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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 2/25/19

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Dan Szymborski

12:40

Superman

It's really unfair

12:41

they never really retro-balanced superpowers

Superman is the Naxx-era pre-nerf Deathrattle Hunter of superheros

(phrases so about 2 people understand that)

tb.25

12:41

Your love affair with downloads is as compelling as Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga

HappyFunBall

12:41

ZIPS is done! ZIPS is done! Goes looks for full ZIPS projections, see's Appleman's face laughing back at me ...

Mandy Is Still 91% Fresh

12:41

Have you tried turning it on and off?

Dan Szymborski

12:41

Don't make me ban you.

Whole area is out

12:42

something like 50,000 people were without power last night and thi sisn't a big area, it's suburban dayton

oneforthreewithawalk

12:42

Peter Lambert v. Justus Sheffield. They faced each other yesterday, and it got me thinking - aside from Sheffield being a lefty, they're pretty similar (low-mid 90s, three plus pitches), but Sheffield consistently gets ranked a lot higher. Thoughts?

Dan Szymborski

12:42

I like Lambert

12:43

but he's perceived as a high-floor, low-ceiling guy and scouting types dont' usually get the tingle over those

I think teams, especially competitive ones, need those guys

but there's nothing MAGICAL about those guys

12:44

Like imagine Harry Potter world if Hogwart's was a school for mechanical engineering.

Societies need mechanical engineering more than mirrors of dead people's ghosts or live candy frogs

12:45

but it's not as frigging MAGICAL

Nobody would go to the movies if Voldemort's design was to make composite materials that were less prone to weathering.

Bearry

12:45

So the Rays ZIPS have been released and something immediately became very clear to me: they are SO heavily relying on prospects and players with less than two years of major league experience. Do you think they probably have the largest standard deviation of any team due their young core?

Dan Szymborski

12:46

Not really because the thing is, they have a LOT of those guys

They've got a billion 1.8 WAR types. One falls flat, they have another

12:47

The Rays are essentially a team designed by Eli Whitney.

Mandy Is Still 91% Fresh

12:47

Too obnoxious? It sounds like the Mariners have found their new assistant general manager!

Bigfoot Erotica

12:47

ZiPS seems a bit less optimistic on Corey Seager's offense than other systems this year. How concerned are you by the string of surgeries and the familial relation to a guy who turned into a pumpkin at a relatively young age?

Dan Szymborski

12:47

Missing time: bit concerned. Familial relations: not so much

Lasorda's Gullet

12:48

Hi Dan! Do you know how salaries for players on the 60 Day DL work with respect to the CBT? Does compensation for insurance factor in? I was thinking if Kershaw is broke (::DOES SPECIAL RITUAL TO NOT HEX HIM::) and LAD decides to sign Harper, could they try to balance that out to avoid paying a penalty? (not that it should matter, but, the world and whatnot)

Dan Szymborski

12:48

They're just like regular ol' salaries

Name

12:48

Did you see Nate Silver's proposal to cap a team to 10 pitchers on the 25 man roster? Any thoughts?

Dan Szymborski

12:49

I'd probably go 11 and you'd need to figure out some kind of mechanism to allow true two-way players without making an easy exploit "Jerry Blevins is a hitter, we TOTALLY think of him as one wink wink"

Bring Back Jeff

12:49

I’m done with Harper rumors. Wake me up when baseball starts

Kevin

12:49

How do you feel about the Aaron Hicks extension? Seems great to me, even if he's injury prone and regresses a bit. $10m/yr AAV is pocket change for the Yankees.

Dan Szymborski

12:49

I think it's fine

Mandy Is Still 91% Fresh

12:49

Who is your best guess for the O's, Marlins', and Tigers' All-Star representative?

Dan Szymborski

12:49

Givens, Anderson, Miggy

not that I think Miggy will be a deserving all-star, but he could have a 98 OPS+ in July and just enough homers to get a nod

Scotty B

12:50