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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 7/22/2019

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Dan's Mother

12:55

GRANDKIDS DANNY WHEN CAN I SEE THEM

Dan Szymborski

12:55

My sister has a son now which has removed that pressure source from me.

Dan's Mother

12:55

Does ZIPS award Marc Rzepczynski bonus points for having a harder to spell name than its beloved overlord?

Dan Szymborski

12:55

Nope, but it would be fun to say yes to annoy people.

Ryan

12:56

Who do you think takes over for closer for the Giants if Smith is traded?

Dan Szymborski

12:56

I would imagine Dyson or Moronta

Dan's Mother

12:56

DANNY I JUST FOUND OUT THAT ZIPPY ISNT ACTUALLY A GRANDSON BUT RATHER A PROJECTION... WHEN CAN I SEE MY GRANDSON DANNY

Dan Szymborski

12:56

You guys are so weird

Guest

12:56

If it wasn't easy getting Mussina in, does that mean CC Sabathia has slim to no chance of making the HoF?

Dan Szymborski

12:56

I suspect he doesn't get in

Dbo

12:56

I think you should anyone who confesses to ordering soup at a ballgame

Dan Szymborski

12:57

I've never *actually* ordered soup in a park

I only described a scenario in which it's possible.

Norman

12:57

Soup seems perfectly appropriate if you're watching the game in one of the newer, formal restaurant-style venues that teams have been adding, especially if in a place like Baltimore (crab soup) or Boston (clam chowder).

LFC Mike

12:57

Hi Dan. Gavin Lux must think he died and went to heaven hitting the MLB ball in AAA. His video game numbers for these first few weeks are past ridiculous. Does he get a September call up and play some second base in preparation for next year?

Dan Szymborski

12:57

I'm starting to think he does get a cup of coffee. He's already played a *bit* at 2B this year

12:57

How quickly can the Royals complete this rebuild. Have 3 good arms down in the minors with Singer, Kowar, and Bubic and have some bats on the way with Matias/Witt

Dan Szymborski

12:58

Still very speculative.

I don't have much faith in KC's front office.

V2micca

12:59

Been arguing about this with a friend. I think if Freddie Freeman begins his decline next season, even a gentle decline, he falls short of the HOF. He needs two more prime years and then a decline period to make it in my opinion.

Dan Szymborski

12:59

ZiPS has Freeman ending up in mid-60s in WAR, which puts him on the border among people who use WAR

1:00

ZiPS projects him to finish at around .295 with just under 400 homers. There are still going to be lots of writers who dont' care about WAR

1:01

McGriff peaked at under 40%

Matt

1:01

Depending on your soup choice, it could arguably be the *least* likely to make a mess. You could serve tomato soup in a sealed tumbler.

Dan Szymborski

1:01

I can't psychologically drink soup

I have to have a spoon

Guest

1:01

ever since then Dan has had a chip on his shoulder

Magic Kingdome

1:01

Yea or Nay at the ballpark: fish 'n chips? sushi? pad thai? baked ziti? shawarma? kalbi ribs?

Dan Szymborski

1:02

I can't see eating ziti at a stadium

But I'll go for all these

Kiermaier's Piercing Green Eyes

1:02

RE: Gyros and tacos, Arby's ran ads calling them "Mediterranean Tacos", and they're meat experts.

Dan Szymborski

1:02

Galileo agrees.

1:03

@DSzymborski Galileo already knows Arbys has the meats, while Chewy's got the treats. ;)

tgiff

1:03

Dan, Coors field is the most offensively friendly environment anywhere in baseball this century. Is this solely because of the ball? Are there other explanations that I'm not considering?

Dan Szymborski

1:03

I'm not following

All events are based on the ball.

Matt

1:03

Skyline chili is actually just a stubborn name from someone who really screwed up a spaghetti bolognese. Change my mind.

scott

1:04

Zips Acuna projections are substantial for the next five years. but his WAR for this year went up significantly when he started playing center field (makes sense; harder position). He's really unlikely to play that much for the Braves going forward between Ender platooning and Pache/Waters waiting in the wings. How does ZIPs factor this in (if it does)...

Dan Szymborski

1:04

It's tricky, because if the Braves play him in left

Is the ability to play CF NOT still there?

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