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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 3/25/19

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Dan Szymborski

12:44

This is a team playing CHris Davis forever.

Say Cheese

12:44

Thoughts on Woodruff sticking in the rotation the entire season? He finished last year strong, but can he start the entire year...

Dan Szymborski

12:44

I think the Brewers will try

BenM

12:45

When projecting, how do you account for Survivorship bias?

Dan Szymborski

12:45

In what aspect are you talking about?

In terms of majors vs. minors, translations help

and one method I've used in calculating translations is some interpolation

12:46

Like we know pro palyers are the right end of the ability distribution

12:47

We know there are x .300 hitters and x/y .280 hitters and x/yz .260 hitters and x/wyz .240 hitters

LFC Mike

12:47

Thoughts on Red Sox closer situation? Really going to committee or is that team speak until someone earns the position.

Dan Szymborski

12:47

I think that Barnes has the highest upside of being able to grab the spot at some point

James

12:48

Hey Dan,

Dan Szymborski

12:48

Gaslamp Gary

12:48

Should the Padres trade for Bieber or Clevinger?

Dan Szymborski

12:48

If the Indians are going to trade a pitcher, they're going to trade one that helps resolve some financial concerns

Gaslamp Gary

12:48

Is Eric Hosmer due for one of his odd-year explosions? Can you explain such a trend?

Dan Szymborski

12:48

The Wile E. Coyote effect. He learns about gravity and then falls, but he forgets in time for the next segment

Matt

12:48

Is it fair to say that, due to their altitude, the Rockies, as a team, are under the least amount of pressure of any MLB team?

Dan Szymborski

12:49

Yes

CamdenWarehouse

12:49

I like the Marlins new young rotation. Is that crazy?

Dan Szymborski

12:49

In 2019, yes

Beamballz

12:49

1st time entering chat do u play dfs?

Dan Szymborski

12:49

Not that much as I'm a much bigger fan of longer term plays

I'm an over/under guy.

Chuncey Wiggins

12:49

On a scale of 0 - 10 how broken is the current Qualifying Offer system?

Dan Szymborski

12:49

Matt

12:49

I have a draft tomorrow night. Can you make sure to have all projections updated tonight so I can rerun my ranking algorithm? Thanks, Dan.

Dan Szymborski

12:50

TELL TEAMS TO STOP DOING STUFF

Acunami

12:50

Nick Markakis. :(

Dan Szymborski

12:50

Did something happen? Or is this a general observation

Matt

12:50

Is there anything to this Tauchman guy, or is he a Hicks injury hedge? Has some seemingly interesting minor league history as a type of "hmm...this non-prospect is kinda interesting" guy.

Dan Szymborski

12:51

He's interesting. Not good enough to be a hedge, but I'm a big fan of role players being *interesting* players.

Like Voit was interesting. Sometime these guys work out

Slew

12:51

What sort of showers bring May flowers?

Dan Szymborski

12:51

Gentle ones. More severe rains can uproot the soil or something

kevinthecomic

12:51

Any idea if Sixto Sanchez actually has six toes?

Dan Szymborski

12:51

He likely has 10

GDUBSS

12:51

"Straily is like Andrew Cashner but someone was dumb enough to trade a top prospect for him." Don't forget, Marlins also traded Chris Paddack for Andrew Cashner

Dan Szymborski

12:51

lol, I completely forgot that.

12:52

So OK, yeah, Cashner and Straily are the same

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