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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 6/4/20

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Van Buren Boys

12:50

let's say you had a time machine and you can access all of FG data for years PRIOR to the year you land on (so you don't have access to future results). What's the last year you think you could go back in time and win the world series as the GM of an average MLB team?

Dan Szymborski

12:50

I don't think I'd be a great GM. It's also a leadership position.

I'd always be better in an advisory role

AKA22

12:51

How high of a WAR could you get a Billy Hamilton type player who was exclusively used as a pinch-runner in a season, if you were managing a team with that goal in mind?

Dan Szymborski

12:51

Maybe 2 wins in just the right scenario

Morbo

12:51

Haha, and that's how Dan became Freakazoid

Van Buren Boys

12:51

where do you go for vacations, in general? beach? sightseeing? camping?

Dan Szymborski

12:51

I like going to beaches

I like the ocean. Diving massive waves is great fun for me.

12:52

I abhor camping and I'm not big on typical sightseeing.

Yeah, I like to do cultural stuff, but just wandering around looking at stuff bores me

Dbo

12:52

Stupid work calls are getting in the way of the important thing, like this chat!

Dan Szymborski

12:52

Tell your boss I said it was OK

12:53

I'm not answering/posting political questions that would set reader against reader.

Magic Kingdome

12:53

Is it wrong to think that Bud Selig *might* have handled the current issues better than Manfred, with the idea being that to the owners, Selig was "one of them" and could sway them better than a lawyer guy?

Dan Szymborski

12:53

No.

The thing is, Selig was terrible in a lot of ways. But at his core, Selig at least cared about and liked baseball.

Jeb

12:53

Michael Jordan what if ZiPs, assuming he was drafted out of HS!

Dan Szymborski

12:53

I wish, but out of my scope!

Compliments to the chef

12:54

Getting disappointed that you have posted at least 3 straight political biases. Not yours. Others.

Dan Szymborski

12:54

We all have biases. I don't like this world in which everyone is balkanized and just hates everyone else.

Morbo

12:54

I totally agree the players have collectively hired incompetent representation for the better part of a decade of not longer.

12:54

What's your biggest lifestyle change during the pandemic? I was about to say that I can't play sports, but I now, I find myself really incapable of listening to conventional music in 3'49" format. I've done nothing but stream operas and symphonies for months instead of listening to regular rap, pop, and rock.

Dan Szymborski

12:54

My mom keeps showing up at the house, which is driving me nuts.

12:55

I live across the street from her. She's working at home, so she's always around now. IF she doesn't have a new hobby when she retires in August, I'm totally moving out of walking distance.

Van Buren Boys

12:55

so you think if you went back to, say, 1950 and had access to ALL the WAR data prior to that, that advantage couldn't overtake the people management/leadership aspects of the role?

Dan Szymborski

12:55

No, if I had that, I'm sure that me, or anyone else familiar with modern baseball, could do a very good job

12:56

But I try to shy away from questions that seem tailored to me saying how smart and great I am.

The Stranger

12:56

Do you think we’ll see more ex-players in ownership, a la Jeter? If so, does that help player-owner relations?

Dan Szymborski

12:56

It might on some level.

Guest

12:56

You like walking around with your shirt off and wearing a speedo?

Dan Szymborski

12:56

Gross

Morbo

12:56

The specifics what to do about holdout owners, should be covered in MLB's constitution. I expect that if there are only a couple hold outs the other owners have the ability to compel the hold outs to play the season

Dan Szymborski

12:56

I believe, this is the case.

Dbo

12:56

My boss just asked “Who the hell is Dan Szymborski? Get off or your fired!”

Dan Szymborski

12:56

Tell them "Dan Szymborski is my new dad. You don't understand me or my music!"

Van Buren Boys

12:57

ooooh what about an Ichiro-ZiPS if he started his career in MLB?

Dan Szymborski

12:57

That's actually on my short to-do list. I would have done this next week, but I just did a Mariners one.

Dbo

12:57

I just ran Jordan through my ZiPs model and it said he’s better than Mike Trout and would have a 1.000 batting avg. I think my model is the most accurate

Dan Szymborski

12:57

WHY IS MY ZIPS IN YOUR HOUSE

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