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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 4/30/18
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AvatarDan Szymborski
2:02
And away we go!
Mark
2:02
Is Jason Kipnis as done as he looks? Brutal start to the year...
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:02
He's on my panic list on my piece at ESPN today.
Billy Beane
2:02
Dan, which would be more entertaining, watching wrestlers play baseball or baseball players wrestle?
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:02
Baseball players wrestle.  Bad baseball really isn't that much fun, but bad wrestling can be.
Ray Liotta as Shoeless Joe
2:02
How do Kurt Suzuki or Francisco Cervelli have more home runs than Evan Gattis?!
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:02
April!
Last time I can use that.
Who_Is_Zorbist?
2:03
Who has a higher OBP than Rhys Hoskins and a higher slugging % than Aaron Judge?  Daniel Robertson.  Look at that BB rate!
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:03
Rich Becker: The Next Generation
The WB's lowest rated show
Braves
2:03
Everyone is talking about Acuna (and rightfully so) but what about that other corner outfielder in Atlanta quietly having a good season? haha
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:03
Don't make me call the police.
marshall wildmann
2:03
Can you explain how you calculate the Zips projections and how we should use them
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:03
That's like a 10,000 word answer!
2:04
The ZiPS Q&A is out of date, but it does cover a lot of the basics.
Kiermaier's Black & Blue Thumb
2:04
Hi Dan. Thoughts on how the Rockies outfield situation will play out with Dahl etc etc?
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:04
Since I have zero faith in how the Rockies are run at the major league level, I imagine they'll pick the worst possible outcome.
I.e. not send Dahl to the minors, but make him fight for playing time scraps like Ryan McMahon
2:05
The money they're giving Desmond/Parra/CarGo is already gone.  There's no reason that the Rockies need to treat them with kid gloves as if they were seven year-old Make-a-Wish participants.
CamdenWarehouse
2:05
Dan, I'm sorry for your loss.  I have a senior dog and I'm really dreading that day.
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:06
Yeah, it was rough.  It's especially difficult when it happens so quickly.
The cat had a perfectly fine physical 4 months ago.
All three cats had nasty colds, Pandora was breathing heavily, brought her right to the emergency room.
2:07
Found lung cancer, they were hoping that I could bring her home the next day, but she filed right back up with fluid and the oncologist said that even with aggressive treatment, it would be a matter of days and weeks, not months, and she wouldn't be able to come home.
2:08
So went right from "oh, the cat still has a cold" to putting her to sleep in 36 hours.  Which is why I haven't been chatting, I just haven't been emotionally 'there' yet.
John
2:08
Are you taking the Yankees or Redsox the rest of the way?
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:08
Red Sox with the 2 game cushion by an edge
Kyler
2:08
Hey Dan! Love your work. What do the def ratings mean on the ZiPS spreadsheet? Is there a way to estimate run values based on those ratings? And related.. what’s your def projection for Jose Bautista at 3B? It can’t be good, right?.. haha
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:08
That's just for the Diamond Mind players.
Catwalk727
2:08
Dan, are you a believer in Daniel Robertson as an above-average MIF'er, or is his .429 BABIP a portent of serious regression? His walk rate and plate discipline and above average defense seem to signal that he is here to stay.
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:08
He can regress and still walk a lot to give him value.
2:09
Robertson's still young enough that he could have developed significantly
Bort
2:11
How long until Dan Vogelbach reclaims his rightful spot on the Mariners roster?
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:11
Mariners probably have to sour on Healy
Matt
2:11
Apparently I lost a bet. I said the Reds were more likely to make the playoffs than you were to show up to this here chat today.
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:11
Ouch
jjp
2:11
What month is it?
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:11
April
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