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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 11/19/20

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Tommy2

12:33

Will Dodgers ride with Lux and Taylor at 2B or make a move for a more certain option?

Dan Szymborski

12:33

I think they probably roll with what they got there

Mad Joe-Don

12:33

Let's do all of it! Move the mound, change the strike zone, deaden the ball, move the batter's boxes, go nuts! Mere anarchy is loosed!

Dan Szymborski

12:33

I don't like changing multiple things at a time. You want to get an idea of the effects! And I'd use the minors to experiment.

Colby

12:33

Hey! I'm a senior in high school and want to get into the baseball world. I plan on studying Sports Management in college. Any tips or advice to give me?

Dan Szymborski

12:34

Network, network, network.

And depending exactly on what you want to do, coding is a good skillset to have.

and network, network, network!

Colby

12:34

Coding as in computer coding?

Dan Szymborski

12:35

Yes, though I don't know exactly what you want to do!

Appa Yip Yip

12:35

Technically biopic should be pronounced bioPIC and not biOpic because it's short for biographical picture but also bioPIC sounds dumb and blasphemous.

VanHalenII

12:35

Do you have any surprise team for 2021?

Dan Szymborski

12:35

hold the phone doris! Let's see what the teams actually look like

TomBruno23

12:35

Speaking of networks is there anything more thrilling than winter headlines about naming rights to RSNs? Catch The Excitement.

Dan Szymborski

12:36

Given 2020, I'll take boredom over headlines!

"I want some excitement"

"Murder Hornets Spread Newly Discovered COVID-20"

Matt (Oceanside)

12:36

With 2020 being a limited year developmentally for young pitchers, do you see teams that rely on 2 or more young pitchers in their rotation having to stock-pile multiple arms just to get through 2021 if it is a full season? Thinking about innings pitched here. For example, no way Dustin May or Urias pitch 150-200 IP next year. Same with the Tigers rotation, Yikes!

Dan Szymborski

12:37

I think he definitely will see more four-inning specials and young pitchers possibly used in real mopup roles.

Colby

12:37

I haven't particularly decided but I spend a lot of my time reading here on Fangraphs or Baseball Savant or even Baseball Reference. I love stats and the analytics and the behind the scenes of the sport. Something like that or even some kind of journalism would be something I would love to do.

Dan Szymborski

12:37

I would also urge you to take classes in college that give you additional skills otherwise.

12:38

Don't go all-in on a career in sports. Lots of stuff that is useful to sports is useful for other things as well!

Geust

12:38

Why hasn't a team bought you yet?

Dan Szymborski

12:40

I like the field I work in. I still sell plenty of data -- I just can't offer any kind of advisory opinion and prices do not change for the team -- but I don't think working full-time for a team is a great fit.

Working in media, I can go on whatever flights of statistical fancy I like.

Cat Latos

12:40

I AM FRIENDS WITH YOUR CATS

Matt (Oceanside)

12:40

Favorite ballpark sandwich ever? Pre-Covid of course!

Dan Szymborski

12:40

Don't really eat a lot of ballpark sandwiches. I'll also go for pit beef in Baltimore, but Boog's isn't even elite pit beef.

12:41

I do like a good ol' classic hot dog or sausage, but not in a sandwich of course.

12:41

Please add Cal Quantrill to ZIPS projections for SD so I can make jokes about his teammate saying, "I am your father."

Appa Yip Yip

12:41

Teams do not care to hire agents of chaos

Buck Farmers Only

12:41

Will the contraction of the minor league system have any short term effects on the major league season? Maybe fewer spots for AAAA depth guys?

Dan Szymborski

12:41

I'll be honest, I'm relaly not sure how everythign shakes out

12:42

I think it'll definitely squeeze out older organization guys.

12:43

You know, the Dietrich Enns types

Buck Farmers Only

12:43

What would be the non-monetary compensation benefit that could put you over the edge for working for a major league team? What if they gave you free access to the bullpen cart when games are not going on?

Dan Szymborski

12:43

I think they would have to give me a challenge that intrigues me.

And be flexible with my living arrangements. I have zero desire to relocate full-time anywhere.

Matt (Oceanside)

12:44

Man Dave, I was just thinking about the loss of the minor league season in 2020 and how bad that affects development. I know every team invited a bunch of players to their alternate sites over the season, but do you think that lost year will be affecting teams several years down the road?

Dan Szymborski

12:44

THe short-term stakes are probalby larger, but there's a chance that a few guys who would have become big now don't.

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