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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 3/16/23

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Dan Szymborski

12:20

If the guy finishes first or second, they get credit for a full year of service time no matter how much service time they actually accrued during that year

Stu

12:20

Texas toast, avocado toast, peanut butter toast, no toast at all?

Dan Szymborski

12:20

Texas toast definitely

12:21

+garlic bread +french toast

Michael Scarn

12:21

I'm kind of on the fence about the WBC. It's fun, I want to cheer for my country but... What in your opinion would make the WBC better?

Dan Szymborski

12:21

Every other year!

I much enjoy the WBC

Cakes&Kakes

12:21

You should adopt 5 kittens from the same litter, so you could be the Melvin Mora of cat-dads.

Dan Szymborski

12:22

I already have four cats and nine cats would be excessive.

I'd need to hire a full-time employee just to deal with the litter boxes

Lorenzo

12:22

With the Diaz injury, should the Mets sign Corey Knebel and maybe Zack Britton too? Shouldn't put all the pressure on Robertson and they can use backup options who have closer experience.

Dan Szymborski

12:22

I do think they shoudl scour for what's left and try to catch lightning in a bottle

Dan the Man Mcgraw

12:22

Who was a prospect Zips picked up on and hit that traditional scouts missed on? Jose Rameriz?

Dan Szymborski

12:22

Mookie Betts

12:25

He was like 26th when others were barely even including him on lists at all

in ZiPS

Tacoby Bellsbury

12:25

What would be the hit to Edwin Diaz's long-term ZiPS if he were to miss the whole season with a leg injury? (Assuming the worst here.)

Dan Szymborski

12:25

OK, let me run it with 162/leg

Guest

12:25

Dan!!! Be punctual!

Dan Szymborski

12:26

Sorry, there were shenanigans I was involved in.

dave

12:27

in the spirit of march madness starting today, have you ever had any interactions with kenpom or are familiar with his system?

Dan Szymborski

12:27

My paths have not crossed with his

and college hoops is out of my area of expertise

Phil

12:27

ZIPS aside, what is your personal feeling about Chris Sale? I feel like a lot of folks around baseball and on the internet have given up on him, but he still has weirdly long arms and a good slider grip and it's not his fault he fell off a bike. Do you think he can be a good pitcher, with the understanding that that includes actually pitching, for the remainder of his contract?

Dan Szymborski

12:27

I really WANT him to be Sale again, but I'm skeptical

you don't see many pitchers who miss most of the time for a lot of years with injury suddenly become tanks

12:28

But here, enjoy happier times.

Guest

12:28

Is it better to start a prospect in High A and have them glide through and push up to AA or to just start them in AA and let them struggle?

Dan Szymborski

12:28

Depends on the prospect.

12:29

I generally wouldn't start players that high.

But I would promote aggressively. Generally speaking, I'd want the most talented prospects in my org to be *challenged*

Nobody should spend a year at a level with a 1.000 OPS

Jason N

12:29

Everybody knows that good chicken chili starts with the best part - the neck. And then you add secret hobo spices.

Don Von Handburger

12:31

Did you ever try to give yourself the nickname "The Sizzler" but it just wouldn't take?

Dan Szymborski

12:31

I did not

Dan the Man Mcgraw

12:31

the only ROY/runner up without a long term contract was Rutchman. How important is it to have a long term deal in place if there is a high possibility they get a year closer to FA

Dan Szymborski

12:31

I think it's pretty important for teams.

Once a player hits arbitration, a team's leverage disappears quickly

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