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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 6/3/2019

Dan Szymborski

12:01

It is noon. It is a time for chats.

My name is Judge...

12:01

Now that the White Sox are in second place should they pull the trigger and start calling up guys from their farm system to push them closer to a wild car? i of course am referring mostly to Alcides Escobar.
BCC: Josh Nelson

Dan Szymborski

12:01

ALCIDES KNOWS MORE ABOUT RINGS THAN JOSTENS

Mooseknuckle curves

12:01

Can Erick Fedde become a viable starter for the Nationals? He hasn’t gone deep into a game yet, but has avoided giving up the big inning so far.

Dan Szymborski

12:02

I think he can be. The Nats really were too optimistic about counting on both Anibal and Heckickson.

Captain Ron

12:02

Dan, what the hell?

Dan Szymborski

12:02

What'd I do this time?

LFC UCL CHAMPS Mike

12:02

Good Monday Dan..a glorious weekend it was. Can Cleveland now start tearing down and send Bauer to?????. Happy Birthday month.

Dan Szymborski

12:02

Just gotta remember all the Dan carols.

Kiermaier's Piercing Green Eyes

12:02

Does Ji-Man Choi offer anything that Nate Lowe doesn't?

Dan Szymborski

12:02

Not particularly.

Gio's Giolito Gelato

12:02

Which teams would get the biggest boost in Zips from adding Keuchel/Kimbrel?

Dan Szymborski

12:02

I'm doing an article!

Concrete Fan

12:02

Happy Birthday Dan! With what dish are you going to celebrate this supposedly very fun day?

Dan Szymborski

12:03

The Dan birthday season starts on June 1st, but it's only the 19th. Gotta leave time for shopping days and sales.

Khaki Segura

12:03

Phillies fans: "No, we're not saying Bruuuuuuce".

JoeyBoomBats

12:03

Thought experiment: Mike Trout is demoted to AAA for a month. Over or under .450/.600/.800?

Dan Szymborski

12:03

Probably under - I think you get diminishing returns.

If you look at Trout vs. the crappiest pitchers he's faced, I dont' believe he has an OPS of 1400

12:03

Dan, is this the week we see the inevitable regression of Austin Riley? 5 of 6 matchups are against RHP. 35% K rate, 2% BB rate paired with an inflated BABIP against RHers. Not to mention going to Pittsburgh and Miami, not exactly bandboxes...

Dan Szymborski

12:04

He's going to come back to earth, but he'll still be good. It's not like he's some 29 duffer who crushed pitchers for two weeks

12:04

If forfeiting draft picks was a concern, shouldn't Keuchel and Kimbrel deals be done by now?

Dan Szymborski

12:04

No.

12:05

If it comes out there was something agreed to before the draft, the team will almost certainly lose the picks they would have lost *and* additional picks.

MLB has been very clear that any QO shenanigans will be punished severely.

Sam

12:05

In roto are machado and Syndergaard a good return for arenado, or should I look for a better return? Thanks

Dan Szymborski

12:05

It works for me.

Matt Damon

12:05

MAD DEMON!!!

Joe Don

12:06

I suppose you’ve noticed which team now holds the AL 2nd Wild Card position. Didn’t you sort of predict this back in March?

Dan Szymborski

12:06

I certainly did't precit the Rangers.

predict

I still dont' think they have lasting power

staying power

12:07

Lasting power seems too sexual

James

12:07

Yordan Alvarez was intentionally walked 7 times in AAA this week. Other than the fact that the Bonds treatment shows his readiness for the big leagues, shouldn't that be frowned upon? Aren't the minor leagues for development?

Dan Szymborski

12:07

Most players aren't really being developed. If nobody wants to win, the games would be boring.

Bee

12:07

Buzzzz buzzz buzzz

LFC UCL CHAMPS Mike

12:07

O's prospects Mountcastle and Hays ( would have been a great 80's TV show title) had very good weekends in AAA and AA. Do you see Hays getting to Baltimore before Mountcastle as 1B is blocked? Mouncastle does have an issue.. 42K's bust just 7 BB in 192 AB this year.

Dan Szymborski

12:07

I think if they want to promote Mountcastle, they'll find room.

12:08

It's a danger to be too excited about strikeout rate when a guy is crushing the ball.

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