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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 1/6/22

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Dan Szymborski

12:18

I think the larger reason is that it's just a hard thing to do

12:18

Hormel chili in a pinch?

Dan Szymborski

12:18

PRetty big pinch

20longyears

12:18

A few years back in the positional power rankings for...2B? you wrote one of the funniest things I'd ever read, inside or outside of sports writing, and I can't find it anymore. It was about the Marlins; you wrote a paragraph about Buddhist corpse meditation. Any chance you have a link and/or can repaste it here?

Dan Szymborski

12:19

That may have not been me?

12:21

Yea, doesn't appear to be me.

Dangit

Jake Burger Bomb

12:22

I am one of the better projected player via Zips this year for the Sox with nowhere to play. Do I get traded? If so, where is your best guess?

Dan Szymborski

12:22

I think Sox hang onto you

Dete

12:22

Odds that the season starts on time?

Dan Szymborski

12:22

I'm actually 70/30 in favor

And I'll tell you why

It's a mess right now, but on a fundamental level, they're not so far apart on things.

12:23

So I think it's longer than ideal to get serious

but then when talks become actually serious, it starts quickly

well, goes quickly

Dancing Dan McGraw

12:23

Does Story make sense for Boston?

Dan Szymborski

12:24

It wouldn't be a bad idea, looking to play Kiké more as a CF

Dalton Wilcox

12:24

What’s the 90%tile ZiPs projection for Kris Bryant’s 2022?

Dan Szymborski

12:28

6.5 WAR

Kiermaier's Piercing Green Eyes

12:28

Have you been to a Jollibee? The jolly spaghetti feels like something you would find upsetting.

Dan Szymborski

12:28

God, I'm afraid to google that

Googling terms I'm not familiar with has led to a lot of frightening sexual images

12:29

HAM AND HOTDOG?

Guest

12:29

I am on a boring work call that reminds me why I never want to go to sleep. Please help.

Dan Szymborski

12:29

On boring conference calls, I'll do something like mine in FFXIV

Dans cat

12:29

Will we be getting another teams ZiPs this week? If so, why do you hate the NL East?

Dan Szymborski

12:29

Yup, one more team

And it's all random!

12:30

Giancarlo Stanton

12:31

You seriously think I'll have the same wRC+ as Anthony Rizzo?

Dan Szymborski

12:31

ZiPS likes Rizzo in Yankee Stadium (which he won't be at)

Guest

12:32

What does ZiPS rely on most when it comes to its opinion on how good a player's defense is? Especially for minor leaguers.

Dan Szymborski

12:32

I have a probabilistic measure with Gameday data.

Olson Vs. Chapman

12:32

Without giving away any ZiPS spoilers, if you had the choice right now, would you trade for Matt Chapman or Matt Olson? Can only pick one

Dan Szymborski

12:33

Yes, given a choice, I would choose to trade for Matt Chapman or Matt Olson. I am only picking the one: the option that allows me to trade for Matt Chapman or Matt Olson.