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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 5/6/19

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Kiermaier's Piercing Green Eyes

12:16

How valuable would Mike Trout be if he suddenly were a catcher? What about a pitcher in the NL?

Dan Szymborski

12:17

He would master the position so thoroughly that he'd make every single pitch look like a strike and robot umps woudl be instituted by August, of course.

Braves fan

12:17

Do you think Mike Soroka can be one of the best pitchers in baseball one day?

Dan Szymborski

12:17

Can? Yes, but I think of him more as a #2 guy.

Lipstick

12:17

How are projected standings adjusted for injuries to major players? The Dodgers lost Pollack - a major WAR contributor - but their expected W/L doesn't seem to have changed at all

Dan Szymborski

12:18

The Dodgers are well-equipped to deal with injuries, given their history

Let's not forget, Pollock's chances of being injured were already baked into the cake.

Todd

12:19

Is Brandon Lowe the real deal? he seems to be duplicating his coming out party in AAA last year.

Dan Szymborski

12:19

Depends what you mean by real deal? Questions that are hard to falsify can be difficult to answer

12:20

If you mean real as in he's a .950 OPS guy, probably no.

But if you mean real as in increased confidence that he's perhaps a mid 800s guy now? Sure

LFC Mike

12:20

Can you list all the ways the Rockies will frustrate me by not playing Tapia everyday?

Dan Szymborski

12:20

They're all Desmond related!

Acunami

12:21

Ender Incarte for Franmil Reyes - who says no?

Dan Szymborski

12:21

Padres

Magic Kingdome

12:21

Do the Padres make a major "win now" move or just fiddle around the edges?

Dan Szymborski

12:21

I think they'll fiddle unless they see a real trade opportunity

Hbp

12:21

Who are some players that Zips is extremely aggressive on (a few years out), relative to other systems? I think I remember you mentioning Adell and Bieber in the past...

Dan Szymborski

12:21

Giovanny Gallegos

Soto

Alex Rodriguez

12:21

Do they have PEDs that help with singing the seventh inning stretch? Asking for a friend.

Dan Szymborski

12:21

PRACTICE IS A PED

Eminor3rd

12:21

Do we (the sad, pathetic few who have NOT watched HBO's Game of Thrones because we have been waiting for an unspoiled Winds of Winter) have any slight prayer, hope, or chance of avoiding spoilers about the ending? Is there any strategy that can be employed?

Dan Szymborski

12:21

Stay off social media completely

12:22

And waiting for George RR Martin to do his job is a fool's errand!