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Meg Rowley FanGraphs Chat - 6/5/18

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Meg Rowley

3:21

Hmmm maybe. You know Altuve will go.

After that, it will depend on some badish teams and who their reps will be.

3:22

The Rays have gotten good production there, and who else are they sending? Jed Lowrie has cooled off, but been good, though maybe Chapman goes for them or a reliever.

Yankees are going to have plenty of reps so he might lose out just on a positional basis.

Rockie Dangerfield

3:23

On a scale of 1-stepping on a lego, where does a neck kink that prevents you from turning your head to one side land?

Meg Rowley

3:23

Stepping on a lego for sure. That's the worst. I'm sorry.

The Old Buccaneer

3:23

Can you make me feel better about Cody Bellinger? Last year he was so much more fun.

Meg Rowley

3:24

People continue to grow and change all throughout their lives, he's young, and he's been good before.

Justin

3:24

So who actually does sign Machado?

Meg Rowley

3:25

I keep thinking of him as a Yankee. I do. not. like. it. But I keep thinking of him as one. Will sorta depend on the positional stuff I guess.

Jkim

3:25

Is it irrational for me to hate the Astros forever as an Asian-American fan? I hate them more than the Giants as a Dodger fan

Meg Rowley

3:26

Fandom is inherently an exercise in choosing what you care about the most, and people have disliked teams for far more trivial reasons than that.

3:27

You aren't obligated to like any team.

Guest

3:27

How many Braves games have you seen this year?

Meg Rowley

3:28

A fair number. They've been fun! With the exception of Sunday Night Baseball and James Paxton starts, I don't reliably watch whole games much anymore, but I find myself navigating to them a lot.

Brian CashGod

3:28

I see Harper as a more viable target for NYY over Machado - bats lefty, Gleyber and Andujar are killing it at 2B and 3B (and Didi is of course at SS), and Harper could likely take over a lot of the reps in CF, he played it earlier in his career and CF defense isn't as important as it used to be anyways.

Meg Rowley

3:29

Harper in center seems like a not great idea to me.

3:29

What's your favorite road ballpark to catch a game?

Meg Rowley

3:29

I really like Coors and AT&T. I tend to like ballparks in the city the best.

Alright folks, I need to get rolling and do some editing.

3:30

Thanks for chatting and accommodating a goofy schedule, and I'm sorry for what I didn't get to.

See you next week!