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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 4/22/21

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Big Mike

12:42

Are Kyle Tucker's early-season struggles just a matter of his .135 babip, or is there something more sinister going on here?

Dan Szymborski

12:43

His xwOBA is .370. Don't worry abou tit

Scott

12:43

I'm imagining Dr. Evil as the Orioles team doctor

The Chicken Runs at Midnight

12:43

Name a single player who you wish would be playing in today's era rather than the era they did play in. For example, Nolan Ryan, imagine how many strikeouts could he rack up in todays game?

Dan Szymborski

12:43

Josh Gibson

brad penny for your thoughts

12:45

is matt carpenter cooked?

Dan Szymborski

12:45

I wouldn't go that far, but there's definitely some Maillard reaction going on

Marshall

12:46

Between Kershaw and Degrom, who do you reckon will finish with a lower career ERA?

Dan Szymborski

12:46

I'll say Kershaw here

Chips

12:46

Lourdes Gurriel vs. Jed Lowrie ROS? Lowrie just looks so good, XWoba, etc., and Gurriel just isn't hitting. Too reactive?

Dan Szymborski

12:46

I'd just be comfortable with Gurriel for injury reasons

Blue Morpho

12:46

Is it weird I want to see the Rockies draft Jack Leiter? That would be fascinating to see him try and best the altitude and Rockies' pitcher development.

Dan Szymborski

12:47

But why wish that on someone?

Chris

12:47

Who are your five favorite classical composers? Your five favorite conductors, dead or living?

Dan Szymborski

12:47

Mahler, Bruckner, Liszt, Beethoven, Mozart

12:48

I do have a love of second-tier classical/romantic era composers like Hummel, but they don't make the pantheon

Alkan's really close to making my list

12:49

Conductors, Furtwängler, Bernstein, Reiner, Svetlanov, and just for his Haydn, Fey

Guest

12:49

Rule 5 draftee Garrett Whitlock was #77 ZiPS prospect this year, and unranked by Eric. He's been excellent so far! Why do you think ZiPS liked him so much?

Dan Szymborski

12:49

Stats!

12:50

(OK, that's cheap)

He did very well in ZiPS college translations

(Which I only use when I hae to)

Motown Oden

12:50

Time machine! That's what I couldn't think of, thank you!

Dan Szymborski

12:51

I guess I should call it Time Warp, consistent with the branding

It's one of my favorite series and we DO have a tag for it

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/category/zips-time-warp/

Last five done: Fregosi, Pedroia, Colon trade, Conigliaro, Pujols

Dino Sawr

12:51

Chili- not a great car food

Robert

12:52

Is trout morphing into a three true outcomes hitter? He is mashing, but differently so far.

Dan Szymborski

12:53

I wouldn't go THAT far yet, but the drop in his in-play rate is worth watching

He's actually being more aggressive at the plate, but missing more

I'm not sure it's meaningful right now

JoSchmo

12:53

Is Omar Narvaez now a Top 10 catcher? Defense has improved significantly and his Statcast profile backs up his performance thus far. He was a good hitter before 2020’s disaster

Dan Szymborski

12:54

I think it quite possible

Dino Sawr

12:54

The cream jerseys that the Phillies wore yesterday should be their default home jersey

Dan Szymborski

12:54

Honestly, I'd love if the Phillies went back more towards maroon and powder blue as in the past

12:56

I use that one when I make PHillies in WWE2K

Saddened Padres Fan