Patreon Q&A October 2024 - collecting your questions!
Added 2024-10-02 17:32:16 +0000 UTCWhoops! It's October! Please leave your 1 (ONE) question down below for this month's Patreon exclusive Q&A. Could be about baseball, Youtube, or life. Will be back in a ~week with my answers. I'd suggest avoiding asking playoff-related questions that could be outdated in just a few days.
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Thanks for the reply, never thought about that great answer
Nolan McDermott
2024-10-10 19:56:50 +0000 UTCExcellent points that I hadn't considered! I know Detroit is by no means the first to try the opener route, but given all the attention it's getting, I thought that maybe teams would get caught up in recency bias and jump on the wagon. Appreciate you doubling back to give a reply!
Carl Mizell
2024-10-08 15:32:34 +0000 UTCAccidentally skipped your question during recording, so answering here Yes. But I will also point out that the pitching chaos model has been done before. Maybe there’s something I’m completely blind to, but this doesn’t look any different to the late 2010s Rays and their use of openers. And they had some of the best team pitching numbers in the league from those years. So I’d say the Tigers are already emulating the Rays. The Giants basically ran out of starters last year and were doing this as well. I get that there’s something to be said about doing it AND winning, but I just don’t feel like it’s all that new. It’s a necessity thing that works better in the playoffs than regular season because of the built-in off days. I was at World Series Game 4 in 2021 when the Braves had to do this, not because it was an awesome strategy, but because they simply had no other choice.
Foolish Baseball
2024-10-08 15:23:10 +0000 UTCNobody has ever had a 6.74 or 6.76 ERA. It's one of those quirks where you need to pitch a specific number of innings to be able to reach that ERA, but because pitchers with nearly a 7 ERA are bad, it hasn't happened. A 6.75 ERA has happened 454 times.
Foolish Baseball
2024-10-08 15:22:31 +0000 UTCAlready recorded the Q&A, but you need to check out the 4 walking Eddies - Eddie Joost, Eddie Yost, Eddie Stanky, Eddie Lake. All played around the same time, and they combined for 23 seasons with 100+ walks
Foolish Baseball
2024-10-08 15:06:31 +0000 UTCforgot to ask this sooner so i understand if you didnt have time to research this but are there any seasons that keep popping up in your searches from players that surprise you? Eddie Joost putting up 23 homers and 149 walks as a shortstop in 1949 never ceases to amaze & amuse me. Talk about a Joost ball era!
Luke Nicholson
2024-10-08 02:10:30 +0000 UTCHey Bailey, one of my favorite baseball quirks is there is an endless amount of achievements that seem like they totally should have happened across MLB history but just haven’t yet. My favorite is that no player has ever hit 5 doubles in a game. Absolutely crazy to me that this has never happened especially with all the 5 extra base hit games in history. (Never forget Rob Manfred robbed Kevin Newman of potentially achieving this. (4 doubles in a 7 inning game) So my question is do you have a favorite achievement that totally seems like it should have been accomplished by now, but hasn’t?
Nolan McDermott
2024-10-07 19:24:01 +0000 UTCWho’s your NL MVP this year? As a Mets fan I’m biased towards Lindor and I truly think he deserves it over Ohtani despite Ohtani’s historic year at the plate. No player was more important to their team this year (in my opinion) than Lindor.
Ryan Dawson
2024-10-07 18:05:39 +0000 UTCImagine a baseball diamond was five bases instead of four, where the shortstop occupied the new 'third base' and second base would shift slightly over to the right to maintain symmetry. Field dimensions would remain the same, but teams loading the bases would now be able to hit five-run home runs, and the distance from home to first and 'fourth' to home would be shortened slightly to offset the closeness of the new base. Do you imagine a configuration like this would benefit hitters or pitchers? Better teams or worse teams? How would this affect the widescreen concerns you noted in your previous video if two bases were usually visible from a reverse and straight camera angle? Sorry for the bonkers question, I considered this quite a bit since your last video, which was stellar as always 😎
Jacob Kief
2024-10-07 16:50:30 +0000 UTCHow do you think the Orioles should approach the offseason? They have a pretty well-rounded team, so the easy answer may just be "Get healthy and run it back." Do they try to get another top-flight starter, besides or instead of re-signing Corbin Burnes? Maybe another contact hitter (seems they have a lot of power but less on-base)?
JP Stroman
2024-10-07 05:46:34 +0000 UTCB Posey as the new Head of Ops for my Giants, what are your expectations this offseason?
Luca G
2024-10-07 02:01:58 +0000 UTCWho is your favorite professional baseball player named Jackson under the age of 23?
Sam Holtz
2024-10-06 04:19:56 +0000 UTCIs there too much ump-plaining (complaining about umps) in baseball media?
Brady
2024-10-05 21:28:01 +0000 UTCWhich baseball players would be best at another sport? Which non-baseball athletes would have the best chance to survive in MLB? (Kyler Murray is cheating)
Evan A
2024-10-05 19:53:34 +0000 UTCHey Foolish, Cubs guy here again. With the Cubs rumored to be reducing payroll, how would you reshape the roster in order to contend next year? Also, I agreed with your trade deadline take, it did feel like we traded a good reliever for two Quad A guys that aren't in the team's long term plans.
Nelson Chen
2024-10-05 14:22:50 +0000 UTCWhat would you predict Jackie Robinson’s career would’ve been like if he started around age 20 as opposed to age 26, assuming he plays with the Dodgers until 37 as he did IRL? Would he be the consensus best 2B of all time with six more years of (presumably) HOF level play that bumps up his counting stats and accolades?
Chris Waind
2024-10-04 20:18:11 +0000 UTCWhat makes you down on Marcelo Mayer and if you were Craig Breslow would you look to flip him for a starter this offseason?
hmmm hmm
2024-10-04 18:52:38 +0000 UTCIf you were to make videos about the other 3 major American sports leagues (i.e Foolish Football, Foolish Basketball, and Foolish Hockey), what would the theme be about each of the 3 videos, and why? Can't include the Arm Punt video for football since it's already made.
Ryan McGovern
2024-10-04 15:34:53 +0000 UTCHow do you think Pete Rose will get into the HoF now following his death, and why or why not?
Braden
2024-10-04 02:18:06 +0000 UTCwhich three living active or retired baseball players would you send as humanity’s delegation to meet the aliens upon first contact
bobby witt jr truther
2024-10-04 00:47:38 +0000 UTCone thing that's always irked me about DRS is how it's context dependent. from my understanding there's almost no utility in that compared to context independent stats like UZR or OAA, all it does is add more noise. is that sentiment correct and, by extension, are there any uses for DRS other than being just a second opinion to "better" metrics like UZR and OAA?
Spoon_Licker
2024-10-03 16:51:32 +0000 UTCHistorically, teams have resisted change until they see a team make something work, and then everyone rushes to copy it. (i.e. the "Moneyball" approach.) With that in mind, do you think that if the Tigers manage to win it all, teams will begin to try and emulate their "pitching chaos" model?
Carl Mizell
2024-10-03 16:45:47 +0000 UTCWhat’s your thoughts on Ross atkins coming back and who’s gm you really like that’s not hired
Colby2148
2024-10-03 11:41:31 +0000 UTCDesign your perfect playoffs! Number of teams, reseeding, home field, higher seeding advantages, scheduling, etc.
Paul Bauer
2024-10-03 11:30:53 +0000 UTCDid Tyler Anderson being a ‘chad innings eater’ play into the Angels’ refusal to trade him at the deadline at all this year when he had a sub-3 ERA? The Angels front office cannot believe in any world in which we’re going to compete before Anderson’s contract expires, so the only factor left must be his sheer ability to soak up innings, right? Is this worth it just to save our younger arms the strain of carrying the extra load? Or did the Angels just biff this one? Thanks!
Leo Thomas
2024-10-03 09:54:33 +0000 UTCDo you think the current HBP punishments are adequate, given the amount of injuries recently?
Kamil Sudiyarov
2024-10-03 09:17:20 +0000 UTCWith them not winning a postseason round for the first time in eight years, the impending free agency of Alex Bregman and recent questionable decisions by the front office, do you think the Astros dynasty is over?
Jason Tyler
2024-10-03 04:33:53 +0000 UTCWhat is one thing physically on an mlb field that you wish was measured(and the stats were given to the public), one non physical thing(doesn’t have to be plausible(just something you’d want to see measured)) and one thing(plausible or not) that you’re glad isn’t or can’t be measured
Phil Caldwell
2024-10-03 03:09:29 +0000 UTCWhat are your thoughts on the NL wildcard debacle, do you think MLB should have more aggressively required Atlanta to reschedule before the end of the season and what if anything do you think MLB should do to prevent something like this from happening again? I was very disappointed going from one of the most epic games of the year to what was, in my opinion, a travesty of the game, where Atlanta made it into the playoffs in large part due to their refusal to reschedule games at a more fair time despite having ample opportunity to do so. -Signed, a salty Dbacks fan
genderdruid
2024-10-03 03:05:25 +0000 UTCWhich video games did you play as a kid and which ones do you play now (could be baseball or non-baseball)
Slubkid
2024-10-03 02:53:14 +0000 UTChi bailey, coming off spencer strider catching the first pitch at the faye webster concert in atl id love to know your favourite faye album/song anything. thoughts on her newest album and single released today (oct 2)?
joe
2024-10-03 01:54:58 +0000 UTCHey Bailey, hope you and your family are well, especially with that hurricane. Couldn’t think of an interesting question and I remember you said you prefer Chourio over Merrill long term, so I was just curious if you could breakdown what you think each of those two Jacksons do well and why you give the edge to Chourio.
Francis Alipranti
2024-10-02 23:59:54 +0000 UTCHow reductive do you think stuff models can be with limited information to still provide value? For example, can velo and CSW% at an amateur or international level tell you enough about a pitch without movement or spin data available?
G
2024-10-02 23:27:15 +0000 UTCHi Bailey, Should the Cubs move on from Jed Hoyer? A lot of people in the Cubs fanbase want him gone, but I actually agree with a lot of his free agency decisions (avoiding big time contracts that have high chances of buyer's remorse) and he has completely rebuilt the farm system to where it is arguably top 3 in the league (7 in the top 100). Follow up, if Hoyer stays, is it crazy to trade Suzuki? He has team control and hits well, but those defensive errors and injury problems are concerning sometimes.
Tristan Morgan
2024-10-02 23:25:36 +0000 UTCThe Yankees’ team doctor had a tweet today saying that he’s about to announce a new TJ variant that will lead to better results, faster recoveries, etc Do you think the eventual solution to the elbow injury epidemic will come in the form of a technological change like a new surgery? Or will rule changes be required? Or maybe will there never be a notable improvement and players will just continue tolerating these high elbow injury rates like they have for the last decade+?
Paul
2024-10-02 23:16:48 +0000 UTCWhat are your thoughts on the turn around from AL Central being kind of the laughing stock of the league to sending three teams into the playoffs? Would you point to any specific things leading to such a short transformation, or is it more just variance? Thanks!
Aryie Lovestrand
2024-10-02 23:13:25 +0000 UTCWhat’s the GOAT baseball jersey? (Player optional)
Jason Coppe
2024-10-02 22:35:11 +0000 UTCWhat is your potential sleeper free agent for the upcoming off-season?
Boongash
2024-10-02 22:16:14 +0000 UTCDo you think the hire of Chaim Bloom is good for the Cardinals?
John
2024-10-02 21:48:17 +0000 UTCWhat are your thoughts / expectations on Buster Posey as the new President of Baseball Operations for the Giants?
Alex Sutherland
2024-10-02 21:00:57 +0000 UTCAlright Master Baseball, here is the assignment, You are tasked with creating a baseball team on baseball players who became, at the very least, "long tenured" managers. The minimum for the baseball player/manager is at least 500 games with a W/L% of equal to or more than 50% or at least 1000 games no W/L% requisite. 1-9 and SP only needed but you can put RP(s) for bonus points. Have fun ;^) P.S. You down to play some modded bl2 runs after the season is over?
VindictiveCornelius
2024-10-02 20:38:17 +0000 UTCAs per the Google Cloud AI commercial that plays during games, is there actually a correlation between team average OBP and mascots with wings?
Sam Aronow
2024-10-02 19:15:53 +0000 UTCActing as a biased Braves fan and not a level headed YouTube genius, what do you want to see AA do this winter?
Bo Brown
2024-10-02 18:18:40 +0000 UTCWhat are your non-baseball related favourite movies?
L3on L1ur
2024-10-02 18:05:08 +0000 UTCThe past two seasons the dodgers have lost a large chunk of their SP staff to injury before the playoffs. Do you think this is a systemic issue within the org or more so terribly unfortunate luck?
Theo
2024-10-02 17:50:08 +0000 UTCHow many Patreon members would it take for these bimonthly Q&As to become infeasible?
Ezra Mendelson
2024-10-02 17:48:29 +0000 UTCWhat's your biggest takeaway from the 2024 regular season?
Onni Peltola
2024-10-02 17:46:44 +0000 UTCWhat is your current approach to personal finance and investing?
EanieBeanie
2024-10-02 17:44:10 +0000 UTCShould I have any hope with the pirates any more. Also thoughts on Bubba Chandler? Top 3 pitching prospect?
alursai
2024-10-02 17:43:11 +0000 UTCJuan Soto batting in front Judge was 2nd in MLB in walks only trailing Judge by 4. How many walk would Soto have is he didn’t have the AL MVP backing him up? Any team come to mind that had a tandem better offensively?
Jake M
2024-10-02 17:41:07 +0000 UTCDo you think Roki Sasaki gets posted this year, and which team would be the favorite to sign him if that is the case?
Noah
2024-10-02 17:40:12 +0000 UTCPablo Sanchez or Shohei Ohtani?
RainmanMP
2024-10-02 17:35:03 +0000 UTC
