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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 4/8/19

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Dan Szymborski

12:30

Roberto Petagine.

Though he'd have a career today

Jong-Hoon

12:31

Eloy Jimenez looks totally lost at the plate. Projections show him having a great rookie season, despite most rookies struggling to adjust to ML pitching. Should the projections have been more conservative for Eloy?

Dan Szymborski

12:31

Projections are generally conservative already

CamdenWarehouse

12:31

If you were talking (or writing) about Ronald Acuña Jr., would you refer to him as Acuña or Acuña Jr.?

Dan Szymborski

12:31

I tend to leave off Jr.

Morbo

12:31

Any suggestions for someone suffering from writers block, asking for a friend?

Dan Szymborski

12:32

Stretch yourself and write someone on a subject you'd never even consider, if it's only for yourself

v2micca

12:32

My biggest take away from Jay Jaffe's article today is that Chris Davis already has an intentional walk on the season. I'm still trying to wrap my head around the logic of deciding that anyone else is the guy you want to go after in Baltimore's Line-up.

Dan Szymborski

12:32

Mercy walking

Reid

12:32

Thinking of Chris Davis, what annual salary would you accept to be publicly known as the absolute worst in your chosen profession?

Dan Szymborski

12:32

Well, I'm already accepting it now, so I guess somewhat less?

CamdenWarehouse

12:32

Pujols at least has racked up some WAR over his contract

Balked

12:33

What is the most money a team decided to absorb just to cut a failing player (e.g. if the Orioles decided to waive Chris Davis at the end of this season)?

Dan Szymborski

12:34

The NPV of Davis's contract was like $126 million at the time he was signed. This isn't like Sutter; the O's got that money deferred *without interest*

Pujols has been worse than that.

I rather lose $50 than get $5 back of $100.

GSon

12:34

Who is this Carlos Santana guy that hits in April?..

Dan Szymborski

12:34

Maybe he swapped with other Carlos Santana

Frank

12:34

How many times a week are asked how to pronounce your last name?

Dan Szymborski

12:35

Usually depends how many radio shows I do that I haven't done in the past

usually 2-3

Laxtonto

12:35

At what point do you mentally accept a player is not going to make it? Analytically you can pick a fair safe threshold, but mentally people want to give some players the benefit of the doubt but not others... Why oh great sage?

Dan Szymborski

12:35

I generally give up for good at 30

12:36

Up until then, I think they should be given every chance to succeed, even if it's only as a role player

once you get into decline phase, it's harder to justify

Adam

12:36

What do you think is the shortest degree of separation from a player playing today to Babe Ruth?

Dan Szymborski

12:37

Julio Franco was born in 1892, I think, so probably hoim

12:38

More seriously, it might be Colon.

I believe the key to getting degress of separation down is 1980 White Sox

12:39

because of Minnie Minoso

Minoso played with Joe Gordon and Gordon gives you a clean path to Ruth through a lot of late 30s Yankees

12:40

And Bartolo played with Baines who was on the 1980 White Sox

12:40

Which team do you think os in for a longer rebuild? Marlins or Orioles?

Dan Szymborski

12:40

Orioles based on the talent the teams currently have

But I think the Orioles are likely better run

Laxtonto

12:41

At what point is Choo a legitimate trade possibility to Cle? He’s bad in the OF but, come on Tribe don’t do this to yourself running that OF every day...

Dan Szymborski

12:41

THe Indians didn't care about the OF before, not sure why they sould now