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Meg Rowley FanGraphs Chat - 9/4/18
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Meg Rowley
3:49
I don't disagree that it should be a conversation.
Hooha
3:49
The latest how did this get made podcast spends 1.5 hours making fun of The Meg.  Figured you needed to know.
Meg Rowley
3:49
I listened over the weekend!
It was delightful. That pod is one of my very favorites.
3:50
As an aside, all of their shark-based episodes are great.
Tim
3:50
If minor leaguers had more money more would succeed. I cant imagine anything but bonus babies really have close to enough money to pay for proper athlete nutrition and training in season, but especially in the offseason. I remember a piece about Straily the year he started making noise in the A's farm talking about how he finally didnt have to work at a sporting goods store in the winter to support his training. Baseball wastes lots of talent by underfunding it till the talent walks away.
Meg Rowley
3:51
There are so many parts of it that are gross, but by far the dumbest part is how being this cheap is likely getting in the way of otherwise good players playing baseball.
It would just take so little to pay all of them across every team a living wage.
James
3:51
do you every sign into other chats on fangraphs or mlbtraderumors as a fan and ask questions for fun?
Meg Rowley
3:52
Nah. If I want to ask a colleague something, I just ping them. I wouldn't want to take away time from readers.
Darwin Blarney
3:52
Any advice for an aspiring baseball writer who doesn't really know much about baseball?
Meg Rowley
3:53
Learn things about baseball. And read. Read baseball writing, read fiction, read non-fiction. Read, read, read. Then write. But read first.
Roy Copans
3:53
I had asked as a guest but am wondering if having an account (now) may help this make it through moderation. If not, so be it! Just wanted to hear an assessment of the Nats front office this season. Seems like they changed course numerous times and am wondering if people think they ended up doing the right stuff or not! Orioles too if you have time!
Meg Rowley
3:55
It doesn't I swear! Just an active queue today (thanks everyone!). I think they fouled it up pretty good. That team underperforming to the extent they did will always be weird, and for all we know they tried to move pieces at the deadline and couldn't (I don't think that is what happened) but either keep Harper and try to make a run by acquiring more, or tear it down.
Baltimore seems to be coming to terms with where they are and what they need to do. Incomplete grade for now, but that is a big step forward.
My Name is Judge...
3:56
at what point is the service time manipulations on the players.  they had a seat at the table and choose not to focus on that issue.  i agree it has to change, but the whole point of collectively bargaining is that the union can bring points of contention to the owners.  maybe this was prioritized previously, but it doesnt seem like it (i have a limited knowledge in previous cba's).  and it is absolutely criminal what is happening to minor leaguers.  i could see a team going against the grain and investing 100K to each player hoping the additional cash allows them to train/eat/live better and some players who normally would wash out become mlb players (maybe not stars, but contributors)
Meg Rowley
3:56
I would point out that they did address it in the CBA. It is against the terms of the CBA to manipulate service time to push out free agency. Proving it is the tricky thing.
3:57
We should expect the union to do more, though minor leaguers aren't union members.
We can also want teams to expect decently.
Johann Sebastian Vogelbach
3:58
A note on Hader's "struggles" asked about earlier, but moreso on Anthony Rizzo. On the whole Hader's second half has not been what his first was, but he was actually pretty good yesterday. The Rizzo home run might have been the most impressive I've seen hit this season. Seriously. Recommend everyone checking the video out. The guy crowds the plate as much as anybody and took 95+ off the plate inside and up to RCF off of arguably the toughest lefty in baseball
Meg Rowley
4:00
Also worth noting that "struggle" is relative, right? Four day old September has been rough, but his first half FIP is 1.71, second half is 2.69. The K's being down isn't great, but he's still good at baseball. Again, I wonder if he's just a little worn out.
Seeforman
4:00
No prob with more $ for minor leaguers, but these comments about more of them succeeding? Unless you change the 25 man roster limit, the number of MLB players at any time won't increase. Excluding September madness, of course
Meg Rowley
4:01
I think the point is more, what good players aren't we seeing who would play baseball if the lower levels were more easily survivable?
Basically, are we missing out on anther Trout? Now, minor league pay isn't the only reason kids don't play baseball, but it is one of the easier ones to fix.
4:02
Alright friends, that will have to do it for today. I
have to get going.
Thanks for all the questions, and sorry for what I didn't get to.
Until next week!
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