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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 3/11/19

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Turtle Jetpack

1:15

Have you coded sandwich characteristics and run some ordinal statistics to get a better visual on the trait space sandwiches occupy? What are the key axes of sandwich differentiation?

Dan Szymborski

1:15

Tom Brady Anderson

1:15

not a question of whether you think the Reds will do this, but do you think it'd be worthwhile for them to break the bank for one year of Keuchel? give him an exorbitant AAV to help them truly win right now

Dan Szymborski

1:15

I do. If you're going all-in, you should really go all-in

Matt

1:16

I believe that all people have the right to eat each meal while laying on a couch being hand fed, and fanned with a giant fern leaf. If that's socialism, then fine, I'm a socialist.

carl

1:16

Does Machado hit got less homers due to NL West ( not counting Coors)

Dan Szymborski

1:16

Ranger

1:16

Am I fool for keeping a $3 devers over a $5 hicks in an obp league

Dan Szymborski

1:16

Probably

It's weird to think about, but Aaron Hicks is a legitimate All-Star type now.

1:17

And while I like Devers, 3B is incredibly deep right now

Morbo

1:17

Brewers, Cardinals, Cubs, which team is most likely to miss the playoffs?

Dan Szymborski

1:17

Weirdly, I think Cubs have the highest upside but the biggest downside of the three

I think the rotation is fine, but the wheels could come off VERY quickly

I think the Cubs are better than the BP prediction, but even if the BP is low, I think they're seeing some of the signs of a real downside on the team

1:18

They also have fewer minor league assets to trade for MLB help

neilage

1:18

Ironically, over at Food.com, there is a very in-depth SABRmetrics live chat happening.

Groot

1:18

What do you see the Phillies doing with their extra outfielders? Keep them in case or trade them?

Dan Szymborski

1:18

I think they'll be spares - I don't really think the players losing starting jobs are actually starters

Siri

1:18

Who is your favorite rookie to make a big impact this year, other than Vladito?

Dan Szymborski

1:18

Eloy

Gub Gub

1:19

How can we add gambling to your chat? What could we bet on that is largely out of the control of individual posters?

neilage

1:19

For the rare question that is baseball related, your answers are either too vague or avoid answering the question altogether.

Dan Szymborski

1:19

"I keep buying all these death metal albums, and they're all way too loud!"

Chili

1:20

who did Fangraphs hire to replace the significant losses of late?

Dan Szymborski

1:20

TBA

Black Widow

1:20

What part of baseball should I write my thesis on?

Dan Szymborski

1:20

the round part

mackel

1:20

can you please tell eric that his fantasy team sucks?

Dan Szymborski

1:20

Does it? I don't want Eric to think I'm a liar

Turtle Jetpack

1:21

Who is the best third baseman that can't get a job in MLB? Hudson Potts? Austin Riley? Other?

Dan Szymborski

1:21

If he hadn't signed, I could have made the Moustakas joke here.

1:22

Let's say Vlad...

If we don't, it may very well be Riley, but he will get a job

then maybe Yandy Diaz?

Ryan McMahon?

mackel

1:22

do you buy in on Zips low counting stats for Votto this year?

Dan Szymborski

1:22

I'm not sure those are actually low

Turtle Jetpack

1:22

If my actual name is Gregor, is the probability that I am taller than Julian pre-ordained?

Dan Szymborski

1:23

Correct. See Gregor Clegane

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