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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 2/11/19

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Ben

12:38

Have Braves done enough? Donaldson is great if healthy, but still feels like they're a 3rd place team in the East right now.

Dan Szymborski

12:38

I think they have - there wasn't a lot that was NEEDED

now, signing Harper would've been great, of course

CamdenWarehouse

12:38

Mark Trumbo would be better at fighting ants that fielding balls in the outfield

Scherzers_Blue_Eye

12:39

I hate the Nationals bullpen outside of Doolittle. Change my mind.

Dan Szymborski

12:39

The back *is* fairly shallow

12:39

To this point has any one projection really surprised you?

Dan Szymborski

12:39

ZiPSs aggression on Kyle Tucker for one

sloppy jalopy

12:40

Why doesnt zips like springer? Also the astros sure dont look nearly as threatening as they did last year

Dan Szymborski

12:40

I'd hardly call that hate.

greg

12:40

Cat update please

Dan Szymborski

12:41

Not sure what any of them are up to right now.

Galileo was asking for milk about an hour ago, but haven't heard from him since

Adam Levine

12:41

I wasn't invited to a single Alliance of American Football game to perform at halftime. What gives?

Dan Szymborski

12:41

I'd rather see Randy Levine sing halftime

Doug

12:41

ZIPS is going to like Tatis more than PECOTA right? I can’t get excited for a .199/.243/.372 projection Dan!

Dan Szymborski

12:41

Yes

CamdenWarehouse

12:41

Is ZiPS projecting the Astros to be even better than last year's projections?

Dan Szymborski

12:42

Comes out around the same

and you can push it one way or the other depending on assumptions

Gub Gub

12:42

What's the most hilarious outcome for a Machado sigining? What about Harper?

Dan Szymborski

12:42

12:43

sorry

Harper signing with Nats for exactly the contract they offered him last year

Machado signing with a team but after signature, team and Machado all of a sudden have very different opinions of where they're playing him in the infield

Xberg

12:43

Where do you stand on Freddy Peralta? He ever gets quite as much buzz as Burnes or Woodruff.

Dan Szymborski

12:44

He's not a very hard tosser, but results in the end tend to rule

Philly Special

12:44

Do you see Rhys Hoskins taking step forward this year Or is he maxed out?

Dan Szymborski

12:44

I think he is what he is. Maybe a little bit of improvement given that he no longer has to worry with being put in an awkward place defensively

Chuncey Wiggins

12:44

Con: Baseball games take 4 hours

Con: Baseball games take 4 hours Pro: Baseball atbats and pitcher changes are done with the fanfare of the WWE......Are you down with this sickness?

Dan Szymborski

12:45

If only they were done with the fanfare of the WWE!

12:47

I just want to hear Len Kasper go "that music...that music...BUHGAWD THAT'S PEDRO STROP'S MUSIC"

Gub Gub

12:47

If you permed your hair, you'd have a more than passable Larry Fine look going

Dan Szymborski

12:47

With a perm, I'd look like how Jonah Hill's character in Superbad would look in a sequel set 20 years in the future

The Vac

12:48

Guys in NGNL are always trying to highjack the league I started and claim my Commishdom from me. Any suggestions as to how to keep them down or at least my greatest threat, a guy they're calling Qmish?

Dan Szymborski

12:48

A few public executions to instill fear.

Like Michael Scott, you want them to be afraid of how much they love you

Mr. Wrestling IV

12:48

Making my way through the WWE Network. Ric Flair just sided with HHH to beat RVD at Unforgiven 2002. Forgot how effective heel HHH was.

2 in 26

12:49

Thoughts on Sixto to the M's? Any acceleration in his path to MLB?

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