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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 1/14/21

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Mike Rizzo

12:27

Re: Springer- Where would he play in DC? Bench Robles? Schwarber and hope for a DH?

Dan Szymborski

12:27

I think you have Robles share some time with Schwarber and get 400 PA or so across OF positions. Plus some extra time when Schwarber DHs

12:28

But he's the biggest question mark in their outfield

Schwarber's not on a log-term deal

log-term?

So plenty of opportunity for him to prove himself

He was *awful* in 2020

The Ghost of Wade Boggs

12:28

What would be a good nickname for Wander Franco (NN)?

Dan Szymborski

12:30

Q: What would be a good nickname for Wander Franco?

A: I love names that start with "W." There's "Wonder," and there's also "Wander." And I think it fits my personality, because I'm always thinking, "What's next?" I'm always on my feet and always thinking ahead.

I'm also reading a book called "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance." I'm trying to read that one in it's entirety before my next trip. And it's going to be very interesting. I'm really trying to get into it. I like history, so this is kind of like a Western history.

OH GOD NO PENDING MESSAGES

12:31

The site has not been fixed yet, so there's nobody finding this on the front page! lol

So you 31 people who found this, I need you guys to be clutch here!

Kiermaier's Piercing Green Eyes

12:32

Commas matter. There's a big difference between "OH GOD, NO PENDING MESSAGES" and "OH GOD NO, PENDING MESSAGES." Meg may want to have a word with you if it's the latter.

Atilla the pun

12:32

The Royals bucked the slow market trend by signing their FA targets (Minor, Santana, Taylor, Holland). Did they spend more than they needed to in doing that? Does it matter if they did?

Dan Szymborski

12:33

Doesn't really matter, really. I don't think the Royals were well-situated to take advantage of these mid-market signings. But really, in this offseason, do I want to be whining about one of the teams that's actually *trying* in their limited, Royals way?

The Ghost of Wade Boggs

12:33

I thought the no pending messages was part of the NN response

Barry's Fivehead

12:36

Who is the next big name FA to sign, and where?

Dan Szymborski

12:36

I have a hunch that Springer will sign in the not too distant future

Though where? I have no idea.

I kinda think the Blue Jays might close the deal

But in this case, I don't have any *specific* backchannel info

Joe

12:36

The rumors of 11/320 for Tatis appear false, but what does ZIPS think of that offer? It sounded high to me.

Dan Szymborski

12:36

I suspect the Padres *are* talking, but 11/320 so far before FA is unlikely.

12:37

Four years before FA is a long time, so the Padres have a great deal of leverage.

And businesses are not in the business of spending more than they need to if they can help it.

12:38

(I fully expect businesses to look after their interest, I just want MLB to have a revenue-sharing that more incentivizes investing in players being more aligned with the team interest)

The Ghost of Wade Boggs

12:38

Man, I generally have so many questions, yet with this boundless opportunity to ask them, I find myself seizing up

Dan Szymborski

12:39

Eric

12:39

Building a franchise & you have the 1st overall pick, congrats! Who are you taking? Trout, Soto, Tatis, Acuna, Wander, Someone else?

Dan Szymborski

12:39

Tatis

Eric

12:39

Is there any chance Ariel redoes the comparisons to so Zips is compared equivalently or will we have to wait till next year?

Dan Szymborski

12:39

Next year. I'll make sure and provide him playing time prorated version before the year starts.

12:40

It's not hsi "fault" or anything because he's looking for complete and direct fantasy applicability.

And since ZIPS isn't really targeted there, you're going to have some odd pricing.

Eric

12:40

On a scale of 100 what % should you value offense to defense? 80% offense? 90% offense? Is there a % that war or zips uses?

Dan Szymborski

12:40

I'm not sure you need to place a scale on it. A run is a run pretty much.

12:41

ZiPS doesn't go in and say "X of a player's WAR is offense, Y is defense"

BTW, I'm super-pumped: I scored an RTX 3080 from a Newegg drop!

Atilla the pun

12:43

At some point they league has to make a firm decision on the NL DH, right? Has to be hurting the market as this drags on.

Dan Szymborski

12:43

I suspect it's no this year.

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