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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 11/26/18

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Dan Szymborski

12:40

REally want to see Eloy's power in the majors

and Senzel

More concrete predictions, you gotta wait!

Dan

12:40

Does someone cave and give Miami the absurd haul it wants for Realmuto? Or do Marlins fans watch helplessly as his value decreases, leading Jeter to desperately accept a deal he would laugh at today?

Dan Szymborski

12:40

I think they'll get a good, but not overwhelming package.

Purple Mays Haze

12:40

I know this is a Steamer question about their internals but, other than 'aging curve', do you know why they would project a drop off to negative -7.1 DEF for Cano after essentially 'always' being positive?

Dan Szymborski

12:41

No idea.

12:41

In looking across the crap that is the AL Central, I can see the White Sox approaching .500. Your thoughts?

Dan Szymborski

12:41

They could. There's a lot of talent in the organization and sometimes you just hit the PROSPECT SINGULARITY

Lou

12:41

Did you hear Wilbon's DeGrom take? It isn't not just a "bad take", it disqualifies him from ever having an opinion on baseball (and all sports imho).

Dan Szymborski

12:41

It was bad.

Craig Swan Lake

12:41

When Wilmer Flores cried during the game in 2015 over being traded to another organization, do you think those were tears of sadness, or tears of joy at being traded to a non-dysfunctional organization?

Dan Szymborski

12:41

Only he knows in his heart.

Acunami

12:41

If you are the Braves, do you ride your huge surplus of pitching prospects to mid-season, or look to do something now?

Dan Szymborski

12:42

I'd be willing to make trades of prospect, but it depends on the exact opportunity.

I wouldn't trade them just to make an add.

Purple Mays Haze

12:42

Other than via NDA's, is there any way that the Astros could protect their intellectual property after all of this recent 'brain drain'? As a 'President' of a front office, what controls would you try to put in place to maintain your edges even if your personnel are poached?

Dan Szymborski

12:42

It's kinda tricky because there's only so many guys you can give promotions to.

12:43

It's not like the Astros can keep the core analysts

together for a decade

12:44

and then promote and have 5 team presidents, 2 team generalissimos, 1 team duce, 1 team emperor, and Luhnow as the Emperor-God-King

pelkey

12:44

Does it seem like assessing trades on a surplus value basis misses something about actual value? If Mike trout was paid everything he's worth, wouldn't you still trade for him because he's 9 wins in one roster spot?

Dan Szymborski

12:44

Then the question would be if the model is properly evaluating the value of having everything in one.

It's something that's hard to evaluate, not just in baseball.

Irrational Man

12:45

The ZiPS and Elegies are fantastic but torture to wait for their release, Dan R.R. Szymborski!

Dan Szymborski

12:45

I write more than 10 words a day.

Tim Tebow's Thunder Thighs

12:45

Nomo got THICC

yankinstl

12:46

Has a baseball game played in protest ever changed the outcome of the game?

Dan Szymborski

12:46

It's been a while, but there have been a few occasions

A couple times, protested called games during rain delays

12:48

The Pirates once got a game against the Dodgers restarted because of an illegal pitcher replacement

RIck Hahn

12:48

Can I get a team's (like the Rockies) top 10 for Abreu?

Dan Szymborski

12:48

Bored at work

12:48

Loving the Elegy series, when can we expect one for the surprise Atlanta Braves?

Dan Szymborski

12:48

This week1

Purple Mays Haze

12:48

Does fangraphs have any plans to allow 'leaderboards' that allow pitches to be sorted, not by Value, but by O Sw%, SwStrk%, etc? for example if I want to see whose "slider" got the most whiffs, right now I have to go pitcher by pitcher looking at their sliders...

Dan Szymborski

12:49

Have you tried a custom leaderboard? Haven't tried this exact sorting myself

Gob

12:49

Jon Gray to the Rangers for Nomar Mazara. Who says no?

Dan Szymborski

12:49

It's nto the craziest thing I've heard.

12:50

Rockies probably turn it down because they sign Maybin or Span or something

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