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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 3/31/22

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Dan

1:00

Do elite athletes age differently than the rest of us or is it more a difference in how closely their aging is watched?

Dan Szymborski

1:01

Well, they train better so I would imagine their peak is longer and later

Kyle

1:01

We actually already made Kimchee (2 kinds), but I'll try the pickled cherries for sure. Fox Sports picked the Mariners to win the AL West this year. It sounded silly to me at first but the more I thought about it I couldn't dismiss it entirely. Do you think the Mariners have improved that much?

Dan Szymborski

1:01

I think they've improved, but I think the Astros are still better even without correa

Jason

1:01

I noticed the ZiPS projections used in the player positional ranks are not the same as the ZiPS DC ones accessible in the Projections tab. Altuve for one has the same number of PA but his overall WAR is 4.0 in the player projections and only 3.7 WAR in the ZiPS DC tab. Are we to assume the player positional rankings info is more up to date and will makes it way into the system with this most recent update you sent in?

Dan Szymborski

1:02

The positional ranks are ZiPS *and* Steamer!

Guest

1:02

More importantly, what is the best lunch to reheat and why is it leftover chili?

Dan Szymborski

1:02

chili is a good lunch to reheat because cold chili is weird

I mostly like meat leftovers cold

pasta too, I dont' want cold pasta

Tacoby Bellsbury

1:03

Were you surprised at how low the Rockies' left field protection was?

Dan Szymborski

1:03

Romulus

1:03

I understand why you're holding off on publishing the sleepers, but please share a nugget or two! Need to know who is in that 2020 Shane Bieber/2021 Kyle Schwarber zone of "identified by Szym as a likely star but I can still get him cheap in my draft". Waiting until after the games start is too late!

Dan Szymborski

1:04

I think Brendan Rodgers could have that HUGE breakout with the Rockies no longer messing with him it appears

though rockies go early in drafts for obvious reasons

1:05

Kikuchi's on my breakout list for sure

Morbo

1:06

Would the Rockies be better off if they were run by Inspector Clouseau? And why is the answer yes?

Dan Szymborski

1:06

They'd be better off run by Inspector Gadget.