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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 3/4/19

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Gub Gub

12:24

At the Yankees game in Tampa yesterday, they made an announcement that they now offered gluten-free hot dogs, but they didn't mention anything about the bun. This only led to more questions.

Kyler Murray is 5'10.125'

12:24

Say the Rays move to Portland, what happens to the AL divisions? West becomes POR, SEA, OAK, LAA, central becomes CWS, MIN, TEX, HOU, KC, east becomes NYY, BAL, CLE, TOR, BOS? that would completely change the powers in the west and central

Dan Szymborski

12:24

Hey, the Braves were in the NL West

And we still believe this myth that Iowa is on the Pacific coast.

Tim Tebow's Thunder Thighs

12:25

King Felix seems done at 32, and maybe McCutchen as well. If Bartolo doesn't make it back this year, is there anybody left who represents the opposite of this? Someone who is old enough they have no business competing with the youngins?

Dan Szymborski

12:25

Well, briefly Ichiro!

Rodney's still around

stever20

12:26

how worried should the dodgers be with Kershaw right now?

Dan Szymborski

12:26

Significantly

BizmoFunions

12:26

With the NFL attempting to tap into the European market, do you see the MLB doing the same anytime soon or just sticking to Asia?

Dan Szymborski

12:26

I think Asia is a more robust market for baseball

12:27

We can all giggle saying Honkbal Hoofdklasse, but the Dutch and Italian leagues aren't as robust as KBO and NPB.

12:28

And if you are in Asia, Australia's not too far away and they're a good market too

kevinthecomic

12:28

Matt Wieters will be the KC catcher -- St. Louis will release him once Andrew Knizner's service time has been manipulated

Dan Szymborski

12:28

I disagree with this. I think they want Knizner to get a lot of at bats this year

DJ Tanner

12:28

DO Spring performances matter for anything? Austin Hays have a shot at being who we thought he could be two years?

Dan Szymborski

12:28

Dan Turkenkopf demonstrated they mean a *little* bit

but let's nto go nuts

Purple Mays Haze

12:28

If MLB puts in a pitch clock, the Blue Jay home crowd will begin counting down "5-4-3-2-1" starting, not with 5 seconds to go on the clock, but at 10 seconds - to rile up opposing pitchers. They will call it the "exchange rate" on the Jumbotron. Would you be onboard and join in on the chanting?

Dan Szymborski

12:29

I'm usually in the press box and this would be frowned on!

I'm not really a vocal fan

Johnston

12:29

How injury-proof are the Dodgers?

Dan Szymborski

12:29

Probably as close as you can get without spending $300 million

Eddie Oropesa

12:29

You're the Phillies. Assume both would sign a 2/$40 mil deal, so contract is equal. Is Keuchel or Kimbrel the better fit?

Dan Szymborski

12:29

Keuchel

Derek in Little Rock

12:29

When will you reveal your 2019 futures plays?

Dan Szymborski

12:29

couple weeks

I don't like making bets early

12:30

I know a lot about managing seasonal risks, not so much spring training risks

NittanyChris

12:30

Reasonable to project 15 HR and 20 SB for Ramon Laureano? Any reason he won't get 85% of starts in CF? Thanks!

Dan Szymborski

12:30

Perfectly reasonable

Name

12:30

Who is your pick for the AL CY Young and why is it Bartolo?

Dan Szymborski

12:31

Bartolo since he's the most memeable player!

Smooth Jamz

12:31

How do you see defensive stats evolving in the near future? Compared to offensive stats, aren’t they kind of lagging behind?

Dan Szymborski

12:32

Defensive stats are always going to be behind

Because a play not made isn't a discrete event the same way getting or not getting a hit is

Outside of fielding percentage, which obviously sucks

Upton Sr.

12:33

How do you see the Mets first base situation playing out?

Dan Szymborski

12:33

I kinda suspect the Mets give Smith one last chance as an excuse to not start Alonso at the start

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