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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 2/1/24

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HappyFunBall

1:21

I see your Lachesis and raise you one Tyche. She'd BABIP 1.000, and as a pitcher every hit would find a defender's glove

Jonathan

1:21

How would you potentially modify ZiPS if you had access to years of MLB and MiLB KinaTrax data?

Dan Szymborski

1:22

I'd have to work with the data to know for usre

War2D2

1:22

Grant Brisbee at the Athletic said that he thought career WAR for catchers shouldn't be compared against other position players because catchers' careers are so short, and should instead be compared against other catchers (he was trying to make an argument for Posey as a HoF candidate). My personal thought was that most catchers that can hit even a little are moved off the position if they're not defensively great there (Zeile and Sandoval back in the day, eg) and that's most of why catchers have historically lower career WAR totals. Do you think he's making a reasonable argument, or is it fitting a homer's argument to a guy the writer liked? I'm guessing if Posey was a Dodger he'd have had a different take.

Dan Szymborski

1:22

I mean, we DO already do that

when we rank catchers

1:23

nobody says "Joe Mauer should not be in the Hall because he has less WAR than random 1B with 55 career WAR"

Nick

1:23

On flipside of Chip's question - which player did ZiPS absolutely love that never panned out? Maybe excluding anyone that was derailed by futures injuries...

Dan Szymborski

1:23

MILLEDGE