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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 6/3/21

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Dan Szymborski

12:15

I think he's just an average player. Which is fine

Kate

12:15

Do the Os move Means at the deadline? Should they?

Dan Szymborski

12:16

No. Probably not unless they're bowled over.

Jefferson

12:16

It is June. Which means I can say Jesse Winker breakout is real and he will be a top 10 offensive force in baseball for the next decade

Dan Szymborski

12:16

I won't say top 10, but I think the breakout is real

Royals fan

12:16

Whee! I'm having fun. Are you having fun?

Dan Szymborski

12:16

Royals are really going full AWESOME OR AWFUL this year

12:17

I'm having fun. I hope to have fun up to the moment I cease to be.

Guest

12:18

Odds Grayson Rodriguez is the best pitching prospect in baseball?

Dan Szymborski

12:18

It's POSSIBLE. Gore's been wild and blistery but I'm not knocking him down quite yet

MilwaukeeBeerJays

12:18

Good june to you Dan. Did you watch thundercats as a younger "in your prime" dan?

Dan Szymborski

12:18

I actually wasn't into thundercats

DAN CHAT

12:19

HI DAN! Good day to you!!!

Dan Szymborski

12:19

AND TO YOU AS WELL GOD SIR OR MADAM

Kate

12:19

Bader's done a nice job cutting the Ks, but the quality of contact is kind of blah. Is this a matter of just making a ton of weak contact?

Dan Szymborski

12:19

He's never been a particularly hard hitter.

I think that' just part of the package ta this point

CeddyBReady

12:20

When topping my traditional tri-tip chili, I use scallions because I hate the taste of red and white raw onions. Is this acceptable chili behavior. Crema and scallions? Thanks, Chili Dan!

Dan Szymborski

12:20

NO ONIONS

Beef. Chili peppers. Seasoning. Spoon of masa harina. That's it.

(and a little water0

Chungus Khan

12:20

Dan why do the Rays hate baseball fans so much, teasing us by trading away Adames and then no Brujan and no Franco, they're just mean.

Dan Szymborski

12:21

Since fans don't come any way, they don't mind trolling

Kate

12:22

Baddoo seems to be stabilizing after a rough couple weeks with a ton of Ks. But now he seems to have trouble finding consistent PT. Are the Tigers going to let him play at some point to see what they have? Has to be a better use of PT than some of these other OFs.

Dan Szymborski

12:23

Mazara should NEVER be playing over Baddoo unless the latter has a day off

and really, I'm not sure Mazara should be on the roster any more.

It's not happening

Adam

12:24

How optimistic is ZiPS that guys like Franco, Brujan, Witt will hit right away whenever they're called up?

Dan Szymborski

12:24

ZiPS is all in on Franco, on the fence with Brujan, Witt still largely up in the air

(great prospect, but he's also had six weeks of professional baseball)

Dave

12:25

Are there any resources you can suggest that can be used as a beginner's guide to creating baseball projections? It's something I've always wanted to do in order to practice coding and data analysis but don't really know where to start despite having coding experience.

Dan Szymborski

12:26

Start with le basics

https://www.amazon.com/Regression-Predictive-Analytics-Nonparametric-P...

12:27

Dig through Marcel and see where you can improve

Go yankees!!!!!

12:27

How underrated is Leopold Godowsky? The Passacaglia and E minor sonata are both fabulous!

Dan Szymborski

12:27

I love Godowsky!