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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 6/2/22

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Dan Szymborski

12:24

Remember, he was drafted *before* his Heisman season

12:25

And he mostly watched Baker Mayfield the year before

Dan B

12:25

Hi Dan, Jack Suwinski (PIT OF) was given a 20 Fielding value, but having watched him his 1st 31 MLB games, he looks pretty good defensively, producing a -.1 Defense Value, with the manager also playing him in CF some, & also appears faster than his 30 grade. In your opinion, has he improved vastly over those previous weak spots, or was the evaluation on him off?

Dan Szymborski

12:25

A little soon for that

12:26

ZIPS had him about a -3 per season in right

and it's likely nearly independent from scouts

Greg

12:26

When I saw in last week's chat that you actually hadn't heard about Ray Liotta's death until the very end of it that fact made me incredibly happy. Because that meant that you didn't completely 100% understand my elaborate Field of Dreams/Simpsons Flying Hellfish question/joke when you printed it, which would have made it seem even more unhinged and insane. But you printed it anyway. The real MVP

Dan Szymborski

12:27

Sometimes, I get the inkling that something is a good joke even if I dont' personally understand it

Oh, on McKenzie, he WAS on my breakouts list, so I have a vested interested in him maintaining the BABIP!

Appa Yip Yip

12:29

Are you buying Danny Jansen's José Bautista impression? He's drawing walks and pulling bombs like a champ.

Dan Szymborski

12:30

a little soon for THAT

x2R

12:30

Hi Dan. On some broadcasts I've watched recently I've seen broadcasters downplay BBs, or show near contempt when a hitter gladly accepts them. why don't they understand the value or accept the value of bb/plate discipline? WHYYY? That's even one of the things that keeps some hitter struggling relative fine

Dan Szymborski

12:30

Everything's WAY better than it was 25 years ago broadcast wise!

Lily

12:30

Is it too soon to call Tarik Skubal a budding ace? What do you make of his season so far?

Dan Szymborski

12:31

I don't think it's unreasonable. And he's pitching as well as his ERA

The Great Giambino

12:31

My mother's birthday was yesterday, I'm honored she has the same birth month as you

Eli

12:31

Happy birthday (season)!

Inaccessible Rail

12:31

The new FG shirts look awesome! Kudos to whoever designed them!

Dan Szymborski

12:31

That would be Luke Hooper!

https://twitter.com/_lukehoop?lang=en

Kuzenheimer

12:32

Christopher Morel better than Starlin Castro?

Dan Szymborski

12:32

Certainly far more interesting at this point

12:33

Morel blew up in teh minors too this year

12:34

Castro's funny. He's been so mediocre since his promising start that he's now descended into this weird area where every time you see him, you're moderately surprised that he's still in baseball and how he's in his *12th* season somehow

He's the According to Jim of baseball players

Did you know they made EIGHT seasons of that?

Andre

12:35

Dan thanks for doing this- thoughts on how playing time for MJ Melendez plays out with the returns of Salvy/ Gallagher/Isbell and eventual promotion of the Italian stallion? He seems to have earned himself an everyday role.

Dan Szymborski

12:35

At the very least he should push Ryan O'Hearn out

12:36

I'm legitimately unsure, the Royals confuse me

12:37

They literally played Alcides Escobar for YEARS past when there was any reason to, right up until his contract ended.

12:38

It took them two and a half years to figure out the Omar Infante signing was idiotic when it took everyone else two and a half minutes after the announcement

Eric

12:38

Is today your birthday? If so, greetings to a fellow June 2nd baby.

Dan Szymborski

12:38

No, it's the season. I'm a 6/19.

Insert Witty Name Here

12:39

Have you see ‘We Own This City’? Have you ever been roughed up by the Baltimore Police or have they unconstitutionally stolen your abacus?

Dan Szymborski

12:39

It's on my "to watch" list but it's hard for me to get through TV stuff during the baseball season

12:40

I have never had any kind of runin with Baltimore cops.

12:41

For one, I was a suburban kid, so my haunt was Towson, Lutherville, Cockeysville, etc.

12:42

And the cops probably clocked me as my appearance suggests "harmless failure son of someone probably far more successful and lawsuit prone"

Eric the Red

12:42

This the year that Mazara finally becomes a player? Seems to be destroying the ball in AAA

Scotty G

12:42

Nomar Mazara has been mashing in triple-A. Any reason to believe he's finally figured it out?

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