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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 8/26/21

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Dan Szymborski

12:48

Benintendi is ALMOST second on the team in OPS

Derek

12:48

I was at the Orioles game last night and the atmosphere was surprisingly kind of electric? I think most was Ohtani-driven and some was just ironic but it seems like the team has actually retained a decent amount of fan support given how completely terrible they are! Is that a fair reading?

Dan Szymborski

12:48

It's a great park to watch a game

brad penny for your thoughts

12:48

Danny "The Digital Dandy" Szymbo from Parts Unknown. Ever thought of being a wrestler?

Dan Szymborski

12:49

At 43, it's way too late to start

Maybe I could manage!

Because, let's be honest, the only role for me would be heel manager

Dayton Moore Talking Head

12:50

When you re-watch "Homer at the Bat," which real life player makes you go "hmm, why did they go with this guy"?

Dan Szymborski

12:50

I dunno, they picked a really good lineup

12:51

Scioscia/Sax weren't as big names, but both were really good at the time it was filmed

errr animated

Yes, I know it's not filmed before a live studio audience

Though I think Mr. Burns probably needed to do better background check given that Steve Sax committed so many murders in New York.

Guest

12:52

Pirates *could* go for quantity a la Taillon

Dan Szymborski

12:52

Reynolds has a lot more trade value now than Taillon at the time

Remember, Taillon had basically missed two years at that point

So that quantity better be really QUANTITATIOUS

robertobeers

12:53

Ha-Seong Kim underperforming his projections pretty heavily. Is he still a 4 win peak player in your eyes?

Dan Szymborski

12:53

He still could be!

But the error bars were huge.

I hope to have the percentiles as part of the standard package upcoming season

Jon G

12:53

Ian Happ has had a little run lately, albeit with huge K numbers still there. Say he hits his 50th percentile outcome RoS, though. Does he get non-tendered?

Dan Szymborski

12:53

I think he gets tendered

12:53

Who is your favorite sabermetrician of all-time?

Dan Szymborski

12:54

It's a boring answer, but James was the first stat guy who could write the crap outta things.

12:54

Who does ZiPS think has the highest ceiling in baseball? I hope we get to see a healthy full season from Buxton at some point, personally.

Dan Szymborski

12:54