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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 10/15/18

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Dan Szymborski

12:10

Breakfast chili is just chili that's eaten at breakfast.

All Cats Are Beautiful

12:10

What does ZiPS project for Greg Bird going forward? Who are his comps?

Dan Szymborski

12:10

Not doing request until finals are coming out!

Loge Kendall

12:10

I’m finding a lot of the National commentary on the Brewers’ pitching usage so far to be extremely intellectually lazy. Many actually blamed “bullpenning” on the game 2 loss!

Dan Szymborski

12:10

A lot of national commentary is lazy

see the obsession with playoff stats as something predictive

or dumbass slice-of-a-slice-of-a-slice splits

12:11

I swear during Rockies/Cubs I heard one of the broadcasters talking about a hitter's last 10 at-bats with RISP

Bjorn from Swedish Sex Dungeon

12:11

Removing the Royals from consideration, does Alcides Escobar even get a minor league deal this offseason?

Dan Szymborski

12:11

Yes

Oliver

12:11

Can/should the Padres trade Wil Myers this winter and, if so, what could they get for him?

Dan Szymborski

12:11

They should try, but I don't think they'll get a ton really

12:12

I don't think a team would give Myers 3/66 with a team option (or therabouts, I don't have the exact numbers) this offseason

Steve "Joe" N.

12:12

Did Kyle Seager have a bad year or is he a wrap?

Dan Szymborski

12:12

I don't think he's DONE DONE, but this is his second down year in a row, so I'm very worried

Ozzie Ozzie Albies Free

12:12

If you were transported back to 1960 as installed the GM as the worst team in the league but still had the ability to run ZiPS, how quickly would you be able to win a pennant?

Dan Szymborski

12:13

I dunno, being a GM is also an administrative job and I don't think I'd be good at that.

Though since ZiPS would still contain the stats of every player so I'd have it to look up, fairly quickly I'd think.

Knowing the future is very valuable!

Airport Banana

12:14

Why does Fenway Park have such a terrible playoff atmosphere?

Dan Szymborski

12:14

I couldn't say. A lot of people say that, but I've never been to Fenway for a playoff game.

Arthur

12:14

The Indians could really inject some new life into their roster if they trade a starter and, with their depth, they could probably live with it. But would they?

Dan Szymborski

12:14

I don't know if the depth is THAT strong that they should be swapping one of their top guys

12:15

They're in win-now mode, trades ought to be more swaps of timeframe than swaps of current strength

It's a reason that challenge trades are still relatively rare

Xam

12:17

Kike Hernandez = Justin Turner 2.0?

Dan Szymborski

12:18

He's certainly looking like it to a degree

Gurp

12:18

Stros in 6 or 7?

Dan Szymborski

12:18

Bjorn from Swedish Sex Dungeon

12:18

Jake Junis or Brad Keller?

Dan Szymborski

12:18

Keller hands down

All Rise

12:18

Chances Trout is a Yankee in '20/'21?

Dan Szymborski

12:19

Fairly low

No. 2 pencil

12:19

So, the Angels are apparently administering a 2 hour written test for their managerial opening. What question(s) would you include on the test? I, personally, don't think a 2000 word essay on why Mike Trout is the greatest is too much to ask for.

Dan Szymborski

12:19

I'd have to think about specifics, but I'd get out of specific X player or Y player questions and try to get to the underlying philosophy

12:20

I certainly wouldn't administer it as a written test.

AKA22

12:20

Who is available that the Braves can go after to play RF next season? How can they possibly replace the production of Markakis!?

Dan Szymborski

12:21

You do realize that Markakis was pretty awful in the second-half. He ended up having a solid season, not some irreplaceable one.

12:22

And the reality is, they're evaluating how someone replaces Markakis's *2019* performance, because that's what they would get if they were bringing him back.

12:23

I think if the Braves are quiet, Camargo eventually in a corner with Riley at third eventually replaces him easily

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