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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 2/26/18
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AvatarDan Szymborski
2:38
The Orioles front office/ownership is bad at their job too.
E
2:38
Any inside info on which baseball writers are in the best shape of their life coming in to this season?
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:38
Haven't seen him but Passan is typically in good shape
Joe
2:38
Dan, I told my dad that a pop tart should be considered a sandwich, then he went for a pack of cigarettes. That was 3 days ago and he hasn't come back. Should I worry?
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:38
Better gone
Dan Dan the Cheerleading Man
2:38
Whats the difference between chili with no beans and ground beef taco meat? Am I actually eating chili tacos or even worse, am I eating a chili sandwich?
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:38
If your chili meat tastes like your taco meat, you've made proper chili wrong
2:39
Chili = Diced chuck + chili peppers (plus seasoning)
Kemp Truther
2:39
Is there a youTube channel dedicated to Matt Kemp messing up in the outfield? I vaguely remember during his nascent, good offensive years for the Dodgers announcers would mention that he didn't have good instincts but is it really THAT bad? and STILL that bad? Also, Travis' post this morning about decline in defensive chances suggests a team could sacrifice outfield defense. What say you?
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:39
Is there?  I think you would just call that "game film"
Matt
2:40
Chili con carne (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈtʃili koŋ ˈkaɾne];[1] English: chili with meat), commonly known in American English as simply "chili", is a spicy stew containing chili peppers, meat (usually beef), and often tomatoes and beans.

WITH BEANS, DAN
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chili_con_carne
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:40
It's wikipedia
hscer
2:41
I do think I'm pretty sure I might know what I'm doing with pitchers at least.
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:41
OK, so you're better than the orioles!
Druidiful
2:41
When isn't it Carson's fault?
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:41
When love and goodness is involved
Pad Squad
2:41
Cleveland's window of contention will shrink around the same time that San Diego's opens. What would it take for the Padres to trade for Jose Ramirez? Do you like him for SD?
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:42
It would take a LOT
ANd yeah, if they can get him ane xtend him, why not?
S
2:42
Will David Dahl start 100 games?
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:42
If he's healthy and the Rockies are dumbasses.  I'm not sure which of those is riskier.
Shawn
2:42
Is Hunter Renfroe a "Yes, we need to get him as a future cog" type target, or just a needs to be in the AL bat piece who can easily be overrated? Asking a Braves fan with an OF need.
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:43
He's interesting, but he's not likely to be a future core piece.  It's an upside play that a rebuilding team makes rather than throw whatever 32 year old signs cheaply out there
Evil Dead
2:43
How are we liking Ozzie Albies as a breakout star this year with lots of speed and runs scored and some average and power?
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:43
A lot
Jonathan
2:43
Assuming Statcast, wearable tech, etc. eventually provide orders of magnitude more data to work with, could you see a deep learning approach to projecting performance prove more valuable than the way it's currently done?
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:43
Could very well be.
Machine learning in projections right now is plagued simply by lack of data, especially for the more unusual types
CamdenWarehouse
2:43
How long has the Troy Tulowitzki Egg Salad been sitting out?  It's not like he's that durable on his own.
William
2:44
if you could convince statistics-minded fans to think differently in one way, what way would it be?
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:45
STOP EMAILING ME OR TWEETING AT ME THAT HAVING NO PLAYERS WITH A MEAN PROJECTION OF A .320 BATTING AVERAGE MEANS THAT ZIPS IS PROJECTING NOBODY TO HIT .320 WHEN THE SEASON ACTUALLY ENDS BECAUSE THAT'S NOW WHAT THAT MEANS (AND SIMILAR COMPLAINS)
Rhys Hoskins
2:46
Dan, I notice that ZiPS projects me at 34 HR, not 84. What gives?
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:46
I'm sorry
Billy Beane
2:46
Good on you for the health stuff Dan. That was supposed to just be a 'Best Shape of My Life' joke and not a stab at you. Apologies if it came off that way.
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:46
It's hard because beer is delicious
2:47
But it's shocking how quickly I lose weight when I don't drink beer.  There are a lot of calories there!
Babe Lincoln
2:47
How's you make out on the Scherzer bet?
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:47
$4k
Chili Davis
2:47
Respect my chilithority!!
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:47
I mean you wouldn't be a chili authority when you were one, anyway?
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