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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat 5/15/25

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Dan Szymborski

12:22

That's too aggressive a conclusion

You can also say he was a guy who already had three 30-homer seasons having his peak year

MilwaukeeBeerJays

12:22

Good after morning Dan. FINALLY started playing FF XV and uh...its sooooo baaaad. The first message that pops up before the title screen: "A game for fans and newcomers". Yeah no. You get a car that you can't drive off roadways (at least not 10 hours in), it's set in like, a fever vision of Elivis' America (WHY?) and there are useless cut scenes when you FUEL YOUR CAR....that you can't even fully control. It's insane to me that Square made something like FF6 (one of their masterpieces) in 1994 that's just so much better - and even comparing it to nIER Automata which was developed along side it....

Dan Szymborski

12:23

I don't really mind Final Fantasy XV, but it's definitely one of my least favorite of the series.

I like old school JRPGs, so I'm not super crazy about where the series is.

I'm way more excited at a new Falcom RPG than a new Square one these days

12:24

(Though I'm all for a IX remaster like VII got!)

wheelhouse

12:24

goldschmidt real? at minimum, seems like he can hang on for a while longer if a team is willing to soft-platoon him against tougher rhp

Dan Szymborski

12:25

Eh, there's a lotta BABIP in there. Even giving him a higher one from his history, there's a lot of helium

Mike Fichera

12:25

It appears to me that the Mets GM/PBO - Stearns version of moneyball is run prevention. He has focused on contact groundball pitchers since he arrived (juiced ball doesn't hurt them if it happens) Mets have allowed the fewest runs in the league. He has shown a willingness to run out someone who hits .180 but plays a good centerfield (Siri at first, now Taylor)- as an RBI and a run prevented are weighted a bit more evenly in this front office. Is the trend setting or just good execution of a known addage?

Dan Szymborski

12:25

I'm not sure it's a trend but he uses what he has on hand well.

Guest

12:25

What is your routine to keep up to date on baseball happenings (scores, stats, stories, etc.)?

Dan Szymborski

12:25

Mostly chaos

12:26

I don't tend to do things in an orderly fashion

12:26

So what's up with the orioles?

Dan Szymborski

12:26

The pitching sucks and the hitting seems to want to suck out of solidarity

MilwaukeeBeerJays

12:26

Mostly asking because fantasy: Is Marcus Semien cooked? Seems like he might be starting the decline phase of his career, at least at the dish.

Dan Szymborski

12:27

I was already worried in the spring enough for him to be in my busts article, and 2025 certainly hasn't changed my mind

Kapman

12:27

Who's going to be brought up first: Marcelo Mayer or Roman Anthony? And how do you view that timeline?

Dan Szymborski

12:28

I tend to think Anthony becuase I think they can juggle their defensive alignment more easily to get playing time

I'll say midseason

Lord Thunder

12:28

Will the O's finish at .500 or above this season?

Dan Szymborski

12:28

I think no. They basically have to play almost at 90+ win pace to get to .500 now.

12:29

So it's POSSIBLE, but it's nto the way to bet

Rushing it

12:30

Since the Dodgers have a pretty good DH and a pretty solid catcher, where are they expecting Rushing to play? If I have Smith at C, should I be worried about PT (I also have Ohtani, but...)

Dan Szymborski

12:30

They haven't given him much OF this season, but it's also the logical place for him to play other than C

12:31

1B/DH is kinda awkward since you have Freeman and Ohtani there

I can't imagine they won't give him more PAs than they squeezed out for Barnes

12:32

and it would be crazy to curtail Will Smith playing time other than trying to keep him fresher

and the Dodgers aern't crazy

Ampersand

12:33

Stuck trolling the waiver wire for a second baseman in my redraft league. How would you rank Cronenworth, D Moore, Schneemann, Norby?

Dan Szymborski

12:33

I think the first two are close and the second two are close to each other, but clearly behind

12:34

Cronenworth is a meh defensive 2B, but you don't have to take the hit

Guest

12:34

do you mow your own lawn, or have a service do it?

Dan Szymborski

12:34

service

12:36

They cut every two weeks and spray for weeds. I think I pay $80-something, but it's automatically paid so I don't pay too much attention

I don't need my lawn super short, just enough that the neighbors don't complain. And I definitely don't want to do it myself because seasonal allergies

From the Mt Washington Light rail stop

12:36

It's time for the O's to punt their season now, right? I half expected Hyde to lose his job last night after being swept in the double header. Don't know what else there is to add right now, and tho i understand Kjerstad and Mayo have been pretty bad in the bigs, there really is no point in having older, lower ceiling level players play ahead of them, no?

Dan Szymborski

12:37

Not necessarily punt, but anything they do that helps 2025 better help 2026-2028

I've spent a lot of time where you are!

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