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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 2/4/19

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Jon Heyman’s bitmoji

12:41

I saw that you mentioned Yankees prospects was involved in several lawsuits with his high school. What was that all about?

Dan Szymborski

12:41

Wait, what?

When did I say this?

Joe

12:41

What if adhering to strict food dogma is actually not good, but bad?

Dan Szymborski

12:41

Then you're bad.

isaacmeep

12:41

Magic damage kills ghosts, so that means that A. somebody out there has access to magic and B. they decided to use said magic on your grandmother.

heywhahappened

12:42

Isn't chilli essentially just an overcooked soup?

Dan Szymborski

12:42

Ben Brode

12:42

Should Blizzard change or remove the “classic” designation to cards? Would removing Genn/Baku make the game less stale? I feel like HS hasn’t been fun since Un’Goro.

Dan Szymborski

12:42

The problem is they're hard to change in incremental fashion

Well, you could make the "better hero power" 3 mana

12:43

but I don't know how you make the "your hero power is 1" any worse

12:43

Which player has shown up the most time so far as a comp in the ZIPs projections? My money is on Rabbit Warstler.

Dan Szymborski

12:43

Chad Moeller

Seriously, he's like the average of all the below-average fringe catchers in their 30s.

Bob

12:44

You mentioned in the Det ZIps post that their position player prospect group was thin, but you didn'

Dan Szymborski

12:44

DID TOO

CamdenWarehouse

12:44

not Steak-Umm, but Steak-'em, as in how Tony the Tiger takes care of the Count Chocula threat

isaacmeep

12:44

The Steak-umm audible is when the QB forgets the play at the line. Also known as the Mark Sanchez Special.

CamdenWarehouse

12:44

oh god that's awful

waks

12:44

how often do you back through old ZiPS to see if there's any kind of pattern on what kind of player is overrated or underrated or etc?
(recognizing that a lot of it is circumstance)

Dan Szymborski

12:44

I always check for correlated errors. Sadly, the easy fruit is long harvested

12:44

How often do you lurk on TalkingChop?

We love when you make your special guest appearances

Dan Szymborski

12:44

I'm summonable

zurzles

12:45

Hi Dan. Do you ever visit classic game stores or do you buy online? Any in Maryland? Trying to judge if Play Raven in Eldersburg is worth the drive

Dan Szymborski

12:45

Mostly online. I probably use emulators 99% of the time I Play an old game.

I like the convenience more than the genuineness

Gub Gub

12:46

Since planets in Star Wars are only allowed to have one distinguishing characteristic, the planet Dantooino is well-known for what?

Dan Szymborski

12:46

the molybdenum planet

12:46

Andruw Jones is a Hall of Famer, change my mind

Dan Szymborski

12:46

I will not

Matt

12:46

ZiPS, moreso than other publicly-available projection systems, seems to buy into later-career adjustments and believe they're repeatable. Curious what it is about ZiPS that differentiates itself? Just a heavier reliance on recent production?

Dan Szymborski

12:46

Tha'ts tricky, because I don't know all the secret sauce in Steamer or PECOTA

Jon Heyman’s bitmoji

12:46

Sorry, I meant you said this about one Yankees prospect under the Top 38 rankings. Didnt know what that was all about...

Dan Szymborski

12:46

Are you sure this is me?

tb.25

12:46

Best part of DSzym's superbowl the chili?