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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 5/20/2019

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Dan Szymborski

1:00

^^^^ I actually answered this question a few lines ago, I just failed to hit the correct button. It wasn't a completely non sequitur.

Mike

1:01

So, all of the talk in the offseason about whether Adam Ottavino could strike out Babe Ruth got me thinking: would any major league pitcher at this point have trouble striking out Eddie Gaedel? If someone threw him in a game right now and a pitcher had six pitches (three balls to spare) they could all get three strikes over the plate at the correct height, right?

Dan Szymborski

1:01

I think most could with some practice.

1:01

We haven't even brought Markakis or fake prospects yet, Turtles.

Dan Szymborski

1:01

I MADE KAKEY REAL

1:02

Morbo

1:02

Dammit I was hoping that you programmed using assembly language like a true monster

Dan Szymborski

1:02

Jus tdon't have the background

LFC Mike

1:02

is it a source of pride or shame that you have the most bizarre chats of any FG writer?

Dan Szymborski

1:03

Pride and shame are the same chinese character!

(hoping nobody actually know Chinese here)

Let's finish with leftover Szymborski images from this week

I like finding fun pitches in StatCast with very specific criteria. For example, only ten pitches in StatCast's "waste" zones have been hits this year. Here's Ronald Acuña with one of those 10, the one with the highest spin rate.