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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 6/2/22

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1:02

You've mentioned in the past that Yuli Gurriel is one of the players that ZiPS consistently underrates the most. Yet this season ZiPS has a very optimistic ROS outlook for him despite a pretty terrible start that doesn't seem to be the result of unluckiness. What's going on there? Was his 2021 just that good that it finally forced his projections upwards?

Dan Szymborski

1:03

ZiPS missed supe rhigh once too!

I think ZiPS is just confused by Gurriel

Appa Yip Yip

1:03

I just had a very tasty lunch (tuna melt and tabouleh salad) pls clap

GBS42

1:03

So you're closer to Dayton? We'll be at Carillon the next day, July 10. I'm not sure which weekend you meant you may be in Baltimore. Regardless, I recommend all baseball fans check out a vintage game.

Dan Szymborski

1:03

Yup, closer to Dayton

1:05

I'm in Washington Township. I say between Dayton and Cincy because I'm south of the first

Matt

1:05

So $30/month for standalone NESN is pretty nuts, right? I mean I expect $15/month as the maximum reasonable amount for 1 channel. Even HBO never got $30 a month.

Dan Szymborski

1:05

Sports fandom is the big whale of subscriptions

I think we paid nearly that for Home Team Sports for O's games in the early 90s

1:06

by which I mean mom

A Boy Named Yu

1:06

Isn't a 96mph Changeup really just a splitter, and a hard splitter at that?

Dan Szymborski

1:06

One could argue a splitter is just a kind of change

These categories are surprisingly arbitrary with really faded boundaries

Pitches are like Maryland towns

1:08

Most places in Maryland aren't incorporated in any way

and the names are basically simply local tradition

Like Towson is a place

And everyone in Maryland KNOWS where Towson is

1:09

but there's no real Towson boundary or Towson definition or Towson taxes or Towson government

1:10

Except for Baltimore, in MD, local government is county based

Pitches are like that

Happy Birthday Season Dan

1:10

If you were a Pirates fan, on a scale of 1-10, what would you rate the chances of contending for a playoff spot sometime in 2023-2024? I'm not Tom Cruise in A Few Good Men, so I can, indeed, handle the truth.

Dan Szymborski

1:10

I think the Pirates *can* contend, but they'll only have brief spurts because ownership isn't willing to put them over the top

The lack of investment in the team really killed the last good Pirates teams

Alex

1:10

Are we still in full panic mode on Votto since his return?

Dan Szymborski

1:11

No, he's playing better, thankfully

Sirras

1:11

Do you find it sad/difficult to watch a player with a lengthy and successful career struggle and ultimately get cut?

Dan Szymborski

1:11

I do

I'm really happy that Pujols has had a spurt of role player usefulness at the very end

1:12

Because the last half-decade of him with the Angels was Scott's Tots cringey

1:13

Watching one of the greatest players of the 00s spend the last *quarter* of a Hall of Fame career being Ron Coomer with worse defense is just awful to watch

I'd flip away most of the time if I had an Angels game on when he was up

Baltimore's usage of Chris Davis was almost like they were trying to *humiliate* him

A Boy Named Yu

1:13

What's for lunch? I'm starving but only have an apple and an adult lunchable today so I need to live vicariously through you!

Dan Szymborski

1:14

I had some beef jerky and the rest of the flat soda I left on my desk wheN i went to bed

A Boy Named Yu

1:14

Tarik Skubal is also rebel scum. Him, Lars, and Jett are thorns in the side of the Empire.

Scrapper

1:14

Are there any particular type of players who have smoother transitions to the majors?

Dan Szymborski

1:14

Good ones :)

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