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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 12/3/18

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Dan Szymborski

12:35

They might be.

Hartville Guy

12:35

Why does an 89-win team (Mariners) go into full rebuilding rather than re-tooling?

Dan Szymborski

12:35

The Mariners are very expensive to upgrade at all - the farm system at the end of the season was horrible.

And if you're not going to spend $300 million, it gets kinda tricky for them

Danny Ruskin

12:36

I need to buy my way out of servitude. How can I make more money, Dan?

Dan Szymborski

12:36

PUnching

Danny Ruskin

12:36

In case of a real civil defense emergency, what is your role?

Dan Szymborski

12:36

Cannon fodder

Rick C

12:36

Can we get Donaldson's ZiPS for 2019?

Dan Szymborski

12:36

OK, fine

12:37

BA OBP SLG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HP SB CS SH SF + DR WAR
.270 .378 .509 110 407 73 110 23 1 24 71 68 102 4 4 1 1 3 135 2 4.2

Michael Conforto

12:37

McNeil move to third now? Weird that they didn't want to include him (possibly over Kelenic!?) but were acquiring someone for his position.

Dan Szymborski

12:37

I expect that's where he ends up being

LosDoyers

12:37

Just got dumped & there's not much offseason news for teh Dodgers who lost 2 WS ina row and broke my heart more than this breakup so far. Can you cheer me up?

Dan Szymborski

12:38

You gotta be damn good to get to the World Series

cole

12:38

Why does cano headline this deal? "did yousee the mets got cano" wtf

Dan Szymborski

12:38

Most famous player

Hunt for for 28

12:38

You never answered my question. It came up on the chat but with no reply.

Dan Szymborski

12:38

Did I? I thought I got the stray one, lemme see

12:39

I did! I answered it like 3 questions later

CamdenWarehouse

12:39

I can't see the Mets pic. Was it "we regret the actions of this employee..."?

Dan Szymborski

12:39

Lee

12:40

In one sentence, why are teams potentially willing to go six years for a guy (Corbin) who has one very good year under his belt, but also multiple years of subpar performance and a serious injury in his past? I know the peripherals really loved him.

Dan Szymborski

12:40

You have to take some risk to land an elite pitcher. We're talking about the guy who was a serious Cy contender in a non-degrom year and was, IIRC, the second-hardest starter to hit

cole

12:40

ITS MY BDAY DAN

Matt

12:40

My first assumption was that DRC+ meant "delicious rolls and calzones". Now, I'm rethinking my pizza lunch

A cat

12:40

Cora has said he will ease his pitchers into next season due to the strenuous post season load. He is most likely referring to Sale and Price. Would it be wiser to piggyback them for a month or so, or go to a six man rotation, using Johnson, Velazquez, Shepherd and a miL FA to soak up starts?

Dan Szymborski

12:41

I think I'd temporarily have a swingman, not go to a rigid six-man

Matt W

12:42

Cano may not be a problem at 2B now, but wait until the Mets doctors get through with him

cole

12:42

Who is catching for the cards after 2020

Dan Szymborski

12:43

Cardinals hope Knizner, I assume, unless Dipoto has traded for him during this chat

Matt

12:43

Who do you plan on signing at the Winter Meetings?

Dan Szymborski

12:43

credit card recipts?

receipts?

Josh Nelson

12:43

Hey Dan. After the White Sox traded Omar Narvaez to Seattle they are in need of a catcher. I was thinking Yasmani Grandal would make a lot of sense for them. Do you think this would be a wise direction for the White Sox or is there a better fit in FA or trade?

Dan Szymborski

12:44

He does, but I think they got with Castillo and hope Collins/Zavala make it itneresting

Rockie Dangerfield

12:44

Portland's announcement made me think their concessions stands are going to be much more like a hippie farmer's market with some in-person etsy stalls set up amongst them.

Dan Szymborski

12:44

kale with flamin' hot cheetos

cole

12:45

Why are people saying the cardinals need to go for brantley or pollock? if they wanted to do that they would've kept pham

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