete's sake it's May.
Meg Rowley
2:24
How publicly do you really want to explore this? I mean, I'm not here to judge, but sometimes we ask questions and then realize we don't want to be held publicly accountable for our state of horniness.
Dash
2:24
Are the Mariners really this bad?  Its become painful to watch games.
Meg Rowley
2:25
Their pythag is perfectly in line with their record; they're underperforming their BaseRuns slightly, but only slightly.
2:26
Only the Orioles are allowing more runs per game, and you may have heard that the Orioles are on pace to allow home runs at an historic rate.
Now, they score a bunch of runs, but they are a bad baseball team. They are a very bad baseball team.
jkim
2:27
Is there anybody that's more exciting than Bellinger right now? I know I'm biased here as a DOdger fan but the dude is showing what a true 5-tool guy is.

top 10 sprint speed
top 2 in Homer
hitting over .380
walks at a 14.3% clip
and now the WTF outfield Assists last night
Meg Rowley
2:28
He leads baseball in wRC+. His wOBA and xwOBA are basically the same. He's a marvel.
jobin
2:28
my boss didnt come in today so i've been doing nothing for 4 hours. whats your go-to time consuming site?
Meg Rowley
2:29
I am personally a fan of FanGraphs dot com. It occupies much of my work day!
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