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Jeff Sullivan FanGraphs Chat -- 11/10/17
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Jeff Sullivan
9:06
Hello friends
Welcome to Friday baseball chat
Creg
9:06
Does Cozart continue hitting enough to be a realistic 3B option for someone?
Jeff Sullivan
9:06
I imagine he's going to stay at shortstop, and I imagine he's going to stay with the Reds
I don't think that's anything like a guarantee, but it's my current best guess
Ray Liotta as Shoeless Joe
9:07
We're a long way out from the MLB All-Star Game, but should there be a substitution rule where one [1] player can be reentered into the game? It's an exhibition and we all want to see the best players in the tightest spot anyways, right?
Jeff Sullivan
9:08
I'm not sure there is such a thing as a "tight spot" in an All-Star Game, especially now that it's been stripped of any bigger-picture significance
And besides, everyone in the All-Star Game is a good player to begin with!
9:10
This year's ASG ended with Andrew Miller facing Joey Votto and Cody Bellinger
That was in the 10th inning. Seems good enough to me
BJOGC
9:10
Eric Hosmer has never been good 2 years in a row. His above average years have all been in odd numbered years. Theoretically, what would happen if he were to be signed by the Giants?
Jeff Sullivan
9:11
He would hit six home runs
divine chanteuse
9:12
What happened to Evan Longoria last year? I feel as though the Rays chances are tied directly to his bat and he was below average for the first time. Is this the new normal for him?
Jeff Sullivan
9:12
Not just the surface numbers -- Longoria also fared much worse in terms of exit velocity and expected wOBA
It kind of reads as if he sacrificed batted-ball authority for contact. Which, in this day and age, isn't a terrible idea, but it didn't work out for him
9:13
He's still just newly 32 so I'd give him some of the benefit of the doubt, but I'd project him as only a slightly above-average hitter now. I think he's done being something terrific
Jaff
9:13
Should the Giants look at someone like Keon Broxton instead of going after someone like Lorenzo Cain and losing a draft pick?
Jeff Sullivan
9:14
I mean, I'm biased, so I think so. And if not Broxton, someone very similar in Michael A. Taylor. But I don't think the Giants want to embrace so many strikeouts
Ray Liotta as Shoeless Joe
9:15
You used to live in San Diego, right? Making the move in a few months. What is the best stuff that I wouldn't have thought of or sought out on my own?
Jeff Sullivan
9:16
There's some incredible food tucked into some wholly unremarkable strip malls
Get outside of the city, too. If you can come to appreciate the desert landscape there's some adequate wilderness
Kevin
9:17
I noticed you guys didn't have anything on the Girardi firing.  Seemed like awkward timing on the Yankees' part.  Do you think Cashman had simply made his mind up earlier in the season?
Jeff Sullivan
9:17
I don't think FanGraphs in particular ever has that much to say about a manager hiring or firing. We openly admit that we basically have no idea
9:18
In the Yankees' case, it does read as if the team was just looking for any reason to move on. Most managers don't last as long in one place as Girardi did. Sides grow tired of one another
BPhoenix 2042
9:18
When you first started at fangraphs, how did they respond to your more humorous articles or frivolous subjects? Was it a tough sell or did they embrace that from the start?
Jeff Sullivan
9:18
Probably the best thing about working here is I can write almost anything I want
9:19
Obviously there are limits, and I don't want to write something that's a complete waste of everyone's time, but I don't remember the last time an idea I had was shot down
Bubba
9:19
What do you think the Mets should do this offseason?
Jeff Sullivan
9:20
Depth, relievers, and health
They don't need to make a splash. Everything is going to come down to how well guys like Conforto and Syndergaard recover and perform. That's it
I know that's kind of boring, and separately annoying because it's unpredictable, but it's the truth
rhendricks
9:20
Who is Josh Lowey and why is he projected to be one of the top 30 SP in baseball next season according to Steamer600?
Jeff Sullivan
9:20
I was recently wondering that myself!
9:21
He appears to be someone who has been dominant in Mexico, with an ugly stint in the KBO
9:22
I, uh, wouldn't put too much stock in that projection
9:23
For whatever it's worth though he did lead all starters in the Mexican league in K-BB%
9:24
This feels like another Cesar Valdez
Zonk
9:26
Is Ichiro at the end of the road?  Can he still contribute on the field?
Jeff Sullivan
9:26
We're reaching an interesting point, where Ichiro will have to find that balance between his desire to keep playing but also his own personal pride
9:27
Like, I don't think Ichiro wants to go the route of signing a minor-league contract with an NRI
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