JotCast | Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 2/18/19

Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 2/18/19

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Dan Szymborski

12:28

I think a few runs above avg

Big joe Mufferaw

12:28

RE: If you signed Bryce Harper to an 8 year contract (lets say 250 million). Would you rather he produced 10 WAR in the 1st 4 seasons, and 0 WAR for the next 4 OR puts up 5 WAR every season? Why does it depend on the team?

Dan Szymborski

12:28

Different teams have different needs

and different time scales

Imagine I'm the Royals. I probably don't get anything out of the first 20 WAR and probably not the first 30

kevinthecomic

12:28

to the guy looking for fantasy leagues and/or owners: rotoworld.com --> formus --> baseball league finder service

v2micca

12:28

If the Phillies sign Harper, are they the favorites for the NL East?

Dan Szymborski

12:29

I believe marginally

LFC Mike

12:29

Loser Leave Town Match. Alcides Escobar vs. Dan Szymborski. I would pay to watch that. Dan would eventually win cause Escobar can't hit anything.

Steve

12:29

Who are the biggest names you could see getting moved at this years trade deadline?

Dan Szymborski

12:29

Smoak

12:30

Castellanos if he's not traded before that

Gennett if the year doesn't work out fo rthe Reds

TW

12:31

Any idea when ZIPS will be incorporated into players' projections like depth charts / etc...?

Dan Szymborski

12:31

After Friday

Greg

12:31

After, what I think was a good start to the offseason (Donaldson, McCann) the Braves have been idle. I don’t know but it seems like they could hav easily gotten Realmuto for a package built around a young pitcher and also went out and got Harper. You look at their payroll and after this year the only significant contract they have on the roster is Freeman. Just venting.

Dan Szymborski

12:32

I do think they should have gotten involved in Harper

But I probably wouldn't do both - if you're paying Harper, you kinda want some of these guys to be cheap

Dawg

12:32

Buster Olney put out an article today saying it would be dumb for the padres to sign Machado. What are your thoughts on that?

Dan Szymborski

12:32

I haven't read the article, but I would disagree with the concept in general terms

Badeball

12:32

Is baseball morally superior to games that are time-resricted? Or am I watching too much bad college basketball this off-season?

Dan Szymborski

12:33

Baseball's time restricted in the sense that outs are the clock, not a temporal one!

Though I *am* an advocate for a pitch clock. I think baseball can use some time-related stress on the players

another bad dynasty manager

12:33

Hey Dan: I forgot to say I won't have time for my team this year, so that's why I'm looking to 2020

Butch Cassidy

12:33

Think Josh Naylor ever plays for San Diego?

Dan Szymborski

12:33

As a starter? No

Shirtless Bartolo on a Darkhorse

12:33

I am upset with the lack of emoticons on your answers

Dan Szymborski

12:34

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You can also cheat it seems

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Fordham Johnny

12:34

Better bet to make the Reds roster: Connor Joe or Derek Dietrich? And I might be one of the few Cincinnati residents who agrees with your Skyline assessment.

Dan Szymborski

12:35

Dietrich

Bill Clinton

12:35

Do I have more multi-use cigars than Brandon Nimmo has body hair follicles?

Dan Szymborski

12:35

heh

John S

12:35

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/padres/sd-sp-padres-wil-my...

Dan Szymborski

12:35

Not the best closeup!

12:36

Greg

12:36

I read that degrom uses lube instead of oil to break his glove in every year. can this account for his sexual 2018 performance and do you foresee this as a trend?

Dan Szymborski

12:37

I don't even know where to start unwrapping this

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