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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 10/15/18

Dan Szymborski

12:00

Noon: A Time for Chats

Bear32

12:00

Buxton? What's going on?

Dan Szymborski

12:01

Well, besides injuries, I don't have the foggiest clue.

Jim Leyland Palmer

12:01

With taking a step back in his second year and his colossal struggles this postseason, has your outlook on Cody Bellinger changed?

Dan Szymborski

12:02

Tempered slightly (the year, not the small sample of six specific games), but not really changed.

Nobody thought that 143 OPS+ was a baseline that he'd only go up from. A step back was expected.

12:03

Well, maybe not expected but a very open possibility?

Sir Mookleton McBetts

12:03

Is the Astros grabbing Osuna the sleaziest move of the year? I mean, no other team was willing and they basically got an elite Bullpen arm for nothing. Am I overreacting?

Dan Szymborski

12:03

From a moral standpoint, yes.

But from an analyst standpoint, I understand we live in the real world, too.

carrotjuice

12:04

What do roughly expect from Jon Lester on a going forward basis?

Dan Szymborski

12:04

#2 guy or so.

Sir Mookleton McBetts

12:04

Jeffress seems to have lost it lately. He was so dominant, but has looked really hittable lately. It doesn't look like his velo is down, what changed?

Dan Szymborski

12:04

He's had command spells at times.

poor command spells

LFC Mike

12:04

Urine in the windshield washer fluid container?...Did you poop on the windshield wipers too?

Dan Szymborski

12:04

That's not very efficient.

The Cat's Meow

12:05

In an alternative universe someone has a pet hedgehog with a Galileo-like stuffed animal as a chew toy.

Dan Szymborski

12:05

It's not Galileo's toy, it's Cassiopeia's!

12:06

Galileo has no use for toys. The only objects he has interest in are either edible or places from which he likes to sit and exclude other cats from.

jkim

12:06

I spent all of the Dodgers/Brewers off-day binging American Vandal. have you seen it?

Dan Szymborski

12:06

I have not.

Jackson C.

12:06

Would it be too rash for the Red Sox to go to closer by committee considering Kimbrel's struggles?

Dan Szymborski

12:06

I think it's premature

Rickety Cricket

12:06

Who'd be harder to strike out? A batter that is a foot tall or a batter that is 100 feet tall.

Dan Szymborski

12:06

Foot tall obviously.

LFC Mike

12:06

Do Vlad Jr's ZIP projections automatically increase everyday without you doing anything? He has actually made a few outs in the AFL so far.

Dan Szymborski

12:06

I have to tell ZiPS to do things. I'm not smart enough to fully automate the tangled mess.

Dbo

12:07

Dan, my sister made butternut squash chili with beans and no meat. I told her it wasn't chili and was just butternut squash stew and we got in a fight. Anyways...I think I got myself uninvited to family thanksgiving, do you have an extra spot at your table?

Dan Szymborski

12:07

We usually do it at my sister's now!

You should try to get to family thanksgiving and then give thanks to "real chili, that without beans"

Jack

12:07

Dan, thanks for all the work! Regarding your Phillies elegy: apart from the big money player sweepstakes, and specifically with run prevention in mind, what FA players would be best for them to target with defense in mind?

Dan Szymborski

12:08

The Hoskins/Santana pickle would be harder to fix with a signing

Unfortunately, if you look at free agent signings, there aren't a lot of glove guys at teh positions they really need to upgrade defense

12:09

I'm still hoping Crawford t urns things around

Guest

12:09

How bad would Trout have to be in 2019 (without getting injured) to not be the best projected player going into 2020?

Dan Szymborski

12:09

I think that's more of a Q when I've done all the projections! That way I'll have everyone for 2020 fresh