JotCast | Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 1/6/22

Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 1/6/22

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Guest

12:52

What's the worst contract in MLB right now?

Dan Szymborski

12:52

It may be Stanton. He's fine now, but he's owed just under $200 million or so

Zoned

12:53

Nick Yorke for Boston didnt get a Zips projection as well as Jasson Dominguez, would you expect projections for them next year? What is the cutoff to make team lists full season of AA?

Dan Szymborski

12:53

Dominguez will likely get one next year.

Very likely

Yorke too.

Zoned

12:53

have you ever had chicken chili? Its a white base instead of red & its delicious

Dan Szymborski

12:53

Not really my thing, though I like chicken

SJ

12:53

Shostakovich's 8th string quartet is an 80 piece

worst contract

12:54

Strasburg says hi

Dan Szymborski

12:54

Given the health worries, that's another option

Marshall

12:54

As a Dodgers fan, I’d say Bauer is the worst contract

Dan Szymborski

12:54

Depends if we're talking financially!

12:55

The Tigers owe Cabrera like $72 million

Guest

12:55

Would you take the over or under on Zips' projection for WAR for Tatis? (7.6 or 7.9, depending on where in the article you look)

Dan Szymborski

12:56

Probably the under since I tend to be a pessimist

Farhandrew Zaidman

12:56

Hi Dan! Would you rather field a team of players who ~each~ have 60 bats and 45 gloves, or 45 bats and 60 gloves?

Dan Szymborski

12:56

Probably the former - variance among hitting is higher and I can design my pitching staff towards these concerns

G

12:56

Often in these chats, my questions aren't answered. I'm not offering this as negative feedback, but an opportunity for me to learn how to ask better questions on here and figure out response times. I try and ask questions early however I obviously will never know what your queue looks like. Do you choose quality of question over chronology for the most part and what recommendations would you make for higher engagement on these chats (also thank you for your work and diligence).

yawn

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Dan Szymborski

12:56

How I choose question is a complete madhouse

Because you guys ask a TON of questions

12:57

I typically only get to about 20% of them

cool

1

I try to answer questions that are both interesting to me and interesting to the readers

cool

1

And questions that I'm able to answer

And questions that I'm able to answer *in a reasonable timeframe*

12:58

If I have to think about a question for a few minutes, those are minutes that questions aren't being answered. So a long-time-to-answer question kind of "eats" other questions

And I like variety

Guest

12:58

Can you and will you use ZiPS to find out what Ichiro’s MLB stats would have looked like had he started in his early 20s?

Dan Szymborski

12:58

I have!

https://www.espn.com/mlb/insider/story/_/id/16206897/if-ichiro-played-...

Marlins outfielder Ichiro Suzuki, already in possession of a number of significant hitting milestones, added another to his collection against the TK on TK. While a player's 2,978th MLB hit isn't typically met with balloons and streamers, for Ichiro, it represents a significant number.
Combine his MLB total with his 1,278 hits for Nippon Professional Baseball and it adds up to 4,256, a number that any fan of baseball will instantly recognize as Pete Rose's MLB record for hits in a career.

Now, reaching this landmark is not exactly the same as catching Pete Rose, but it is significant for baseball. While NPB is not MLB, it is the second-highest level of professional baseball in the world. It ranks below the majors but above the two Triple-A leagues: the International League and the Pacific Coast League.
EDITOR'S PICKS

Who's the all-time hit king after Ichiro ties Rose? Depends on whom you ask
6yJim Caple
While we can't consider Ichiro's NPB hits to be exactly the same as MLB hits, it would al

12:59

chiro Suzuki's Projected MLB Stats

YEARTEAMBAOBPSLGGABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOHPSBCSSF1992SEA*.228.245.2724092321400421203301993SEA*.177.203.258436231120132800301994SEA*.355.399.48388358671272264312338418711995SEA*.313.377.441123479871501771063415310431331996SEA*.327.375.428130523921711877703660632431997SEA*.315.363.432135518831632378763938336641998SEA*.328.368.443135488701602856592837410621999SEA*.315.363.451103397681252139572848411642000SEA*.354.405.4491053816413517256134413

oh god

20longyears

12:59

Corpse meditation was Carson Cistulli, it turns out - it was back in 2014 and thus much farther back than I realized. (https://blogs.fangraphs.com/2014-positional-power-rankings-second-base...) So oops, but thank you for helping me to fix my search, and also for being humorous enough that I thought the line was yours.

Dan Szymborski

12:59

Man, I end up researching away my compliment AND GIVING IT TO MY ARCHENEMY, CARSON

1:00

Guest

1:01

I'm disappointed you didn't take the bait on "7.6 or 7.9, depending on where in the article you look"

Bubba

1:01

Have you been following the guy on Reddit that draws a new picture of Trout each day during the lockout? If so, what has your favorite been so far?

Dan Szymborski

1:01

I have when I see it on my timeline! Would have to look a them all

Guest

1:01

Joining late so sorry if you have already answered this. I am curious if and how you handled the weighting of the pandemic shortened season and the rebound 2021 season.

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