JotCast | Jeff Sullivan FanGraphs Chat -- 1/8/16

Jeff Sullivan FanGraphs Chat -- 1/8/16

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Jeff Sullivan

10:38

I like this idea about as much as I like the Inciarte/Soler idea.

Only thing is the Red Sox might not be willing to be as patient as the Braves might be with Soler's development

Cory

10:39

Do you feel as though the Astros need to make another addition to be considered one of the top contenders? Their offseason has been very dull.

Jeff Sullivan

10:39

They might already be the best team in the American League. They probably want another starting pitcher, which would help. And obviously there are questions about Singleton. But they're solid top to bottom

Drew

10:40

Who would you rather have playing CF for your baseball team: Griffey Jr, Andruw Jones, Billy Hamilton, Kiermaier?

Jeff Sullivan

10:40

Like, right now?

Griffey had the best peak. Jones had the best defense

anon

10:40

What is major difference between the defensive measures? What don't they measure?

Jeff Sullivan

10:40

They don't consider shifts. I don't really know what the particular differences are between UZR and DRS

10:41

It would be helpful to have a "team UZR" measure that is different from the sum of the individual components. Because team UZR could fold shifts in pretty easily

Kylo Ren

10:41

Rank the NL West teams best to worst after the Span signing...Dodgers, Giants, DBacks, Padres?

Jeff Sullivan

10:41

I also forget about the Rockies like six times a day

I agree with your order

biffyclyro

10:43

What is Fowler's market now that Span signed with SF?

Jeff Sullivan

10:43

Maybe Tigers, if they don't get Cespedes

But it's not easy. That draft pick compensation is a problem for him

Drew

10:44

Would you rather save some money and sign Alexei to a short-term deal or hope for big things from Desmond? I think I'm taking Alexei and his inflated BABIP and better defense.

Jeff Sullivan

10:44

I'd take Desmond. I feel like Ramirez is about finished

ElkCreek

10:45

If Felix's career ended today, he'd be border-line for the HOF, yes?

Jeff Sullivan

10:45

He's still a little short, by the Koufax standard. A year or two off

Drew

10:46

Why would someone vote for Clemens but not Barry?

Jeff Sullivan

10:46

Literally not one single clue

Jim

10:46

What does it take for the Angels to land khris dVis

Jeff Sullivan

10:46

Whatever their best remaining prospect is

Bryan

10:48

Opening Day right fielder for KC will be...?

Jeff Sullivan

10:48

They open against the Mets, which means they open against a righty, which means they open with Jarrod Dyson in right field

Guest

10:49

How prepared should we all be for Royals Devil Magic to help Chien-Ming Wang throw 150 innings with a sub-4 ERA

Jeff Sullivan

10:50

As prepared as you are for the next word I type

boot

that prepared

Pete

10:50

This has got to be a worst-case-scenario type of offseason for the Reds, yeah?

Jeff Sullivan

10:50

Votto hasn't hurt himself doing something he wasn't supposed to do yet

10:51

Otherwise, yeah

Patrick J

10:51

Also regarding Griffey's backwards hat... I think a lot of the iconography of it comes from the 1993 HR Derby at Camden Yards where he hit the warehouse. He did the entire thing wearing the hat backwards. As a 10 year old, I thought that was the coolest thing ever.

ElkCreek

10:51

How many weird things were going on in the late 90s early 2000s that people were hitting 50 home runs with regularity? Is it just steroids, or was it a perfect storm of the league wanting more offense and failing to police offenses?

Jeff Sullivan

10:51

PEDs, small strike zones, allegedly live baseballs

10:52

Lots of stuff came together to build one weird-ass era of the game

frank the tank

10:52

don't forget ricky bottalico

Jeff Sullivan

10:52

who could

Nick