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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 5/14/20

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Dan Szymborski

12:27

Like Castellanos COULD be the DH. But he'd still have to outhit Yordan and J.D>

Bologna Tugboat

12:27

Eating tacos with a fork should be punishable by death. For God sakes.

Duchess

12:27

Who is the worst player currently on an active MLB roster, excluding Rule 5 picks.

Dan Szymborski

12:27

Chris Davis

Evan

12:27

Have you ever looked at a ZiPS projection for Michael Jordan? Legitimately can't decide if I want to believe Terry Francona (MJ would've made the majors) or if I want to believe that a 31-year-old who hit .203 in AA stood no chance.

Dan Szymborski

12:27

I haven't, mainly because it'll be predictably awful

Bologna Tugboat

12:28

Favorite event to watch on ESPN 8 "The Ocho"? I found professional rock skipping to be exhilarating. That said, some dudes could really benefit from a Rapsodo/Edgetronic. Poor spin efficiency on those rocks.

Dan Szymborski

12:28

SCHOO BUS FIGURE OF 8

pepper

12:28

If the minor leagues are materially cut back, then wouldn't that lead to a boom for independent leagues?

Dan Szymborski

12:29

It MIGHT, but I'm not sure how much of the interest in these teams goes away when they're not connected with prospects and such.

This is a tough question for me to answer because I simply don't have the perspective of a more casual fan who just likes the sport

pepper

12:29

If I owned a team and we had 50 man rosters, then I'd add Mike Tyson as a "designated hitter". NO ONE would throw at my batters as in a bench clearing brawl, we've got Iron Mike on our team!

LFC Mike

12:29

A knife and fork is acceptable for a soft taco. But if the soft taco wraps itself in a complete circle doesn't it become a burrito?

Dan Szymborski

12:29

It's nestled, not encased

ben

12:29

Is lack of minor-league games due to COVID the final nail in the coffin of Tim Tebow's career?

Dan Szymborski

12:30

If his play can't end it, nothing will!

Szan Dymborski

12:30

Like, I stopped watching football for several years because the NFL wasn't addressing concussions enough...

Dan Szymborski

12:30

I still watch the NFL but I feel vaguely dirty

Szan Dymborski

12:30

At what point do the fans have a responsibility to boycott baseball to enforce some semblance of decency towards minor leaguers?

Dan Szymborski

12:31

I tend to be of the belief that a boycott only matters if it both has concrete goals that can be achieved and a plausible path to success.

Short of those two things, you're only denying yourself the product, not the seller.

Alex

12:32

I didn’t get to read Craig’s article yesterday about the proposal for resuming play. Was gonna read it now. Why was it taken down?

Dan Szymborski

12:32

Was it?

I'm unaware of anything going on but my piece.

Ted's Question Emporium

12:32

Szan you missed the offseason, they found a workaround ASAP

Dan Szymborski

12:32

Wait, what's going on?

Some Dummy

12:32

Any players instagrams have you changing your opinion on their value? Vlad's looked like he's cut weight for example, but pictures/the internet lie

Dan Szymborski

12:32

No, I don't really care about people's pictures unless they amuse me.

Guest

12:32

Is there a world where it makes sense for players to exchange some form of revenue sharing this year for access to the owner's books going into the CBA negotiation next year?

Dan Szymborski

12:33

I actually have a piece in the hopper FOR SOME POINT guessing what an actual revenue sharing proposal would need to have with it to at least be debated and taken seriously.

Becuase this one can't be and isn't.

Guest

12:33

Thanks Dan on the games finished, in your time at Baseball Think Factory, I remember you publishing a ZIPS for players who were major league ready but left in the minors too long/WAR translations (Edgar Martinez, Carlos Delgado, Brian Giles come to mind). If possible, can you do a refresh to modern day data dump? Or maybe an idea for a multi article series?

Dan Szymborski

12:33

Did I do all those guys?

I don't recall, honestly.

LFC Mike

12:33

Greetings Dan. So far Han Dong-min has an OPS of 1.440. Sustainable? or is your answer "It's May"?

Dan Szymborski

12:33

MAY

pepper

12:33

I'm not boycotting baseball or football for the sins of the owners. This is my entertainment rather than a crusade. Players do have the option to pursue other careers. It's a free country.

Dan Szymborski

12:33

Everybody's entitled to their opinion.

12:34

I don't boycott mostly because I don't see the structure to make a boycott plausible. AND EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, since this is my job and I have a fairly high threshold for outrage to switch to a new career at 41.9

LFC Mike

12:34

If your chili is thick enough can you eat it with a knife and fork or would that be punishable by death?

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