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Winter Meetings Live Blog, Day 1
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Paul Swydan
3:30
Absolutely not.
3:31
It's incredibly boring here I'd say, 75% of the time. 25% of the time you get to go to dinner with your colleagues, and then drink in the lobby with contemporaries, but I only attend now because I'm not paying for the privilege. I wouldn't recommend a fan spend his money on the experience. There is very rarely players or managers or even team execs in any venue open to the general public. UNLESS they're trying to get media attention for something, and then they're just surrounded by media members.
Warren
3:32
How can the Braves manage to shed Kemp and his contract? Would they have to package Teheran? I worry that the prospect price could be very high...
Paul Swydan
3:32
I'd say the Braves are probably stuck with Kemp at this point.
Safety Stegosaurus
3:32
The Rays haven't been able to outdraw the NHL Lightning on an average per game basis since 2014. Does Florida suffer from an over saturation of baseball between all the spring training, minors, and MLB games?
Paul Swydan
3:33
You should go back and read the FG Residency articles that Michael Lortz wrote this past summer.
He had some really great pieces on the Tampa market.
Jay
3:34
What kind of holes can Cleveland patch up on their roster by trading Danny Salazar? Does he have enough value to bring back much alone (or paired with a prospect)
Paul Swydan
3:35
I would say the holes they would patch would be smaller than the hole left by trading Salazar. Cleveland is in the zone now where they should only be trading away minor league prospects/players to upgrade the roster.
tb.25
3:36
From your experience, what sort of playing and/or data analytic background is needed to get a role at winter meetings with a team?
Paul Swydan
3:37
At this point I would say that if you don't know how to code, you have a very uphill climb. What I would do is make a giant document with all of the qualifications from the jobs that I've posted on the site recently, and you should be able to get a good cross-stitch of what teams are looking for.
3:38
OK everyone, I have to go hunt for a plug because my laptop is going to die. It's been very nice chatting with you. Until next time!
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