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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 10/29/18

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Ray Liotta as Shoeless Joe

12:12

So...we got six games of baseball in a five game series. Are you satisfied with the outcome?

Dan Szymborski

12:12

I prefer everything to go max games.

Matt

12:12

Isn't a burrito bowl just a salad?

Dan Szymborski

12:12

Yes. It's a meat salad.

Ray Liotta as Shoeless Joe

12:14

What is the fewest number of one-for-one roster trades that the Red Sox and Orioles would have to make to lead the O's to the World Series? I imagine it starts with Mookie Betts for Chris Davis as number one. Do the O's get there with ten more? Fifteen? All twenty-five?

Dan Szymborski

12:14

Well, playoffs always involve some luck.

But to get to the playoffs, I think you can get them there with everyone Wright or better.

Gob

12:14

The Dodgers are going to go berzerk this offseason, right? Ditto the Yankees?

Dan Szymborski

12:14

I don't think they'll go berserk in the sense they start doing dumb things, but I think they will spend aggressively.

carrotjuice

12:14

Who is better situated for 2019: Cubs or Brewers?

Dan Szymborski

12:15

Still Cubs. I love the Brewers, but the Cubs have a higher upside roster and a deeper wallet.

A Happy Red SOX fan

12:16

Some sports 'analysts' are saying this Red Sox Team is the greatest ever. I say they are the best Red Sox team in the modern era. Your Thoughts?

Dan Szymborski

12:16

Greatest team ever probably a little silly.

But I think they're the best of the modern Red Sox.

The highers are higher and the los are fewer.

lows

Bro

12:16

You suck

Josh in DC

12:17

If it were up to you, which pair of announcers would call the big games? Which network?

Dan Szymborski

12:17

Am I allowed to use Vin Scully? He may not want to broadcast games, but he might change his tune if it's the only way out of the giant net.

12:19

I dunno, maybe Jon Miller, Mark Grant, and occasional chime-ins from Petriello when data requires it.

bosoxforlife

12:19

Has this exonerated Dombrowski's style of General Managing? Trade prospects for real players

Dan Szymborski

12:19

There is never a team direction lesson to be learned from any year of playoffs.

Jeff Todd

12:19

Just stopping in to see my competition talk about things he knows nothing about

Harper

12:20

He wants at least 10/$350. Think he'll get it?

Dan Szymborski

12:20

Actually, no.

LFC Mike

12:20

Dan..your 1100 OPS axe murderer..has he bought into launch angle?..do the severed heads actually fly a greater distance?..or is he just chopping harder?

Dan Szymborski

12:21

I don't think when you're an axe murderer that head distance is important.

I think it's mostly efficiency and keeping blood off your clothes.

Hold on, landscaper at thet door.

12:25

OK, back

Sorry, you'll get 4 bonus minutes!

12:26

But if I don't give the landscaper his check, I'll have to do actual yard work myself, you understand.

hscer

12:26