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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 2/25/19

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Khaki Segura

1:00

It would be a stunning and wonderful surprise if it was suddenly announced that Bryce Harper has signed a 10-year deal with the Indians. I mean ... narratives!

Dan Szymborski

1:00

It would be awesome

The Rays could give Harper *40* million a year and still rank like 24th in payroll

Jim Broni

1:00

Patron Warrior was my nickname in college

Chuncey Wiggins

1:00

Is it too outlandish to consider Harper as overrated?

Dan Szymborski

1:00

Depends on who is doing the rating

Hello

1:00

Have you played RDR2? If so, thoughts?

Dan Szymborski

1:01

I don't have a PS4. I will happily play it if they release it on PC

PiratePete

1:01

Josh Bell poised for an offensive breakout this year? Could you see 20 HR, .290 avg, .825 ops?

Dan Szymborski

1:01

A little rich for my blood

isaacmeep

1:01

Would you rather have late-career Billy Butler on 2nd base or Billy Hamilton on 1st?

Dan Szymborski

1:01

Steamed Hams for sure

Roger

1:01

I played around with the outcome distributions on the top 100 prospects and noticed that, while the odds of a Braves pitching prospect reaching a 70 FV doesn't top 10% for any of them individually, doing a distribution that at least one of them reaches a 70 FV yields a result in the 40% range (38.5% IIRC). While what Kiley and Eric do is obviously very different from projection systems like ZIPs, do you see a similar compounding effect from all of this high-end pitching depth in a system like the Braves or Padres?

Dan Szymborski

1:01

Well yeah, quantity has a quality of its own

Jimbo

1:01

Dan, is there a reason you guys stopped doing year-in-review batted ball profiles? Can those make a comeback?

Dan Szymborski

1:02

Dunno, I was never involved in those and I've never seen a discussion

BigChief

1:02

An an American, I'm not totally familiar with US tax.

Matt

1:02

How did the Pirates go from being one of the most progressive organizations to seemingly stale so quickly?

Dan Szymborski

1:02

The lack of over-the-top oomph

Swordless Mimetown

1:03

What strides are R&D departments making to ensure they're staying ahead of the other 29 teams? It must be hard to stay ahead of the curve since Moneyball is the new standard

Dan Szymborski

1:03

I have *ideas* what teams are working on, but nothing concrete

robertobeers

1:03

California: $20mil - Agent takes 7% = $18.6mil - ~$6.8mil fed income - ~$2.2 mil state income - ~$300k ss/medicare = ~$9mil per year

Ray

1:03

So how long do we have before Mike Elias calls you up and says Dan...we'd like to hire you to come help remake the Baltimore Orioles in the image you see fit?

Dan Szymborski

1:03

"We're designing our team around baseball memes and jokes that come from an aging gen-xer"

Jim Broni

1:03

What was your High School hard liquor of choice?

Dan Szymborski

1:03

gin

1:04

From 17-20 or so, gin and tonic was my go-to non-beer drink

then it was bourbon for a long time

and in recent years, mostly rum and sherry

Matt

1:05

Marlins fans hate you? How can something that doesn't exist hate you?

Dan Szymborski

1:05

There's like one guy who is always mad at me and that' slike 10 percente of the fanbase right there

Chaos is a laddah

1:05

Myers and a mid level prospect to Orioles for Dylan Bundy to clear salary for harper who says no

Dan Szymborski

1:05

O's

976

1:06

What is the digital piano? I have a Nord Electro 4 that I love, but I play more rock organ on it so the 76 keys and semi-weightedness is actually a plus for me.

Dan Szymborski

1:06

It's a kawai ca-78

1:07

http://kawaius.com/product/ca78/#ca78

I have the rosewood one. I don't like shiny ones because then I get fingerprints

Mike

1:07

Everybody hates their voice. Every dude sounds like James Earl Jones to himself.

Dan Szymborski

1:07

I'd give a year of my life to have Geoffrey Holder's voice