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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 5/18/23

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Dan Szymborski

12:41

The Contreras situation was a whole Bucket of Stupid

but people grossly underrate teams that get off to unexpectedly poor starts

Eephus Heat

12:41

Do you think Colas is anything other than an average MLB OF? Is a 20/10 peak?

Dan Szymborski

12:41

Not really, no

Syndergaardengnomes

12:41

Vientos puts up Barry Bonds numbers at AAA, Mets hold off on promoting him. They finally do, he hits 4 balls 100 MPH last night, including a 2 run HR to tie the game, and today he's benched for Tommy Pham and Daniel Vogelbach. Is this Eppler or Showalter with the horrendous decisions?

Dan Szymborski

12:41

I would GUESS Buck

Sum

12:42

Dan, apologies for the probably LMGTFY-able question. if a player is called up, sent down, etc. - is their paycheck the big league min while they are on the 26-man, and then their minor league salary if/when they're sent back down? or does the old "contract was selected from" language mean that they're now entirely on a new contract, even when sent back down, and they now get the big league min for perpetuity? or some other?

Dan Szymborski

12:44

They're not on a new contract really, they're on optional assignment. When they're on the 40-man roster then their minimums fall under the CBA

For players in their first-time on a 40-man roster, but playing in the minors, their minimum is $58,800

12:45

and for players on split contracts , the minimum is $117,400

In other words, a second MLB contract

Steve O

12:45

If Bellinger keeps this up all year, does he get 9 figures?

Dan Szymborski

12:45

Yes

Buctober

12:47

Why does bryan reynolds always hit better with the stache? Does his xSWAG or SWAG+ increase in a meaningful way?

Dan Szymborski

12:47

The power of mustaches

12:48

ZiPS suggests, for 2 last years of arb + 3 years of FA, 5/85 for Keller

Baty for Coco Crisps

12:48

Is there a way to see who has the most 400 foot outs? It feels like Acuna’s had like 5.

Dan Szymborski

12:48

There is!

12:51

Statcast only has one 400-foot out for Acuna

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/sporty-videos?playId=4b552467-d19d-4f20...

Matt Chapman leads the majors with four 400-foot outs

Kerry Carpenter, Rodolfo Castro, and Kyle Tucker have two

12:52

And then 49 players have a single one

Cat Latos

12:52

How do my cat frens do?

Dan Szymborski

12:52

Justinian's sleeping in his cat bed on my left desk

I heard someone barf on the stairs, which I have to clean up after this chat

I think that was Constantine as that was 12:30 and that's when he starts getting restless about his upcoming dinner

12:53

Cassiopeia was asleep in the spoon of the cat tree in the upstairs TV room

and Mercutio was last seen, about 11 AM, sleeping on top of one of the pillows on the big living room couch

12:54

That's his favorite place now - that used to be Galileo's favorite place because he could see both the front door and the fridge from that position

Nobody would use that spot for a couple years after he died

Guest

12:54

I am begging you to please fix Mike Trout and make him the best non-Ohtani baseball player again :(

Dan Szymborski

12:54

I mean, dude's on the wrong side of 30 now. Time is the ultimate badass

ham

12:55

Do you consider yourself a cat person?

Dan Szymborski

12:55

Not sure, I like dogs too, but cats are really clean and I don't have to get dressed and walk around the neighborhood with them at 6 AM

And I can leave cats alone for a week with daily checkups from my mom or sister

Kyle

12:56

Does Jackson Holliday have a chance to play in the majors this year if he earns a promotion to AA and has a wRC+ of 200 again for 40 games?

Dan Szymborski

12:56

I think so

LFC Mike

12:57

Who would you rate as "Composer most likely to cause career ending injury?"

Dan Szymborski

12:57

Liszt or Alkan?

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