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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 5/6/21

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Joe

12:49

Chances that the league sets the all time worst BA mark this year?

Dan Szymborski

12:49

I'd say a good 70% or so

Sharps

12:50

Szymborskilli is just the part of your family that moved into the Caucasus

Jacques Pederson

12:50

Mr. Concerned in Indiana, that took me back to my rural Indiana elementary cafeteria school days

Numpty

12:50

Baked beans on toast is underrated. Thoughts?

Dan Szymborski

12:50

I don't like toppings on toast

just give me toast with butter or cream cheese

my girlfriend LOVES toast with butter and marmite

Jacques Pederson

12:50

I don't think the dropped third strike rule is much different than going to extra innings when the score is tied. Both rules are somewhat esoteric and part of what makes baseball special.

Appa Yip Yip

12:51

Robbie Ray hasn't walked a batter in his last three starts. How long of a stretch should we wait for until we start to think he's improved his command?

Dan Szymborski

12:51

YOU WERE CLOSE TO SAYING GHOST RUNNER ON SECOND IN WHICH CASE YOU'D BE HEARING FROM MY LAWYERS

Walk rate changes are significant VERY quickly

Jacques Pederson

12:51

Where I grew up there were two options: chili (normal style) and chili soup (normal chili plus macaroni and beans, plus it was a bit thinner)

Dan Szymborski

12:51

dahell?

Patience

12:51

Why is the answer not APRIL for the league-wide batting slump?

Dan Szymborski

12:51

We've had five gamedays in May!

Guest

12:51

More likely to sustain their breakout? Vlad Jr or Buxton?

Dan Szymborski

12:51

Vlad probably

Buxton is an injury risk

Sharp

12:52

Does anyone give Javy Baez a multi-year contract this year or does he have to take a one year?

Dan Szymborski

12:52

I think he'll get multi-year OFFERS, but I think it's more likely as of this moment that he takes a one-year because those might be very undwhelming

Kyler

12:52

I know you don't know the inner workings of Steamer but is there a reason that ZiPS is generally more conservative on pitchers than Steamer is?

Dan Szymborski

12:52

Unfortunately, you answered your own question!

I don't necessarily think that's true either, though I don't have the data in front of me to prove that

12:53

Hang on a sec

12:54

Bah, can't get it quickly

but I THINK ZiPS has slightly higher variance among pitchers

Isolated Thinker

12:54

Lots of IBB being issued in extras it seems. Do they count towards BB/9 for pitchers? Not really fair and quite misleading if they do.

Dan Szymborski

12:54

They do. Kinda dumb, but they're randomly distributed among pitchers enough that it usually hasn't been a big enough deal to care about

but there's an issue now

Al Gone Quinn

12:54

Looking to travel somewhere in June. Thinking about NYC, Puerto Rico or Anchorage? Where would you go?

Dan Szymborski

12:54

Anchorage

12:55

If I'm traveling in summer, I go somewhere cooler

Unless it's a work/social visit of course

Mike Trout

12:55

Ohtani is amazing but the walks are not. Would the Angels be better off making him an OF and closer? Don't say he shouldn't be a two-way player that's no fun.

Dan Szymborski

12:56

I think given his upside, the Angels should stick him with him in the rotation until he proves he can'd hack it

(not that) James

12:56

Ronald Acuna just decided to stop striking out without sacrificing any power, and I think that's swell.

Vote Dan

12:56

Is Elvis Andrus done?

Dan Szymborski

12:56

I think he is