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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 7/9/20

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Dan Szymborski

12:13

2020 Player Nicknames

Aceman

12:14

Is schedule or roster construction a bigger advantage this season?

Dan Szymborski

12:14

Sched, I think

brad

12:14

Dan, what are your updated odds that we finish this season on the field and not simulated on OOTP?

Dan Szymborski

12:14

I think we're still over 50/50 to the good. COVID-19 of course sucks in a billion ways, but I think the question is if players are worse off in MLB than they would be otherwise.

12:15

These are 20-40 year old dudes and they're going to be out doign other stuff in most cases without baseball, not cloistering themselves in a bunker like Julian of Norwich

Enter Name Here

12:16

How do you think teams will manage starting pitcher workloads in 2021 after they max out at <100 IP in 2020?

Dan Szymborski

12:16

I think they'll ramp up as the season goes on

Chris

12:16

If Barry bonds came out of retirement go dh for an nl team would he A) be the best nl dh B) be above average C) be below average but we wouldn't notice D) he'd be the worst dh/player on the league

Dan Szymborski

12:16

I think he'd be below average by a large amount at this point

12:16

Did you go to school at Towson (State) University? If so, when?

Dan Szymborski

12:16

No, I went to Loyola. A ton of my friends went to Towson

Billy Beane

12:16

Hey Dan, how is life?

Dan Szymborski

12:16

Decent-plus

Aceman

12:16

Sorry Dan believe I asked you same question before,just trying to get everyone's opinion

Chris

12:17

Over/under 0.5 trades prior to opening day?

Bozo

12:17

Who will have the better career - Keston hiuria or Ozzie albies?

Dan Szymborski

12:17

There'll be some trade!

Albies.

I love Hiura, but Albies is already an awesome player right now, so less projection.

Soxtober2020

12:17

Power rank your favorite BG builds, in terms of enjoyment to play. Obviously infinite Pirate is #1.

Dan Szymborski

12:17

Ah, you saw the graphic? I really enjoy getting a gold Hogger and a vanilla one so that Pirates are free.

12:19

I wouldn't say Pirates are the most fun build overall though. One problem is they're very coin-flippy. Late Pirate build results are heavily influenced by whether you go first or not.

Because of Seabreaker Goliath, which most good pirate builds will end up having.

12:20

I like Beast builds the best as there are a few ways you can go, such as just having the single deathrattle wolf to go with baron rivendare and macaw or a token generating mama bear build

I'm not a fan of murloc builds because you always play them the same: survive early rounds, rush to five, fish for Brann.

Chris

12:20

Why isn't major league baseball televising every inter squad game? Also are intersquad games more interesting than split squad matchups against rival teams?

Dan Szymborski

12:20

Not sure if there's enough interest

Philip

12:20

Which zips team projection (when adjusting for schedule) are you doubting the most? In either direction.

Dan Szymborski

12:21

I'm not sure the O's even have the 1 point whatever shot at making the playoffs that ZIPS give 'em in 60

Billy Beane

12:21

Dan, what is your worst opinion?

Dan Szymborski

12:21

Probably politics, no doubt.

tacopocket

12:21

Oh...hey Dan. Why do they call smaller candy bars "fun size". Smaller candy isn't fun. I think a foot long milky way is much more fun. oh also - i hate this schedule.....Mets have to play the 2 toughest divisions??? I know they all do but I don't care about the other teams

Dan Szymborski

12:21

It's fun for the manufacturer. More profit per pound of candy!

Isolated Thinker

12:21

Will we see a lot of players/coaches/managers and broadcasters yelling back and forth to each other? I can see Keith Hernandez screaming down advice. "Your outfield is too deep!" "C'mon guys, gotta hit the cutoff man!"

Dan Szymborski

12:22

You might, though remember, remote away broadcasts

Dave

12:22

Do you think Alex Reyes will ever be an impact player for the Cards?

Dan Szymborski

12:22

I still think there's a shot

Lorenzo

12:23

Can a stuffed slice of pizza count as a sandwich? Dough on top, dough on bottom, meat, cheese, and sauce in between.