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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 1/21/21

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Dan Szymborski

12:35

They ought to, but I'm not sure they will

Tim Tebow's Thunder Thighs

12:35

You are the new manager of <insert borderline AL playoff contender>.  Which of these fictional players would you rather have on your roster?
1) DH that is guaranteed one hit per game started, but that hit is always a single.  He can never take the field and never unintentionally walks.  He is average across the board in every other skill set.
2) Reliever that will always retire the first batter he faces, but the ball is always put in play.  He can never pitch on back to back days or twice in a doubleheader, but can pitch in back to back games if there is an off day in between.  He is average across the board in every other skill set.

Dan Szymborski

12:36

BeeDee

12:36

Where do you see the LAD's infield situation getting the most value? Lux is still having growing pains, Turner is asking for 4 years at age 35.

Dan Szymborski

12:36

I think in the end, Turner won't get 4 years and he's the best option

Dbo

12:37

When are you going to stop ducking politics and give us your opinion on the 1932 election?

Dan Szymborski

12:37

In hindsight, it probably would have been better if Otto Wels had won.

Eh?

12:37

Isn't the answer to the Padres question above simply "Dave Cameron"?

Dan Szymborski

12:37

It's the thanks, very cool meme

FannyGraphy

12:37

Hi Dan, I've read that the Positional Adjustment values for WAR are in need of a change, especially the DH. What are your thoughts on it? and how can it be done?

Dan Szymborski

12:38

ZiPS uses 1B value for DH. I've looked at it a number of different ways and I keep ending up with the result that hitters hit worse as DHs than they do taking the field.

Now, filtering out injuries is tricky

Jake

12:38

Before the Angels signed Quintana, the ZiPS depth charts listed them as having 39.9 WAR. After signing him, it’s gone down to 39.4 WAR. How/why did this happen?

Dan Szymborski

12:39

There are no updated ZIPS charts!

They're ZiPS/Steamer

and other assumptions can change things

but I don't run that part

San Damnborski

12:39

How long will the Red Sox suck? And why am I giggling madly that the answer is longer than a year?

Dan Szymborski

12:39

Certainly 2021. I don't know just how long the Red Sox are going to go this route.

Kiermaier's Piercing Green Eyes

12:39

What's wrong with tofu? Versatile and easy to work with. Great weeknight option. Good part of an omnivore's diet. Working my way through some tofu chorizo, rice, and bean burritos I made.

Dan Szymborski

12:39

Tofu is fine, it's just not chili

12:40

I would like to have a Porsche 911. It would be a great deal more fun than a lawn mower.

But if you ask me the best way to use a Porsche 911 as a lawn mower, I gotta tell you, it's not a lawn mower.

12:41

I like tofu on-the-level, just as tofu. I really like the tofu I get at Thai places. It's just not chili!

San Damnborski

12:41

Meant to say Joc is the answer to Friar Guy's bench bat question

Dan Szymborski

12:41

Liek Gardner, I'm just not sure how interested he'd be in being a reserve

kyles

12:41

Are we going to get 3-year ZiPS projections like in the past? Thanks

Dan Szymborski

12:41

Yes

Appa Yip Yip

12:42

I honestly don't even drink milk, and don't particularly care what kind of container it comes in, but 1) bags are more efficient to ship and have less plastic waste. 2) lasts longer before spoiling because you have 3 one liter bags as opposed to a single gallon so the milk stays sealed. 3) lifting a single liter when full is way easier than lifting a whole ass gallon. Also, we still have cartons? And bags are only an ontario and quebec thing anyways. People get very bent out of shape over this and it's weird.

Dan Szymborski

12:42

See, I'd crush your bag hauling hands with my powerful Merkan gallon holding fleshmitts

12:43

Me having an additional pour between milk purchase and milk drink is a very dangerous thing

George

12:43

I don’t know if this is possible but could you figure out the division most likely to finish with the highest win total? Do you think that’s a better way of determining divisional strength as opposed to how many super teams in each division there are (ex NL East vs NL West)

Dan Szymborski

12:43

I can do this when I get a chance!

Guest

12:43

I'm so confused by all this talk of milk and pubic wigs.

Dan Szymborski

12:43

Wait, what?

Mabel

12:43

Ok follow-up question. Why are so many White Sox fans seemingly ok (and even supportive) of not raising payroll and / spending big? It seems like ownership has conditioned them (and really all teams fans) that spending = bad.

Dan Szymborski

12:43

Are they OK?

Moose_Bolton

12:44

What is your favorite type of cookie?

Dan Szymborski

12:44

Whatever the real name of those pepperidge farms Brussels cookies are.

George

12:45

With only 25 million-ish to spend is it even possible for the Nats to catch the Mets/Braves at this point without things really breaking in their favor?

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