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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 7/22/2019

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Dan Szymborski

1:05

If I use my piano to store frozen shrimp, is it really my piano that sucks...or me?

(not that) James

1:05

"I'm more optimistic than the projections" would be a good name for your autobiography.

Nick

1:05

Which happens first: a Padre throws a no-hitter or a Red wins a Cy Young?

Dan Szymborski

1:05

Red Cy Young

Sean

1:05

How does ZiPS handle park factors? Arizona has been playing like a pitcher's park ever since the Humidor was installed but most park factors (including FG's) use multi-year calculations, so it still shows AZ as being a hitter's park.

Dan Szymborski

1:06

Here's the awkward thing: AZ's only showing up as a pticher's park *this* year

Last year, frist with humidor, it wasn't that different than usual

scott

1:06

how big of an RC+ split for a hitter before you would wonder if they should stop switch hitting? Albies is currently holding a 91/167 split...

Dan Szymborski

1:07

I don't think the splits themselves should be the problem, but the absolute level of ability

Now, I wouldn't be against a player *testing* giving up switch hitting in this situation

Pulmonary Szymbolism

1:07

who is your least favorite fangraphs colleague and why is it kiley mcdaniel

Dan Szymborski

1:07

Carson Cistulli since he's my archnemesis

Well one of them - Michigan Dan Szymborski is also a sworn enemy

scott

1:08

Gausman had his best outing of the year last night and he swears he threw a cutter but it registered as a 4 seamer on every single pitch (he also had about 4 very loud very deep fly ball outs)...Is it just not a very good cutter or what?

David R Williams Teacher

1:08

Quite the “Lord of the Flies” thing you have here Mr. Szymborski. Not surprised at all and slightly impressed actually.

Dan Szymborski

1:08

I know you're not the real Señor Williams because he wouldn't break character and call me Mr.

Bobby B

1:09

Give me the exact date Scooter Gennett will hit his first homer of the season. If you guess correctly, you win a mental fist bump from me. If you guess wrong, a thousand years of pain and misery await you as you are turned into a banded butterflyfish and forced to live in the backstop tanks at Marlins park. While you won't have the sentience of a human (that would be cruel) you will fully be able to perceive how bad the Marlins are. Your diet will consist of fish food and the occasional hot dog scraps from curious toddlers. Another fish in your tank will have the cognizance of a human, and he has access to a cell phone so occasionally he will order Uber eats. Sometimes he will share, sometimes he will not. That will be your punishment should you guess incorrectly.

Dan Szymborski

1:09

I'm not seeing the upside on this bet.

Guest

1:09

Hello? I'm stuck in a parallel dimension, this is the only way I could get a message through, send help before The Others fi

Gerald of Rivia

1:09

What did you think of the trailer for the Netflix adaptation of your beloved Poland's favorite witcher?

Dan Szymborski

1:09

I have not yet seen it

Jerry Dipoto

1:09

If you're in my shoes, what am I doing at the deadline?

Dan Szymborski

1:09

Probably chasing the fat idiot who stole your shoes and ran away with them.

CamdenWarehouse

1:10

Meg made a joke the other day about The Board becoming sentient. It was funny, but I don't think ZiPS is going to allow that to happen.

Anon21

1:10

I know this is more of a Jaffe question, but do you see the HOF standard getting increasingly disconnected from the realities of starting pitching these days? Do you think the standard will adjust, or will they just pick few pitchers going forward?

Dan Szymborski

1:10

I think the standards for pitching will adjust.

Look at how Cy Young voting has changed quicker than the Hall.

1:11

The internet-employed BBWAA members only got their vote last year (Law, Kahrl, etc)

Dan’s Nephew

1:11

Do I call you Unka Dan or Unka Zim or will you embarrass me enough to disown you.

Dan Szymborski

1:11

I'll probably embarrass him significantly.

Matt

1:12

Just to level set: Would you say you have more, or less faith in the KC FO's ability than you do in, say, the existence of a Flying Spaghetti Monster?

Dan Szymborski

1:12

Less.

At least with spaghetti monsters, there's the possibility that I'll get free spaghetti out of it

Trey

1:13

Is Adam Jones a fit for Philadelphia? They have the space in the OF because of recent injuries, and he seems to fit Bruce/McCutchen mold of "veteran OF presence the front office might think is a good influence for the young guys."

Dan Szymborski

1:13

I don't think he's a particularly good fit.

1:14

You don't want him in center and honestly, he's not actually good

Self Owned

1:14

So at this point can we safely say that Joey Votto's sarcastic spring training wardrobe referencing his age was a poor choice?

Dbo

1:14

If you drink it then its a smoothie, not soup Matt

Dan Szymborski