JotCast | FanGraphs After Dark Chat - 5/23/17

FanGraphs After Dark Chat - 5/23/17

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Paul Swydan

10:21

What is tonight's best 7:05/7:10 matchup?

COL (Marquez) vs. PHI (Eflin) (0% | 0 votes)

SF (Cueto) vs. CHC (Lester) (59.9% | 100 votes)

SEA (Bergman) vs. WAS (Ross) (1.2% | 2 votes)

KC (Duffy) vs. NYY (Montgomery) (7.8% | 13 votes)

MIN (Santana) vs. BAL (Bundy) (12.6% | 21 votes)

CLE (Carrasco) vs. CIN (Garrett) (9% | 15 votes)

LAA (Shoemaker) vs. TB (Cobb) (4.8% | 8 votes)

SD (Chacin) vs. NYM (Harvey) (4.2% | 7 votes)

TEX (Cashner) vs. BOS (Porcello) (0.6% | 1 vote)

Total Votes: 167

10:22

What is tonight's best 7:30 or later matchup?

PIT (Glasnow) vs. ATL (Dickey) (2.5% | 4 votes)

TOR (Biagini) vs. MIL (Nelson) (4.4% | 7 votes)

DET (Zimmermann) vs. HOU (McCullers) (12.7% | 20 votes)

CHW (Covey) vs. ARI (Corbin) (0% | 0 votes)

MIA (Urena) vs. OAK (Hahn) (4.4% | 7 votes)

STL (Lynn) vs. LAD (Kershaw) (75.9% | 120 votes)

Total Votes: 158

4:07

Of the 10 most popular MiLB players in the FG search bar this afternoon, who will have the best MLB career?

Sam Travis (1.5% | 3 votes)

Dinelson Lamet (0.5% | 1 vote)

Gleyber Torres (26.5% | 54 votes)

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (21.6% | 44 votes)

Tim Tebow (15.2% | 31 votes)

Rhys Hoskins (4.4% | 9 votes)

Amed Rosario (11.8% | 24 votes)

Scott Kingery (0.5% | 1 vote)

Lewis Brinson (5.9% | 12 votes)

Rafael Devers (12.3% | 25 votes)

Total Votes: 204

9:00

Hi everybody!

Jeff Zimmerman

9:00

Hi

9:01

Red Sox going little league

ChiSox

9:01

Are the White Sox still on the right path? Should we expect more big moves after the draft?

Paul Swydan

9:01

They are indeed. The signing of Luis Robert helped, and I think we'l see more trades as the trade deadline approaches.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:02

Agree. I think they made the right move holding onto RP before the trade deadline. Better return.

Kevin

9:02

Twins vs orioles game of night. But idk if its a 2-1 walkoff or a 12-3 Baltimore route

Paul Swydan

9:03

2-1 walk-off looks like the closer call, as it is currently 2-0 in the seventh.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:03

Yep

Los

9:03

RoS rankings for Alonso, Hanley, and Pujols. Having trouble finding a suitable trade partner so should I hold tight with two of them on my bench or cut one for better roster flexibility elsewhere (12 teamer with 3 bench spots).

Paul Swydan

9:03

I think Hanley's shoulder problem is a big issue. He may not have the best season.

9:04

I'm not sure you're going to find a taker for Pujols either.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:04

There has to be some trade available. Better than a straight cut.

LosJankees

9:04

If we're still contenders we should trade for a controllable SP (Quintana/Archer). Would be a great statement in a year when BOS was expected to run away with the division that we take it away from them. Worth a couple prospects to get Baby Bombers playoff experience.

Paul Swydan

9:05

That would seem to be the strategy. We'll see.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:05

Prospects are always worth the playoffs but wait until trade deadline.

Paul Swydan

9:05

I think a Quintana or Archer will cost a lot more than "a couple" of prospects though.

ManBearPuig

9:05

Arrange these Aarons in order of the WAR they will produce in 2018 (least to greatest): Altherr, Hicks, Judge, and Nola.

Paul Swydan

9:06

What a great question.

Judge, Altherr, Nola, Hicks

My answer might be different tomorrow.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:06

Hicks ..... Altherr , Nola, Judge

Paul Swydan

9:06

Oh, I'm sorry.

Reverse my group.

9:07

So, yeah, Jeff and I agree here.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:07

Basically

BP12345

9:07

Manny Machado has struggled this year, despite improvements upon his BB% and Hard Contact % this season. The BABIP is low, so it's only a matter of time before he starts raking, right?

Paul Swydan

9:07

I would think so, yes. I'm not super worried about him yet.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:08

I think BABIP will be low. Losing speed. I think he is doing an early transition for a young player with speed. Probably related to surgeries.

Anal Hershiser

9:08

Sam Travis worth a flier in a keeper league?

Jeff Zimmerman

9:09

Yea

Paul Swydan

9:09

I think so. Plan is he'll start against lefties, but if he hits, he'll soon be the everyday guy. Moreland hasn't been very good since the first ~10 games of the season.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:09

He's in the majors. Better than most other prospects.

YKnotDisco?!

9:09

I have often heard that you can't trust a man who doesn't drink... I personally can't trust a man who doesn't disclose his musical preference. Let's see if you are trustworthy Paul...

Paul Swydan

9:09

Hip-hop and R&B.

9:10

Disco is/was cool too, though.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:10

He just said Paul

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