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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 8/18/22

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Dan Szymborski

12:54

I'm not sure he's well rounded enough to make Cleveland REALLY regret it, but I liked the pickup by the Cubs

Chance Boudreaux

12:54

How long does a new GM regime take to fully wear the responsibility of a franchise? I imagine they would have longer leashes to rebuild or transform the team. Would it be after several draft classes or trades of "Oh that's no longer Avila's core"?

Dan Szymborski

12:54

It's complex

I don't think you can have an easy test.

JWR

12:54

With Seiya Suzuki having a very underwhelming season, both offensively and defensively so far, will that change the projections at all of other Japanese players who come over in the next few seasons?

Dan Szymborski

12:54

No, we have a lot of US->JPN movement and vice-versa

12:55

and a guy projected for a wRC+ of 119 preseason having a 98 is a miss high, but not an earth-shattering one

especially since it's over 77 games

12:58

OVer a full season, that would be his 17th percentile

over hal fa season, 28th

JWR

12:58

Teams are regularly bashed by their fans for not spending money in the off-season, yet it appears that most free agent deals result in players being overpaid over the course of the deal. This year, for example, Baez, Bryant, E Rod, Suzuki, Stroman and Semien are all falling well short of their contracts and expectations. How do you expect this will impact how teams spend money in the future?

Dan Szymborski

12:59

I don't think that there's an impact here; there are a lot of ones that look really good

1:00

Rodon, Gausman, Verlander, so on

JWR

1:00

SABR convention today. Have you ever been?

Dan Szymborski

1:00

Yes, bu tit's been awhile

1:01

It tends to come at a very work-heavy part of the summer for me

San Dzymborski

1:01

why do I get the feeling that the Angels are going to both not trade Ohtani and do something like sign Aaron Judge and no pitchers

Dan Szymborski

1:01

Because you're familiar wiht the Angels.

Phil

1:02

Preller said he didn't know until it was announced, I believe.

Dan Szymborski

1:02

True, but while i believe that would be the case, he *could* always just lie

Jon

1:02

The monster truck race comment made me laugh out loud at my desk

Dan Szymborski

1:03

I mean, average people would love it!

1:05

"And the home run derby ties at 25-25. Now, Juan Soto is running to the designated area behind the stadium to hop into Soulcrusher while the Royals will be using the Beelzebubic."

moe szyslak

1:05

https://diamond-digest.com/2020/01/08/chess-players-in-baseball/

Have you ever read this? Admittedly, chess is a little more boring than monster trucks, but it's a fun writeup

Dan Szymborski

1:05

I have not

I used to play chess on and off

(I'm a 1. e4 guy and like to play caro-kann or dutch as black)

Christian

1:06

Zips 2: Here to enrage you

Carlos Rodon

1:06

Am I getting paid?

Dan Szymborski