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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 11/7/19

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12:19

If you were running an NL team, would you consider trading for JD Martinez's contract, given what we know about the DH penalty?

Dan Szymborski

12:20

I'd at least consider it in a specific need.

Tony Schiavone

12:20

Welcome to the greatest chat in the history of our sport!

Mr. Fister

12:20

Odorizzi and Will Smith would be stupid not to accept the QO. That is all.

Dan Szymborski

12:20

His contract reflects his lack fo defensive value to an extent.

I'm more optimistic than most on Odor. Smith ought to accept though.

BlueJayMatt

12:20

What's the biggest animal you could beat in a fight? No weapons or armor allowed, fight takes place in the animals natural habitat.

Dan Szymborski

12:21

A human? I mean not all humans, but a good percentage of humans.

Jeff

12:22

Sounds like the Mets are being cagey about whether Cespedes plays at all in 2020... if he were healthy, though, what could reasonably be expected from a 34 year old OF after missing two seasons?

Dan Szymborski

12:22

I wouldn't be that optimistic.

Mr. Fister

12:22

If you made some chili, added beans, and then put it between two separate pieces of a hotdog bun, would it be a stew submarine sandwich?

Dan Szymborski

12:22

Hmm..Yes

Brian

12:22

Zips 3 year with 2020 disappeared. What's the ETA on the updated 2020 model and through 2023?

Dan Szymborski

12:22

Our usual winter rollouts!

Joba

12:22

Dan, your new picture makes you look like a skunk.

Dan Szymborski

12:22

I'm just preparing for Presidents Day

Patrick

12:23

Whio are the most compelling minor league free agents?

Dan Szymborski

12:23

I'm probably going over some of them soon.

Guest

12:23

Should the Giants go for someone like Avasail Garcia?

Dan Szymborski

12:23

Meh.

Projections Dates

12:23

Is there a calendar somewhere where I can see when/where all of the major projections systems are going to debut their 2020 numbers?

Dan Szymborski

12:23

I don't believe so. I haven't even randomly generated this year's order.

AA from ATL

12:23

Do people seriously think I don't call every other GM in the league to see what's going on? That's like my job isn't it? Why is Tony so upset?

Dan Szymborski

12:24

Well, there's a history of teams exchanging information for the purpose of colluding.

So it's smart to be sensitive about these things.

But teams *are* going to try and find out what their competitors are doing.

Brian

12:24

Are you all all concerned that running Soto through future ZiPS will cause your computer to explode?

Dan Szymborski

12:24

It survived last year!

Jerry B

12:24

Tell me MadBum's going to stay with SFG. After everything with the Warrior's I was hoping free agency was going to be a welcome distraction. Tell me Zaidi's got a plan!

Dan Szymborski

12:25

The tricky thing is figuring out exactly how much Zaidi's allowed to do. GMs and even team VPs are rarely all-powerful satraps in their area of authority anymore

Dan

12:25

I keep reading different estimates of the Mets salary structure for 2020, in part because insurance money paying part of Wright's and Cespedes's salaries are often not taken into account. Which is a long way of asking, do the Mets have the leeway to add any significant free agents—a center fielder would help, or will they nibble around the edges as usual, looking for bull pen help?

Dan Szymborski

12:26

I'm sure the Mets will use their salary savings in various plays to re-invest in shoring up the team's weak points.

Also, I'm the world's biggest liar.

BenZ

12:26

20 years from now, when people look back at Kershaw, Verlander, Scherzer, and Greinke, who will be remembered as the greatest?

Dan Szymborski

12:26

I still think Kershaw

Cownose Ray

12:26

What is your impression of Cincinnati's attachment to Jonathan India? At one point it seemed like he was being dangled. Do you think he has a spot in the Reds win-now universe, and if not, what do you think they want back for that kind of prospect collateral? OF? C? SP?

Dan Szymborski

12:26

I think they're perfectly willing to trade him, should a specific need arise.

kevinthecomic

12:26

When did you become the reincarnation of Horatio Nelson?

Dan Szymborski

12:27

I know it has to do with the picture, but let's see what Talk To Transformer says.

There's been a big data update!

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