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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 10/29/18

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Dan Szymborski

1:06

Probably, but he does deserve a lot of credit

But he won't get it

Walter O'Malley

1:08

Since 88 the Dodgers have reached the postseason 12 times and have never won. Is this the unluckiest MLB run?

Dan Szymborski

1:08

Might be something worth projecting out

Syndergaardians of the Galaxy

1:08

Who pays for TJ surgery? Is it covered by insurance? Do minor league players who get TJ even have health insurance?

Dan Szymborski

1:09

One thing that minor leaguers *do* have is that major league clubs pay for their health insurance

and I believe most of their dependents/spouse

Dr. Torch

1:10

Dan I was looking at your projections on Victor Robles and I wondered if you ever went back and looked at a guy like Rickey Henderson (for example) and ran a projection on what his numbers "should" have looked like if the only data you had on him was the same age-relevant data you had on Robles?

Dan Szymborski

1:10

I'll sometimes do retro-projections, though I dont' believe I've ever done one for Rickey

Ray Liotta as Shoeless Joe

1:11

It's your chat, so you can do what you want, but why do you keep posting these jabronis telling you you suck?

Dan Szymborski

1:11

It amuses me.

hscer

1:11

what kind of music do you listen to

Dan Szymborski

1:11

I've got hipster indie rock/indie folk tastes and classical music.

I've found that my tastes have generally grown softer, though I was never really into metal.

1:12

I dont' really go any harder than, say, Queens of the Stone Age or Titus Andronicus

Bebop

1:12

does it make sense at all for the Cubs to trade Russell to Miami for Castro?

Dan Szymborski

1:12

Not really

Syndergaardians of the Galaxy

1:13

Right now, the Mets have 40 players on the 40-man roster, plus a bunch of guys on the 60-day DL. Do you know by what date these players need to be added back to the roster? I can't seem to find this info anywhere.

Dan Szymborski

1:14

I BELIEVE that 60-day DLers have to be back on the roster by free agent.

Derek in Little Rock

1:15

I wish you'd post daily ZiPS win expectancies somewhere. I know, I know, too much variability but still interesting.

Dan Szymborski

1:15

Maybe in future

Syndergaardians of the Galaxy

1:15

Why all the narrative hatred? Can't we just be happy people enjoy the games in whatever way they do?

Dan Szymborski

1:15

I mean in the lazy narratives that writers spread.

The stuff that's candy for the Shaughnessys

Scott

1:16

What do you think really was wrong with Sale the past few months?

Dan Szymborski

1:16

Arm

Ray Liotta as Shoeless Joe

1:16

The only thing you murder is chats

Pete

1:16

Why don’t Harper, Machado and Kershaw just sign with the Yankees for $100M each and form a super team? It worked for the Heat.

Dan Szymborski

1:16

Collusion covers players.

1:17

By the way, guy who's sending insults, we see the IP address.

Dude's actually sending insults and then sending his own agreements with the insults.

JKD

1:18

"What does Boras gain for Harper by trolling?" specifically, it was trolling Yankees fans, who have been printing up Harper Yankees jerseys for years. And who he was never going to sign with. And won't be signing with.

J.D. Martin

1:18

I know you teased at lots of big numbers for the Juan Soto multiyear ZiPS forecast; can we get a rough picture of the slash line and homers per year at least? I need his sustenance

Dan Szymborski

1:18

Gonna hoard that one for a little longer!

Cowbody Joe West

1:18

I know they can't sign for 5 days, but they can sing anytime they want, right?

Dan Szymborski

1:18

Of course.

hscer

1:19

By the way, how many self-identified "writers" make a living off of writing?