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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 6/25/18
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steve
2:48
are you a big classical music fan? favorite composers?
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:48
Yes.  Mahler, Bruckner, Messiaen, Liszt, Hummel
2:49
My music collection is incredibly OCD when it comes to organization
steve
2:50
recommendations if you like dark, minor key stuff?
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:50
Pettersson's 6th may be the darkest classical work I've ever heard
2:51
Among more popular stuff, maybe Shostakovich's 8th string quartet
Look Dude
2:51
Is there anyone or anything out there that does an actual analysis on how different systems did at players preseason projections?
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:51
Someone does something every year
I don't usually publish cross-projection stuff I look at
I have an insurmountable conflict of interest
Brian
2:52
Dan - question for you on Dan Straily. Comparing year over year his pitch types/velocity look about the same and the swinging strike rate is still over 10% but his hard contact rate has spike from 32% to near 50%. Anything that jumps out to you as a reason for the spike? Thanks!
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:53
I'd have to dig into brooksbaseball etc to verify this, but from the starts I've seen from him, it doesn't look like he's varying the speeds of his shitty fastball all that well this year and leaving more to hang in the wheelhouse
Billy Eppler
2:54
Could, should, and will I get Choo to bat in front of Trout?
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:54
Wuldn't be a bad idea.  Choo's healthy and really really godo this year
Factory of Sadness
2:54
It's possible to have your eyes open to people's beliefs without avoiding their art entirely. But then again, I was raised on George Szell recordings
Kiermaier's Nasal Vestibulitis
2:54
With Jaun Soto and a hopefully healthy Victor Robles in 2019...do the Nationals let Harper walk and average out his salary amongst other players to build a deeper  team?   Pancakes or Waffles ..one or the other...not both. Explain.
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:55
I don't think they average out the salary in a victory for the baseball proletariat
And waffles.  Waffles are easier to store stuff inside.
The Old Buccaneer
2:55
Chaos Blades or Leviathan Axe?
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:55
I'm a fan of axes
AND MY AXE!
The Old Buccaneer
2:55
Have you been to the Orioles’ stadium in Sarasota? If so, how is it?
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:56
Not since they renovated it
Bo
2:56
If you're a big money team (Yankees, Cubs, Dodgers), how high would you be willing to go for Harper for this offseason?
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:56
$250 million.  There are some risks with Harper.
The thing with Harper is that he's a terrific player and immensely talented.
2:57
but we still only have one OMFG BRYCE HARPER IS GOD SEASON
The fact that he'll be only 26 in year 1 is great
but if I'm going to $300 million, I want the player to be so awesome that if my chief rival signs him, there'll be nothing I can do but quietly wait for death to come.
Billy Beane
2:58
Do you have any intentions of adding cats to your home as some are going? I think you could really blow up by posting kitten pictures in addition to wrestling and baseball and chili.
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:58
I have a near kitten!
She fetches a hair tie.
5 Run Homer
2:58
Cat update?
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:58
Galileo is meowing for food.  Cassiopeia is bullying Mercutio.  The usual
My name is Judge...
2:58
john harper and tom verducci claiming the sox rebuild is a failure not yet 2 years in because their 23 year old 2b and 21 year old sp are not mlb all stars.  a bit premature on that?
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:58
Yeah, that's a bit premature
Matt
2:59
You're snide comment about the O's potentially releasing Machado got me thinking. This is a real possibility, isn't it? In a "na na boo boo" kinda way where Angelos somehow thinks he's outsmarting his opponents.
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:59
NOT FUNNY
James
2:59
Is Kyle Tucker an upgrade for the Astros at the moment? How much audition should he get for a potential playoff roster spot?
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