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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 1/11/16
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AvatarDan Szymborski
12:05
Noon: A Time for Chats.
Welcome to the Dan Szymborsk Hour of Glower, in which all questions will be answered by flippant remarks!
You know it's quality when the host can't spell his own last name.
12:06
Chatter? Chatatrix? Chat Chairman? Commission of Chat?
Tim O.
12:06
The zips for the Mets has a lot of power projected for Michael Conforto (26 HR) - most of us has him pegged in the 18-20 area. Why the divergence?
AvatarDan Szymborski
12:06
Well, I don't know exact process most of you used because I'm not in your brains! That would be weird.
12:07
All I can say is that hitting homers in the FSL and Eastern League is no easy task.
12:08
Though Steamer says fewer HRs too, but I don't run Steamer, so I can't give much insight into the reasoning for the exact number.
Tim O.
12:08
Also, with regards to Mets Zips - I understand Matz is an inexperienced rookie - but 2zWar seems lot...no?
AvatarDan Szymborski
12:09
Could you rephrase? Not sure what you're asking.
Petey
12:09
Thoughts on the Cardinals and Chris Correa?
AvatarDan Szymborski
12:09
Hard to tell as there's so little public information.
I think this is something we can look back on 2-3 years down the road.
Z
12:09
argue why college players in power 5 should not be paid; please?
AvatarDan Szymborski
12:09
I will not argue that.
Justin
12:09
What does ZIPS predict as for how many Digital Dandy references will be made in today's chat?
AvatarDan Szymborski
12:10
I don't do any Szymborski-based projecting in ZiPS because ZiPS has a CoI - if it projects bad, I can downgrade it's processor.
"Oh, you say I suck, huh? Well, that 3930k can become a Core2Duo so quickly!"
RotoLando
12:10
Who wins in a Bowie Brawl of all his various personas?
AvatarDan Szymborski
12:10
Ziggy Stardust. Potential for a Spiders from Mars runin.
Liu Bei
12:11
Please rank: Matz, Rodon, Eduardo Rodriguez.
AvatarDan Szymborski
12:11
Tie, then Eddy.
Also, you're totally overrated.
12:12
Later Han was a decadent, spent dynasty and your best military achievement, conquering Shu, was done treacherously.
Scott
12:12
Hey Dan,
AvatarDan Szymborski
12:12
Hi!
some guy
12:12
Biggest loss in the past 30 days - Lemmy Killmister, Scott Weiland or David Bowie. All huge personalities that left a major impression on music. I'd rank: Bowie, Lemmy....Weiland
AvatarDan Szymborski
12:12
Don't like ranking people's deaths because they mean different things to different people.
12:13
I enjoy Bowie's work more than Motörhead or Stone Temple Pilots but others disagree and it seems kinda douchey of me to rank their deaths in this manner.
Scott
12:13
Do you think Cespedes and/or Upton end up settling for 1 year contracts?
AvatarDan Szymborski
12:13
Dan
DLowe
12:13
Hey Dan! As a closer, who do you think will have the better year - Britton, K Giles, or Ramos? I am leaning towards Giles, but I am interested to hear your thoughts. Thanks.
AvatarDan Szymborski
12:13
I'm not a closer.
But Giles.
Pale Hose
12:13
Don Zimbobskee, you digital dandy, please provide your source for the zips projections you're always going on about.
AvatarDan Szymborski
12:14
A hobo runs them and I give him some of my rum for them.
Mike S.
12:14
Better option for the Braves in LF, Oliveria or the field?
AvatarDan Szymborski
12:14
Olivera. I don't think he's actually going to be any good, but there's a lot of variance here becasue so much is not known. Braves should want high variance players right now.
TJ
12:14
Why do you rely so heavily on junk stats like ERA and OPS?
AvatarDan Szymborski
12:15
Communication is more important than exact accuracy.
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