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Jeff Sullivan FanGraphs Chat -- 8/25/17
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Matt
11:05
Mike Montgomery- make more sense for Cubs to give him  a shot as a very inexpensive rotation piece next year or keep him in versatile, swingman role? They still have a couple rotation slots to fill for next year....
Jeff Sullivan
11:05
He's more useful as a swingman, but they'll keep him around as rotation insurance in case they don't find everything they're looking for
John
11:05
Does a potential Sanchez suspension torpedo the Yanks playoff chances?
Jeff Sullivan
11:05
No, they have a big cushion
Andrew
11:06
Schwarber...talk to me about his play since coming up from the Minors
Jeff Sullivan
11:06
123 wRC+, 37% strikeouts. He's trying to be Joey Gallo. I guess it's something
Marc
11:07
Has stroman taken the next step to become an ace?
Jeff Sullivan
11:07
Same guy he was a season ago. I like him a lot and he's kind of a borderline ace, so it depends on whether you're a big-ace or a small-ace sort of person
Reginald Denton III
11:07
Are you planning on listening to the new album from The War on Drugs today?
Jeff Sullivan
11:08
I wasn't before, but I guess now I can have it on background
LPFan
11:08
What's GSv2 stat on pitcher's game log page? Where can I find more information on this and how can I find list of pitchers with average GSv2 for this season? Thank you!
Jeff Sullivan
I've never used it, so I don't know how to look it up, but there you go!
Ken
11:08
Re Benintendi - can the Statcast numbers be broken out home vs road? Does he rate better on the road? What about visiting LF at Fenway?
Jeff Sullivan
11:09
Not able to do that separation with what's publicly available. I'm sure Petriello could say something
Hal
11:09
The logjam around the second wildcard spot is so uninspiring; MLB's accomplished their goal of getting more teams in the playoff hunt, but at what cost? Is baseball better when seven 500 teams are within 3 games of a spot in late August?
Jeff Sullivan
11:09
I think so. It's late August and 80% of teams in the American League can think about playing in October. That's fun
11:10
I don't really care that an average team might make it in. It's happened before and it'll happen down the road. The average team will play as an underdog. And if it wins out anyway, that's interesting!
Either the average team loses in the playoffs, or it wins, and makes you wonder whether it was really an average team in the first place
TJ
11:11
With the Freeman experiment and then Rizzo playing out there the other day, it's been a golden year for first basemen at 3b. Should the Angels try Pujols out there?
Jeff Sullivan
11:11
lol
Charlie
11:11
I don't know, Joe Morgan had the two best hitting seasons in Reds history. Votto had 7 in the top 20, and Morgan had only 4, but I think he might have a case.
Jeff Sullivan
11:11
Morgan comes the closest to equaling Votto, but I still like Votto more
NtFlxAndRichHill
11:11
Is IFFB% measuered differently in the minors?
Jeff Sullivan
11:11
Yes
mike
11:12
Without naming names, of course, is there, or has there been, a Fangraphs writer whose opinion about the sport greatly diverged from yours?
Jeff Sullivan
11:12
Yes
Anon
11:13
Are the Yankees legit this year or did they buy too soon?
Jeff Sullivan
They have baseball's third-best BaseRuns record, plus they're in a wild-card position as we speak, by multiple games
Mac
11:13
Accounting for the playoffs probably does make 4th/5th starters less important relative to relievers
Jeff Sullivan
11:13
Yeah, and this is why back-of-the-rotation types don't get significant hauls around the trade deadline
Teams are paying in part for playoff utility
Rockie Dangerfield
11:14
If the Rockies choke their way out of the playoffs, who do you see taking the blame for it?
Jeff Sullivan
11:14
The bullpen
It was the savior early, and it's been the executioner since
Grover
11:14
If you had to take a shot in the dark, what the lowest single season WAR Mike Trout will put up in his career?
Jeff Sullivan
11:15
He'll post a 1 or something when it's about time to call it quits
:(
JimmyBallgame
11:15
Has Trevor Bauer's reliance on the curve both helped and hurt him? It's far and away his best pitch, but seems like hitters are sitting on that curve more often now
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