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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 11/7/19

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Dan Szymborski

12:51

But who knows

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/02/near_mint_condition_copy_of_s...

12:52

even a newer game like Suikoden II is well over $100 used.

But there were a LOT of Uncharteds

12:53

I'm a gamer, but I'm not a medium fetishist. I'm perfectly happy with emulated copies, I don't really care about having the physical original cartridge on an original console.

Rhayex

12:53

I think a lot of teams are wary of the poor track records of *star* catchers recently, right? Mauer, McCann, etc are catchers signed to large deals that were basically done by their early 30s. With that said, 4/65-70? You have to risk that for a 4 WAR catcher in this landscape, right?

Dan Szymborski

12:53

I think Grandal will get 3 but that's it

A Boy Named Yu

12:53

I don't find a GM group text plausible, but it's really hard to believe they don't talk about things with each other. Not a question, just an observation.

Nahtan

12:53

Have you ever considered changing the name of your projection system to be a play on your name? Dan's Szymulated Stats?

Dan Szymborski

12:53

Why change a name after 17 years without a good reason?

Dave

12:54

Dan I really asked that question to get the answer to which GM is the best memer haha

Dan Szymborski

12:54

I really don't know

Most of my texts are with lower level front office people

A cat

12:54

With a decline in base running and defense in 2019, and Mookie headed for the door, would it be wise for BOS to offer JBJ a multi year deal, say 4/40 with the last year a team option? Sox could probably squeeze 1.5-2 fWAR per year from him.

Dan Szymborski

12:54

I don't think they'll do that

Tony the Tiger

12:54

Injured players get injured = Carlos Correa long term?

Dan Szymborski

12:55

I'm still optimistic

Billy Beane

12:55

Hey Dan, I'm trying to get a job this offseason as a non-traditional candidate. Any advice?

Dan Szymborski

12:55

Be useful, be imaginative, network well.

Clark

12:55

My new past-time for the off-season is https://www.baseballtradevalues.com/. Have you seen the site? Do you think their values are legitimate?

Dan Szymborski

12:55

Havne't dug into that

12:56

And people asking why I didn't answer X question or Y question: due to the number of questions submitted, I can only get about a third of them.

And even that's better than in the playoff chats, with 800 people hanging around at every given moemnt.

And I don't generally answer questions on subjects I intend to write about!

Billy Beane

12:56

am I crazy for thinking it might make sense for the A's to splurge on Keuchel? Feels like the Coliseum + the A's stellar IF defense could make even this diminished version of Keuchel look way better than he is in the same way they did this year for Brett Anderson.

Dan Szymborski

12:57

I think it would be the nice, but the A's aren't a splurging franchise!

A Boy Named Yu

12:57

What's holding Almora Jr back? He seems to have decent pitch recog and contact skills but can't seem to establish himself in the show. Glovework looks good though.

Dan Szymborski

1:00

Problem is he deosn't seem to have any particular strength

Even his glove is fairly middling.

A Boy Named Yu

1:00

I don't think getting Keuchel would take a "splurge" at this point. 2 yrs at $12 should do it?

Dan Szymborski

1:01

The A's do kinda think that splurging is getting an extra large bag of Butterfingers so you have some extras to eat after the trick-or-treaters

Johnathan

1:01

Thanks for making declarative statements. Too many chatters respond to questions with maybe. We know it's an opinion and we appreciate the effort.

Dan Szymborski

1:01

I do say maybe a lot.

Because while I'm opinionated, I also have to know what I don't know.

If you don't know what you don't know, how do you know what you do?

Tyler

1:01

If the Dodgers are to get back to the World Series and win it, what is more important: player/pitcher additions or replacing Dave Roberts?

Dan Szymborski

1:01

It's almost always roster over manager.

Trent

1:02

Devon Travis just elected free agency; is he a buy low candidate for the Reds? Perhaps a minor league deal for middle infield depth, similar to the Dietrich or Iglesias deals?

Dan Szymborski

1:02

The Reds shouldn't be in buy low then flip territory

noname

1:02

re: name change, is an awful pun not a good reason?

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