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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 7/30/18

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Dan Szymborski

2:20

You'll need to do better given how much Thor you get.

2:21

With rumors tying Gausman to the Pirates, is there some hope that a pitch-mix tweak and league change could unlock something more than a back-end pitcher?

Dan Szymborski

2:21

I actually tried to give Gausman ot the Pirates a week ago!

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/lets-sell-the-orioles/

2:22

I BELIEVE, but cannot prove, that I hadn't heard of any rumors of Gausman to Pittsburgh swirling at that point.

But even as a non-reporter, Dan hears a lot of things. Quite possibly because Dan *isn't* a reporter.

Bryan

2:22

Well Met! Do you see the Reds trading any bullpen arms at the deadline? Seems like Hughes and Hernandez are easy sells. They seem too stubborn to sell Iglesias. Better to wait until his value caves.

Dan Szymborski

2:22

Secondary arms, but they'd have to be bowled over for Iglesias, unless I'm reading the tea leaves wrong.

david

2:22

Will Jordan Hicks be the Cards closer next year and will Moncada ever finish a season with an OPS above .840? Thanks.

Dan Szymborski

2:22

Yes^2

2:22

If Schoop ends up having a year equivalent to last year, is he a more valuable trade chip in the winter than he is now given his first half struggles?

Dan Szymborski

2:23

It's possible. I wouldn't trade him later than the winter.

Matt

2:23

What's the biggest animal you could take in a fight? No weapons or armor allowed, you are in the animals natural habitat.

Dan Szymborski

2:23

A human?

2:25

I usually talked my way out of trouble as a kid, but the one fight I did get in, I did hurt the other kid and I've watched my temper since.

2:26

Polish last name joke and I was having a bad day so I shoved the kid into the locker and kneed him in the gut. Got in-school suspended for that.

Watched myself after that; it takes a lot, but I do have a temper.

Manuel Margot

2:27

Am I officially BACK?!

Dan Szymborski

2:27

I'm a Margot optimist.

2:28

My dad may have not been in a position to really be able to act as my dad that often -- he spent 25 years after Vietnam slowly drinking himself to death -- but he *did* teach me at a young age how to defend myself if I needed to. He was really pissed about that too, that I was the aggressor and I'd have the polish last name my whole life.

Dan's Hate Mail Finale 2.0

2:28

Dan, you are to baseball writing what Nickelback is to rock music. There.. I said it and I already feel really bad about it. You O.K. Champ?

Dan Szymborski

2:28

PLATINUM TWEETS AND COKE ORGIES, BABY!

Devil Ray Jay Johnson

2:28

Best realistic return for Chris Archer?

Dan Szymborski

2:29

I think a top 50, an interesting prospect with upside, and a couple lotto picks. He's not Chris sale.

Gopherballs

2:29

My airplane is ready to pull away from the gate, so I will not get to read your answer until I land. Please tell me something about the future.

Dan Szymborski

2:29

Eventually, the sun will run out of hydrogen and the magnitude of the sun will burn what's left of the the Earth and if it's not swallowed completely by the reduced gravity, the planet will likely still be reduced to a dead, burnt husk, incapable of life after 1.2 billion years or thereabouts.

tb.25

2:30

Cutters & injury risk?

Dan Szymborski

2:30

Never studied it.

LudeBurger

2:30

you should hold a contest to see who can insult you the best

Dan Szymborski

2:30

I held a mini-one on Twitter. Winner got a Cities Skylines Deluxe Edition key.

ChiSox2020

2:30

Alright Nationals - weekend is over. Are you selling?

Dan Szymborski

2:30

I would.

Christian

2:30

Multiple Outlets are reporting Dayton Moore thinks he can short-circuit this rebuild and be competitive in 2 years. KMN!!

Dan Szymborski

2:30

I know.

Tony Womack

2:30

Why do the Yankees seem to think that they have to trade for someone to fill in for three weeks of Judge being out?

Dan Szymborski

2:31

The Yankees are playing catchup. Unless you just cede the division, it makes sense to do whatever you can.

Devil Ray Jay Johnson

2:31

Do the Royals currently have a player on their roster or in their system that will ever post a 4 win season sometime in the future?

Dan Szymborski

2:31

Soler could have one. Duffy may.

Perennial Ballboy Tryout

2:31

What is your alter ego named?

Dan Szymborski

2:31

DJ Szyzzle, the Mayor of Uppercuts

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