JotCast | Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 4/22/2019

Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 4/22/2019

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Dan Szymborski

12:41

Not because I dont' like Bieber but because he's one of a handful of players (Bieber, Marquez, Soto) that ZiPS is MEGA AGGRO on

Slapshot

12:41

You're Commissioner Dan for one day. What suspension lengths would you institute against pitchers and managers for deliberate retaliatory pitches, and how many games would you add for parties lying about it in postgame pressers?

Dan Szymborski

12:42

If the totality of the circumstances suggests it was intentional

30 days for the pitcher, 60 days for the manager if there was managerial involvement.

12:43

And probation for the team, giving them the chance to remedy their culture internally

If we have repeats from an organization, than loss of draft picks

then

Balked

12:43

Would you rather have Gleyber Torres or Tatis Jr. moving forward.

Dan Szymborski

12:43

Tatis. I love Torres but TATIS

It's a beer/taco question. There is no wrong answer

Eastern Boi

12:43

If one of the four competing teams in the NL East were to lose a troubling amount of ground in the race before August, who do you think it'd be?

Dan Szymborski

12:44

Mets. I think if they lose a starter or two, they could fall off quickly

12:45

They're already starting Jason Vargas ON PURPOSE and it's not like there's some Brewster's Millions situation in which Jeff Wilpon gets a billion dollars if one of his starting pitchers allows 125 earned runs in 2019.

OR IS THERE

Cody Allen

12:45

How long will I hold onto my job?

Dan Szymborski

12:45

The control is very concerning. I think Allen may get a respite fairly soon

LFC Mike

12:46

2 Oriole player questions (no it is too early to drink) Austin Hayes after rehab get back to Baltimore? and Ryan Mountcastle? Had a great weekend....took Cease deep on 0-2 count.

Dan Szymborski

12:46

Hays will need time in the minors

There's no particular hurry for Mountcastle, given that the team is still reviewing the long-term potential of guys that play his positions

Devil Ray Jay Johnson

12:47

Who makes the playoffs again first -- Baltimore or Kansas City?

Dan Szymborski

12:47

Baltimore

stever20

12:47

have you ever seen a team like the yankees with so many injuries so early like this?

Dan Szymborski

12:47

I think they'e surpassed the yearly Dodgers civil war camp

I'm doing more on the Yankees

Optimistic Cub

12:47

Hi Dan. Quintana has 3 good starts and 1 blowup vs the Brewers. Are these results based mostly on his opponents or a possibly a solid year to come? Scared of him versus Dodgers tomorrow?

Dan Szymborski

12:47

I've been one of the last Quintana believers for awhile. I still think he'll be OK

Charlie Kelly, Esq.

12:48

What role do you envision Michael Chavis playing for the Red Sox this year? Does the bat keep him around, and can he stick at 2b? Long-term, could he be sort of a Dan Uggla redux?

Dan Szymborski

12:48

I don't think it's the worst comp in the world

Matt

12:48

Is there anything in the rule book that prevents someone from having their arm replaced with a baseball cannon and joining the MLB as a pitcher?

Dan Szymborski

12:49

While I can't think of anything off the top of my head

There may be some kind of equpiment rule I'm forgetting

12:50

and the best interests of baseball clause probably applies

I'm more interested in the eddie gaedel rule

is MLB legally allowed to ban little people?

Jason N

12:50

Meat + chilis + spices = Dan’s chili recipe

Dan Szymborski

12:50

correct

Jkim

12:50

Is it too early to have MVP talks? B/c that Dodgers-Brewers Series was something else entirely w/ Yelich & Bellinger going back & forth.

Dan Szymborski

12:50

Yelich is having a crazy year

Matt

12:50

Does ZiPS include an "odds of injury" factor that we could apply to see the likelihood of a team having 13 starting-caliber players on the DL?

Dan Szymborski

12:51

Nothing this specific

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