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

Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 2/18/19

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Defenestrater

12:37

Which is more annoying: Daniel Poncedeleon now being Daniel Ponce de Leon, or Zach Britton now being Zack Britton?

Dan Szymborski

12:37

Zack Britton. He was the Zach I actually remembered

I usually "fix" formatting in ZiPS obnoxiously

12:38

Like I always used Rick van den Hurk instead of the typical media Rick VandenHurk

12:39

I change it for the FG stuff, but he's already Ponce de Leon, Daniel in my database

And I was doing Shohei Ohtani back when people were still doing Otani!

elfuego25

12:39

Alcides means "maker of outs" in Latvian - or so I've heard...

Shirtless Bartolo on a Darkhorse

12:40

Who improves the most over last year, Heaney, Skaggs or Harvey?

Dan Szymborski

12:40

Heaney=Boz > Harvey

Steve

12:40

What is the biggest impact move the Mets could still plausibly make this offseason?

Dan Szymborski

12:40

HARPER

Don

12:40

What would the ZiPS projections look like for Fernando Romero now that he's been permanently moved to the bullpen?

Dan Szymborski

12:40

I'll have to re-run during the spring

LFC Mike

12:40

Would it be refreshing if the Blue Jays said " We are waiting to bring up Vlad Jr on xxxxxx date so we can control him for an additional year. He is ready now but we are making a financial decision for the club". Period.

Dan Szymborski

12:40

Yeah, but there aren't any incentives to

12:41

The CBA needs to be fixed

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Chris

12:41

Do you think Luke Voit will be a top home run guy this year? His wrc+ at the end of the year was mvp category.

Dan Szymborski

12:41

Remember the Shane Greene Law: Minimal major league stats don't cancel out everything that happened previously

He's not a 188 wRC+ hitter

CamdenWarehouse

12:42

Brett Gardner is comparable to Bryce Harper in that they are both worlds better than you or I in the Yankees outfield

LFC Mike

12:43

Thanks to Kevin the Comic for the suggestion.

Guest

12:43

Will Seuly Matias see AAA this year? He's really good!

Dan Szymborski

12:43

I think that's a bit aggressive

He's still very raw

12:44

He has big power upside and a Barfield arm, but Sally League pitchers still found holes in his game

Bighen

12:44

What does Gio sign for at this point? I would love the Mets to sign him for depth at this point. Seems like the cost can’t be prohibitive

Dan Szymborski

12:44

I think he ends up with similar to Moustakas

I'd bring him back if I'm the Nats

tz

12:44

In Finnish baseball, every other runner DOES go clockwise or counterclockwise. No flips though https://community.fangraphs.com/53-things-about-a-53-second-finnish-ba...

Dan Szymborski

12:44

The flips are what make it

Chone of the Dead

12:45

When a pitcher has strong platoon splits, and is facing a hitter who a hitter has strong reverse platoon splits, are the advantages totally canceled out? Or does one side have a consistent advantage, i.e. a brutal lefty specialist is hard even for a lefty hitter who hits lefties well? Thanks for working on a holiday, Dan!

Dan Szymborski

12:45

I'm actually working on a tool for matchups!

BUt it mostly cancels out, from what I've done, which is kinda boring

Greg

12:46

If Harper gets a little over 300, what’s Trout’s next contract look like? 8 for 400?

Dan Szymborski

12:46

I dont think that it'll be as large a difference as some think - the two years of age do matter

Adam

12:47

Have you done any work for individual game projections ala for daily fantasy purposes?

Dan Szymborski

12:47

yup

CamdenWarehouse

12:47

Has there ever been a comprehensive study of how pitchers fare when they make two starts in a row against the same team?

Dan Szymborski

12:47

Im unaware

Guest

12:47

Do you think if the Rockies tank in the standings they'd trade Arenado at the deadline? O

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