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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 11/19/20

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Dan Szymborski

12:57

I'm allowing these shenanigans because I'm a good mood.

in a

My water bill wasn't super high!

12:58

My quarterly water/sewage bill was super high last quarter

12:59

I usually use about 30-35 hundred cubic feet of water per quarter and get a water/sewage bill between $300 and $350.

1:00

Then suddenly it was 56 hundred last quarter! Which is way more water than I ever used before and it wasn't apparent why. I checked the inside meter under the stairs and it wasn't running on its own so I didn't have an internal leak, so I was worried there was an underground pipe mess. But normal water usage this quarter!

Mad Joe-Don

1:00

To be fair, I did stop stealing your water.

Matt (Oceanside)

1:00

Yes Dan! This is why I come to the chats, to hear about your water bill!!!

Matt (Desertside)

1:00

You call impersonation shenanigans? Identity theft isn’t a joke, Dan!

TomBruno23

1:00

You ever check Twitter every 5 minutes and think, "Why am I doing this to myself?"

Dan Szymborski

1:00

Yes

All the time

Zach

1:00

How do you determine the team release order for ZiPS

Dan Szymborski

1:00

Random number.

Stevil

1:00

Has there been any word on NPB players, such as Tetsuto Yamada, being posted this winter? I really wonder how Japanese teams might view the situation. On one hand, they have a chance to sell and get at least something after a year of loss(es). On the other hand, the money probably wouldn't be significant and making their teams worse by allowing their best players to leave wouldn't exactly inspire the fan base.

Dan Szymborski

1:00

Hasn't been a ton yet past Kim

Guest

1:00

Have you ever audited your own projections. Of the players who did not sustain injuries - what percent overperformed and what % underperformed projections?

Dan Szymborski

1:01

Always do!

And I usually share it if nobody else does!

Had a three-part ZiPS review run last month

TomBruno23

1:01

Is a BOGO for Subway really a deal?

Dan Szymborski

1:01

I prefer BZGZ

Roberto Beers

1:03

What kind of random number? Hmmm? I feel like this question can get us in trouble.

Dan Szymborski

1:03

Here's the official order!

Nate

1:04

What kind of role do you see guys like Samardzija getting in a bad financial situation? Is there someone that employs him as an innings eater, or is he a minor-league deal at this point?

Dan Szymborski

1:04

I can see him getting 1/5 or something

Guest

1:04

Advice for Colby: Don't get a sports management degree; I've heard they are generally looked down on in the industry. Get a more general/useful degree, and within that degree try to get the skills you need to work in the industry.

Appa Yip Yip

1:04

ZiPS has always been light on Gurriel Jr, but it gave him a good projection this year. Do you think it's still light on him though? Dude hits.

Dan Szymborski

1:05

I dunno, it's a preetty good projection

Roberto Beers

1:05

No numbers starting with 0.1 is neat.

Dan Szymborski

1:05

I know, I know, PSEUDOrandom

VanHalenII

1:05

Does ZIPS account for Kike Hernandez's effect on teammates shoulder joints? Gotta be like a 0.2 WAR deduction on players who hit home runs and then get injured during celebrations.

Dan Szymborski

1:05

heh

and inc ase it's a serious quesiton, no!

VanHalenII

1:06

all of my questions are serious... more or less... or mostly less

Colby

1:06

I've been interested in Economics and maybe marketing. Would something like that be better or more useful? Maybe even something like Analytics/Statistics or Journalism?

Dan Szymborski

1:07

STEM degrees are always useful

I'd personally shy away from journalism

1:08

Unless you can get a journalism degree from an Ivy League school, I think the decimation of media has made it not make sense for anyone who didn't.

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