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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 6/3/21

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12:47

It’s now June. Can we freak out about things now?

Dan Szymborski

12:47

I'll allow it.

Jacques Pederson

12:47

Who ends the year with a more ridiculous batting line: Tyler O'Neill or Adolis Garcia? Adolis has never liked walking but Tyler has decided this year to never walk

Dan Szymborski

12:47

I think Adolis

The Rangers are happy to just let him grip it and rip it no matter what I think

12:48

I th ink if O'Neill goes into a slump, the Cards would be more tinkery

Dirty Dan

12:48

Hey Danimal. I know you're not THE prospect guy around here, but have you watched/heard of Tyler Dearden? OF with Greenville- he's a friend of a close friend so wanted to see if you had any thoughts on him?

Dan Szymborski

12:49

I've heard of him, both the prospect and the similarly sounding movie character. But I haven't really seen much of him, so don't have a great deal of insight other then he's been solid this year, but needs to play at a higher level before you take it TOO seriously

Jacques Pederson

12:49

Dan, who at fangraphs has the best PC setup?

Dan Szymborski

12:49

I would HOPE me.

12:50

Jacques Pederson

12:51

So if you use chives instead of scallions, is that ok on chili?

Dan Szymborski

12:51

I'll allow it grudgingly. You wormed through my loophole

Jake

12:51

This chat is massively useless. Literally <50% baseball-related content

Dan Szymborski

12:51

OH GOD THIS IS REDUCING THE PERCENTAGE FURTHER

June!

12:52

*Cue freak out about the dodgers record*

Dan Szymborski

12:52

Hey, I did a piece on that!

That we can get on 40 topics including baseball is part of my natural charm and that's the story I'm sticking to

Sharp

12:52

You may not know this for sure but how much is the pay increase to working with a team in their analytics department vs working for a site like FanGraphs? 1.5x? 2x? Just curious.

Dan Szymborski

12:52

0.something.

Teams do not pay well

12:53

FanGraphs Discord when?

Dan Szymborski

12:53

We have a discord, but we haven't opened it to the public yet

snitchell

12:54

who is the best minor league zips prospect no one is talking about?

Dan Szymborski

12:55

Is it too late to include Miguel Amaya? ZiPS is in love with him

brad penny for your thoughts

12:55

FYI, you could remove all those fans and just have a hamster in a wheel. save you some money, just gotta mind the smell

Dalton Wilcox

12:55

I don’t go for computers or other city slickin things but that is perty

G’dammit Jake

Luis Castillo's Changeup

12:55

Did zips anticipate this bad of a start for me

Dan Szymborski

12:55

Absolutely not!

Kate

12:55

How do you feel about Carter Kieboom and Cristian Pache at this point? Both seem certain to get another shot at some point, do you think either takes it and runs with it to claim a long-term starting spot? Is Pache ever more than a good glove (i.e. can he be an impact bat)?

Dan Szymborski

12:56

I think it's certainly too early to worry about Pache. I think losing a season of play was pretty bad for him

and he's kinda been forced into a schedule that makes more sense if he had played 2020 in the minors

12:57

Slightly more worried about Kieboom. He was a bit passive in the minors this year too and I'm worry about Ben Grieve Disease

Jason N

12:57

Have you and Jay ever talked about using ZiPS to power JAWS projections for current players?

Dan Szymborski

12:57

Not specifically, but ewe integrate it from time to time

Element2112

12:57

Did Dansby Swanson finally figure it out? Any underlying metrics to prove if this is a hot streak or legit?

Dan Szymborski

12:58

I think this was somethign I forgot to post when I talked about Swanson earlier

The Other Mike D

12:58

Would an only stat based contract ever happen or be offered ? Sort of a bet on yourself vs take a chance on a player producing situation?

Dan Szymborski

12:58

Can't happen.

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