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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 1/28/21

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Moonlight Graham

1:05

Do you think there should be a sub category of barrels called smithereens where the parameters are really narrow?

Dan Szymborski

1:06

Maybe?

Because now that you say it, I want there to be a statcast stat called smithereens

Dan

1:07

How much money is left to be added to next year's payroll? I found 17 teams I thought where trying to improve next year and they collectively have about 1 billion in room below the luxury tax but that includes teams like the Rays and As who aren't going to spend 200 million.

Dan Szymborski

1:07

I dunno, I can';t calculate that off the top of my head!

EbenezerBatflip

1:07

Do you expect MLB to *ever* enforce or change rules about pitching with pinetar/substances ?

Dan Szymborski

1:07

Yes

But there are bigger fish to fry right now

Adge

1:07

How about a Daniel Murphy, Sin Soo-Choo, or Derek Deitrich on the Jays for a MiLB deal could use a LHH

Dan Szymborski

1:07

None of these are terrible ideas

1:08

Since none of them will come with a roflcopter contract

1:08

Loved Ross/Rizzo....can the AI write "Joe Torre Is So Close To Beheading Alex Rodriguez"???

Dan Szymborski

1:08

hang on!

1:11

Greg

1:11

Can you explain why ZiPS doesn't try to mirror what the actual projected playing time will be? Have you thought about using ZiPS calculations with Steamer playing time to see how ZiPS would do against other projection systems? According to Ariel Cohen, ZiPS was the worst projection system last year.

Dan Szymborski

1:12

No doubt, because ZiPS is simply not designed for that.

(Though we'll have pro-rated to depth charts version on the player pages by opening day)

I'd have been surprised if it *didn't* struggle using Ariel's methodology

Which isn't Ariel's fault, of course.

1:13

He was just looking at something very specific that ZiPS isn't really designed to do "out of the box"

Guest

1:13

If you could rename ZiPS what would you rename it

Dan Szymborski

1:13

ZiPs

I really made amistake by not having that s small.

Wales II

1:13

Hinterland confirms challenging pronunciation of Welsh names. And it showcases the beauty of Wales quite well to boot.

Christopher, Guest

1:13

I envy the self-assurance you have to inhabit your inner idiot troll child. A blessing and a curse, I would imagine.

Dan Szymborski

1:14

I have never, ever put myself out there as someone I'm not.

If someone got the idea that I take pretty much *anything* seriously, it wasn't from me.

1:15

The amusing aspects of life, to me, are what make life worth living.

I hope some day, hopefully not in the near-future, when I die, I go out snickering at the whole concept. (My grandfather did)

EbenezerBatflip

1:16

Do you expect Devers to stay at 3B?

Dan Szymborski

1:16

I think for now

but 2-3 years from now, if he's a 140 wRC+ guy and struggling at third, I expect then you see a move

1:17

On that note, it it is time for me to depart for another week!

Thanks for coming everyone!

And thank you for all the support you've shown me and FanGraphs over the last year.

We exist because of you.

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