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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 7/22/2019

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Dan Szymborski

12:46

Padres

stever20

12:46

Giants going to buy or sell next week? Have you ever seen a team like this that was an almost certain seller do what the Giants have done here?

Dan Szymborski

12:47

I probably have but it's not jumping into my head the obvious examples

greg

12:47

Tanner Roark cost Tanner Rainey in the offseason. Does the pitching market change enough mid-season for Roark to cost more than that now despite having 4 fewer months of control?

Dan Szymborski

12:47

It's tricky. Given the NL, who is *actually* available is up for serious debate.

White Sox Fan

12:47

YoYo is on track for over 6 WAR. You buying the improvement?

Dan Szymborski

12:48

I dare not say because every year I get excited and then he stops being awesome.

Matt W

12:48

Did, did fangraphs update their look over the weekend? It seems, idk, cleaner?

Dan Szymborski

12:48

Sean did some stuff with the headers and the like

White Sox Fan

12:48

Why is Lou Bob still in Charlotte? The skills - and performance - are begging for promotion to Chicago. After all, Juan Soto..

Dan Szymborski

12:48

Eloy

CamdenWarehouse

12:48

Baltimore is trying to make Renato Nunez sound like a trade chip. I just don't see it since he's a perfectly adequate, but not great DH who no one wants in field. Is there actually a market for someone like that?

Dan Szymborski

12:49

Not particularly.

There's nothing about MLB in the last 2-3 years that suggests to me that Averagish DH who Makes Outs is something that teams pay for

Trent

12:49

The Tigers (Boyd, Turnbull, Mize, Manning, etc.) and Marlins (Smith, Lopez, Yamamoto, Sanchez, etc.) seem to have some promising young pitching, but does either one have the position player talent to be playoff-relevant in, say, the next three years?

Dan Szymborski

12:49

MAYBE by the third year

12:49

Why is there so much talk about the Indians trading Trevor Bauer? They are firmly in contention

Dan Szymborski

12:50

I'm not buying that buzz.

I don't think you seek to trade him until the winter.

The Indians are too close to playoff spots *and* too much uncertainty with the rest of their pitching this season.

12:51

Maybe by the winter, you know better what's going on with Kluber/Cookie/Clevinger

Sandy Kazmir

12:51

On Mancini, considering his utter hossness in RF & the likelihood of little growth beyond this solid level at the dish, what would be a reasonable return? Would it behoove a team to pay a much smaller price to get Nicholas Castellanos from Detroit?

Dan Szymborski

12:51

Probably. It ought not to take much to fetch Castellanos unless the Tigers have a screw loose

12:52

That's why I think ultimately, the O's won't trade Mancini. I dont' think he's a guy you necessarily want to pay to haev 2-3 years for

White Sox Fan

12:52

Looks like our window of contention has moved out a couple of years. With all the crap on the roster, is there any real way to compete in 2020?

Dan Szymborski

12:52

I think the White Sox *can* but it will require some cash.

The Tommy John setbacks are real

Guest

12:52

Just read an article saying the Yankees will "definitely" be acquiring a top starter this deadline. Does that also mean Frazier is "definitely" being traded? If so, which system of the Rangers/Blue Jays/Giants/Indians/Tigers would be the best fit for him? Where could he start right away?

Dan Szymborski

12:52

Most teams that aren't far, far away will probably want Frazier.

I can see the Jays demanding him for sure in a Stroman trade.

Matt

12:53

I come back from lunch and find you moved your chats to 11 am?

Dan Szymborski

12:53

12 PM ET

Anon21

12:53