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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 11/7/19

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Dan Szymborski

12:40

Quite a lot. Though he does have defensive value. But damn dat bat.

BenZ

12:40

Who is more likely to play in an MLB game is 2020, Dustin Pedroia or Jacoby Ellsbury?

Dan Szymborski

12:40

Probably Pedroia

Cownose Ray

12:40

Does the Deadspin collapse have any resonance for you? What, if anything, is the takeaway from their "stick to sports" ultimatum that fractured the staff? And, how hard do you as a staff at FG work to separate the wheat from the chaff of sport and politics?

Dan Szymborski

12:41

I'm sorry to see Deadspin go, at least in its present form.

12:42

Though on a fundamental level, I don't know if *this* was the limb for the staff to go out on - the memo wasn't even stick to sports, it was "for god's sake, just have at least some tangential relationship to sports"

Now, one can say their content that had no sports content has been very successful, but trying to carve out the edges of what a brand is is not a particularly egregious thing for an owner to do.

12:43

Now, there are some other things that suck about their ownership, but *this* was the point they walked out on, not the old buddy hiring, the clickbait ads, etc.

Dave

12:43

do you think the 30 GMs have a big group text? Who sends the best memes?

Dan Szymborski

12:43

I don't think they do, but it woudl be hilariously awesome if they did

12:44

but super super dangerous.

Because you put a group like this together on a list, there are inevitably going to be some things that at least smack of collusion.

12:45

See JournoList or GameJournoPros. The vast majority of stuff was innocuous, but it doesn't take much sewage to spoil the sherry.

@PsyMar

12:45

Just saw that line at the top of the screen about Tony Clark, and went "wait, isn't that Iron Man"

Cownose Ray

12:45

I'm curious what happens to Yasmani Grandal's free agency this year. Never has a 4-5 win player been so valued as a 2 win player. Are people worried about the robo-umps and his framing successes?

Dan Szymborski

12:46

I don't think they're worried about roboumps. MLB can't just institute it in MLB by fiat the way they can in the minors, so it would take awhile

I would guess most active players will be retired before robo umps are in MLB, though I think they will be in my lifetime

Nick

12:46

Thoughts on Warcraft: Shadowlands?

Dan Szymborski

12:47

Not really thinking all that much about Blizzard at the moment. Returning the prize money they essentially stole was a big deal as was the reduced suspension, enough for me to drop my personal boycott, but my feelings about the company at the moment still aren't sunny enough to be all that excited about what's next for them.

Tony the Tiger

12:47

Does Castellanos and a decent FA pitcher or two put the Chisox a wild cart contender?

Dan Szymborski

12:47

Not really. Things have to happen.

Ryan

12:48

Will the investigation into Alex Anthopoulos's amount to anything? And even if it doesn't uncover anything too sinister, do you think it sets back the ongoing CBA negotiations?

Dan Szymborski

12:48

I think no and yes.

Though one could say the anger is more a reflection of the tension between the parties.

Dave

12:48

With the Cubs saying they'll take a step back, do you think they'll flip Lester?

Dan Szymborski

12:48

A Boy Named Yu

12:48

How many litter boxes do you have for the cats? Do you follow the 2 boxes per cat rule? If so, are you just surrounded by them?

Dan Szymborski

12:48

2 litter boxes in the basement and I'm good enough at socializing my cats with each other that there's never been any trouble.

12:49

If a cat doesn't like it, they're invited to live in the garage.

Logan

12:49

Dan, it's far too early to be preparing for Presidents' Day. I never put up my Presidents' Day decorations until January 1. What's next, Christmas decorations in October?

Dan Szymborski

12:49

You want to start preparing for Presidents Day early so that people know you're in it for the presidents, not the car and clothing sales

Nick

12:49

As a former plaintiffs' side antitrust lawyer, let me just say the idea of a group text including all 30 GMs make me salivate.

Dan Szymborski

12:50

Yeah, it would be a very, very bad idea.

Cownose Ray

12:50

Is a tricorne a fashion adornment is the general company of codpieces, or is it a magical horse with three horned heads?