JotCast | Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 6/27/24

Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 6/27/24

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Dan Szymborski

12:32

Not at all!

I have a weird hangup about having anything on my hands and wrists

i never wear a watch or any kind of ring

12:33

and even a bandaid, I'll basically take off as soon as accidentally hitting the area won't cause bleeding

12:34

so if I have a sticky spot or something, I'll get it off immediately

even if I just spit in my hand

(don't worry, I don't do this in public)

I wear latex gloves to do cat food or even a can of tuna

Grumpy in Gotham

12:34

Yankees manage .500 the second half? Seems like the same problem as last year. Older underperforming players

Dan Szymborski

12:34

They have a great deal of downside for sure given the construction

but they ought to be better than .500!

Reds Enjoyer

12:35

With injuries absolutely killing the Reds, its looking more and more likely they'll be in selling, rather than buying, position at the deadline. If they are, who do they even sell? Does anyone even want Frankie Montas??

Dan Szymborski

12:35

They're not getting an amazing package or anything for him

but it is a sellers market. If he looks healthy in July, they'll get something, almost no matter what he does

Factory of Sadness

12:35

Thanks for the answer re: Fry! Looks like Zobrist had one season (2012, .848 OPS) where he didn't play 50% of his games at one position (71 of 157 appearances in right field). Fry's at .940 so far with a ZiPS RoS of .747, which would put him right in line with that season

Sorry, ZiPS RoS of .767*

Dan Szymborski

12:36

his full fat ZiPS RoS is better though!

Zips Time Warp

12:37

Have you done a time warp on Herb Score, Frank Tanana pre injury, Dickie Thon, or Sandy Koufax? Could be cool! Thank you for chatting

Dan Szymborski

12:37

The first three are kind of in my mental queue

didn't really think of Koufax as I figured it wouldn't be super interesting

12:38

I mean, he's already a highly respected easy Hall of Famer with a crazy peak

I tend to like the guys that missed a specific record or missed the Hall

Thon is a good one

REally, so are the other two

Oaktown Blues

12:39

JJ Bleday is tied for 3rd in CF WAR so far this season. Are you a believer? Is ZiPS?

Dan Szymborski

12:39

Neither of us are really

Guest

12:39

I doubt the demand outweighs the tech lift, but what would it take for a 3-year ZiPS that updates in-season (or maybe just once around the ASB)?

Dan Szymborski

12:40

I'd need to do a simpler model like the in-season one

updating just once isn't a bad idea though

David's on vacation, I shoudl suggest that

Jonhenry

12:40

Who is one guy you're still surprised is struggling and are extremely optimistic about moving forward

Dan Szymborski

12:40

Well, it WAS Acuna

12:41

Colt Keith

I can't belief Jeff McNeil is THIS bad

Slew

12:41

That Kwan guy seems pretty good. How much has his 2024 changed his long term projection?

Dan Szymborski

12:42

I'm actually doing the midway ZiPS movers/shakers piece

hitters should go tomorrow

Dancing Dan Mcgraw

12:42

If Harper had an opt out, what does Zips think he'd get in free agency?

Dan Szymborski

12:42

I'll run it

12:43

Though it's really more what ZiPS thinks someone *should* pay rather than what he will

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