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Meg Rowley FanGraphs Chat - 7/16/19
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Meg Rowley
2:22
I think it's truly the idea that you've worn one, which is work of a kind, whereas the other two are more akin to charity.
Hunter
2:22
Which team do you find most confusing? Which team could best be described as "odd"?
Meg Rowley
2:23
that Reds team is kinda funky
The Red Sox, despite the bullpen meh-ness, should really be better, even as currently constituted.
Mandy is rated 91% Fresh
2:24
Why are the rebuilding Royals trading for a 30 year old Mike Montgomery?
Meg Rowley
2:24
Probably so they can trade him again at some point.
!!!
2:24
Reading your player blurb in the Franchise Draft article made me remember that I really enjoy reading your writing.  Is it possible you'll be coming back to write more frequently?  Or is that, along with NotGraphs, another thing I I enjoy that Cistulli effectively killed?
Meg Rowley
2:25
(David, you can just text me) (kidding) Yes. Now that Rachael is running the show at THT, there will be more Meg writing. Turns out doing two jobs takes a lot of time? So strange, and unexpected.
Kiermaier's Piercing Green Eyes
2:25
Is d'Arnaud better than Zunino?
Meg Rowley
2:25
Just very, very rude.
Guest
2:26
Trade Value series is great! Thanks to all of the FanGraphs staff for the work that goes into it
Meg Rowley
2:27
I'm glad you're enjoying it. Kiley does a good job, Sean and Dan are unsung heroes, and we really couldn't do it without all of our team friends who we won't name, but who let Kiley bug them while on vacation for some dumb reason?
Bo
2:27
Will the Phillies become sellers?
Meg Rowley
2:27
Not meaningful ones.
Guest
2:28
Hey not sure if the "comments" means here or for that article, but it looks like RosterResources page is loading FV for "Top Prospects" at the top ish from an older version of the BOARD. For example, Deivi Garcia is now a 50 FV, but still lists him as a 45
Meg Rowley
2:28
Shall alert the appropriate folks.
Thanks!
Squid Vicious
2:28
What's the mindset of an opener? Seems like using a struggling reliever (e.g., Chad Green, Jose Leclerc) as an opener can get them back on track.
Meg Rowley
2:28
Think it depends a lot on the guy, but it's a really great question.
Meager Owl
2:29
But. Meg.  Domingo Santana, DH, has put up a wRC+ of 127 and has 2 years of control.  Who, then, are you going to acquire that will help you more?
Meg Rowley
2:29
He's also shown that good years can be followed by bad ones, and the ball being juiced in the years that are good probably factors somewhat. Plus you really can't use him in the field. I mean, you can, but it is a bad idea.
Archer
2:30
How do you grade Giannis's hitting skills? Looks like a possible 50 Raw Power/0 Game Power to me.
Meg Rowley
2:30
Think about how hard it is to be really good at more than one anything, let alone a thing as hard as being a professional athlete. He is not a natural hitter, but there is no shame in that.
Clodd
2:31
You've mentioned here and elsewhere how rarely you get to just watch MLB games as a fan. Do you get to watch many (any?) MiLB games throughout the year for fun?
Meg Rowley
2:32
to be clear, they're fun when they come with professional obligation, too -- they're just not exclusively fun
When I did four games in a day (granted not all of them minor league) in spring it was a truly really great day, but some of it was work
2-D
2:33
What do you think of the potential "steal first" rule?
Meg Rowley
2:33
No thank you.
I'd like to see it a couple times, but no thank you.
2-D
2:34
But If you rode the Amtrak you could have 70 hours of free time to edit FanGraphs.
Meg Rowley
2:34
"free time" and "edit FanGraphs" don't actually go together in a sentence
Bo
2:34
Are there any players you find yourself rooting for on a personal level, for whatever reason?
Meg Rowley
2:35
I mean, on some level, I root for all of them on a personal level? It's a near-impossible thing we ask of them, and they have to do it every day.
Lake
2:35
Giants recent blazing hot streak - anything to it?
Meg Rowley
2:35
Nope!
2:36
That was cavalier but nah, not really. They aren't very good.
Leone for Third
2:36
When is Dave Cameron finally going to produce the long promised updated Future Forty at USS Mariner?
Meg Rowley
2:36
Would imagine he has, like, a million other things to do?
Roy
2:36
Thoughts on fried crickets?
Meg Rowley
2:37
The ones at T-Mobile are over-spiced. Trust your consumer.
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