JotCast | FanGraphs After Dark Chat - 3/7/17

FanGraphs After Dark Chat - 3/7/17

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Paul Swydan

4:01

What is the best Netflix original show (Take 2)?

Bojack Horseman (14% | 31 votes)

Daredevil (6.3% | 14 votes)

House of Cards (26.2% | 58 votes)

Master of None (6.8% | 15 votes)

Narcos (5% | 11 votes)

Orange is the New Black (2.7% | 6 votes)

Stranger Things (26.7% | 59 votes)

The Crown (2.7% | 6 votes)

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (5.4% | 12 votes)

Other (NOTE: Black Mirror was disqualified because it was originally on British TV Channel 4) (4.1% | 9 votes)

Total Votes: 221

4:04

Are you surprised by Korea's poor showing in their first two WBC games?

Yes, I expected better (23.9% | 53 votes)

I honestly don't know (36.9% | 82 votes)

No, I am not surprised they were upset. (9% | 20 votes)

I am not following the WBC (30.2% | 67 votes)

Total Votes: 222

9:00

Hi everybody!

Zock Jr.

9:00

I wonder what show everyone is gonna complain about you forgetting this week...

Paul Swydan

9:00

I can't wait to find out.

Dylan

9:00

Your lack of Jessica Jones disturbs me

Paul Swydan

9:00

JJ was in the poll last week and didn't garner enough support to make the cut this week.

Maxamuz

9:01

If Black Mirror is DQd shouldn't House of Cards also be?

Paul Swydan

9:01

My understanding is that Black Mirror on Netflix is a CONTINUATION of the British show, whereas HOC on Netflix is an ADAPTATION of the British show.

9:02

In other words, Black Mirror on Netflix started with Season 3, but HOC was an all-new show that started with Season 1.

Perhaps that is too fine a distinction for you, but that's my distinction!

BoJack Horseman

9:02

GODDAMN IT PAUL, you can't just revote! I already won. I'm not Ryan Gosling, I can't handle having this award taken away from me!

Paul Swydan

9:02

Actually, "Other" won last week. You win nothing. You lose! GOOD DAY SIR!

BoJack Horseman

9:03

Is this because I missed last week's chat? Is that why you're doing this? Because I'll have you know, I have a perfectly good excuse for missing last week's chat! I was uh........................ Drunk.

Paul Swydan

9:03

That is a great excuse, but no, I felt bad leaving out Stranger Things, Kimmy Schmidt and House of Cards.

Michael

9:03

How can you not include Peaky Blinders on your poll? Shameful.

Matt

9:03

Luke Cage matched Daredevils realism with an even better cast, although the story might have been a little lacking I don't think there's a single bad performance

P

9:03

House of Cards should be winning this in a landslide; I don't understand.

#coppyandthewhosaysno

9:03

It'll only let me choose one Netflix series, Paul! Orange and House of Cards for me. The Fall starring Gillian Anderson was great too, but also started on British TV.

First Time Poster

9:04

I found Bojack fake and overrated... Horsing Around was way better and much better for the family.

Obligatory you forgot about Stanger Things

Paul Swydan

9:04

But I didn't this time!

snid

9:04

What's Netflix?

Paul Swydan

9:04

LOL

9:05

OK, time for real questions.

Jeremy

9:05

I'm trying to decide whether to cut or keep three guys in my 14-team, start-24, 5x5 league with a 340 budget at the auction. They're all cheap -- Mike Napoli (4), Jung Ho Kang (5), and Taijuan Walker (6) -- but I have a surplus of points this year and am thinking that I can just pay more for higher-level players at DH, 3B, and #5SP. Cut/keep? Thank you.

Paul Swydan

9:05

I wouldn't keep Napoli. I'm fine with keeping Kang and Walker, though I'm not really a big Walker fan at all.

MiguelCabrera

9:05

Do I become the first unanimous HOFer?

Paul Swydan

9:06

No. The DUIs alone would disqualify him in some people's eyes. Getting swept in the World Series probably is enough of a demerit for others.

BobBobber

9:06

Auction league H2H 10 team keeper -- SP#2 -- $16 Darvish or $9 Hendricks?

Paul Swydan

9:07

$9 Hendricks

Always take the cheaper pitcher.

mike

9:07

I feel like the Jays are being slightly under-regarded this preseason. Full seasons of Liriano over Dickey, Upton as 4th OF and Grilli as set-up man, Sanchez with no innings limit, healthier Donaldson, Bautista & Travis, with Morales +Pearce to replace EE & Carrera, better backup C. I know they're not exactly young, but what am I missing here?

Paul Swydan

9:08

While I mostly agree, I think you're holding Donaldson to a pretty high standard there. Dude played in 155 games last year. How much healthier do you want him to be?

Ed

9:08

Hey Paul! Who should I keep as my last keeper in 10-team AL only (15 keepers, $260 budget, keep for 3 years): Swihart $2 or DeShields $1? Or, throw them both back?

Paul Swydan

9:09

I'd throw them both back, but if you're set on keeping one of them, go with DeShields. Farrell hates Swihart, and if Vazquez or Leon hits even a little bit, he'll find an excuse to bench/banish Swihart.

thunder

9:09

I'm not familiar with how baseball practices go. How do teams help players improve against opposite handed pitching? Conforto got little game time against lefties. Would the team give him 60% of at bats against lefties in practice or would they rather focus on strengthening against righties and hope that he comes into his own against lefties?

Paul Swydan

9:09

I don't have a good answer to this question, but if anyone else does, holla.

Zock Jr.

9:09

You guys are the straw that stirs the chat. 20 team, keep 12, H2H 8x8 categories. Is EE + Hendricks too much to offer for Machado?

Paul Swydan

9:10

Quite the opposite. I don't think I'd deal Machado for that package. EE is on a new team and getting old, and Hendricks will probably never be as good as he was last year. Machado meanwhile is a guy who's a no-doubt top tier keeper for the next 5-10 years.

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