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Patreon Q&A - November 2023

🕑 Added 2023-11-02 16:29:42 +0000 UTC

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Taylor Hensley

If the MLB had to change the 26 Man Roster size by +1 or -1, which would you choose and why?

Heinous

Favorite weird al song?

Dylan Roquet

Hey Bailey, what potential prospect call ups are you most looking forward to next season and why?

Nolan McDermott

Hey Bailey in your opinion what is the single worst single season by a player in MLB history? (Feel free to use any criteria for ‘worst’)

Will

If you had to choose one active player to break the career postseason home run record, who would it be?

Stephen

Do you think there is any Chance Shohei would sign a deal sorta like the 1st Twins Correa deal with an option to opt out early after the 2nd year so he would have the option to enter the market again as fully healthy two way player?

Josh Getto

It's been a few years now since the number of minor league clubs contracted to 4 per team. Do you think there has been any impact (good or bad) on the pro game?

ad23

Of the big 4 US Sports + MLS, which are your favorite and least favorite?

Francis Alipranti

Hey Bailey. One of my favorite baseball videos of all time is the SB Nation story of Dave Stieb, “Captain Ahab”. Do you think you would ever consider making any long form baseball stories or do you think you will just stick with you fantastic bits?

Harper-Leighton Scott

Am I the only one who thinks that Othani will sign a high AAV contract with the angels and retest free agency when hes healed from TJ?

Noah Dorroh

Hey Bailey, loved the halloween fit, so here’s the big question, will Mike McDaniel take his Dolphins to the super bowl?

KYLE DAVIS

A while ago you tweeted how you were "thinking about becoming a golf guy." Any possibility of a Foolish Golf video in the future? Feels like it has the history and a little stats depth

Joshua Watkin

How do you feel about the Cubs bombshell hiring of Craig Counsil?

EanieBeanie

What is your preferred fantasy baseball format, draft style, and platform?

Gaermph

Hey Foolish! If the aliens came down and challenged one MLB hall of famer to a dance-off to decide the fate of humanity, who would you choose? Bonus Lifeline: you can choose a duo if both were on the same team at the same time.

Leo Thomas

Why does Baseball Reference pitching WAR use runs-per-nine (a purely result-based stat that doesn’t account for fielding errors) and position player WAR not give players credit for getting on base or advancing extra bases through fielding errors?

Jeremy Jones

Hi Bailey, hope your offseason is off to a nice start. You’ve already got the giants off season question and a Bob Melvin question, so I’ll finish off the Giants mailbag and ask: Would you have fired Gabe Kapler? Do you think he will get another managers job and/or have success as a Major League skipper?

Burt Oldirty

The Pirates official YT highlight videos from '22 and '23 do not seem to highlight any 'outs above average'. Ke'Bryan Hayes only made 6 errors in 122 games, is this what is really carried his 15.7 def run value as referenced in Corbin Carroll video? Where does his DRS/range or any advanced stat reputation and calculation come from?

Robert Matheson

You're sending a record to an alien species that's never heard human music before and you get 4 songs to show the best of humanity. What are you picking?

Jon Wondrasek

Best landing spot for Bellinger? Do you think the Cubs should be looking to bring him back or spending elsewhere?

Evan A

I really enjoyed the Chad Innings eater episode of Baseball Bits, my favorite of yours released in 2023. In that video, you mentioned the ultimate Chad Innings eater (Bobo Newsom) before transitioning to the main subject of the video, Jordan Lyles. You made that transition noting that they are the only two players in MLB history who went to their high school. That was a pretty mind-blowing coincidence — I’m curious as to how you even discovered it, if you were planning the video already before you stumbled on it, and if you’ve ever noticed some other wacky coincidences when writing Baseball Bits.

G

What do you think Elly De La Cruz’s ceiling is in 2024?

nick podd

Broke: Clutch Exists Woke: Clutch Does not Exist Bespoke: Clutch does not exist, but being anti-clutch does exist Thoughts?

Ryan McGovern

Happy off-season Bailey, though it'll be a little rough for me considering I'm a DBacks fan. First, I want to give you kudos on that video at the beginning of the year where you predicted a breakout Corey Seagar year. Second, I want to ask about Corey Seagar's HOF trajectory. Considering he's been limited by numerous injuries in his career, and he's not even 30 yet, how much lower can his average career WAR, and 7-year peak WAR be from the average HOF Shortstop to make Cooperstown now that he can fall back on the accolade of winning 2 World Series MVPs with 2 different teams?

Paul Bauer

Seems pretty obvious as a question, but which team that has never won a World Series do you think will be the next to break through (and when)? Follow-Up: As a diehard Mets fan, will I ever find happiness again?

Paul

One of the things that stood out to me during this postseason is just how much vitriol there was from former players and old-school fans over every little detail of how these games were played and how little credit they were willing to give to any of these amazing players. I know every sport is prone to “things were better in my day” -ism but the anger you see around baseball seems to be a lot more intense. I mean I’ve seen things as crazy as people saying that Trout is not a good player (not that he’s injured too often now, but that he has never been that good and that WAR/stats have made him overrated his whole career). Why do you think this might be? Is this even a real thing or is it just that the people I follow on Twitter like picking arguments with Jeff Frye?

Brady

I recently searched youtube for a specific Baseball Bits and saw someone else had made a reaction video to it. Not sure if you've addressed this before, but how do you feel about being reacted to/reaction videos in general/when can we expect Foolish Baseball reacts to reactions to Foolish Baseball?

Leo Barlach

What would you say is your biggest hobby besides baseball??

Jason Coppe

What’s your go-to order when you go out for breakfast?

Paul Sporer

OOTP content coming in the offseason? 🤔

Jason Timmerman

Next season, what team do you think will have the biggest increase and decrease in wins from the 2023 season?

Andrew Pippin

No more fielders collab when?

Ezra Mendelson

Someone has a gun to your head and forces you to make a Baseball Bits about a player with fewer career WAR than Tommy Thevenow. Who are you picking and why isn’t it Doug Flynn?

Tom Landry Jackson

2011 doesn't hurt anymore, oh death where is thy sting

ajnrules

Hey you never know with a full year of Evan Carter and Wyatt Langford waiting in the wings!

ajnrules

As a fellow Rangers fan I’ve found that the painful moments from years past have stopped hurting, and sometimes that’s enough.

ajnrules

With the World Series being over, the time has come to focus on Hall of Fame season. I presume you’ll do a rundown of the BBWAA ballot when it’s released later in the month, but what are your thoughts on the candidates on the Managers/Umpires/Executives Veterans, I mean Eras Committees ballot?

Keegan Tatum

Thoughts on Bob Melvin leaving the Padres? I’m most curious as to how much blame you put on Melvin for the Padres' failure in 2023, particularly their terrible record in 1-run and extra inning games. I read some fans think Melvin quit on the team in April? Is that just fans being mad or is there any validity?

Tom Landry Jackson

Are the Rangers going to repeat, threepeat, or fourpeat?

Joey Killmer

The White Sox are about to have their third hitting coach in as many seasons, I’d be curious to hear the “WAR range” you’d assign to hitting coaches. Like do they really matter? Is a good hitting coach worth 5 figurative war? Thanks.

Tristan Wille

how does your daily routine/life change in the offseason?

Chris Collum

hey it's awards season! what's an mvp snub that's really egregious in your book? not to tear down the player who actually got it that year, but just to celebrate the guy who maybe deserved the award or at least deserved more recognition. let's say pre-1994 lockout only please, we don't need to rehash recent debates (e.g., trout vs. miggy etc.)

Victor Fucci

Which player do you think will get traded this offseaon that many people are not talking about now? With a week FA class offensively selling bats could be at a premium this offseason. Considering the Padres financial situation and the Brewers future in question both already being monitored, is there a sneaky move from another team you see coming?

Steve Frick

The Phillies seem more invested in beating the Braves in the DS than winning the World Series. Does that matter?

genderdruid

Do you think the Diamondbacks or Mariners are more likely to win a world series in the next 5 year and why?

Dan Russell

Congrats, you're now in charge of the Dodgers front office! If you forget about 2020 (which we should all do), your team has won their division all but one year, with over 90 wins every time and 100+ wins on 4 occasions. Heck, in 2021 when they came second, they still won 106 games. But come the playoffs, something always seems to go wrong, and sometimes they don't even reach the NLCS. How do you fix this team?

Alex Sutherland

What do you think the best realistic version of this off-season looks like for the SF Giants?

Luke Nicholson

as a rangers fan, what do i do with this empty feeling lingering deep inside my soul right now? why didn’t the voices go away when we won? how many titles do we need before i’m finally happy?

Matt Fronduto

Hello Mr. Baseball! Was able to catch Stop Making Sense twice in theaters for the 30th anniversary re-release and it reaffirmed my belief that it’s the greatest concert film of all time. Are you a Talking Heads fan? Any concert films you go to bat for?

Mitchell Israel

Thoughts on this potential playoff format: same number of teams, except rather than a Wild Card series, it's four single games over two days. The ALDS and NLDS then start the Thursday/Friday after the regular season, except instead of 5 game series, they're 7 game series. I feel like after this postseason it's pretty clear the Wild Card series is too long and the DS is too short

Alex Schofield

What do you think the angels season struggles boiled down to? Their core seemed very solid. Guys like Brandon Drury complimented the lineup so well, but they had another losing season and lost hope pretty early on. What do they need to do with Ohtani likely leaving?

Onni Peltola

What was your favourite playoff moment?

Chris Waind

You mentioned in the ‘Bonds in 4’ video that his 2001-2004 seasons are a creative trap for you because the numbers are so outrageous. What specifically about them are a trap and have you ever had any ideas to make a video on it in a Foolish Baseball style?