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Jeff Sullivan FanGraphs Chat -- 8/25/17
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Jeff Sullivan
10:51
Wouldn't lower offense; would just alter offense
Urooj
10:51
Why don't the Reds trade Votto?
Jeff Sullivan
10:51
They don't want to
Reginald Denton III
10:51
What are your thoughts on the Rangers?  Isn't there an argument to be made that they're the best AL WC contender that's not from New York?
Jeff Sullivan
10:51
Sure, but only in that all of those teams are basically average. None of them are bad, and none of them are good
Lars
10:52
Let's say the Angels are on the brink of trading Mike Trout to the Braves but the sides aren't quite aligned. If you were the Mariners and looking to contend within the next 2-3 years, who is the best player you'd kick in to get Trout out of the division/league?
Jeff Sullivan
10:52
In theory, Trout would just be bringing equivalent value back to the Angels, so I don't think it would make that much of a difference
Babe Lincoln
10:53
How would you grade/rate Sandy Alderson's performance since the season began?
Jeff Sullivan
10:53
Impossible
There was no way to win with the circumstances he faced
GC
10:53
Jeff, which prospects make the biggest impact in 2018?
Jeff Sullivan
10:53
The really good ones
Mac
10:54
Would you call Joey Votto's contract an asset?
Jeff Sullivan
10:54
Yep. He's expensive, but given where he is as a player, he could still do better than that on the market
10:55
And the perception is widespread that he will continue to age well
Dan
10:55
Hoskins is amazing! He keep this up? What's a peak year look like for him, 40 bombs, with a decent ba?
Jeff Sullivan
10:55
The only thing I'll say for now is that he's homered against exactly one pitcher I'd consider big-league caliber, and that's Dan Straily
Everyone else is a AAAA type
10:56
I like Hoskins, but I want to see a full year of Hoskins
Stuafoo
10:56
What's your go-to for Mariners-specific content these days?
Jeff Sullivan
10:56
Video of Mariners games
I don't seek out any Mariners-specific commentary
Bob
10:57
Rodon's been great -- is this the new and improved him? Or does he revert back to his old self?
Jeff Sullivan
10:57
He's throwing about 60% strikes. It's really hard to be an excellent starting pitcher when you're throwing 60% strikes
James
10:58
I've seen some people suggest that Cozart should get a QO and Dyson shouldn't. Isn't Dyson worth much more to the Mariners - and worth the value of the QO - in 2018 than Cozart is to the Reds?
Jeff Sullivan
10:58
There is exactly a 0% chance that free-agent Jarrod Dyson would earn $18 million in 2018
Teams just don't pay that money for those skills
Jeff Sullivan Jr
10:59
You like what you're seeing from Javier Baez? What does he look like in his prime, and how far from that are we?
Jeff Sullivan
10:59
He is what he's been. He's an electrifying but roughly league-average hitter who plays quality defense. I'm not convinced he'll ever get better than this
Kyle
10:59
Who are you buying more at SS for the Cubs moving forward -- Baez or Russell?
Jeff Sullivan
10:59
Russell is the better shortstop
Urooj
11:00
Which team is hurting themselves more by blind deference to a veteran? Jays with Bautista or Angels with Pujols?
Jeff Sullivan
11:00
Pujols' WAR is a full win lower
11:01
The Angels don't exactly have a quality alternative, and Pujols has chipped in with some clutch hits, but that's a real problem they have on their hands
JimmyBallgame
11:01
Which potential wild card team has the best chance to stretch it into a big playoff run?
Jeff Sullivan
11:01
Yankees
Ben
11:01
Are we gonna see Miggy rapidly decline much like Pujols did?
Jeff Sullivan
11:01
Isn't he already?
Hal
11:04
There have to be, what, a quarter million swings every MLB season? Conforto wrecking his shoulder isn't getting enough attention for how incredibly freaky it is
Jeff Sullivan
11:04
I'm so used to batters snapping their hamates, or stretching their obliques. This one? It's probably not unprecedented, but it's so very unusual
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