JotCast | Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 2/11/19

Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 2/11/19

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Dan Szymborski

12:49

Jerry dipoto WISHES

I think they'll see how he does in the high minors. The team's bad enough there's no need to rush him

But you still want to see how he actually does

Hebrew

12:49

Wondering your thoughts on a few guys with great projections but small track records: Nimmo and Bieber. Will they live up to the projections?

Dan Szymborski

12:50

I'm fairly confident on those

Chapultepec

12:50

Does anything do more to kill a good sandwich than stale bread?

Dan Szymborski

12:50

You're forced to eat it at gunpoint? That can make it awkward

Zwak

12:52

What's the album you've listened to the most in your life?

Dan Szymborski

12:52

Hmm, classical music, probably Perahia's recording of the Schumann piano concerto

12:53

Modern stuff, probably Nevermind or OK Computer

Zwak

12:53

If you could create a player by combining a hitter and pitcher, but the player had to use the letters of both players in his name, what would be your player's name?

Dan Szymborski

12:54

oh god, I can'dt think of htat one fast

Jeremy's Iron!

My Name is Judge...

12:54

what does a minor league gm do? it seems like the pro-level gm makes all their decisions. <insert office space gif here>

Dan Szymborski

12:55

It's not a job of that type, minor league GMs are more overseeing normal day-to-day operations

My Name is Judge...

12:56

what was your take on the service time proposal from the players union. i liked it as every time i see a suggestion there are holes in it. this proposal seemed to reward good young players for their production.

Dan Szymborski

12:56

It's at least creative

12:57

I'm not sure how I feel - the penalties being too high you'd have a incentive to keep players down even longer so they rank lower inthose awards

too low and it won't do anything

12:58

Just thinking off-the-cuff I'd increase service time for FA to seven years but have all players on 40-man roster get service time

CamdenWarehouse

12:58

I frequently have forgotten about half of the 07/08 Orioles rosters when their birthday's pop up on Camden Chat

Michael

12:59

Are people overlooking what being in a good hitters park all year will do for Andrew McCutchen? He's never had a entire season in a good hitters park. SF and PIT were two of the worst.

Dan Szymborski

12:59

It'll make his stats better, but won't necessarily make his actual contribution better

DJ Tanner

12:59

With the FA market as such now, why is everyone still saying Trout will basically write his own check? He's two years out, what if he has an injury or two these next two years. He could be 29 and coming off some injuries. Yes he's in the GOAT convo, but that screams risky contract. I wouldn't be into 10 years at that point.

Dan Szymborski

12:59

It's hard to say because we rarely see a player like that hit FA

Poised

1:00

Expecting a bounce back from Jon Gray this year?

Dan Szymborski

1:00

Cautiously optimistic

Peter

1:00

Who's your Rockies 2B starter on opening day? Fantasy relevance?

Dan Szymborski

1:00

I still think it would be mcmahon in the end and a Rockies hitter is almost always going to be fantasy relevant

1:01

Unless they're absolutely horrific

DJ Tanner

1:01

I think the 'Stros passed on Realmuto because they genuinely believe Tucker/Whitley/Yordan to some extent are their future. All three play positions currently occupied by really old dudes. Should be a smooth transition over the next couple years right?

Dan Szymborski

1:01

I think the lineup transition will be easier than the pitchers

The contributing hitters are more or less the younger ones

1:02

and while there are a lot of phenomenally talented minor league pitchers in the system, they have a LOT to possibly replace

Joe

1:02

Mike Elias's interview in the Athletic today was a breath of fresh air as an O's fan. No question, just happiness despite a 115 loss team.

Big Joe Mufferaw

1:02

Why does ZiPS regress pretty much every great/good player?

Dan Szymborski

1:02

Because that makes projections more accurate.

Great players dont' have pretty bell curves among their expected future.

1:04

The better the player, generally, the more negative the skewness

Big Joe Mufferaw

1:04

Best baseball video ever? MLB2005 right?

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