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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 5/14/20

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Dan Szymborski

12:17

That sounds like a lie

Ted the Question Asker

12:18

Thoughts on the Freddy Peralta from before the shutdown? I loved it, am starting to believe Ken Tremendous on this Stearns guy playing 48th dimension chess

Dan Szymborski

12:19

I'm fairly optimistic about Peralta. Uptick in velocity even if the results weren't great in 2019

Still command issues, but he's young

Insert Clever Name Here

12:19

Just wanted to say well done with the Joe Mauer piece. Definitely a great article in general, and a fascinating "what-if" scenario.

Dan Szymborski

12:19

Glad you enjoyed it! While we're out, I'm going to do a ZiPS Time Warp every other weeik.

LFC Mike

12:19

I had to wait a week to ask you this...does your mom follow the trend as set by Mr. Pitt and eat her candy bar with a knife and fork like she does her taco's? She would be pretty hip if she does.

Dan Szymborski

12:20

I honeslty can't recall her eating a candy bar.

But she eats lots of things with fork and knife. Pizza -- even easy to hold pizza -- and tacos

and cheesesteak

Seeforman

12:20

Brett Lawrie used to be my Jagger: bouncing all over the place but never really matching expectations

Dan Szymborski

12:20

That's a bit unfair given his career.

Guest

12:20

Hope you and your family are well Dan. Not sure where to direct this, but would be cool if the site could add games finished for pitchers, I like to look at this in combination with saves and run metrics when reviewing fireman.

Dan Szymborski

12:20

I can mention it, is it available in the custom? I really don't honestly know

12:21

It's not. I'll bring it up

Ted's Question Emporium

12:21

What are the current demographics of baseball today?

Dan Szymborski

12:21

Lots of people inside their houses!

Insert Clever Name Here

12:21

And now, which band best matches baseball players who have released songs or covers of some kind.

Dan Szymborski

12:22

I can't do MULTIPLE rock history baseball qs unless we REALLY get dead

Danny Almonte’s fastball

12:22

what do you think is an idea, baseball related or not, that you believe that you are most likely to be wrong about?

Dan Szymborski

12:22

Am I developing asthma or not.

12:23

I don't THINK I am, allergy season has been very bad for me this year

but I have a lot of the symptoms of a silent case of asthma

and I think I'll have to ask my doctor about it next time I'm there normally

12:24

(Most of my family has asthma)

Ted's Question Emporium

12:24

Do you think there is a hero in all of us? My aunt May gave a pretty good speech on the matter much time ago and said she does

Dan Szymborski

12:25

At some point, we've all had a hero inside of us, though some of us call it a hoagie/grinder/sub/etc.

LFC Mike

12:25

What do you think the minor leagues look like next year? How many teams could fold?

Dan Szymborski

12:25

I think MLB will largely get their wish.

It sucks, but at this point, they can just wait to see who can't survive the season and keep the rest.

Stevil

12:25

How is MLB going to watch and prevent teams from being sleazy and offering under-the-table incentives to undrafted players, other than a good hard "You better not, or else..."?

Dan Szymborski

12:25

MLB can institute some very dire things.

12:26

And really, if they're willing to do it now, they'd probably be willing to do it before

we've had caps for awhiel!

ben

12:26

As of today, do you think there will be baseball this year?

Dan Szymborski

12:26

Yes