JotCast | Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 6/1/23

Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 6/1/23

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Dan Szymborski

12:41

Probably. We'll see how it shakes out money-wise

Krusty

12:42

NYC Pitcher questions:

is Max Scherzer finding his stride? What do you expect going forward?
Gerrit Cole looked like a CYA candidate in April and... um, not that in May because his homeritis acted up. He's obviously a front end starter, but I don't think he can be an ace if he blows up this often (insofar as a distinction exists). What's your #take?

Dan Szymborski

12:42

His last couple of starts have looked really good

Mad Max

Though it's also against Guardians and Rockies, which you should look good against this year

But I think he's going the right direction, though I haven't dug into the nuts and bolts of the last two starts

12:43

I misread homeritis for a second

and thought it was another medical thing I hadn't heard of before, like E-Rod's pulley

12:44

Homers tend to be volatile

I'm actually slightly more worried that his whiff rates are eroding

Dutch A’s fan

12:46

How can our pitching be this bad??

Dan Szymborski

12:46

I'm actually a bit surprised

12:47

One things the A's tend to do well, aided by park, is crank out mediocre fourth/fifth starters like they're terrible Chuck Lorre sitcoms

but they're not finding those guys this year

Normally, you could give the A's a pile of cream of mushroom soup cans and it'll have a 4.40 ERA or something and 1.1 WAR over a season

12:48

But this season it's like they're just throwing the cans of soup into traffic at rush hour

this analogy is getting out of hand

SOUP IS EVERYWHERE

CARS ARE CRASHING

I DONT KNOW HOW I GOT HERE

Guest

12:48

Shockingly, Juan Soto was good at baseball this whole time. Who would've thought?

Jefferson

12:48

When does Dan Szymborski take over broadcast rights of an MLB team?

Dan Szymborski

12:49

I make a comfortable living, but I do not think anyone will extend me enough credit for that

and since I do not have a station, I'm not sure I can really make money off the broadcast rights

Endangered Marlin Fan

12:49

Obviously Bryan De La Cruz is not this good, but he is actually a decent player, right? Are the Marlins actually allowed to have decent hitters like this?

Dan Szymborski

12:50

What kinda sucks is that the Marlins accidentally fell into him

They entered the season with neither Sanchez or de la Cruz having full-time jobs

12:51

Becasue Avisail Garcia makes money

Freeman/Olson

12:52

Is it now time to say the Olson/ATL trade was a mistake? Freddie Freeman now leads MLB WAR. I think Alex Anthopoulos is a great GM, but it feels like he should have just given Freeman a sixth year and not overthought. ZIPs has Freddie at 3.1 WAR in 2025; not exactly falling off a cliff.

Dan Szymborski

12:52

I wouldn't go THAT far

and Freeman's still at ages where he's risky year-to-year

Will

12:52

Was just going to ask a Gunnar question funny enough. He seems to be improving offensively a little and definitely looks more comfortable at 3rd. Is this just eye-test or is there anything real behind it?

Dan Szymborski

12:53

He's certainly better at third than short. I just want him to get as much time at short as possible to see if he's good enough

Since that is the location with the highest upside

A Boy Named Yu

12:53

Can you please do a poll for me? Based only on playability and not focusing on updated rosters, which one is better? MLB The Show 22 or 23? Trying to figure out which one to buy to upgrade from 16.

Dan Szymborski

12:53

I didn't play MLB the Show 22!

I can't imagine 22 plays *better* as the changes tend to be incremental

I only got the cloud gaming working well enough to get back into MLB the Show this year

12:54

and thankfully, PS5s are now easy to snag, because I can't frigging hit a fastball on xbox cloud gaming

I thought that my reflexes had just slowed considerably since 2020!

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