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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 7/16/18
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AvatarDan Szymborski
2:52
And at this stage of my career, I shouldn't just be content to be a C-lister anywhere and lazily coast.
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2:54
And after 8 years behind a paywall, while I think it's a sound model, I was *always* behind a paywall.  And there's a whole generation of new readers/baseball fans that would know me mostly from Twitter rather than also my writing.
If that makes sense.
2:55
I'm one of the veterans in the baseball nerd world at this point.  I don't want to be a guy people remember reading when I was in my 20s and then I just tread water the rest of my career.
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Dbo
2:55
Are the Brewers in for a collapse during the second half of the season after losing 6 in a row
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:55
No, I think they're just having a bad run
Alan
2:55
Now that the Cardinals seem to have conceded to their mediocrity, how do they go about fixing themselves, with so few obvious holes?
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:55
That's the billion dollar question.  Becuase the holes are generally holes you don't give up on.
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You can't treat Dexter Fowler as if he's Joey Rickard
Jason N
2:56
In a newspaper interview after his call up, Franmil Reyes said the biggest difference in the majors was all of the data and info passed to him from the front office.  Sounded like it was up to the player and the vets to assimilate the data (not the FO or coaches).  If this is true, why don’t teams start teaching this stuff in the minors?  Are you aware of any orgs that are moving in this direction?
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:56
There are a lot of approaches.  The stuff slowly kinda gets into an organization's DNA.
I think mostly in the minors, you're looking at BIG things
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Now I know why emotes are off by default
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Andrew
2:56
Will Cards move Mikolas/Wacha?  Will Angels move Skaggs/Heaney?  What would the return look like?
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:57
Honestly, I don't think any of these players are moved.
mike sixel
2:57
Can MN catch CLE? If not, should they deal Kyle Gibson at peak value, he has a year of control left and has been very good since they changed his approach last year.
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:57
I think it's unlikely.
I'd at least listen to Gibson offers.
Sandy Eggo
2:58
Why is Eric Hosmer so bad in odd years
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:59
He doesn't know that odd numbers and prime numbers are different things.
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Pie Eaton Contest
2:59
Concerns with Devers long term, or just a 21 year old who needs to make another adjustment?
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:59
Latter
My Name is Judge...
2:59
you have mentioned or concurred with the thought that jose abreu and the colorado rockies are a match.  is riley pint too little/too much as a return piece?
AvatarDan Szymborski
2:59
I think that's the kind of thing you need to offer to get the White Sox to budge because they don't want to trade for him.
tb.25
2:59
Your time as a writer here as outperformed your ZiPS projection, which, given the high projection, was hard to do! (read: great job so far, wonderful pieces)
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AvatarDan Szymborski
2:59
I appreciate it.
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DanDanTheMan
2:59
Eugenio Suarez is for real, yes? Most unheralded breakout of 2018?
AvatarDan Szymborski
3:00
I think he's a really good player.  ZiPS was a fan, though not to this extent.
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At the time of the trades, ZiPS liked Suarez (the return for Simon) better than the combined returns for the Frazier *and* Chapman trades
Paul Spider
3:00
Which dongmaker is most likely to hit zero dongs tonight?
AvatarDan Szymborski
3:00
Hmm.. Baez?
3:01
I can see him getting too aggressive and end up with a bunch of fouls
Pad Squad
3:01
Why do the Padres seem to think they'll be better next year or even 2020 when they'll still have weak starting pitching?
AvatarDan Szymborski
3:01
I think they'll be a 75-76 win team next year
CamdenWarehouse
3:01
Do you see the Orioles trading anyone under control for next year?
AvatarDan Szymborski
3:01
No
Josh K
3:01
What team that is generally considered a "buyer" flips to "seller" late?
AvatarDan Szymborski
3:01
I actually dont' think any as the leag'es a bit bifurcated
3:02
Nats are probably closest.
Not because I think they're going to suddnely change mindset, but that circumstances could make it the obvious thing
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