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Travis Sawchik
12:03
Happy Tuesday, folks
We need to talk ...
Miky
12:04
Hi Travis. What are your thought on Giolito? He seemed so different, so much better during Spring, and even though it was only a Spring, it seemed somewhat indicative and important looking forward. But since the start of the season he's been back to being absolutely terrible, with no velocity, no control, no putaway pitch. Is it mechanics? And more importantly, is he just a toast? Thanks
Travis Sawchik
12:05
That's a great question and the White Sox would love to have the answers. Giolito looked like he might be on the cusp of something back in the spring. Is he healthy?
Chris
12:06
Seems like it's hip to link the Indians to the potential Machado sale, but am I crazy for thinking the better position player get for the Tribe would be Adam Jones and the best deal overall might be for Brach or O'Day?
Travis Sawchik
12:06
Indians need bullpen help more than anything, and perhaps those arms could be fits, but how fun would a Machado-Lindor-Ramirez infield be?
Nick
12:07
I was in a discussion recently where someone claimed that pitchers were "rattled" by a fielding error and subsequently pitched worse the rest of the inning. Has this ever been studied or is there any statistical truth to this claim? My own searching turned up blank.
Travis Sawchik
12:08
We should be able to measure pre- and post-error performance somewhat easily but I have never dove into the research. Maybe someone else on the internet has? I suspect there are complicating factors like pitching from the stretch, etc.
D
12:09
How do you explain Freddy Peralta recording career high K totals in his MLB debut? I know he has some deception that make it hard to pick up his fastball (Rockies hitters had some very silly swings against it), but it seems strange to me that Peralta would have his best strikeout stuff against by far the best lineup he’s ever faced.
Travis Sawchik
12:09
Jeff dug in and wrote about Peralta yesterday https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/meet-the-extraordinary-freddy-peralta/
12:10
He has Carter Capps-like extension so that makes him pretty interested. He basically dominated with one pitch, throwing 90 percent fastballs
Bort
12:10
The Twins have a hole at catcher. The Nationals might too. Might it make sense for the Dodgers to flip Grandal, install Barnes as the starter and add some prospect depth/clear salary?
Travis Sawchik
12:11
If the Dodgers were way out of the race this summer, sure. Until then, their catcher duo is a rare competitive advantage -- Barnes and Grandal combined for 9 BWARP last season -- and the Dodgers cannot really afford to create less roster depth
Fuzzy Dunlop
12:12
Is there a possibility that Corbins velo drop...now, this is gonna be nuts...may not matter that much?
Travis Sawchik
12:12
Perhaps!
Guest
12:13
Is there a problem with the Cubs' pitching infrastructure?  They've failed to produce a single useful pitcher from a draft class, and some high profile acquisitions have really stumbled.
Travis Sawchik
12:14
I think the Cubs have the lowest pitching WAR total amongst contending clubs and they've developed the fewest homegrown innings, i believe, in all of MLB during the Theo era. Cubs are aware of all this and they did bring in some new personnel this past offseason like pitching guru Jim Benedict
Fred
12:15
BP had an interesting article about how Jordan Hicks is succeeding without strikeouts.  Do you buy that what he's doing can be sustainable?
Travis Sawchik
12:15
A pitcher succeed without strikeouts but I wouldn't bet on many with a -6.4 % K-BB mark
Spicy Boy
12:16
Is it possible Freddy Peralta's crappy breaking ball on Sunday was because Coors?
Travis Sawchik
12:16
Let's get a look at Peralta at sea level
Donnie
12:17
Matt Thaiss running a fly ball of 47% and has 5 bombs so far. Think the power has arrived with him?
Travis Sawchik
12:17
He had some of the better bat-to-ball skills in his draft class but the question was power. This transformation could make him pretty interesting
The only Reds fan in section 305
12:18
Is Luis Castillo back to being awesome?
Travis Sawchik
12:18
Not quite awesome, but he's taking some positive steps
Guest
12:18
Quarter of the way done, are we convinced the Braves have staying power?  I know there are a lot of teams playing well in NL. but I do feel our offense is legit.  My concern is bullpen at this point. Thoughts.
Travis Sawchik
12:19
I believe the Braves have some staying power but I still think the Nats are the going to win the east. Braves need to add to bullpen to build upon this start
Can't read good
12:21
I got Franchy and Teoscar, who have nearly identical stats so far- Which young gentleman would you bet on to fare better ROS in 6x6 OPS?
Travis Sawchik
12:21
I'd bet on Franchy because of the freakish tools
Do The Chop
12:22
Is Ozzie Albies taking the same development path as Frankie Lindor?
Travis Sawchik
12:23
Ozzie is amazing. Not quite the defender but the bat looks elite
Ichiro
12:23
Pick one as a dynasty beast for years to come...Eloy Jimenez or Kopech. Thanks.
Travis Sawchik
12:23
I'd almost always take the bat
Ray Liotta as Shoeless Joe
12:23
Are you chatting from Barnes and Noble? How many copies of Big Data Baseball are at your location?
Travis Sawchik
12:24
I am not but maybe I should begin chatting their before a live B&N audience
Dokken
12:24
What on earth is going on in the Rockies FO? They habe put together the best rotation and pen we have seen... And they wont cut dead weight. Desi, Parra, and Cargo are de railing their season.
Travis Sawchik
12:24
Rockies had huge issues at 1B/LF/RF last season and they remain some of the greatest voids amongst all teams with aspirations of contention
12:25
If you haven't been paying
attention Ian Desmond has a 33 wRC+
12:26
Carlos Gonzalez: 61
I guess Gonzalez's 2017 was not an outlier?
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