JotCast | Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 4/2/2020

Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 4/2/2020

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Jake

12:12

do u like memes lmao

Dan Szymborski

12:12

12:14

What Game Should FG Livestream?

Indians at Tigers (8.2% | 5 votes)

Diamondbacks at Cubs (11.5% | 7 votes)

Padres at Rockies (11.5% | 7 votes)

Dodgers at Giants (11.5% | 7 votes)

Marlins at Braves (8.2% | 5 votes)

Rays at Rangers (14.8% | 9 votes)

Astros at Angels (34.4% | 21 votes)

Total Votes: 61

@RationalMLBFan

12:15

I understand wanting to try to play as many games in the 2020 season as possible, even if it means teams playing into October and the playoffs pushing into November; however, how late is too late that it would shorten the off-season too much and thereby compromise the 2021?

Dan Szymborski

12:15

I think December is probably too long.

12:16

They can shorten spring training, after all.

I personally think spring training is already long by two weeks.

Kei Igawa

12:16

In the event the 2020 season is cancelled, which players do you think will retire who would have played the season?

Dan Szymborski

12:17

I think probably Rodney and Colon. Officially axes Zobrist for sure

Some of the marginal guys like Vargas

Ben

12:18

What's the coolest or most memorable thing you've seen in person at a ballpark?

Dan Szymborski

12:18

Charlie Sheen pitching as we rooted for the Indians in Baltimore!

Chris

12:18

Reading the piece on the mariners lineup made me think how much they had in common with the washington nationals (prior to the nationals winning the title). Do they compare statistically? I can't help but see best pitcher in baseball. Stars leaving but being replaced by young stars and a lot of losing in the playoffs

Dan Szymborski

12:19

Wait, I don't think I read the piece!

I assume that it's about the A-Rod era M's?

There are a lot osimilarities

hscer

12:19

5 years from now the only 2-3 teams will be the best 2-3 teams!

Dan Szymborski

12:19

Be forewarned in the poll - there's no setting to make the Angels players plunk the Astros

JoshP

12:19

Hi Dan, is there a way to figure out which events in a baseball game are the most random (less correlated to trackable skills)? been thinking about the randomness of a shortened season re:team performance, and wondering about where that comes from on the micro-level

Dan Szymborski

12:19

Well, it's build into a lot of the projection models.

Generally in-play events are the most random

Slapshot

12:20

If your only choices for food were Skyline chili, or "chili" with beans in it, which would you pick?

Dan Szymborski

12:20

Chili with beans in it. I rather good beef and bean stew than bad chili

I like beef and bean stew. It's just not chili

Jake

12:20

did u get fooled a lot by april fools day stuff yesterday i did lol

Dan Szymborski

12:20

I was really annoyed about the dipshit touting the two hour COVID test that fooled news orgs

Anonymous

12:20

i'm using downtime to play through Dark Souls and Banjo-Kazooie. the tonal whiplash has me on the 15-day IL

JoshP

12:20

I would love to buy some merch, but I'm doing anyone any favors by wearing a Small. Y'all gonna have any luck adding merch any time soon?

Dan Szymborski

12:20

I believe this stuff is in the works.

12:21

Like every business (well most), a pandemic that stopped our central revenue was quite a surprise!

cool

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Jake

12:21

tigers because i want to see how bad they can get wrecked

hscer

12:21

best April Fools I saw: https://www.chess.com/news/view/fide-candidates-resumes-antarctica

Dan Szymborski

12:21

Honestly, I think this should have been an April Fools moratorium year

Jake

12:21

no not Bartolo! We love Bartolo!

Josiah D

12:21

With the higher volatility of a shorter season, do you see any teams that might have been contending put less of a focus on bringing their prospects up this year? Thinking of guys like a Dustin May, who might have had a spot on the Dodgers roster, but who as an orginization may now value the extra year of service time more

Dan Szymborski

12:21

I think that's a very real possibility

hscer

12:23

no the one I linked was actually good ; p

Carlos Rodon

12:23

Am I good?

Dan Szymborski

12:23

Maybe!

baseball

12:24

when do you think the all-star game will be scheduled??

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