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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 7/16/18
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AvatarDan Szymborski
2:25
The bullpen's been garbage and the offense has been carried by 2-3 guys
CamdenWarehouse
2:25
Tremors - keep Michael Gross
stephanie clifford
2:25
If the Cardinals decide to move Carlos Martinez, who are possible buyers and what sort of return could they get?
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:25
That's absolutely not happening.
Fred
2:26
Best SP in the minors in 2019?
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:27
Whitley?  If Kopech hits big as opposed to busts big, he'd be up quickly, if not already by the start of th eyear
Matt
2:27
NO MORE CARSON POSTS WOOOOOOOO
Ray Liotta as Shoeless Joe
2:27
Dan, of all the skills competitions the All-Star Break could add, where does Knuckle Ball Challenge rank? If you make the All-Star team, regardless of position, you have to throw five knucklers. Track spin (or lack), movement, and speed. Preliminary Nielsen ratings polling suggest a 100% share and an estimated 8B viewers.
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:27
That woudl be fun.  Writing more about this.
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Kiermaier's Piercing Green Eyes
2:27
Let me set the scene. I checked my news reader and saw that Fangraphs had published a piece entitled "Joining the Fray." There was a new person at Fangraphs! Who could it be? These posts had recently given me such fantastic writers as Meg and Kiley and Travis! I excitedly opened the article, but almost immediately used my bated breath to curse the heavens. Not only was there no new writer, but I would have to endure even more Dan Szymborski. Curse you, Carson!
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AvatarDan Szymborski
2:27
HAHA FOILED
Kiermaier's Plantar Fibroma
2:28
Since you are now a Sr. Muckity Muck here at Fangraphs and this is your first chat with such title... should we expect these chats to be any better than the previous ones?
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:28
I BET THIS IS THE SAME DUDE TOO
It only means I can't explicitly threaten the chat anymore.  Threats have to be subtle and understood.
Dbo
2:28
A sloppy joe is just a fancy way to say "meat soup sandwich"
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:28
That's not soup
CamdenWarehouse
2:28
How has your first week working for Carson gone?
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:29
The planet still stands.
Ray Liotta as Shoeless Joe
2:29
Also, to the guy who asked about my takes on Jim and Pam being the worst in Jeff's Friday chat, I haven't forgotten about you and will get to that soon!
James
2:29
Who is the best hitter on the Astros?
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:29
I think you gotta say Bregman
John
2:29
The Phillies need an improvement at SS on both sides of the ball.  Obviously he would be huge offensively, but how much would he help defensively? Is he as bad as the defensive metrics say
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:30
I assume we're talking Machado and not, like, a Galvis reunion or something weird?
The season's done enough to suggest Machado's not going to be a big plus at short.
But you *can* take a small sample size of performance too seriously.
2:31
It takes like 3 yeras of defensive stats to have the same predictive value as one year of offensive stats.
So Manny's stunk defensively, but it's like a guy stinking offensively for a month and a week
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He could still be Paul Goldschmidt, who did stink for a month and a week.  Or he could be the defense version of Eric Hosmer's bat
Alan
2:32
Is Francisco Mejia still in Cleveland's plans or do they know something important we don't?
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:32
I think the situation is a little awkward.
The thing is, I don't think he's a real plus outside of catching, yet.  Which is a problem in that the Indians have catchers they like better defensive for good reason
Ray Liotta as Shoeless Joe
2:32
Oh great. Emojis are on...
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AvatarDan Szymborski
2:33
haha
Tim
2:34
Dude, you not following the news? We're all absolutely dead.
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:34
CHACHING INSURANCE
jackie
2:34
Glad to see you are full-time writer for Fangraphs.
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Dbo
2:34
If we're all dead then does that make you like Haley Joel Osment in the Sixth Sense but with a less spectacular ability, "I chat with dead people"
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:34
I can add that to my imagined list of mediocre superheroes
2:35
Like Broadway, who has the ability to know anybody's theme song even if he's not in the same scene as them.  Or Cutrate, who can threaten his cable company with cancellation and get 12 months of free HBO any time he wants.
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A. Person
2:35
Whose brilliant idea was it to bracket Bryce vs. Freddie (2 biggest stars) in the 1st round?
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