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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 5/12/22

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Dan Szymborski

12:33

I sure as sugar hope so considering I put him in my breakout list! lol

Colton

12:33

Apparently the Padres are close to signing Cano to a big league deal. Any thoughts on that or how that could play out?

Dan Szymborski

12:34

They'll see what he has, release him if it's nothing

Reds Year

12:34

Re: Baseball announcers hating baseball. Going from tHom to John Sadak has been the best thing that has happened to the Reds in years

Guest

12:35

What's the best A-Rod foible? The connect 4 tweet? The centaur painting?

Dan Szymborski

12:35

Gotta be centaur or odd/even leads

TayLORD

12:36

At what point do we start considering Ward to not just be a bit better than last year (111 wRC+) but an elite hitter? (140+ wRC+). Dude is mashing, and it isn't empty - tons of walks.

Dan Szymborski

12:36

We're gettingcloser!

James

12:36

If I had a nickel for every time a player struck out on a pitch that hit him yesterday - I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice.

goat

12:36

So, Trout is obviously busting.

Dan Szymborski

12:36

Happy to be wrong about that one!

Bill

12:36

Does the dreadful start for the Red Sox mean a minor sell is likely at the deadline?

Dan Szymborski

12:37

Depends where they stand. They're not toast yet, but the bread IS in the oven.

Mattingly

12:39

What do I do about my closer situation??

Dan Szymborski

12:39

I think I'd just basically split it between Bender and Scott depending on batters

mario (from the nintendo)

12:39

Do you feel that Detroit is underperforming, or is this what they were ultimately destined for in 2022 (and that a lot of people pre-season were simply too optimistic)

Dan Szymborski

12:39

Underperforming

Armadillofury

12:39

Any hope for a Lux breakout? Plate discipline is good but he's not really driving the ball

Dan Szymborski

12:40

If I kept the faith on Mazara for that long, I certainly can do it for Lux

Inaccessible Rail

12:40

Now that the Phillies are pretty much out of it and need to cut payroll, shouldn't they salary dump Realmuto to the Mets? Mets seriously need a catcher upgrade.

Dan Szymborski

12:40

We STILL have them with playoff odds over one-in-three

12:41

And remember, the greater the Mets season, the wackier the twist of fate that screws them over in August will be

Armadillofury

12:41

Have their been any articles or studies on player performance coming off PED suspensions?

Dan Szymborski

12:41

I've looked at this over and over again in a lot of ways and have found absolutely nothing meaningful yet

Until I see *anything* convincing otherwise, I take PEDs as a player safety issue and a philosophical cheat -- like corked bats -- rather than something really altering

Mattingly

12:42

One more: So is Floro as the closer not happening any more??

Dan Szymborski

12:42

Not right now I don't think - I think caution given his shoulder is warranted

M's Fan

12:42

Jarred Kelenic: totally busted?

Dan Szymborski

12:42

I wouldn't say that, but we're going there

Dave

12:42

Does your system hate having to project a guy like Anthony Gose? Late career position change, and to a position that by definition doesn't receive much playing time to establish a baseline for the player. The variance between the three projection systems on his page is the highest I've personally seen, especially for a guy in the majors. ROS ERA projections are 3.26 vs 4.62 vs 5.97.

Dan Szymborski

12:43

Absolutely!

I'm more optimistic than ZiPS

mr honk

12:43

Is Kris Bryant openly feuding with the Monforts by next season's trade deadline?

Dan Szymborski

12:44

It's quite possible

David

12:44