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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 8/18/22

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Dan Szymborski

12:29

talking shop isn't an uncommon t hing

but I'm not going to get something JUICY out of it

and the one time I did, I was too dumb to even realize it until later

12:30

(the Lucchino/Epstein issues)

barney gumble

12:30

this isn't really a question, but Tatis probably didn't come up with the ringworm excuse on his own. which means a lot of people around him are enabling his behavior...

Guest

12:31

Update on how well Steven Kwan comps to Richie Ashburn?

Dan Szymborski

12:31

I didn't know this was an ongoing question! lol

12:33

coming into the season, his top comps were Jeremy Reed, Rick Manning, Jon Jay, Mark Kotsay, Johnny Damon, Wendell Magee, Andre Ethier, Curt Flood, Ryan Sweeney

Ashburn was 94

no, 73

12:34

there's a second three year period for Ashburn that isn't included since it's a double, which would have been 94

12:36

Ashburn is now 61

now it's

12:37

Del Unser, Johnny Damon, Jeremy Reed, Mel Almada, Steve Finley, Mark Kotsay, Andre Ethier, Rick Manning, David Martinez, Ryan Sweeney, David DeJesus, Curt Flood, Von Hayes, Terence Long, David Dellucci, Jacoby Ellsbury

and so on

Thornton

12:37

The Rockies don't really have a plan to compete, and I have to blame you, Dan, since you own them.

Guest

12:37

What does ZiPS say would be a good Julio Rodriguez extension?

Dan Szymborski

12:37

Now THAT I'm totally gonna save for an offseason slow news week piece! lol

steve

12:37

What went wrong with Victor Robles? Did scouts miss something or is it just the nature of error bars with prospects?

Dan Szymborski

12:38

Prospects just miss a lot no matter how good you are

Lactose Indifferent

12:38

What’s your favorite regional hot dog topping scheme?

Dan Szymborski

12:38

Chicago

Guest

12:38

Re: ZiPS errors -- in what ways do league-wide offense / pitching changes matter (given normalized stats)? Contract predictions?

Dan Szymborski

12:38

Oh, I mean for non normalized stats

becuase people look at BA/OBP/SLG more than OPS+/wRC+ and ERA more than ERA+/ERA-

michael

12:38

Is joey bart a starting catcher in 5 maybe 10 years?

Dan Szymborski

12:39

5 years I think so

I'm not placing bets on 25 year old catchers being 35 year old catchers!@

Tiger Fan

12:39

I know ZiPs wasn’t super high on our club pre-season (I think ~75 wins if memory serves) but I’m curious if ZiPs believes the key pieces moving forward (Greene, Baez, Tork, etc) are having flukes or more legit causes for concern?

Dan Szymborski

12:40

ZiPS is most concerned about Tork

Less so about Baez

and less so even than Baes for Greene

Mike Matheny

12:40

Somehow I have lasted longer than four other managers

Dan Szymborski

12:40

Royals

BreggyBomb