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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 1/19/23

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Dan Szymborski

12:45

There's more uncertainty

An Englishman

12:46

I love the American sport of baseball. What does ZiPs like about Liberatore?

Dan Szymborski

12:46

Honestly, what it really loves about most Cardinals pitchers is the Cardinals defense

Guest

12:47

Re: Vinny P. I think he'll average around 25 homers over the next 5+ years with maybe one or two years with 30+. Am I sell his power short?

Dan Szymborski

12:48

I don't think so. It's not a particularly good home run park and homers are down across the league

Chip

12:49

If Aaron Judge were to make 100% contact with a baseball and actually caused the ball to vaporize, is that a ball or a strike?

Dan Szymborski

12:50

I think that's a foul ball

Dan

12:50

How many people would be MLB regulars but aren't simple because they play for the wrong team and are blocked/overseas?

Dan Szymborski

12:50

Fewer than there used to be. Teams are better at this kind of thing than they used to be

If he were 10 years older, Nelson Cruz would not have had a career in the United States.

12:51

And born 10 years later, Edgar Martinez gets 3000 hits

phlij

12:51

how serious a contender are the Phillies? Same level as Mets/Braves/Padres?

Dan Szymborski

12:51

Not on that level as they're thinner, but Turner is a big deal

Lij

12:52

how did the brewers end up with William Contreras in that trade? Where did they come jn

Dan Szymborski

12:52

They gave up Ruiz!

My favorite trade of all time remains the Wil Myers trade

The Rays trade Wil Myers to the Padres and somehow the Nats end up with the best player.

Guest

12:53

Coke > Pepsi

Dan Szymborski

12:53

Every drink a really old can of Coke?

Old Coke is just Pepsi

LeonardFarnsworth

12:53

They're listening! You said the o's should spare no expense, and look! Reed Garrett!

Yeah Well Hiura Towel

12:53

If the ABS system were already in place, would there be any chance in hell that going back to a challenge system would be a welcome idea?

Dan Szymborski

12:53

oh god no

Guest

12:53

Who is the most likely 95+ win team from last year to win fewer than 85? Yankees, Mets, Braves, Dodgers, and Astros are the options

Dan Szymborski

12:53

Dodgers

12:54

Now, I think it's extremely unlikely of course

But the Dodgers are thinner than usual and a couple bad rolls and they lose, say, Betts and Urias, and I think the wheels come off the shopping cart

12:55

And if things start to go bad, we have them like five million over the luxury tax threshold

12:56

They may want to liquidate some salary in that case to get back under, which is what they had hoped to do

Guest

12:56

https://www.theonion.com/toyota-recalls-1993-camry-due-to-fact-that-ow...

Grant

12:56

The Athletic is doing a series on potential expansion sites, highlighting Portland, Nashville, Montreal, and Las Vegas. What are your thoughts on the future of expansion in MLG?

Dan Szymborski

12:56

I had the neural network do that!

12:59

Hmm, can't find it

So here's an old one: five new team names for each team.

Ben

1:00

A vaporized ball is the moral equivalent of a swinging-strikeout passed ball --- he swung and the ball has vanished. Send Judge to first base.

Dan Szymborski

1:00

But it vaporized from his contact

Rob

1:00

I think this is a general ZiPS question rather than Cardinals specific but I can't tell how AB are projected? Seems like there are too many AB assigned to Gorman and Donovan to add up to a job share, for one instance. Just curious - thanks!

Dan Szymborski

1:00

ZiPS is agnostic on team decisions