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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 3/25/21

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Dan Szymborski

12:45

Remember, Clevinger's already ruled out for 2021

no?

And Syndergaard seems to have had the smoothest reccovery

12:46

Severino's had essentially two lost years

and Sale's goal being to pitch in games "at some point in 2021" is not a particularly sunny one

Morbo

12:46

Doesn't Severino have a domestic violence issue that also clouds his future in addition to the injury?

Dan Szymborski

12:46

Wait, does he? I've heard nothing of this

LFC Mike

12:47

If you take a large soft pretzel....place some meat on it and fold it over ..is it a sandwich?....a pretzel burrito?.....a pretzel hot dog? it has no implied hinge in the design like a hot dog bun and the open area of a pretzel prohibits condiments from being liberally applied so it doesn't really qualify as bread does it? Have we created a new category of food item here?

Dan Szymborski

12:47

I think it's a pretzel taco?

tommybones

12:47

Pick one with the caveat of being completely healthy for their entire career, Eric Davis or Tatis?

Dan Szymborski

12:47

Tatis

12:48

Love Eric the Red, but Bebo is a shortstop

Alby

12:48

Joey Bag of Donuts was his official name, but in everyday use we just called him Joe or Joseph. My daughter named him before he grew up to look like a bag of donuts. His brother is Little Anthony, or just Ant, which in South Philly is a human name.

Dan SzymborGME

12:48

No that's German.

Dan Szymborski

12:48

I knew about German obviously, but I was wondering if there was Severino TOO

and I just hadn't seen it

Pulse of Players

12:48

What % of players do you think are totally fine with expanded playoffs in exchange for the DH? I disagree with MLBPA's argument that teams will spend less in free agency because of it. Just do it!

Dan Szymborski

12:48

Too many for the MLBPA's case

12:49

and knowing front offices, teams damn well will spend in free agency

One of the my standard reports that I've sold, division/playoff probability at every win number, isn't one fo the more popular ones for a reason

12:50

The more randomized success is, the less value individual players have.

>this guy<

12:51

Are MLB owners the poorest rich people ever?

Dan Szymborski

12:51

Guest

12:51

Work from home means I can grill hot dogs for lunch, it's not such a bad thing.

Morbo

12:51

So more just for fun than a planned portion of your income?

Dan Szymborski

12:52

Between my main job, investments, and the occasional data sale, I have little desire to gamble for anything but fun

Eking out a profit in gambling is SERIOUS work, and I'm against that notion it practicable!

ironwolf

12:52

my aunt once called her cat Eldridge Cleaver...thought that was cool.

Kimi

12:53

Sorry, I screwed up the question. Meant for 2022!

Dan Szymborski

12:53

Oh, I won't make any mental rankings of healthy pitchers a year from now while still recovering in 2021

diadem

12:53

Dan, your revelation that ATC is fantasy oriented and ZIPS is "agnostic" is positively tsunamic! What about Steamer, BAT, BATX which do they favor fantasy or reality?

Dan Szymborski

12:53

Is this a stunning revelation?

12:55

I mean, the ZIPS projections for the Rays have them throwing like 4000 innings with 491 starts.

12:56

Playing time is a big deal for fantasy, which is why there's a depth chart version this time around

The Stranger

12:56

Is *any* filled and folded bread product a taco? Is there some threshold of implied southwestern-ness that needs to be met? Like if I take my leftover corned beef and cabbage and wrap it in a tortilla, is that a taco?

Dan Szymborski

12:56

I dunno, we have to have a summit to lay down all the rules

Morbo

12:56

https://theathletic.com/2474483/2021/03/24/mlb-will-use-statcast-lab-t...

This doesn't seem like a terrible idea at all: https://theathletic.com/2474483/2021/03/24/mlb-will-use-statcast-lab-t...

Dan Szymborski

12:57

I dont' think it's a good idea to use analytics as a punishment device

Morbo

12:57