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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 4/22/2019

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Dan Szymborski

1:02

Honestly, Rays-Pirates probaby

LGM

1:02

How did Mike Tauchman go from a no HR hitter to 20+ in one season?

Dan Szymborski

1:02

He wasn't REALLY a no-hr hitter, he just had no homers in the majors

IN limited time, almost entirely as a pinch-hitter

and everyone sucks as a pinch-hitter essentially

1:03

Now, he wasn't an amazing hitter in the minors for power

but not 0

Nelson

1:03

Who finishes higher in the NL Central Standings: Reds or Pirates?

Dan Szymborski

1:03

Pirates

Stu

1:03

How absurd is the fact that just last week Joey Votto finally popped out to the first baseman in his career?

Dan Szymborski

1:03

It was pretty amusing

Matt

1:03

The wrong answer to the beer taco question is "neither".

Morbo

1:03

OMG! Radar Love needs to be Jordan Hicks warm up song!

Nick

1:03

Why does Trevor Bauer get offended by everything?

Dan Szymborski

1:03

Too much internet time.

1:04

The more you're sucked into social media, the more you'll end up getting offended by everything you see.

The only reason I survive being on social media so much is that I don't really take anything seriously ever.

LFC Mike

1:04

Paper Lace. "The Night Chicago Died" and the original creators of the diabetes inducing "Billy Don't Be a Hero" usurped by Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods.

Sam I Am

1:05

Do the Mariners end up winning closer to 75 or 90 games? They can really hit and it seems to keep them in just about every game, it's just that bullpen...

Dan Szymborski

1:05

I think they'll end up in low 80s

it takes serious blue-and-tealish-green glasses to think most of the guys will end up anywhere near that OPS+

1:06

They have an OPS+ of 133

Jeff M

1:07

Could a team composed entirely of NL East players with less than one year of service time make the playoffs?

Dan Szymborski

1:07

Yes

I think so

hmm

mamsk

1:07

Does Joey Gallo have a 7 or 8 win season in him? He's just absolutely destroying the ball and his contact rates continue to trend upwards.

Dan Szymborski

1:07

I'm not sure he's that well rounded that he could do this for a whole year

Cave Dameron

1:07

Now that the Cubs have stabilized things and have one of the best scoring differentials in the league, are they again division favorites?

Dan Szymborski

1:07

I think they're close to the faovrites again

RMR

1:08

Is Hunter Dozier for real? Underlying numbers show real growth and StatCast seems impressed.

Dan Szymborski

1:08

I'm inclined to think there's a lot of real there

Borksadork

1:08

Next in line after Leclerc?

Dan Szymborski

1:08

King Stephen

1:09

since that's a bit obscure and a dumb joke anyway, probably Kelley

CamdenWarehouse

1:09

Would baseball cannon man be able to get enough movement on his fastball to be worth playing?

Dan Szymborski

1:09

Nobody's hitting a 150 MPH fastball

all though the catcher may trouble

Trevor

1:10

Surely you mean that the "best interests of baseball clause" applies in the sense that it *affirmatively sanctions* the use of baseball cannons, correct?

Dan Szymborski

1:10

Baseball cannon really isn't weirder than starting an extra inning with a man on second

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