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Jeff Sullivan FanGraphs Chat -- 9/22/17
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Jeff Sullivan
10:41
Because the Astros still believe he projects as an average hitter. Also, they're not playing for much
another bad dynasty manager
10:42
What's up with Panik?  Did he hit the weights last year or while rehabbing from his injury?  I don't normally follow the Giants, but I can't help notice the numbers he's putting up in the box scores.
Jeff Sullivan
10:42
Panik is what he was in 2015. His 2016 was ruined by injury (concussion)
10:43
Same walk, strikeout, and grounder rates for three years. Only real change has been BABIP
Good player!
Pat
10:43
Jeff, I love you and you've been my favorite writer for a long time. I wrote an article myself for the first time a few days ago, discussing how a particular player was below replacement using all the numbers to back my argument up. It got over 250 comments but literally all of them were just absolutely hateful and mean and everybody ignored every single thing I wrote. Kind of lost my confidence and don't want to write again. Has this ever happened to you?
Jeff Sullivan
10:44
I don't care how often you write -- hateful comments will always get to you. They'll stick out from everything else and sometimes they can be hard to shake. It does, of course, get easier, but it never gets *easy*
10:45
The question is: do you, yourself, like writing? Did you enjoy the process and the result? If you did, fuck 'em. You do this for you
One day, everyone who's ever left a comment will be dead and unremembered
Owen
10:45
Should the Mets non-tender Harvey?
Jeff Sullivan
10:46
Nah. I get it, I totally get it, but, nah.
Give him a month and a half in 2018 and if he's still garbage, just cut bait then
Ben
10:46
Are there any stats that measure how good a particular pitcher is at putting hitters away quickly once reaching two strikes?
Jeff Sullivan
10:47
You can look up two-strike performances using regular splits or Baseball Savant. I like to look at two-strike strikeout rate, to see who's efficient once they get a hitter in a corner
E
10:47
Will Danny Salazar ever stop being incredibly frustrating?
Jeff Sullivan
10:47
Whenever someone tantalizes as a potential ace, the frustration will almost always be there, because most pitchers don't ever turn into aces
Burden of his own upside
Toshi
10:47
Jeff, do you think the Major League will change juiced ball next season?  If so, how do you think it would affect free agent market?  Thanks.
Jeff Sullivan
10:47
Don't think they're going to do anything to the ball. Wouldn't work in their favor. Everyone would be pissed
Bort
10:48
What should the Astros do with McCullers next year? Make him a reliever or keep trying to run him out there as a starter/
Jeff Sullivan
10:48
I think you keep trying to start him, but he should be used very conservatively
Kevin
10:48
Should the Marlins let Stanton pitch for a game or 2 to make sure their pitchers aren't the worst hitter in MLB history?
Jeff Sullivan
10:48
Start Ichiro!
START
ICHIRO
Anthony
10:48
Updated predictions on who claims the WC spots?
Jeff Sullivan
10:49
Twins/Rockies. Boring prediction
TJ
10:49
Would Yonder Alonso have done better in FA this offseason if he got hit with a pitch in June and was out for the rest of the year?
Jeff Sullivan
10:50
Worthwhile question. I don't think so, but he's clearly tailed off. This is the trouble with identifying guys who've fixed themselves in April. Give the league a chance to respond in May
Derek
10:51
If you had a ballot for the MVPs what would it look like?
Jeff Sullivan
10:52
A little torn between Altuve and Judge in the AL. Willing to listen on Sale and Kluber. NL is wide open and I'm thankful I don't have to vote for that
10:53
I could talk myself into, say, Blackmon or Votto
But then Stanton is also kind of obvious in a way
That one is impossible
CL
10:53
What are the chances that the braves can get rid of both Markakis and Kemp this offseason?
Jeff Sullivan
10:53
Well a problem is they're useless
The team most likely to like them is the team that currently has them
10:54
Markakis, they could flip. Kemp is just nothing
Sebastian Z.
10:54
Jeff, not a question, but I thoroughly enjoyed your Ellsbury catcher's interference piece. And btw, he added another one the other night.
Jeff Sullivan
10:54
New record!
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