Patreon Q&A November 2021 - Collecting Your Questions!
Added 2021-11-01 20:13:46 +0000 UTCWe're back baby! Submit your questions for this month's video Q&A, and I'll be back to respond to them in the middle of the month. Keep in mind that the World Series will be well over by the time I get around to recording, but the offseason will be fresh and new with tons of free agents and the CBA to discuss.
Previous Q&A's can be viewed in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3lJFzNSaN7SE7AAWRLGyfnf4S2oONOm-
Best,
Bailey
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Which ten players of the past fifty years do you think will remain most well known/remembered fifty years from now?
Julia Lee
2021-11-11 05:12:48 +0000 UTCHey Bailey, congrats on the Braves win! I have two questions. 1. How do you feel about Barstool partnering with MLB? 2. What are some other interests that you have? I noticed a copy of the Worldly Philosophers on your shelf, and that spiked the question. Thanks!
Brian Cashman
2021-11-11 03:49:56 +0000 UTCIs Keith Hernandez deserving of a spot in the hall of fame?
Jason Timmerman
2021-11-11 03:21:11 +0000 UTCWho wins the AL West in 2022?
Harry Lewis
2021-11-10 16:20:06 +0000 UTCIn your opinion who should win the AL and NL Cy Young?
Matt Gilman
2021-11-09 16:55:36 +0000 UTCDo you think pitchers that were known sticky-stuff users should be barred from the Hall if steroid users are going to be? Do you think we should let all of them (steroid users and stick-stuff users) or would you have a different way of evaluating those players if you were a voter? Do you think precedent for who makes the Hall is less important than making the correct decision in the present?
Landon Poon
2021-11-08 19:15:53 +0000 UTCCan you please explain UZR, DRS, and OAA to me in the context of Crawford winning the Gold Glove over Lindor this year? Are there other stats that can help inform that decision? People on my timeline were talking about it and I realized I have no idea how any of those stats really work...
runrin
2021-11-08 08:57:12 +0000 UTCIs expected pitcher wins (xWins) a stat anyone records/calculates, and if so similar to the anti-degrom baseball bits, who has the biggest gap between actual and expected wins in the last 5 years?
Josh Getto
2021-11-07 17:34:47 +0000 UTCThe year is 1899. You are working in the general store in downtown Cleveland. Frank Robison walks in, glances around the store, then looks at you. "You play ball kid?" He asks. He wants to sign you to play for the Cleveland Spiders. What position do you tell him you can play? Also, do you eventually play well enough to leave the Spiders?
Grant
2021-11-06 15:52:08 +0000 UTCHey Bailey, I’ve recently been obsessed with making video compilations from baseball savant (the 4 barrel club for example) Is there anything you would be interested in seeing?
Nolan McDermott
2021-11-06 01:37:25 +0000 UTCShould a player who steals a high number of bases, but at a rate low enough to suggest they are costing their team runs (i.e. below 75%), be lauded for it? Sort of like Ohtani going 26 for 36 this year, even if he's a special case
Leo Thomas
2021-11-05 23:00:10 +0000 UTCDo you think that there's a real difference in teams built for the regular season vs teams built for the playoffs?
teeballer25
2021-11-05 06:12:48 +0000 UTCHey Bailey, I have two questions if that is okay. Firstly who are some of your favorite catching prospects that aren't at the very top of the list (excluding guys like Rutschman and Alvarez). Secondly what type of year do you expect Joey Bart to have in place of Buster Posey this upcoming season? Thanks Bailey :)
logan smith
2021-11-04 22:58:46 +0000 UTCWith posey retiring and lots of pitchers becoming free agents, is 2021 reproducible for SF?
voteforsanpedro
2021-11-04 21:39:53 +0000 UTCI just looked and Carlos Correa has 34.1 career WAR. Is it just me or is he quietly having a HOF career?
Henry Wood
2021-11-04 16:58:42 +0000 UTCHey Foolish, There’s a decent chance I’ll be relocating to Germany for work in the coming months. I’ve lived and worked in Europe before, but I’ve never even visited Germany. Any advice or tips about the culture?
Paul
2021-11-04 12:38:46 +0000 UTCYou are transported back to the year 1948. Your task is to rebuild an MLB team that more resembles a dumpster fire than a winning ball club. What Negro League players that never played a game in MLB would you try to sign?
Keegan Tatum
2021-11-04 04:00:50 +0000 UTCHow would you feel about abolishing divisions? A lot of people have suggested reseeding the playoffs but I feel like in 2022 it might be a good idea to do away with divisions altogether and have the 5 best teams in the AL and NL make the playoffs. It would also allow for teams to play more games in other markets. Do we really need the Orioles and the Rays to play 19 times a year? Just wanted to know your thoughts on divisional changes, especially with the potential 31st and 32nd teams coming someday
Jeremy Jones
2021-11-04 03:17:16 +0000 UTCIf you took an All Star team from any given year and had them play a full 162 that same year do you think they would consistently win 120+?
Bo Brown
2021-11-03 20:58:31 +0000 UTCWhat's your opinion on the tomahawk chop? Do you ever do it at games?
Alex W
2021-11-03 17:08:31 +0000 UTCWhich analytical stat if any do you think will start to grow in prominence and relevance over the next couple of MLB seasons?
Troy Lahrman
2021-11-03 16:45:10 +0000 UTCHow do you think robo-umps would change development/scouting/etc for catchers? Would we see more guys who otherwise might be 1B/DH types back there? Or is the non-framing defensive value still big enough for things to stay mostly the same?
preston hansen
2021-11-03 15:03:43 +0000 UTCWhats your favorite example of an old-school piece of baseball coaching/strategy to be destroyed by analytics, and one vindicated by analytics?
Eli Presberg
2021-11-03 12:19:13 +0000 UTCHey Bailey, do you think Salvador Perez’s 2021 might be overrated? Obviously the homers and rbis are there, but when you go a little deeper, his numbers aren’t as great as you'd think, especially since he barely walks. When you factor in defence, I’d say buster posey had a better year. What do you think?
Max T
2021-11-03 04:21:50 +0000 UTCCongrats on your team winning the thing man happy for you.
Tom Landry Jackson
2021-11-03 04:17:15 +0000 UTCfavorite starting pitcher for the Marlins next season?
Jackson Ingram
2021-11-03 01:06:12 +0000 UTCIs BWar or FWar better to use when evaluating position players and why? The same question goes for pitchers as well.
Alex Chee
2021-11-02 20:14:36 +0000 UTCHi Bailey, I'm writing this before game 6 so I wish you and your Braves the best of luck. In your opinion, is the Rays ‘sister city’ plan actually tenable? And as an aside, given the Alameda County Board of Supervisors vote to support the A's Howard Terminal project, is relocation and/or league expansion on the cards once the Rays' tenancy expires in 2027?
Dan Russell
2021-11-02 13:04:49 +0000 UTCStill feels a bit crazy to say out loud, but what do you think are the chances Scherzer ends up with the better career than Kershaw when it's all said and done? Kershaw still has the advantage of age and I think a better peak, but Scherzer's catching up pretty fast career WAR wise and has been a lot more durable than Kershaw over the last half decade.
navman32
2021-11-02 12:10:14 +0000 UTCTwo questions about roughly the same thing. If you were Perry minasian who do you go after this off-season pitching wise, there’s a lot of options but the angels don’t exactly have a great track record in this department? Secondly how long would you give it before moving trout to a corner outfield spot? Marsh was good defensively in his absence and looks to have gotten more comfortable at the plate towards the end of last season
Josh Duncan
2021-11-02 11:59:04 +0000 UTCWell Justin Verlander has missed the entire 2021 season in his recovery from Tommy John surgery, and I'm sure that was a major blow to his already-slim chances at 300 wins. With that being said, how foolish (on a scale of 0 and 300) is it for me to try to memorize the wins of the last pitcher to win 300 games: Randy Johnson? (By this I mean commit to memory the date, the final score, and the losing pitchers of each of those wins.)
ajnrules
2021-11-02 07:48:16 +0000 UTCHi Bailey! I was wondering what you consider a sample size with merit for looking at individual seasons. Is it a number of innings for pitchers and plate appearances for batters or does it go beyond just those basic numbers?
Brandon Perez
2021-11-02 07:44:25 +0000 UTCWill the make up of this year free agent class change how fast and how much money the top free agents signs for compared to recent free agency?
Trevin Susanto
2021-11-02 05:33:59 +0000 UTCCarlos Correa. Marcus Semien. Trevor Story. Corey Seager. Javier Baez. Who signs where, how long, and for how much money?
Mitchell Israel
2021-11-02 02:57:21 +0000 UTCWho do you think will have the best season of the free-agent shortstops next year?
Ethan
2021-11-02 02:31:05 +0000 UTCBaseball in Australia isn't too popular however the ABL (Australian Baseball League) is growing. I've done work with the Melbourne Aces whom have former MLB players such as Delmon Young and Gift Ngoepe and as a Braves fan you would know Acuna also played for them. Last Season the Brewers agreed on a partnership with the Brisbane Bandits and I think the Blue Jays have a partnership with Canberra . My question for you is that do you think that more MLB teams should invest in establishing partnerships during the MLB offseason with teams in international leagues? Not only for the development of the the minor leaguers but to help grow baseball leagues around the world not only in Australia both potentially in popularity as well as the quality of the players coming out of the country.
Sibbypow
2021-11-02 01:31:19 +0000 UTCWhat is something you really enjoyed about this postseason and something that you weren’t crazy about? Loving all the content lately Bailey!
Wyatt Huggins
2021-11-02 01:21:56 +0000 UTCAm I an old man or are these games just starting too dang late? If MLB is actually interested in marketing to the future generations, I feel like it might be a good idea to have World Series games actually have first pitch before kids have gone to bed.
Jared Natsis
2021-11-02 01:01:08 +0000 UTCIn the battle of handsome former NL MVPs, who do you think turns it around first, Cody Bellinger or Christian Yelich? If your opinion is neither, who would you say has the higher ceiling?
Michael Piazza
2021-11-01 22:21:55 +0000 UTCYou’re interning as an associate baseball god. It is game 7 of the World Series between two most popular teams in MLB. Past 6 games have all been close and exciting games between them, and a lot of people are going to watch this game. This is a perfect opportunity to make baseball more popular. Unfortunately, all the other baseball gods caught COVID-19, so they can’t be in the World Series due to quarantine. You, alone, are tasked to manufacture the most exciting game 7 of the World Series, one that will put even game 7 of the 2016 World Series to shame. What do you do?
Geon An
2021-11-01 21:21:12 +0000 UTCWill players like Jarred Kelenic, Logan Gilbert, and Julio Rodriguez develop?? And how will it impact the upcoming M's season?
Max Greineder
2021-11-01 21:09:10 +0000 UTCWith ump scorecards getting a lot of social media traction, strike zone overlays on TV feeds, and PitchFX/statcast, umps seem to have more scrutiny, and quite possibly hate, from the public than I've seen in the last 30 years. What are your thoughts on the quality of umpiring currently in Major League Baseball as well as if/when the league will go to robo-umps for the strike zone in the future? -Baseball's Not Dead
Baseball's Not Dead
2021-11-01 21:09:08 +0000 UTCWho set themselves up nicely for AL and NL comeback player next season?
Sean
2021-11-01 20:38:45 +0000 UTCIf the Mets had to choose between signing Nick Castellanos or Starling Marte, who would be the better fit?
Matt Swanson
2021-11-01 20:36:03 +0000 UTCThis is a hot topic right now, not just about Ozzie. I'm a Cards fan and there's some discussion of whether our 2B should drop switch hitting too, see: https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2021/11/1/22756873/should-tommy-edman-abandon-switch-hitting
Chris Collum
2021-11-01 20:26:15 +0000 UTCWe’re all aware of the SS FA market for this offseason. At what position(s) do you think there are a lack of quality guys, creating potential overpays?
Brian Lang
2021-11-01 20:26:06 +0000 UTCRegardless of whether Bailey's Braves (TM) pull off the win in this series, do you think Atlanta's success this year will affect how GMs/FOs of "meh" teams approach the trade deadline going forward? I think most GMs would have done a light sell at the deadline if they were in Anthopoulos' position with Soroka/Acuña out, the Ozuna situation, and the team performing pretty poorly. Obviously he went shopping instead. Would be interesting if GMs were more willing to buy on behalf of a borderline team in the future, hoping to accomplish something like what the 2021 Braves have done. Edit 11/3/21: Oh look they won, congrats! And one of said deadline acquisitions was the WS MVP...
Chris Collum
2021-11-01 20:20:54 +0000 UTCGreetings FB. Can you make the case that Frank Schwindel's success at the plate is sustainable going forward? How about the case that it isn't?
Will
2021-11-01 20:19:06 +0000 UTCHey Bailey, recently had to sub to your patreon because FB made me fall back in love with baseball during a difficult time. I hope you keep making amazing content for years to come! My question is regarding Ozzie Albies and his switch hitting. We just saw how Cedric Mullins had an amazing year after dropping switch hitting, and that seems to be something Ozzie could benefit from considering how much better he hits from the right side. Do you think this could help make him an even better player, or should he keep the tool of switch hitting? Thank you very much for the content again.
Liam Frasier
2021-11-01 20:17:58 +0000 UTC
