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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 6/3/2019

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Dan Szymborski

1:00

I swear, I'm not even singling these out!

1:01

People know I have the Weird Chat, so come here

Guest

1:01

if you're eating a taco that tears at the hing mid-eat, did you just experience a change in the state of matter to a sandwich?

Dan Szymborski

1:01

Yes

But you should be eating proper tacos anyway

Daniel

1:01

Would the Yankees sign Keuchel if he agreed to shave his beard but wanted to wear a fake beard when not on the pitching mound?

Dan Szymborski

1:01

Heh

I think if the Yankees were, they would have by now

Appa Yip Yip

1:01

After Edwin Jackson's epic meltdown in Colorado on Friday, I got curious: is it possible for a starter to pitch so poorly they accrue one (1) full negative WAR in a start?

Dan Szymborski

1:01

It's possible, but I believe implausible

Al Gone Quinn

1:01

have you ever tried being dead, at least once?

Dan Szymborski

1:02

Not yet

Cops

1:02

Dan, these are punishable offenses! You are coming with us big guy!!!

hscer

1:02

I've hit 90 before, but I thought that should be impossible since something allegedly occurs at 88

Dan Szymborski

1:02

You have to have a delorean. Duh.

Adam

1:02

Who, in your professional opinion, is history's greatest Dan?

Dan Szymborski

1:02

Dan Castellaneta

T-dog

1:02

How fast can dan throw a baseball?

Dan Szymborski

1:03

Haven't thrown one for awhile. Back i high school, I topped out about 70

Guest

1:03

Dan, I don't believe your assertion that you've travelled higher than the speed limit. Travelling faster than the speed limit is expressly against the rules, and we all know that banning things stops them from happening.

Blue Jays Fan

1:03

Hear anything of what the Blue Jays do at 11?

Dan Szymborski

1:03

While I have some ideas, this is a McDongenhagen question!

Trey Anastasio

1:03

Holding both Cease & Luzardo in my dynasty league, only have room to hold onto one. Who has more of an impact this year and long term? I need to cut one. Thank you!

Dan Szymborski

1:03

I think Cease short-term, but I love Luzardo's ceiling

1:04

Cease may be "safer"

bjoak

1:04

I know we're not selling jeans here, but should we have viewed Jose Ramirez' bad body type as an ominous sign for such a dynamic player?

Dan Szymborski

1:04

I don't necessarily think so

Remember when David Ortiz was going to age horribly?

Morbo

1:05

T-dog, NASCAR only turns left and is therefore left-wing, if anything Dan refusing to discuss it is his right wing agenda.

Wireless Joe Jackson

1:05

Who will be the next non-Astros AL West champs, and in what year?

Dan Szymborski

1:05

I think Rangers will be next champs, but in a few years

isaacmeep

1:05

Is Pedro Severino's newfound power (and overall hitting ability) real? Statcast thinks so but the projection systems haven't bought in yet.

Dan Szymborski

1:05

ZiPS in particular isn't picking up this kind of data in-season

Simply becuase, again, it takes about 45 seconds to run per player in the full model

1:06

Remember, regular ZiPS has to find a cohort for each player on the fly

So every player's expected current baseline has to be compared to every estimated baseline for baseball history (and minors going back to late 60s now)

T-dog

1:06

Have you ever been brought to tears by a movie? Which one(s)?

Dan Szymborski

1:06

A movie, never.

1:07

I've teared up in role-playing games though.

My sister cries at everything

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