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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 1/21/19

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Matt

12:48

Ok, Dan. I'm back. You can resume the chat.

Dan Szymborski

12:48

Thgere was no way that was 20 minutes

Not Mean But Regressing

12:48

I can't imagine how much less interest I would have in baseball if a single team had been as successful as the Patriots have been for the last almost 20 years - ESPECIALLY if that team was in the same division as my team. Do you think the Patriots are a good argument for sports leagues to strive for parity?

Dan Szymborski

12:48

It's kinda weird, so many pundits complain about MLB's parity and then worship the NFL

12:49

And NFL has that built in equalizer of injuries being more severe

an idiot

12:49

Why doesn't this work?Blue jays sign Machado for his asking price, Guirrelle plays second, Manny gets to play 2nd and Vlad gets to play third until eventually Manny moves back to third and Vlad over to 1st.

Dan Szymborski

12:49

Well, the Blue Jays probably don't want to pay it.

Ray Kinsella

12:49

Is it weird that I immediately think of Shawn Kemp rather than Matt? I wonder what the Reign Man is up to these days.

Dan Szymborski

12:49

I also think of Shawn Kemp first

Bill

12:50

https://community.fangraphs.com/the-mlb-prize-money-solution/

Relevant for incentivising winning

Not Mean But Regressing

12:50

What is the most under-rated percussive instrument for rock drummers?

Dan Szymborski

12:50

xylophone

What other instrument instantly evokes skeletons?

Matt

12:51

When FG eventually folds ZiPS into Depth Charts projections, I know they manually adjust playing time. But beyond that, is it an average of ZiPS/Steamer? Manual picking & choosing? Different or uniform across players?

Dan Szymborski

12:51

I believe it's an average

Tony Schiavone

12:51

Dan Szymborski

12:51

Tony Skee-a-vone!

Mandy is 92% Fresh

12:51

Do not look throging up on urban dictionary

Dan Szymborski

12:51

oh god

12:52

OK, it's not a thing. You sir/ma'am (probably sir) are a liar.

Mandy is 92% Fresh

12:52

Wouldn't baseball be better if instead of the catcher throwing the ball back to the pitcher, there was an underground ball return like in bowling? We could call it the Mackey Sasser.

Dan Szymborski

12:52

If you want to reduce strikeout rates, make the pitchers hold all the baseballs

They have to go out to the mound with a backpack full of baseballs.

12:53

And if they run out of baseballs, the batters gets a ball called for every additional ball the pitcher needs to get through the inning

OK, terrible idea, but is it any worse than starting an extra inning with a magic runner ons econd?

CamdenWarehouse

12:53

Do you think MLB and it's TV affiliates were paying attention to the response to Romo? Will it make a difference?

Dan Szymborski

12:54

No doubt they'll say "You know what Tony Romo proves? Sabermetrics are terrible and all color guys should be recently retired players. CALL UP A.J. PIERZYNSKI!"

Matt

12:54

It was 11 minutes, Dan. And you couldn't even help a brotha out with a chat-pause. Selfish.

Dan Szymborski

12:54

I never said I was a hero.

Birddog

12:54

Where will Curtis Granderson be flying to in mid February?

Dan Szymborski

12:54

In a plane?

Shawn Kemp

12:54

I'm planting my seed somewhere or lookin' for rock.

Blake

12:54

Does the current Angels roster have enough to get Trout to October?

Dan Szymborski

12:54

They can, but they need some things to break their ways

LFC Mike

12:54

Steak-umms..the "umms" to me represents.."umm do I want to eat this? What is it?" whereas Steak-mmms..means "mmm it is good." You should contact their marketing department ASAP.

Purple Mays Haze

12:55

If a batter was told exactly what pitch is coming (including intended location) such as "slider, down and away on the black" or "4 seamer, at the letters", whose pitch would STILL have the lowest wOBA?

Dan Szymborski

12:55

Knuckler?

Irrational Man

12:55

Is Scott Schebler a capable CF or should the Reds get someone better?

Dan Szymborski

12:55

He's been suprisingly non-terribad. I'd want a fourth outfielder that can play CF well.

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