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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 5/19/22

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CeddyBReady

1:12

I'm convinced that Coby Mayo is like 70 grade soap opera name. Just sounds made up.

Rip Calkin

1:12

Was Boggs arguing the whole time over who was England's greatest Prime Minister?

The Great Giambino

1:12

Not sure if you are the right person to direct this to, but hopefully you could point this in the right direction. On a team's page (i.e. Yankees, Mets, etc.), would it be possible to remove players with 0 PA from the "Batting Stats Leaders" section since we now have the universal DH? Would be a huge quality of life change for me personally

Dan Szymborski

1:13

I can bring that up

Guest

1:14

When should the White Sox start to panic about their offense?

Dan Szymborski

1:14

If Vaughn's OPS continues to slide and Jimenez has setbacks

Jim Leyland Palmer

1:15

What is the website to generate those images? I'd like to horrify some friends

Dan Szymborski

1:15

https://huggingface.co/spaces/dalle-mini/dalle-mini

Not baseball but my favorite so far

Matt VW

1:16

Ryan Mountcastle is a plus plus soap opera name.

Farhandrew Zaidman

1:16

Seconding Giambino’s request.

Charles Nobbis

1:16

Is it pronounced “Szymborski” or “Szymborski”?

Dan Szymborski

1:16

"Smith"

Webster

1:16

Candy Cummings is another interesting name for another interesting profession.

Zach

1:16

Even with the dead ball, Corbin Burnes has already given up more home runs this year than last season. Have you seen anything that may cause the early home run struggle?

Dan Szymborski

1:16

Not really

1:17

HR/9 divorced from other advanced stats isn't something to panic about

Because for pitchers, it's VERY volatile

Farhandrew Zaidman

1:17

I am once again asking the baseball world to put respect on Tony Gonsolin’s name. Dude is sneaky very good!

Dan Szymborski

1:17

Burnes wans't going to keep the 2021 HR rate any more than Bauer was going to keep the 2018 HR rate

Bobby

1:17

Hader hasn’t given up a run this year yet or in 34 1/3 regular season innings dating back to last season. Is his elite-ness somewhat overlooked with all the hot new relievers popping up?

Dan Szymborski

1:18

I think he's sufficiently loved

OK, let's start the lightning round

at least after the guy who has a two part question and I want to see it before sabotaging him

But he's gotta get it ther quickly!

1:19

The rule of the Lightning Round is simple: I have to answer everything so long as it's not baseball or one of the veto-able subjects (politics, personal life, work)

1:20

For example: the guy who keeps asking me to define fetus personhood, I'm not touching that with a 33 1/2 pole held by Jeff Bridich

Steve O

1:20

I have a major board exam in two weeks and I'm sufficiently freaked out. Any advice?

Dan Szymborski

1:21

If you were unqualified, you wouldn't be in a position to take the exam. You'll either pass it or not, and either you'll pass and if you don't, you'll adjust as people do in life. So it's best to only worry about what you control and that's simply knowing the subject and doing the best you can.

Guest

1:21

How do we know if you are not a real human but an online avatar for the neural network...

Dan Szymborski

1:21

You don't

Nerd!

1:21

Have you ever played Dungeons & Dragons?

Dan Szymborski

1:21

Yes, but not a ton as my friends weren't into that