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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 1/28/19

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Dan Szymborski

12:18

And it makes sense for Merrifield to take the guaranteed money - he's very unlikely to ever hit free agency at a point that he'd be a highly sought-after free agent.

12:18

Has the excitement for offseason top 100 prospect lists died in recent years? For me it seems like there's too many of them.

Dan Szymborski

12:19

I think people still are excited. I know that at ESPN, Keith's top 100 coming out was a massive traffic bump.

Phan

12:19

Think phils did good trading jp? Heard Segura’s bat is sus

Dan Szymborski

12:19

They did fine

stuck in a slump

12:19

Dan, why do the projection systems seem to (comparatively) hate Nimmo, but love Dahl?

Dan Szymborski

12:19

I'm not sure they really love Dahl

The WAR projections are never that high

Chuncey Wiggins

12:19

What sort of stats would a 20 WAR player look like? How unbalanced would baseball become with a player like that wreaking havoc and laying waste among the basepaths?

Dan Szymborski

12:19

When a 20 WAR pitcher retires a batter, they literally retire out of shame.

12:19

Do you think Castellanos will be traded before the season starts?

Dan Szymborski

12:19

Yes

CamdenWarehouse

12:19

Do you think the Orioles retire Mussina's number? give him a statue?

Dan Szymborski

12:19

Yes

CamdenWarehouse

12:20

All of the ZiPS posts are in English for me, pelkey. Check your browser settings

Dan Szymborski

12:20

Wait, did I miss a post?

I certainly write things in English.

None of my foreign language stuff is very baseball specific.

12:21

I could write about Miguel Cabrera going to the library or Jordan Zimmermann having a table in his kitchen.

Gub Gub

12:21

What alternate spelling would you choose for your first name?

Dan Szymborski

12:21

Danilo

Dán

Justin

12:22

Is there any way that the Pirates current payroll around $72 million is all they can afford?

Dan Szymborski

12:22

I may not be willing to pay $8 for an Egg McMuffin, but it doesn't mean I CAN'T

Rox Fan

12:22

Any chance the Rockies address their significant deficiency behind the plate this winter?

Dan Szymborski

12:22

A small one.

12:23

More than any contending team, the Rockies like to "settle."

Kai

12:23

Who would be a very interesting player to research through some statistics?

Dan Szymborski

12:23

Roberto Clemente

12:24

Brock/Broglio is fun too

12:25

Based on where they were at the time, I would have definitely taken the Broglio side of the trade at the time

It wasn't an obvious robbery the way Bagwell was

Hank

12:26

Robles the favorite for NL RoY?

Dan Szymborski

12:26

He's up there. Either Hiura or Rodgers could end upw ith jobs

And maybe the Mets actually play Alonso!

Chris

12:26

Does Margot rebound both offensively and defensively this year? He went from being a sophomore breakout to suddenly being talked about being more a bench player. Thoughts on this former top prospect and his role in a crowed OF situation?

Dan Szymborski

12:26

I think so, but I tend to be among the more optimistic

Bob

12:26

Yusniel Diaz was traded from Dodgers to Orioles, but his minor league numbers show Orioles, then Dodgers. This happens with all players traded mid season. Why is this?

Dan Szymborski

12:27

Dunno, never thought of it

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