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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 3/11/19

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Dan Szymborski

12:23

Not sure there's anything general for this situation that wouldn't be good advice to others!

Though i'd try to read the rules well to see where real-life value may differ from sim value

that's probably more of an issue in fantasy though

Where things like playing center or having great D at a position aren't really valuable

the donut whole

12:23

dan you should host a late night cable access show about...i don't know

Dan Szymborski

12:23

Worst. Show. Ever.

Big Daddy Wes

12:24

Who has a better season, Nola or Snell? Is the tipping point just that 1 plays in the AL East?

Dan Szymborski

12:24

I think Snell by a little bit. And I've been a longtime Nola hyper.

Turtle Jetpack

12:24

The Mariner rebuild + Felix got to play together against minor leaguers in Cleveland's system and got beat 16-2. Is there anything quite so dissonant as the hopefulness of prospects coming into conflict with the reality?

Dan Szymborski

12:24

Poor King

LFC Mike

12:24

After running Zips and assessing/reviewing them..are there any players you have a "gut" feeling on that will surpass or come way short of the Zips projections?..or do you leave gut feelings for general hungriness or anxiety?

Dan Szymborski

12:24

Yeah, but I'm doing a piece on that so not saying!

Ginny

12:24

Do you have any take on how serious Luis Severino's injury is?

Dan Szymborski

12:25

I don't believe it's serious and the Yankees haven't given any hint that it's anything but them being careful

But shoulders, well, I don't feel good about ANY shoulder soreness.

Gub Gub

12:25

I have a bag of ice wrapped around my foot with an athletic bandage, Dan. I am a captive audience. You may tell me anything you need to get off your chest.

Dan Szymborski

12:26

I went to a candy store a few weeks ago and after that visit, had about a week in which I ate an unhealthy number of Sweet Tarts.

Kenesaw Mountain Pass

12:26

The humidor had quite an effect in Arizona. Will it become standard anytime soon?

Dan Szymborski

12:26

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-reportedly-standardizes-how-all...

tb.25

12:26

How did you manage to start the chat at noon and tweet about your article at 12:04?!

Dan Szymborski

12:26

MULTITASK

12:27

I was having a punctuation argument with Meg and forgot to tweet!

Cove Dweller

12:27

But have you ever had a sandwich that filled you with existential dread?

Dan Szymborski

12:27

That sandwich of ennui above

Davis

12:27

Will Guerrero start Opening Day in Buffalo? What is his new timeline for getting called up, if ther even is one?

Dan Szymborski

12:27

He will suddenly be ready for the majors in either 20 days or 3 months

Scott

12:29

Hey Dan - 1500 Innings cap on pitchers in a 5x5 league. Thoughts on a "reliever-heavy" rotation? A good group of 70-100 innings guys with strong ratios?

Dan Szymborski

12:30

I'm not a fan of the relief-emphasizing strategy. If you want to de-emphasize starting pitcher, a more generalized LIMA

12:31

Especially in 5x5 because while you can punt a category in 5x5 in the right situation, 5x5 for pitching introduces a *counting* stat.

Ginny

12:31

There doesn't seem to be many people excited about Francisco Mejia this year, even though he hit very well throughout the minors. What has fantasy people seemingly giving up on him?

Dan Szymborski

12:31

I would wager that it has more to do with the split situation in San Diego.

Random Angry Internet Guy

12:31

Dan.. Am I going to have to educate you on how to run a baseball chat based on 100% baseball chatting and none of this tomfoolery and general silliness that seems to happen only when you are in charge?..I really want to educate you on that.....and 1001 other things that make me that Random Angry Internet Guy.

Dan Szymborski

12:32

Just call me Sandy “Some Nonsense” Whistleton.

Gub Gub

12:33

I love Daylight Saving Time. I love it. I love being able to send my kids outside for another hour during the time I get home

Kenesaw Mountain Pass

12:33

How many games is the lack of a closer going to cost the Red Sox?

Dan Szymborski

12:33

It's going to be some, I'm concerned about that bullpen

Kenesaw Mountain Pass

12:34

If you could be a tree, what kind of tree would you like to be turned into baceball bats?

Dan Szymborski

12:34

Ebony?

I'd prefer to not be broken

Lennifer

12:34

I assume the games in Tokyo count toward players' service time, but does the period between the Tokyo games and their next regular season game count toward service time?

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