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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 5/16/24

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Dan Szymborski

12:45

A young writer who wants to get into baseball analytics would probably be best served, I think, by simply pitching an article about a subject

and then get paid for it

McGraw45

12:46

At what point is it fair to abandon your team for another? Do you have to switch leagues if you do that? (NL->AL, e.g.)

Dan Szymborski

12:46

I think that's a personal decision

>this guy<

12:46

Dan, re: The Athletic's trio of pearl-clutching articles about the death knell of starters, isn't it possible the decrease in innings is a result of playoff expansion? when an extra win for a .500- talent team can get them in a playoff game, doesn't cycling through 5 relievers starting in the 4th inning in May make more sense? I heard a national Athletic baseball reporter I kinda enjoy call the the decrease in starting pitching "disturbing" and all I could think was "look out the window, please."

Dan Szymborski

12:46

I think moral panics are a problem everywhere, including baseball

Teams are simply less aggressive for a lot of reasons

Falastin

12:47

Which CLE extension do you think takes more priority: Josh Naylor or Steven Kwan ?

Dan Szymborski

12:47

naylor. he's closer to FA easily

Yosef Gewurtz

12:48

which player has surprised you the most this season? (Either good or bad)

Dan Szymborski

12:48

Flaherty

Homer

12:48

Did I understand you correctly that Jay Jaffe hasn't voted in a year end award in his career to date? That seems like an indictment of the voter selection criteria as much as NY state having a deep baseball journalist roster/minor league system

Dan Szymborski

12:48

correct

unless he did one last year, I don't think I've talked with him about it since last year

but I don't think he did

BBWAA chapter heads assign the awards

12:49

Cincinnati has like 10-12 people active at a time and not all want to vote

so giving out votes is really easy

12:50

Cincy has 11 right now

12:51

McCoy, Wittenmeyer, Rosecrans, Jablonski, Snyder, Sheldon, Szymborski, Goldsmith, Stacy, Shusterman, Jason Williams

12:52

By my count, New York chapter has 133 members

out of 681 badges

12:53

Milwaukee has 8

JasonKendall

12:53

Why are we still Rowdy Tellezing?

Dan Szymborski

12:54

The Pirates think there's a position called mediocre first baseman

John B

12:54

Do you think Mozeliak has a plan B or C or D or E or F

Dan Szymborski

12:54

I posted them!

12:55

Belli

12:56

Bellinger would love a return to the 2019 ball

Dan Szymborski

12:56

Bellinger has the weirdest profile

nothing ever seems to match what he's doing, good or bad

like last year, there evidence seemed to be the higher BA stuff was more sustainable than the power

yet the power stayed this year and the higher BA stuff has eroded

Guest

12:56

Is FG still updating Asian league stats? I don’t see any NPB stats for La Tortuga. Does that mean he isn’t getting into games there, or just not updated on the site?

Dan Szymborski

12:56

We still update KBO

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