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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 7/14/22

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Dan Szymborski

12:48

But I *would* like to tell college Dan to learn Python

Jay

12:48

RE Pitcher "Injuries": I seem to recall Josh Beckett having a yearly injury in the middle of the season when he was on playoff teams.

Dan Szymborski

12:48

But he got blisters all the time

Kretin

12:49

Honestly, what do the Angels even do at this point? The org seems like such a mess with no easy way to turn things around.

Dan Szymborski

12:49

They continue to waste the of the most electric players they'll ever have

Jack

12:50

With his suspension, isn’t Laureano actually only a 3 year player? 3 arb years after this one?

Dan Szymborski

12:50

He started the year at 3 years, 14 days

12:52

Geez, he'll be right around 5 years, 172 days

12:53

I'm honestly not sure how they're dealing with service time in the slightly compressed season

Earl Weaver

12:53

You brought me up twice in this chat, and I'm now doing so again. What is the FG record for most NQEWRiaCs? (Non-Quantitative Earl Weaver References in a Chat)

Dan Szymborski

12:53

Probably me and the number is probably like 10

Bill Lumbergh

12:53

ZiPs 2024 has George Valera as a top 10 player by wOBA - his milb numbers are good but not off the charts, obviously solid for a 21 year old (4 months from 22) in AA. What else might be driving that projection?

Dan Szymborski

12:54

The age is very good for the levels and he has a solid comp list

Command

12:55

Andrew Vaughn, Vinnie P, or Casas in a dynasty?

Dan Szymborski

12:55

Vaughn is now the safest

Dingbat_Charlie

12:55

Tried a Leopold keyboard? I love them so much I got two tenkeyless models - blue and brown switches.

Dan Szymborski

12:55

I have not

Unlike a lot of keyboard nerds, I like full keyboards

I'm always using the number pad

12:56

and since I sit in a slight recline parallel to my desk, my keyboard sits on my lap, so a standalone number pad would not be ideal

I use the number pad so often that it gets a completely different switch

my main keyboard has tactile switches (box royal) but my number pad is licky (box navy)

clicky

Michael Scott

12:56

If you could re-do the prospects lists, would you change the FV of Harris II or Strider? Any other half season revisions of note?

Dan Szymborski

12:57

That's not me area!

Guest

12:57

Over the five 1964-1968 seasons, his age 22-26 seasons, Jim Ray Hart amassed 23.5 WAR before his career was undone by injuries and alcoholism. Ever done one of those

Dan Szymborski

12:57

I've actually talked about him as a possible time machine

Key Flaw

12:57

If Spencer Strider makes it the world series, he has to walk to the mound and be announced as Spencer Aragorn, right?

Dan Szymborski

12:57

Yes

Key Flaw

12:57

You are from Towson, right? So do you still call Towson University "Towson State"? Why didn't Frostburg drop the "State" when Towson and Salibury did?

Dan Szymborski

12:57

Yup, I still call them towson state

Guest

12:57

Who is a prospect you want to say something about but haven't had a reason to recently?

Dan Szymborski

12:58

Since when do I need a reason to say something.

Mitch7

12:59

Albert Pujols should retire at the All-Star game. Return to St Louis as a coach for the rest of the year.

If the Angels could swap all members of management with the Rays for $100M, would they do it? Should they do it?

Dan Szymborski

12:59

The primary problem is ownership

so you need a few billion to change that

Jeb

12:59

Topre 4eva

Down on the Royals

12:59

Don't you suspect that most of the people (including me) who are trashing the Royals are longtime fans of the team? People are increasingly fed up with the clown car they've become.

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