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August Fagerstrom FanGraphs Chat -- 5/10/16
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august fagerstrom
12:25
Yes
Q-Ball
12:25
The Yankees are old, expensive, and not very good. They have some valuable trade pieces though. Should the Yankees do what they have never done: Blow it up in full re-build mode?
august fagerstrom
12:25
Thing about the Yankees is, they never need to go *full* re-build
They should never have anything but a top-5 payroll, probably
There's a difference between that and realizing you're not a contender and maximizing your future assets, though
SB
12:26
ROS - who's production do you think is most sustainable? Happ, Porcello, R. Hill?
august fagerstrom
12:26
Rich god damn Hill
Lloyd Moseby
12:26
What's your read on Aaron Sanchez so far? He's looked like the Jays best pitcher in limited time. Where do you see his ceiling in the rotation?
august fagerstrom
12:26
will be writing about this very soon, I think
CamdenWarehouse
12:26
Is there a fine or suspension coming Harper's way?
august fagerstrom
12:26
Would guess he gets fined, yeah
Questioner
12:27
Strasburg - how surprised are you at this extension, on a scale from "water is wet" to "Trump is the nominee"?
august fagerstrom
12:27
an 8
Matt
12:27
Is Felix Hernandez transforming into more of a Kris Medlan type of pitcher?
august fagerstrom
12:27
My favorite fun fact I've found in a while:
Before last night's start, Felix was the only qualified starter in baseball without a whiff on an in-zone fastball all year
He literally had a 100% contact rate on in-zone fastballs before last night
Not sure if it changed or not
but, boy
asabin
12:28
Did we get too excited about Noah Syndergaard?
august fagerstrom
12:28
I'd call it an appropriate level of excitement
yojiveself
12:28
rasmus is now hitting like he is supposed to be hitting (.241). cut for ozuna? unable to trade him (no takers).
august fagerstrom
12:28
He was a 132 wRC+. That's the best offensive season of his career.
Kvn
12:29
So we knew Manny Machado vaulted himself among the elite last year, but holy shit! If he's anywhere close to as good of a SS as he is a 3B he's got to be the most valuable player in baseball, right?
august fagerstrom
12:29
He's closer to Trout and Harper than most think, probably, yeah
Pinstripe Wizard
12:29
Is it time to put Yordano Ventura in the pen? That walk rate is ridiculous.
august fagerstrom
12:29
And who do you replace him with? The Royals rotation is hot garbage
old tex
12:29
What are the chances bryce harper signs with the nationals long term?
august fagerstrom
12:29
Slim
Outta my way, Gyorkass
12:30
Are any teams who fashioned themselves contenders at the beginning of the season legitimately screwed? I guess a 13-20 Astros team looks better than a 6-14 Astros team, but they need to pull it together in a hurry, right?
august fagerstrom
12:30
The Twins are legitimately screwed
The Astros have to pull it together in a hurry, yes, but not screwed et
yet*
Pasa
12:30
Will MLB have an automated K zone within the next 10 years?
august fagerstrom
12:30
I'll say no
Q-Ball
12:30
The Nationals are a good team, but the weekend series vs. Cubs exposed one big problem: Outside of Harper, their hitters don't scare anybody. Should they make a deal, or hope for internal improvement?
august fagerstrom
12:30
They should call up Trea Turner, for starters. And yeah, they could probably serve to add a bat
Bridgeport Joe
12:31
Given the White Sox's current lead in the AL Central and their ability to throw Sale and Quintana four times in a series, Chicago really has to be the AL favorite at this point, right?
august fagerstrom
12:31
I'm still partial to the Red Sox
But yeah, Chicago's positioned themselves as well as anyone so far in terms of making it out of the AL
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