Patreon Q&A April 2023 - collecting your questions!
Added 2023-04-01 14:00:00 +0000 UTCHey all!
It's time to submit questions for a Patreon exclusive video Q&A. This is something that I do quite often, but haven't had the chance to since our recent influx of new patrons following the channel hack.
Below, please leave your one question. Could be about baseball, Youtube, or just life in general. I'll be back to answer in approximately 7-10 days.
You can also check out the dozens of hours of previous Q&As here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3lJFzNSaN7SE7AAWRLGyfnf4S2oONOm-
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I bought all three, too! Excited to dive into them, most excited for “the only rule is it has to work,” sounded the most aligned with my personal interests. Thanks Bailey! And thanks for commenting Zach!
Jason Coppe
2023-04-25 14:39:33 +0000 UTCThanks for your question, Jason - I bought all 3 books that were recommended in the Q&A vid, just finished “the only rule is it has to work” and loved it! Can’t believe I had never heard of it before. Starting “future value” next. Thanks for the recs, Bailey!
Zach Morochnik
2023-04-24 20:30:58 +0000 UTCHi Bailey! Hope all is well. Glad to see you brought back the OOTP content for the release of 24. I recently got into the game and although I have a solid knowledge of the MLB, I’ve found the game especially interesting for learning about lesser-known, fringe prospect type guys. Are there any players you have learned of through OOTP and have gone on to breakout in the Major Leagues? Thanks.
Sam Horton
2023-04-09 05:26:31 +0000 UTCFavorite old timey baseball names? (Recently discovered High Pockets Kelly)
Nolan Murphy
2023-04-07 00:14:19 +0000 UTCWith MiLB games available on MLB TV this year for the first time ever, what are some minor league teams with loaded/fun rosters that I should make sure to watch? Apart from top-100 type guys and my own team's system (StL) I feel like I don't really know which systems are loaded, especially towards the top
Chris Collum
2023-04-06 01:58:22 +0000 UTCWhat do you think is the achievable future for Jordan Walker's career? Not the absolute peak, but something that that is realistic.
Vertildr
2023-04-06 00:32:24 +0000 UTCA lot of talk these days about the new rules changes. But what do you think has been the most impactful rule change in MLB history?
Maxwell Skipworth
2023-04-06 00:19:09 +0000 UTCcan you give me the narrativeball on my 5 year old nephew Henry? he plays a competent 3rd base, but definitely not a glove-first guy. any advice for how to mould his career is appreciated. https://twitter.com/ARMTOASTED/status/1643527591910080512?s=20
Luke Nicholson
2023-04-05 08:21:45 +0000 UTCWhat player's career makes you feel sad when you see how much they have dropped off compared to their peak? I think for me it's Craig Kimbrel. Thinking back on how dominant a closer he was and having to watch him go out there and blow saves hurt. Hopefully he'll have another bounce back year.
Seán Meehan
2023-04-05 08:18:11 +0000 UTCWhere do you currently stand with Robo-Umps, or my potential alternatives? I personally don't really like the idea of robots, because catchers would lose significant value, but I do want some change. My two plans are as followed. One; I think there should be some sort of pitch challenging system. I think it would need to be severely limited, as to that not every call is challenged, and initiated by the player themselves. The current plan I have is a 3 pitch challenge allotment, and if a player gets it correct they retain. This accounts for the average miss per game/ per team as per Ump Scorecards. My plan is probably terrible but I think it keeps catchers value but also takes some show away from the Umps. My other plan is to replace every umpire with either Pat Hoberg, Tripp Gibson, Alan Porter or John Libka. Sure, baseball might take a lot longer, as thats only enough to field one game per day, but I personally like that plan more
Max Greineder
2023-04-05 03:21:03 +0000 UTCPirates ceiling this year? Thoughts on Endy Rodriguez?
alursai
2023-04-04 19:58:02 +0000 UTCYou have the chance to send Shohei Ohtani to any team after this year or keep him with the Angels. Who do you send him to: a playoff contender or a smaller team that can build around him?
David Pulido
2023-04-04 04:39:48 +0000 UTCYou’ve said Babe Ruth never faced a slider. When did the slider first start getting thrown? Christy Mathewson threw an “out curve”. Was that a slider? What other pitches are relatively new?
Keegan Tatum
2023-04-04 03:56:50 +0000 UTCIt feels like there have been a ton of high scoring games/blowouts early this season. Is that because of adjustments to the pitch clock? higher babip? early season randomness? This question could be irrelevant by the time you answer this but curious to hear your thoughts
Liam Delehanty
2023-04-04 00:49:06 +0000 UTCIs there a baseball related website or game that you wish existed?
Stephen
2023-04-03 19:11:41 +0000 UTCNo “sub2babies” through the first weekend games. How many will we see this season?
Burt Oldirty
2023-04-03 18:39:27 +0000 UTCYou may or may not be able to answer this but -- I saw that you and streaming service Nebula interacted with each other while you were tweeting at YouTube attempting to recover the channel. Did anything come out of that? As a fan of yourself and a Nebula subscriber it would be really cool to see, Foolish Bailey for Jet Lag Season 6!
Evan A
2023-04-03 18:25:14 +0000 UTCWhat are your three favorite movies?
Brad Borrell
2023-04-03 15:45:28 +0000 UTCIf you could replace the three traditional pitching triple crown categories with advanced pitching stats which ones would you pick? Are there any others pitching stats you wish existed?
Josh Getto
2023-04-03 13:00:11 +0000 UTCWho are some players that are currently scuffling at the major league level, but genuinely might be one adjustment away from becoming a star player, and what would those adjustments be?
Big Al
2023-04-03 03:14:16 +0000 UTCWho are your favorite broadcasters/broadcast teams in Major League Baseball? National or regional, who do you get excited to listen to behind the mic?
Jeremy Jones
2023-04-02 22:53:12 +0000 UTCIn 2010, baseball history nerds rejoiced when a full game TV broadcast of Game 7 of the 1960 World Series was found in Bing Crosby's wine cellar. Seeing as how no other lost game find could ever top this, what is the next best possible find of lost TV full game broadcasts?
Ryan McGovern
2023-04-02 22:13:22 +0000 UTCWhat are your thoughts on the potential unintended consequences of the new shift rules? In particular, could it lead to further adoption of a three-true-outcome approach for power-hitting lefties because the lack of a shift mitigates the cost of such an approach?
Zachary Birger
2023-04-02 20:05:08 +0000 UTCDo you think MLB is in a poor position going forward, from a popularity standpoint, because it isn’t as well suited for gambling as the NFL or NBA? Point spreads, over under totals, and other betting standards I feel like are more accessible in other sports compared to MLB, and allow for better gambling engagement. Obviously there are plenty of ways to gamble on baseball games, but in my opinion, it seems like the other leagues are more exciting from a betting perspective, and that worries me about MLB’s future
Will
2023-04-02 14:17:13 +0000 UTCWhat’s the most effective position player you could build if you had to build them from Baseball Savant’s percentile rankings but you were limited to five 100 percentile attributes and the rest were around 50. So for example a CF with 100th percentile sprint speed, max exit velo, average exit velo, hard hit%, and OAA, with everything else in the 50th percentile Also, after previously asking you a baseball related question mentioning the Strokes, watching you rank their discography with Spencer Strider felt like a fever dream
Chris Waind
2023-04-02 12:26:21 +0000 UTCKerry Wood and a few others struck out 20 batters. Do you think we’ll ever see the elusive 20+ strike out game? Especially with the pitch clock and automatic strike violations.
Joshua Watkin
2023-04-02 06:21:48 +0000 UTCIf I appointed you the tsar of prospect media, what rules (if any) would you institute to improve how we talk about prospects?
Daniel O'Leary
2023-04-02 05:49:42 +0000 UTCAny thoughts on the first Best Picture winning film to feature a baseball bat with googly eyes: Everything Everywhere All at Once?
ajnrules
2023-04-02 02:18:36 +0000 UTCIs there actually a clear distinction between those that are "clutch" versus those that "choke" or is it almost always a case of small sample size? Kershaw has pitched 200 postseason innings so is he actually just not a "big game pitcher" or would his numbers become elite in a hypothetical world where he gets 2,000 postseason innings? Meanwhile, Arozarena is a good player in the regular season but a monster in the postseason and the WBC.
G
2023-04-02 01:59:20 +0000 UTCHow bad is the Madison Bumgardner contract for AZ? Im a big DBacks fan and thinking about it makes my teeth grind, am I justified in being upset?
Jaelights
2023-04-01 22:36:32 +0000 UTCHappy baseball season! What are your thoughts on the Cubs outlook for the year? I know they're not better than the Cardinals, but how delusional (1-10 scale) am I for believing they could steal a Wild Card spot?
Jon Wondrasek
2023-04-01 21:29:23 +0000 UTCCurrently listening to The 3-0 Show and everyone is giving 3 bold predictions for the season. Do you have any? Mine: Twins win the Central Ozzie 30/30 season Rockies make a mid-season trade that actually makes sense
Bo Brown
2023-04-01 19:11:46 +0000 UTCany initial thoughts on Jazz Chisholm at CF?
Tristan Wille
2023-04-01 17:53:19 +0000 UTCWhich of your foolish 50 picks do you feel most/least confident about? Are there any players (like Jose Abreu on your 2021 list) that you didn't want to include, but felt like you had to?
teeballer25
2023-04-01 17:35:24 +0000 UTCAll the swing and pitching improvements at the start of the year have brought me back to a question I’ve had for a while: why isn’t there a Driveline-style clinic for defense? Obviously some elements of defense are limited by the body (for example, Max Muncy won’t ever be a good CF) but it seems like with enough practice a player should be able to move up a notch on the defensive spectrum or maintain their defensive abilities later into their career. It just seems strange that seemingly every element of the game is broken down into minutiae and “solved” when the answer for improving defensively seems to be “hope that Ron Washington is on your coaching staff”
Paul
2023-04-01 17:17:28 +0000 UTCWhere do you get your ideas for videos? Do you just go on a site and go “damn that’s a cool stat” or do you have these ready in the back of your mind for videos?
Ty Jans
2023-04-01 17:05:22 +0000 UTCWhy does fWAR use FIP for pitchers? I know it’s a better projection of future performance than ERA, but isn’t WAR meant to measure value produced?
Eli Presberg
2023-04-01 16:43:26 +0000 UTCWhich MLB team do you think is definitely not going to win the World Series, but that you believe you could definitely get them to win if your took over on Out Of The Park?
Leo Barlach
2023-04-01 16:21:42 +0000 UTCIf you made a Foolish 50 back in March 2013, where would Mike Trout land?
Leo Thomas
2023-04-01 16:01:44 +0000 UTCYou haven't posted music opinions on twitter in a while and I want to know, what bands did you listen to for the first time in the last year that you have become a fan of?
ice_denier
2023-04-01 15:26:47 +0000 UTCFavorite play/at-bat/moment from the first week of the season?
Riley Nahlik
2023-04-01 15:20:02 +0000 UTCWhich fan bases (top 5) do you think most “deserve” a World Series title in the immediate future and why?
Paul Bauer
2023-04-01 15:01:54 +0000 UTCI read in an article the other day that Darin Ruf's slump for the Mets 'confounded the analysts'. Is there anything in his stats and peripherals from the last few years that would've worried you, or do you think it's just aging or plain old bad luck?
DiscoKazuma
2023-04-01 14:49:16 +0000 UTCIf you could force two current players (must have either career under 90ops+ or era+) to get married and live a sitcom marriage who would it be and why?
Dan
2023-04-01 14:34:11 +0000 UTCWhat are some of your favorite baseball books you would recommend? I’ve been trying mostly biographies/autobiographies and it’s been hit or miss, wondering if you have any must-reads. (P.S. you were right in the last video, it’s pronounced “copy” )
Jason Coppe
2023-04-01 14:33:07 +0000 UTCDo you ever dream about what Major League Baseball would be like if Joey Terdoslavich panned out the way he did in your OOTP 23 save? Would he achieve cult hero status, complete with a cheering section similar to the King's Court but instead known as the Terd Herd? Would do you suppose a catcher who consistently puts up .420+ OBPs would earn in free agency? I think about the often.
Daniel Kohl
2023-04-01 14:25:37 +0000 UTCIf you put prime Mike Trout in the murderers row Yankees lineup in 1927 and assume he'll play exactly as he plays in the modern game with regards to approach and style what is he OPSing? Also where are they planning him in the lineup?
Robert Matheson
2023-04-01 14:02:58 +0000 UTC
