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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 6/4/18
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AvatarDan Szymborski
1:58
Because You Were Bad:  A terrible Szymborski chat is incoming.
Seth
1:59
Can the Reds have Mize? Too many Ks for the top hitters...
AvatarDan Szymborski
1:59
The Reds have struck out fewer times than league average.
2:00
We live in a world in which 8.6 K/9 is average.
Raymond
2:01
How have your expectations of Rafael Devers shifted since the beginning of the season
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:02
Not really.  We're talking about a guy that basically skipped AAA and probably had a higher BABIP than was expectable
Josh Nelson
2:02
Does ZiPS like anyone from this draft class?
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:02
I don't do the projections for draftees until I have to!
I *hate* using college stats.  And I ain't using high school stats.
Bryan
2:03
Greetings Traveler!
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:03
Additional Hearthstone-related reference.
Adam
2:04
What’s a realistic return for Jacob Degrom from the Yankees?
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:04
If something like this would happen, the price would be steep.  DeGrom's got two years to FA.
I think a bit less than the White SOx got in the Sale trade though.
Layup Donuts
2:04
Which Mets old dude has the best chance at still being good? Gonzalez, Bruce, or Joey Bats?
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:05
Bruce maybe.  Unless he keeps uh...getting injured... when asked to do things he doesn't want to.
Matt
2:05
Is Sonny Gray turning a corner?
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:05
There are reasons for optimism, but he also had two of his best starts against the Royals and O's, essentially clownshoe teams.
hscer
2:05
Ian Desmond hit .333/.452/.625 in his last 7 games...he's been worth almost -1 WAR this year so far!
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:05
I should buy adspace at Coors Field that just has the definition of sunk cost on it.
Hello There
2:06
What’s going on with Manny Margot?
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:07
It's hard to say.  When I've seen him, it's looked like he's been extra patient, waiting for the perfect pitch with which to ground out to third base.
Eddie Waitkus
2:07
Serious question: is Mike Trout the greatest player ever?
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:07
That's a bit premature
But my old joke "Maybe instead of calling Mike Trout the next Willie Mays, we should call Willie Mays the previous Mike Trout," that I would m ake during his rookie season sounds less ridiculous
Bo
2:08
With Gohara and Sanchez back, and Soroka nearing the end of his rehab, who are the odd men out in the Braves' rotation? Can the Braves fetch anything of value for guys like McCarthy or Teheran?
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:09
McCarthy, probably not.  A bit too erratic and too much of an injury history, I'm not sure he's any more desirable for an acquiring team than when he was included in that Kemp trade that was mainly an accountants' trade
I think Teheran can fetch a prospect -- though not a top one -- if a team thinks they can fix him
He hasn't really been good this year
Chad
2:10
Hold Christin Stewart in a dynasty pts league or take an extreme chance on Seuly Matias?
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:10
Depends if you can win now or prefer to win later.
Matias is crushing it, but he's years out.
THE Average Sports Fan
2:11
Kershaw can't opt out can he?  With a bad back and wrong side of 30 he can't get a huge long term deal can he?
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:11
I think if he comes back and have a terrific second half with no injury issues, he can opt-out
2:12
But if the back is still nagging in August and September, then coming back for, I believe, 2/65 has some lure
Bill
2:12
How insane is it that Matt Kemp might be the Dodgers 2018 All Star representative?
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:12
Only the Dodgers can win Matt Kemp-related trades, it seems!
2:13
He's been legitimately good this year
Not even playing defense at his normal descriptor of hot garbage
2:15
da mihi facta, dabo tibi sabermetrics
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