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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 1/18/17

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Dan Szymborski

3:10

I haven't noticed any real calibration difference.

Though sometimes there's oddities - ZiPS likes almost every Cardinal position player better than Steamer for some reason

3:11

What is an acceptable mutually-beneficial contract for the O's to give Trumbo now?

Dan Szymborski

3:11

1/18 and save face.

Jon

3:11

It's hard to outright buy prospects, but could a team overpay for someone ($100m over five years for Chapman) and then flip to a team for a few elite prospects if they ate the entire $100m contract?

Dan Szymborski

3:11

They could do something like this.

mtsw

3:11

Why is Vlad Guerrero a consensus HoFer among the SABR crowd but Jim Edmonds lasted one year on the ballot? They're almost the same player except Edmonds was the more valuable fielder.

Dan Szymborski

3:11

Hey, I complained mercilessly about that.

You don't hear talk about Edmonds right now because we already lost.

marklxndr

3:12

When will Rockies ZiPS come out? The David Dahl question got me all jittery. He's very handsome.

Dan Szymborski

3:12

They come out at the apportioned time.

Joe

3:12

How does Mussina get in and not Schilling? Cause he isn't an ass hole?

Dan Szymborski

3:12

Schilling ought to be in, of course, but Schilling isn't winning friends among the marginal voters.

Optimistic Blimpie's

3:12

Horseradish? You Arby's puppet

Dan Szymborski

3:12

I said horseradish, not horsey sauce.

3:13

The actual grated stuff you get in a jar, not the mayo+horseradish concoction

Erol

3:13

Why is Gwent better than Hearthstone?

Dan Szymborski

3:13

I'm not big on Gwent.

Shadowverse, on the other hand, is better than Hearthstone right now.

Though you have to get used to the very Japanime styl;e.

3:13

Bulbasaur? Way to take the cowards way out

Dan Szymborski

3:13

Winning über alles.

Optimistic Blimpie's

3:14

Which FA has involuntarily retired but does not know it yet?

Dan Szymborski

3:14

Bronson Arroyo

CamdenWarehouse

3:14

you must be rushed, your sarcasm detector is off today

Dan Szymborski

3:14

Sorry, I'm trying to fit 75 minutes worth of questions into 45 minutes.

Lev

3:15

Which Ernest movie is the best? and why is it Scared Stupid?

Dan Szymborski

3:15

Can there be a best Ernest movie?

True story: Ernest P. Worrell's character is related to Todd Worrell.

The A Train

3:15

Can we call the "begrudgingly going back to your old team for barely more than the QO" 'The Bautista' now? Used in a sentence:

johnny

3:16

I noticed Greg Holland wasn't included with KC's ZiPs, although that was his last team. Can you give me a projection for him, or wait until the final spreadsheet comes out?

Dan Szymborski

3:16

I just forgot.

Tom

3:16

CKII is so confusing and hard to pick-up, EUIV seems downright simple compared to it. But then again I must be biased. Give it another look.

Dan Szymborski

3:16

CKII, as long as you don't start too aggressive with who you pick (like, say, going with HRE emperor), you have simple strategic choices at the start.

OK, gotta go!

3:17

Thanks for joing me everybody! Sorry we had to stuff the chat awkwardly. I

See you guys next week, I'm late!

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