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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 4/9/18

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Tim Tebow's Thunder Thighs

2:20

RE: players eating common folk food, do they ever bring in meals from outside a la chicken for Cerrano?

Dan Szymborski

2:20

I've actually never inquired.

Gub Gub

2:20

OK, do you think baseball players ever load up a hot dog with as much free condiments as possible because at those prices I

'm getting some value, goddamnit!

Tim not Anderson

2:20

Will Tim Anderson break out this year? his walk rate is up from negative a million and he already had 5 sb's. any thoughts?

Dan Szymborski

2:20

Cautious optimistic.

Lunch Angle

2:21

Do ballplayers wear sunscreen in the field?

Dan Szymborski

2:21

Varies

The rumor is always that almost every pitcher does...for nefarious reasons

Towel

2:22

BR has Matt Chapman tightly as the most valuable charach

Mr. Freeze

2:22

Ryan Flaherty, Preston Tucker, and Nick Markakis all appear to be shoe-ins for the all star team. Think any of them end up regressing?

Dan Szymborski

2:22

Never

Scherzer's Blue Eye

2:22

But the Mets...oh right...April

someone

2:22

are the braves ... good?

Dan Szymborski

2:22

I keep telling you guys that they're very likely a near .500 team right now in talent and have huge upside all over the place

CJ03

2:22

I'm overreacting about *insert player here* can you give me some month-related context for why I shouldn't panic?

Dan Szymborski

2:22

April

Rox Fan

2:22

Only ten games in, but my concerns about the offense for the Rockies are feeling very justified.

Dan Szymborski

2:22

I'm getting in fights with Rockies fan on Twitter

Gub Gub

2:22

Do they make a Jitterbug version of a keyboard? I'm sick of hitting the enter key with these sausage hands

Dan Szymborski

2:22

It's called hot dog fingers and it's a serious illness!

Tim Tebow's Thunder Thighs

2:22

When is the last time someone came into spring training, dominated at a new level, and actually carried that throughout the whole season? Andruw Jones in 2005 comes to mind but I can't think of any more recent examples of that magnitude.

Dan Szymborski

2:22

Cliff Lee?

2:23

This is a hard Q for me, because I immediately forget spring training stats

Towel

2:23

BR has Matt Chapman rightly as the most valuable player in baseball. But FG seems stuck in the dark ages with him at second? Get it together guys! PS: Ohtani is good

RotoLando

2:23

Where the Hell is Willie Calhoun?

Dan Szymborski

2:23

Since he does actually need defensive experience, his Service Time Excuse Demotion is more plausible

Mark

2:25

Tell me something I should like about the Blue Jays

Dan Szymborski

2:26

There's a Thai place not far from the stadium where I had one of my top 3 favorite pad thai meals.

But I can't remember the name

Szymboooo Slice

2:26

Dan! You're back!

Bebop

2:26

Matt Kemp has a 0.1 defensive WAR rating so far, nine games in!

Eric

2:26

Is Newcomb's ability to throw strikes for real, and if it, is he a good breakout candidate?

Dan Szymborski

2:26

I'm more optimistic about these types of improvements

TKDC

2:26

The exception to “April” is banked wins and losses. The Mets are not better than the Nats, but you have to admit that is now a very competitive race now, right?

Dan Szymborski

2:26

Right now yes

2:27

April more for players

There's only so much you can bank as a player

Tim Tebow's Thunder Thighs

2:27

Who ends up with the more valuable career: Newcomb or Gohara?

Dan Szymborski

2:27

I'll still say Gohara