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Meg Rowley FanGraphs Chat - 9/4/18
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Lars
2:45
I’m a big James Paxton fan, don’t get me wrong, but do you think the Mariners could have gotten the return for Paxton that the Rays did for Archer? And if so, should they have made the deal? I suppose this questions stands for any team in the hunt that could pick up three players of that caliber, one of whom could slot into the rotation.
Meg Rowley
2:46
I wouldn't be surprised if they listened to offers or reached out to teams at the deadline.
I would personally be sad to see Paxton go, but I expect he will be the subject of many, many rumors this offseason.
2:48
He's arb eligible in 2019; he's not a free agent until 2021. I think as the Mariners consider when they will be good again, this is the time to at least take the temperature of what they could get in return.
Serviceable
2:48
Are you in favor of having a "Best Position Player"-type award to go along with Cy Young instead of MVP? It seems weird that pitchers are eligible for MVP but only kinda sorta if they're REALLY good.
Meg Rowley
2:49
I wouldn't mind it at all, though I guess it is largely the same thing. We all know what we mean when we say MVP.
Well, that might not actually be true of the universal "we." But we here, we chatters, I think know.
Brandon Nimmo
2:49
Would Ohtani be more valuable as an outfielder and reliever?
Meg Rowley
2:50
More valuable than him just being one or the other, but I think if you're going to let him pitch, you see where he is when healthy and have him start.
It's really a shame we got so little time with Ohtani the starter.
Bill
2:50
It’s been a fun run with the Mariners this year, but assuming they don’t make the playoffs it’s finally going to be time to tear things down, right?
Meg Rowley
2:51
I mean, yeahhhh, though it seems like we've been saying that since 2015.
At some point, the organizational focus has to be on the truly terrifying minor league system they have.
I think the "Jerry has traded away the farm" narrative undersells the mess he inherited, but it hasn't gotten better.
Nathan
2:52
Can't decide, is Mitch Haniger just pretty damn good or really damn good? Also Not baseball related, but isn't john mulaney the friggin best?
Meg Rowley
2:52
(is this my good pal Nathan, or a different Nathan?)
2:53
I think Mitch Haniger is mostly Pretty Damn Good. Like many hitters, he has stretches of Really Damn Good and Just Ok, and they average out to Pretty Damn Good.
And yes, John Mulaney is the friggin' best.
2:54
True story: I was once dating a guy who revealed on the third date he thought John Mulaney sucked. Not like, oh this isn't my brand of comedy, but this guy is deeply unfunny. That dating guy ended up not working out for other reasons, but the Mulaney take should have been my first clue.
Airport Banana
2:54
If you could only have Christian Yelich or Lorenzo Cain for the rest of 2018, who would you take?
Meg Rowley
2:54
I was about to say, what screwy scenario would result in this and then I realized, oh baseball.
Let's see.
2:55
I don't know if this is a take of the HOT variety, but probably....
2:56
Maybe....
(I'm looking something up)
I think Cain
2:57
They've both been wonderful, but I think I'd like Cain's defense paired with a still good, but less good offense.
Jacob deGrom Snr
2:57
Jacob deGrom has to win the NL Cy Young, doesn't he?
Meg Rowley
2:57
Yes. If he doesn't, we riot. We riot in the streets, we throw fruit.
Bill
2:58
Speaking of an impending Mariners rebuild, which players would fetch top-50 returns? Seems like they could jumpstart a rebuilding effort fairly quickly with Paxton/Haniger/Diaz/Segura.
Meg Rowley
2:58
Haniger and Diaz you probably keep as the only youngish dudes, and Segura has a full no-trade so...
Reach
2:58
I love your chats. You enjoy baseball. It's infectious. Thanks for doing this!
Meg Rowley
2:59
To be clear, baseball is sometimes, and please excuse my language, just a real son of a bitch, but yes, I do enjoy it very much.
3:00
I know this will sound like a very "take exactly one bong hit idea" but it is just the coolest thing that humans invented this completely arbitrary thing, and it turns out to be exciting and intellectually stimulating and fun and difficult and sad.
Lunar verLander
3:00
Fangraphs hired Sheryl, a lawyer, and has opened my eyes to the world of all sorts of law-related issues in baseball. When will Fangraphs hire a doctor to discuss everything from pitchers elbows to the anomaly that is the Mets?
Meg Rowley
3:01
It would be very cool, though they should probably save lives? Then again, I don't quite know why Sheryl graces us with her non-law time, though I am very grateful she does.
Bruce Aussie
3:02
I really don't get the September callups thing. It always seems really odd to me that effectively the roster rules for the final month of the season are different from the previous five. Is there any prospect that this may change some day?
Meg Rowley
3:03
I doubt it. It's nice for teams to get the help. Teams also like getting a look at minor leaguers against big league competition and it's nice for minor leaguers to get the continued development time after their season ends, not to mention to get big league game checks.
It's odd, I'll grant you, but it is understood odd.
Rockie Dangerfield
3:04
Seems to me that the MLBPA hiring the guy that oversaw not one but two labor stoppages in the NHL does not bode well for the fans once the next CBA rolls around.  Along those lines, do you think that star players that are approaching FA (e.g. Trout, Arenado, Goldschmidt) would be more or less amenable to an extension given the possible uncertainty surrounding the next CBA negotiations?
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