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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 3/4/19

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Matt

12:43

The Department of Culinary Tool Use would like to have a word with you, Dan.

Matt W

12:43

ZiPS is projecting only 115 games for Cano. Is that just standard for a player of his age, or does the Mets' very poor history of keeping players healthy factor in to that projection? Are all mets players similarly penalized?

Dan Szymborski

12:43

Very old

Bubba

12:43

What are the odds Khris Davis hits .247 again?

Dan Szymborski

12:43

Exactly .247? Probably a couple percent

I MEAN 100 PERCENT IM SORRY

kevinthecomic

12:43

America had already taken on a policy of "preparedness", meaning it was spending scads of money on the military. The fear was that, without intervention, the war would drag on interminably causing the US to continue the expensive preparedness policy forever. While this view is somewhat ironic today, perhaps even naive, the idea was that America could enter the war in order to shorten it which would save the treasury, not to mention human suffering. Also, America was going to enter the war not to obtain territory but to advance the concept of democracy by tearing down the last vestiges of European aristocracy.

Chuncey Wiggins

12:44

It's safe to assume that the Switch is the console of choice for baseball players, right? Wouldn't portability trump graffics and performance in that lifestyle?

Dan Szymborski

12:44

I've never asked players about console choice

12:45

I can't imagine playing Fortnite on a switch, but Goldeneye N64 is the only shooter I will not require a mouse+keyboard

Dave

12:45

Who has the best rotation in the NL Central?

Dan Szymborski

12:45

I think Cards/Cubs are very close

My name is Judge...

12:45

Is Yu Darvish saying this is the best my stuff ever been the same thing as best shape of my life?

Dan Szymborski

12:45

He's saying his stuff is in the best shape of its life, which is at least a cousin saying

Crazy Sammi Meatballs

12:45

My Russian girlfriend thinks I'm crazy not to trade Castilo for his teammate Puig because Puig is going to have a monster year in that bandbox. Is she right?

Dan Szymborski

12:46

Well, in fantasy yeah

in a sim league no

That person again

12:46

Do you and your editor ever debate service time manipulation? I asked her about it and said more or less the same thing you said- that, given the current CBA, a team would be acting against its own best interests not to hold a top prospect back. She was not convinced. She seems to be very much in the camp that, in addition to being unfair to the players, it's unfair to the fans, because they want to see the best players. My counterargument was that, as a fan of a specific team, I would like to my team hold on to the best players as long as possible, but that didn't get any traction either.

Dan Szymborski

12:46

It's complex.

It's probably better for fans in situatiosn where nobody notices.

But when people notice, it affects the perceived value of the product

Matt

12:46

I understand the desire to tap into a new revenue stream - lots of people will to spend money on baseball. But isn't the idea of entering the Euro or Asia markets pretty terrible? I mean, travel is going to be a massive hurdle, not to mention that fact that games will not be watchable at reasonable times for the fan bases.

Dan Szymborski

12:47

Doesn't mean that the only way to get revenue in those market is to have teams based there

12:48

And really, if people want to watch something, they'll make the times work

(see association football)

Rey Diablo

12:48

Everyone likes to speculate on the Rays moving to Portland but aren’t Arizona and Anaheim closer to relocation than the Rays or A’s? I say his as someone who thinks expansion is much more likely than relocation.

Dan Szymborski

12:48

Don't think Arizona is

12:49

Anaheim *may* be, you have the Long Beach rumors and there was some buzz about them talking with Vegas people at the Winter Meetings

Milwaukee Beerjays

12:49

Dan, have you decided which MLB team you would like to work for WHEN YOU ABANDON US TOO :( ???

Dan Szymborski

12:49

I see this as a rather unlikely scenario.

12:50

It's not like I haven't talked with teams about things, I've done something that involved me getting paid for nearly half the teams in baseball (and almost as many agencies)

At this point, I suspect if someone had a role for me in which they both find me useful *and* I'd be willing to do it, it would have already happened.

(wait, 16, more than half)

Big joe Mufferaw

12:51

Why are professional Athletes not allowed to Incorporate? They are technically Independent contractors. This would fix the Tax issue of playing in different states and also control salaries.

Dan Szymborski

12:51

You're really getting out of my wheelhouse!

You need to take to lawyers or accountants!

talk

My name is Judge...

12:51

is the league eventually going to move to 32 teams? what impact to "tanking" will this have (make it better or worse)? what is your best guess for when it actually would take effect?

Dan Szymborski

12:52

Eventually, which makes me sad since we'll have 8x4 divisions which I hate

tanking has no effect

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