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Meg Rowley FanGraphs Chat - 5/28/19
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BK
2:50
What % of Gleyber Torres' WAR is attributed to the Orioles and therefore should be voided? I have an Ozzie vs Torres WAR bet and it's not looking good especially with how much Torres crushes the Orioles
Meg Rowley
2:50
He plays the games he plays? Ozzie gets to play the Marlins, so...
Seattle slew
2:51
When did Bryce Harper ever act out? Machado publicly states he doesn't hustle on purpose. As much as the SJW's who populate this website would like to believe, not everything comes down to race.
Meg Rowley
2:51
Yeah, Bryce is famously very quiet.
2:52
I think we can acknowledge the wrinkle of Machado's comments while understanding that a) generally this isn't coming in moments when it matters and b) that discourse is steeped in a bunch of really gnarly racial stuff.
TKDC
2:52
Is Odubel’s value sufficiently low enough that the Phillies will have no room in their organization for that type of behavior?
Meg Rowley
2:53
I dunno. Addison Russell is a whatever shortstop with a light bat, and the Cubs held on to him.
Go Big Red
2:53
Do you ever pay attention to the College World Series?
Meg Rowley
2:53
Yup, one of my most reliable college baseball viewing periods.
CubFan
2:54
Think Vogelbach has enough staying power that he'll be with the Mariners for a few years at 1B/DH?
Meg Rowley
2:54
Given consistent reps, he looks a lot like the guy we hoped he was.
BK
2:55
In your opinion, who has the most trade value in the majors?
Meg Rowley
2:55
Either of Acuña or Albies.
Moelicious
2:55
What percentage of Fangraphs readers play fantasy?
Meg Rowley
2:56
A lot, I'd expect. It isn't that I don't think it is a worthwhile enterprise, it's just that I am not an expert and we have experts and so you should go listen to those experts rather than dumb ol' Meg, who, again, cares about you very much.
Jay
2:57
Can you say more specific about how you think Cleveland's situation could have been "quite easy to attempt to avoid in a more meaningful way?" Do you think they could have made better signings/trades for a similar amount of money? Was their research bad? Or does this come down to ownership wanting to cut payroll? In that latter case, what can you do?
Meg Rowley
2:57
They didn't even make Brantley a qualifying offer?
2:58
They made no meaningful improvements to their outfield.
They didn't go after Grandal so far as we know.
They talked about trading their best starter, who was on a super team friendly deal.
Nick
2:59
Will the Mariners make the playoffs with Dipoto as their GM?
Meg Rowley
2:59
I do not think they will.
Mike
3:00
Do you take exception to the term buyers and sellers around the trade deadline, as it implies they're buyers and sellers of human beings?  It is such a common way to explain what position a team is in as far as trades go that I don't typically think about it.  What is a better way to explain it? Adders/Subtracters? Playoff Pushers/Wait Til Next Years?
Meg Rowley
3:01
I think to the extent it is different, it is because it isn't being ascribed to a particular person, and thus can be read a little differently.
brad nj
3:01
Meg, isn't the big issue that usually the victim, has a dis-incentive to report or press charges as they alleged abuser is likely their source of finances and reporting/pressing charges ultimately hurts the victim financially as well?  This means we have no idea how big the problem even is and that we are likely not going about solving it the right way.
Meg Rowley
3:02
That is why zero tolerance policies don't work, and why the policy doesn't require a criminal conviction. Do I think that intimate partner violence is underreported? Absolutely. That doesn't mean we can't refine the policy MLB currently has to better deal with the cases we do know about.
Jay
3:03
I guess the question with Cleveland's troubles boils down to this for me: is it on the front office for poor offseason decisions, or is it on ownership for not giving the front office cash?
Meg Rowley
3:03
Oh, to be clear, this is very much an ownership problem.
Gordon Tremeschko
3:03
Will you, like me, go through this entire work week thinking it's a day earlier than it is? Or do you tend to normalize a holiday-shortened week at some point before Friday?
Meg Rowley
3:03
I worked yesterday so...
rubbery shrubbery
3:03
Is Franchy Cordero still alive?
Meg Rowley
3:03
God, I hope so!
Nick
3:04
Who wins the AL RoY award?  Vlad, Jr. seems to face some tough competition from Lowe, Chavis, Vogelbach, etc.
Meg Rowley
3:04
Vogelbach actually isn't eligible (I know I goofed this a couple of weeks ago) because he surpassed the days on the roster thing, I'm like 99% sure now.
3:05
I still think it'll be Vlad Jr.
But yes, it is a deeper field than I was expecting.
Mike
3:06
That's fair, I just feel like very few expected Minnesota to be anything better than a .550 team, which would put them at about 29-24 with Cleveland only being 3.5 back.  And I know guys can get hurt - but I feel like if you take the top 6 in WAR from any team last year and have 3 of them miss significant time and the other 3 play very badly, you're likely not going to have a good result regardless of who you surround them with short of spending Yankees money.
Meg Rowley
3:07
Sure-- they're encountering very bad luck, and crappy circumstances. But they also did very, very, very, very little to insulate themselves from bad luck. You can be both unlucky and a poor planner.
Voldemort
3:07
Do you think there is any chance the Nats trade Scherzer?
Meg Rowley
3:07
No.
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