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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 6/24/21

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Dan Szymborski

12:34

Late career Al Leiter?

Mike

12:34

Do you think the Nats are starting to pull themselves back into the playoff picture? Also, what do you think about Victor Robles's future

Dan Szymborski

12:35

It's a tough road because I think the NL West will have three playoff teams

12:36

I think the Nats have to add a starting pitcher and a 3B

Bendy Straw

12:36

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Dan Szymborski

12:36

ENCORSE

ENDORSE

Bendy Straw

12:36

Dude, I'm 43...it's not great

12:36

Back when I was 43, Mike Trout had zero WAR :)

Dan Szymborski

12:37

I liked when I was one of the young guys of sabermetrics in the late 90s with Dave Cameron. I am most certainly NOT now.

I got to talk with sport analytics students last week and I was old enough to be all of their dadas

dads

Jake

12:38

How much do you think Zips struggled with not having a minor league season in 20? Eg. how does it treat a guy like Bobby Witt Jr, who basically started his career as a 20yo in AA

Dan Szymborski

12:38

Quite a bit. We're missing good data for lots of players

Oddball Herrera

12:38

do you think there are enough Aliens fans out there these days that Nolan Gorman constantly has people yelling “you always were an asshole, Gorman” at him from the stands? If not, this is a huge missed opportunity

Dan Szymborski

12:38

That's a really esoteric heckle

Guest

12:38

Hi Dan - do you and the guys that run ATC/The BAT ever hang out and swap ideas for your systems? Are there any elements that have spread from one model to the other or are they just too different?

Dan Szymborski

12:39

No. All the projection guys are friendly as far as I can tell, but we tend to keep our work to ourselves

Now, it's possible they coudl be having secret meetings that exclude me, but I don't know about them if they do

Juan Soto

12:39

Thoughts on my performance so far? Is my value the same as before this season?

Dan Szymborski

12:39

I think nearly so

Norm

12:39

How are the indians still in the playoff hunt? Their roster stinks when you look at it.

Dan Szymborski

12:39

The Twins being awful has been very helpful

12:40

And until Bieber, they've had few really serious nasty surprises

Bendy Straw

12:40

Dude, was just at Wrigley last weekend, and you can spill a Chicago style on yourself...

Dan Szymborski

12:41

You can, but the dogs without chili are an order of magnitude safer

Curly W

12:41

Say the Nats hot streak ends and they fall WAY out of contention (like even Davey doing his thing can't bring them back). Could the Nats ship Scherzer and Schwarber for the Yankees for a package around Jasson Dominguez? Is that realistic?

Dan Szymborski

12:41

I don't think that's enough for Dominguez

Guest

12:41

do you think front offices have casual days, where they wear their sport polos untucked out of their khakis?

Dan Szymborski

12:41

I've never actually inquired or really paid attention to what front office people are waiting

12:42

Literally the only clothing thing I think about is the occasional "Oh crap, is this person going to be mad that I won't wear a tie?"

12:44

What's the longest run of a player beating his ZiPS projections that you recall?

Dan Szymborski

12:44

Gryboski had a good run some years ago

A cat

12:44

Have you seen any trends or evidence that points to better performances for older players that you would attribute to the shortened 2020 season? Less wear and tear leading to better off season recovery?

Dan Szymborski

12:44

Haven't seen anything yet, but I'm certainly watching!

Appa Yip Yip

12:45

Dan have you considered using psychic powers in ZiPS to make it more accurate?

Dan Szymborski

12:45

I'VE GOT NONE

Joe

12:45

Who is your favorite in the AL East?