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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 4/14/22

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Dan Szymborski

12:34

I think it'll be back next year

12:35

And I love me some dandanmian

Appa Yip Yip

12:35

Who is the Assman

Dan Szymborski

12:35

Heineman

Random

12:35

In what month did this chat jump the shark because you're only answering questions about what month this chat jumped the shark?

Dan Szymborski

12:36

May if I'm still doign the April bit

Rhaye

12:36

Did you know that the Reds traded away (as prospects) Justin Turner, Yasmani Grandal, Edinson Volquez, Yonder Alonso, Brad Boxberger, Chris Dickerson, Jeff Keppinger, Didi Gregorius, and Travis Wood in a 3 year period under Walt Jocketty? I don't have much more to add to that.

Dan Szymborski

12:37

I was aware of these transactions of course

Stu

12:37

Hoe does this years draft look? Lots of high end talent? Deep? Shallow?

Dan Szymborski

12:37

That's an Eric/Tess Q! I claim no particular expertise to college ball

Nate

12:37

I mean...is it possible Parks and Rec and TMNT actually share the same universe and the same April?

Dan Szymborski

12:37

They had different personalities

brad penny for your thoughts

12:38

whats the name of the 1998 Italian semi-autobiographical film directed by Nanni Moretti?

Dan Szymborski

12:38

Aprile

April

12:38

HOW ABOUT KERSHAW YESTERDAY THOUGH

That slider was ON POINT

(also noticed from savant that while the spin axis is basically the same, the observed movement was much bigger - is he incorporating the SSW into his slider? - something to watch going forward)

Dan Szymborski

12:38

Who pitches poorly in a perfect game?

The Dodgers don't have a lot of depth. *Maybe* if there was Kershaw pushback I would have

Appa Yip Yip

12:38

Santiago Espinal already has a third as many balls hit over 100 mph as he did all last season after adding the vaunted 15 lbs of muscle. If he can turn some of his singles into doubles with new stronkth what does that do for his overall outlook?

Dan Szymborski

12:38

Well, if he gets better, then by definition, he'll be better!

Devil’s Advocate

12:38

In fairness to Manfred, the Nationals franchise value has only modestly outpaced the S&P 500 since 2006. Nationals estimated to have grown a bit over 400%, S&P a bit under. But my index stocks don’t come with box seats to every home game, so owning a team is infinitely more fun.

Your Name, Dan.

12:39

How do you feel about the Jordon-Hicks-as-Opener thing? Seems like the Cards are depleting an average bullpen in order to shore up a liability, instead of, you know, signing another starter or trading for Montas

Dan Szymborski

12:39

I like testing players out

12:40

The Cards have an average rotation too. A trade for MOntas would be fun though.

Devil Ray Jay Johnson

12:40

Who was the mob boss Tony Soprano took over for?

Dan Szymborski

12:40

I think technically, Tony took power from Junior

Mark

12:41

Is Aaron Ashby doomed to long relief and spot starts this year or will we see him in the regular rotation

Dan Szymborski

12:41

Probably in the short term.

But pitchers get injured

Mr met

12:41

Do you think Scherzer has a chance to be as good as Tylor Megill this year?

Dan Szymborski

12:41

heh

Guest

12:41

I am sure much smarter people than me have thought about this and concluded it wouldn't work, but would it be possible to allow teams to DH for *any* position, and not strictly the pitcher? So when Shohei is pitching, the Angels could DH for some crappy noodle bat defender? Seems strange to me that the Angels essentially don't get to swap out a hitter just because their pitcher happens to be great at hitting.

Dan Szymborski

12:41

Well, not under the rules

14343

12:41

Matt Brash looks... filthy?

Dan Szymborski

12:42

Brash and Filthy sounds like an awful Bravo reality show

brad penny for your thoughts

12:42

what was the name of the oldest living captive tapir?

Dan Szymborski

12:42

I don't know how to translate its name into tapir

Rhaye

12:42

What have the Reds ownership done to make me optimistic about the future of the team?

I wound up doing a ton of research for a reddit post about why exactly the team has failed for the past two decades, and the vast majority of it falls onto ownership for being impatient and not seeing plans through to completion. It feels like they're doing the exact same thing this time.

Dan Szymborski

12:42

It's a poorly run franchise

Colton

12:42

Do you think Bellinger has made any meaningful changes to get past this massive valley he's been for over a year at this point?

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