JotCast | Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat

Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 6/4/20

Dan Szymborski

12:03

And welcome to the chat!

Who's Fabio?

12:03

Dan, is it more accurate to say MLB owners are going to lose 4B or MLB owners are going to earn 4B less?

Dan Szymborski

12:03

That's like asking if it's more accurate to say that I'm the King of Siam or I'm sexier than George Clooney.

Or whoever people are into these days.

BeefLoaf108

12:03

Which team does a potential 50 game regular season help the most?

Dan Szymborski

12:04

On a general level, the mediocre teams that needed help to make serious playoff runs.

Teams like the Blue Jays, Angels, Rockies, etc.

Keeping it together for 50 games is a lot easier.

Robert

12:04

How can we, the fans, keep owners accountable without hurting the players? All the owners care about is their wallets, but hitting them there will just make them roll their problem downhill.

Dan Szymborski

12:05

I'm not sure there's much you can do except for showing your support.

No players are really pop culture figures with massive non-baseball incomes, so any money you give them will be filtered through owners first.

Who's Fabio?

12:05

If you have any extra time can you help me get a Simpsons character created in the mold of Jay Jaffe? Jay Jaffe the Taffy King. He can make cameos similar to Disco Stu.

Dan Szymborski

12:06

Here's the problem: I have no artistic skills, nor do I know anyone who makes The Simpsons!

12:08

Jay would look awesome as a Simpsons character though.

Matt

12:08

I haven’t found a real answer on this: Do MLB owners have insurance polciws

I have’s found a real answer on this: Do MLB owners have insurance policies they could collect from because the pandemic? They got to, right?

Dan Szymborski

12:08

I am 99% sure that they do not.

12:09

Wimbledon is the group most noted for paying for extra insurance.

12:09

What are the odds that we've seen the last baseball game that will be played under the current CBA?

Dan Szymborski

12:09

Well against. There's still 2021!

12:10

And if baseball doesn't have a 2020 or a 2021, MLB might be on its last legs as an entity and will have bigger problems.

Jefferson

12:10

The prospect industry has gotten cold on Johnathan India, including fangraphs who has him outside the top 120. But Zips is still a believer. Not sure what my question is. Just tell me Zips is correct?

Dan Szymborski

12:10

ZiPS is correct.

I don't know that, but you asked me to tell you that.

rusty shakleford

12:10

dan if I was negotiating something I would simply mandate that the thing I want wins

Dan Szymborski

12:10

Always take cash.

Cash buys most things, including wins!

Robert

12:10

The whole "owner mandating a 50 game season" is a rubbish threat, isn't it? Might as well cancel the season if Manfred is dense enough to do that.

Dan Szymborski

12:11

I think it's a last resort thing really.

Guest

12:11

Read Craig's piece today. If the 50-game schedule is just a negotiating tactic, fine, whatever. But if owners are doing it simply because they won't make AS MUCH money as they would would a fuller slate of games, I'm going to have to give serious consideration to no longer spending on MLB.

Dan Szymborski

12:11

I honestly suspect it's a negotiating tactic.

Dbo

12:11

At what point is it safe to claim the 2020 WS title for my team?

Dan Szymborski

12:11

Do you mean your favorite MLB team or your fantasy team?

Guest

12:11

Can you record the Family Matters theme this week? I don't know why I find these so hilarious, but I do.