JotCast | Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 2/11/21

Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 2/11/21

powered by

Prev Page View Full Chat

Dan Szymborski

12:59

I hadn't actually looked at this

which is why it took me a few minutes

1:00

The *largest* superstar gaps are those still young enough to have significant upside. Lindor 5.1, Acuña 5.0, Devers 4.6, Turner 4.6, Bogearts 4.5

1:02

Freeman is the narrowest of the four-win projection guys

at 3.5

Don Von Handburger

1:02

Q: What did Joey Lawrence say when they swabbed him for the COVID test?

A: Whoa!

>this guy<

1:03

As a cubs fan I am really looking forward to other NL central teams' bad moves moving our ZIPs win projection higher, since we are too poor to do it on our own!

brad penny for your thoughts

1:03

what stadium have you seen the most games at?

Dan Szymborski

1:03

Camden Yards easily

Christian Colón for Men

1:03

At how many wins do the Royals peak in the next 4 years?

Dan Szymborski

1:03

non-mathematical guess: 84

Christian Colón for Men

1:03

What was the craziest ZiPS projection you did not believe was real until you re-ran it?

Dan Szymborski

1:03

Actually Bieber going into 2019

trophy

1

1:05

There were reasons to like Bieber

1:06

But seing right after Kershaw at tha point, well, it's doubletake city

Christian Colón for Men

1:06

Where did Michael J. Fox go? That was a funnier punchline.

Cat Latos

1:06

How do my cat friends do?

Dan Szymborski

1:06

Mercutio is hiding under one of the beds because I cleaned out his eye

1:07

(He has a case of Horner syndrome - all the diagnostics came out just fine as did physical exam, but he's got a droopy third eyelid which is slowly getting better)

Cassiopeia is sitting on the couch in my office thwapping her tail because Justinian look at her.

1:08

And Justinian heard his brother outside my office about 10 minutes ago, so ran off to go and try to beat him up

Guest

1:08

do you / have you ever shared ZiPS under the hood stuff with friends that ask for it for fantasy purposes? or is that a violation of journalistic integrity

Dan Szymborski

1:08

I don't actually have any IRL friends that are super into baseball enough

1:09

I doubt any of them even are aware of ZiPS

They know I'm a baseball writer, but that's basically it

Guest

1:09

since you work from home have you ever thought about taking up a sleeping schedule like they had in the middle ages? basically they were so tired from working outside all day they'd go to bed right at sundown, wake up around midnight or so and have a snack, read, or visit with friends, then go back to sleep until sun up

Dan Szymborski

1:09

Not quite this schedule, but I am in the habit, from years of covering baseball, of taking a late afternoon nap and then going to be really late.

1:10

There aren't usually a lot of 4:05/4:35 games, so I tend to skip lunch, eat an early dinner around 4, doze off for 90 minutes, and then get regular dinner with 8 o clock games.

Kiermaier's Piercing Green Eyes

1:10

This GPU market is just wow. I have a 6800 XT on order for a completely ludicrous (still MSRP for AIB) price, though what I'm apparently able to sell my RX 580 for mitigates that a lot, as does factoring in the value of my time in trying to find another card. Oof. Tempted to just wait a year and keep playing indies and console games.

Dan Szymborski

1:11

Yeah, the semiconductor industry's a mess right now

And on that note, it's time for me to head off for another week!

Thanks for joining me, everyone!

And I'll see you next time.

Unless I die on the way back to my home planet.

Guest

1:11

bye dan, learn step by step please

Connecting…

Register

Message History

On Off

On Off

On Off

Your current subscriptions

None

Register now to continue managing your subscriptions

E-mail Address	Chat Owner	Status	Remove

Enter your email address to be notified when Dan Szymborski hosts a chat