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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 7/9/18

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David

2:31

Who is the best player on the Padres?

Dan Szymborski

2:31

I'm tempted to say Tatis

Shep

2:31

Why do GMs make trades?

Dan Szymborski

2:31

For the same reason you trade money to your grocer for bread.

2:32

The grocer does not need ALL THAT BREAD. It'll go bad if they don't trade it.

And YOU can't make a sandwich out of dollars. It's way too inky and hard to digest, no matter how much jelly you put on it

Matt

2:32

Let's say a team has a great, forward thinking FO, but a bumbling idiot of a GM. They also have a great cost-controlled starter, but no immediate future for the MLB team. Could Cashman trade himself to said team for said pitcher?

Dan Szymborski

2:32

You don't like Cashman?

Nikki

2:32

What are the Padres doing right?

Dan Szymborski

2:32

Player development

Matt

2:32

How are things such as the FIP constant calculated? total-league stats, or qualified players? Also, by lature of league averages being fluid, would each season's constant be variable until the end of the season (so, a pitcher's FIP could change between starts).

Dan Szymborski

2:33

I THINK FG is calculating it live, but I really don't know

Dave

2:33

It's the first day of free agency. You're a GM with financial flexibility and a team ready to contend. What's your best offer to Bryce Harper?

Dan Szymborski

2:33

Votto's deal

There's too much uncertainty to give him $300 million, I feel

Szymbooo Slice

2:33

Can you just wrap up the chat now so that we can get to your big announcement?

Dan Szymborski

2:33

It's an art

Matt

2:34

My Dan's announcement prediction: Joining the Trump administration as the new sandwich czar. Will implement a strict fascistic interpretation of "sandwich" and ban the hot dog from America.

Dan Szymborski

2:34

STOP MAKING FAKE SANDWICHES. I'M LOOKING YOU WRAP PEOPLE

Gopherballs

2:34

So, you are Batman, right?

Dan Szymborski

2:34

I wouldn't fit into that molded uniform

2:35

I'm way into the 200s weight-wise, I don't know what batarang cables are rated at

Optimistic Met

2:35

someone tell me why Jose Reyes is still a major leaguer!

Dan Szymborski

2:35

Inertia?

I know I answer that a lot

Sonny

2:35

Is there a historical precedent for Moncada's profile that reflects positively on him?

Dan Szymborski

2:35

He could literally be 2B Juan Gonzalez the OF

RotoLando

2:35

I don't have the skills, but I'd like to make a t-shirt with that "Footsteps on the Beach" thing with Jesus, but with Jesus Aguilar.

Chili Beans Davis

2:35

Is the announcement that ZiPS finally became fully sentient and is forcing you to do its bidding in its attempt to establish world domination and to install the designated hitter in the National League?

Dan Szymborski

2:36

No, I'd have to be way smarter to program something like that

Mikey P

2:36

Scale 1-10 how much do you like the ASG not "mattering" anymore?

Dan Szymborski

2:36

Josh Nelson

2:36

Would you be in favor of a two division per league format?

Dan Szymborski

2:36

Yeah, but it wouldn't happen

Dbo

2:36

Will you help me set the line up for my niece's tee ball team, I can provide the data. Her friend Lily has a high OBP because she throws a tantrum if she's tagged out, I think this is an overlooked strategy

Dan Szymborski

2:36

I think for little kids, you put them in the order at which they're least likely to cry

Matt

2:36

My Dan's announcement prediction: Moving to antarctica for the next 12 months due to losing a Markakis-related bet made with a college friend 10 years ago.

Jerry

2:37

Would you rather have Wil Myers or Kyle Seager for the rest of their contracts?

Dan Szymborski

2:37

Seager still I think, but it's much closer than I'd think a year ago

Gub Gub

2:37

Is there a physical upper limit to the number of Tommy John surgeries one can have? Or can Nate Eovaldi just keep going?

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