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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 2/19/18

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seth

2:20

Do the Reds have a better pitching staff than the Brewers?

Dan Szymborski

2:20

I'd say no.

Daro

2:20

Does Cargo to Bos makes sense? Or maybe Corey Dickerson?

Dan Szymborski

2:21

CarGo makes zero sense.

Dickerson better, fit, but not by much

Red Sox need to be a bit more ambitious, they're nto a rebuilding/retooling team

The Decadent Moose

2:21

With the Padres signing at first base, which name was mentioned more: Eric Hosmer or Dave Cameron?

Dan Szymborski

2:21

Poor Dave

Tyler928

2:21

The DFA on Corey Dickerson is confusing to me. It seems that, even if the rays didn't want to pay him, he had enough surplus value to bring at least something back in a trade. Why do you think the rays went this route?

Dan Szymborski

2:21

I'm a little confused myself

2:22

It's not a lot of money and they *would* be able to trade him eventually

Now, I doubt his market's all that exciting, but putting a hard deadline on a trade isn't going to buoy his market, with middling hitters still available in free agency

jimmy

2:22

You are most surprised by ______'s zips projection.

Dan Szymborski

2:22

Nola?

I like Nola, but ZiPS LOVES Nola

Crazy Man

2:22

Chances Ellsbury beats out Hicks on the spring?

Dan Szymborski

2:22

Low

Mike sixel

2:23

We've lost KATOH, how long until we lose zips?

Dan Szymborski

2:23

If I had interest in working for a team full-time, I'd be working for a team full-time.

2:24

I'm not interesting in anything but selling data and I dont' have to remove ZiPS from the public sphere to continue to do that.

(I can't offer any kind of advisory opinion in my job, for obvious reasons)

Dave in London

2:24

Is this the year that Carlos Rondon breaks through? He seems to have great stuff, but is always hurt

Dan Szymborski

2:24

I believe that every year!

dub

2:24

From today on would you rather have Victor Robles or JD Martinez?

Dan Szymborski

2:24

Robles

Fantasy Non-guru

2:24

How much do you believe in Brinson? I'm in a small rebuild and trade severino (3 years) for brinson (6 years) and what starting pitcher (assume 2 years)?

Dan Szymborski

2:24

I think he'll be more valuable in real life than fantasy

Indiana Jones

2:24

Are the Indians holding onto Danny Salazar thinking he will eventually blossom like Carrasco? If so, what are the chances he can get close to Carrasco.

Dan Szymborski

2:25

His upside is tremendous, his health has been not. It's hard to trade him unless you get unequal value

I'd want to be bowled over to trade Salazar

Erik

2:25

Supposedly ZiPS is considerably higher than other projection systems on the Brewers. Do you know if ZiPS has a "type", and if so, do the Brewers have lots of guys who fit that type?

Dan Szymborski

2:26

No, those kinds of bias are fairly easy to weed out

Matt

2:26

Dan - can I call you Dan? No? Ok, sorry - Mr. Szymborski, with Moose's market being quite cold in terms of teams with need for a 3B, wouldn't it make sense for him to look into a 1-year deal? I have to imagine that he could end up being a nice consolation prize to any of the teams who don't end up landing Machado. Obviously, this hinges on there being a market for him on a one-year deal, but humor me.

Dan Szymborski

2:26

Don't call me Mr.

Donaldson's a free agent too. I think he'd either have to take a two-year-deal or get a REALLY good one-year deal. Or his three+ deal offers have to be horribad.

Outta my way, Gyorkass

2:26

Is the Hosmer signing, the type of overpay for the decline years of a flawed player deal that you used to see GMs sign players to all the time going to A) stem the tide of collusion accusations or B) be twisted by those who have decided the collusion narrative is self-evidently correct, into proof that collusion is still happening, and Drastic Action Needs To Be Taken?

Dan Szymborski

2:26

Who knows, I'm surprised they got here

Jason

2:26

Can we now say that the Padres are entering the Cameron-Hosmer era??

Dan Szymborski

2:27

Poor Dave

CamdenWarehouse

2:27

Thanks for moving back to Monday. Wednesday was difficult