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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 8/27/18

Dan Szymborski

11:59

Hello, everyone! We start our 9th consecutive chat!

Jack

11:59

After the injury to Manaea, does Oakland make a last minute SP add? Who are some available names that could help that rotation?

Dan Szymborski

12:00

I'm not sure there are a lot of realistic targets left. And really, the way the A's record is with castoff this year, they can probably sign Scott Kamieniecki and he'll go 3-1, 3.40 for them.

John Beasley

12:00

Team that is least likely to win a World Series 2018-2027?

Dan Szymborski

12:00

Royals

Mike

12:00

Think the Yankees have what it takes in them to catch the Sox and win the division?

Dan Szymborski

12:00

Potentially, but making up 6 games in 30 is easier said than done. The Red Sox playing .500 makes it a really hard one

hscer

12:00

Did you know the Wikipedia article for hot dogs credulously declares them sandwiches without any discussion?

Dan Szymborski

12:01

Wikipedia's only good for non-controversial subjects.

Anything with controversy, different cliques fight it out for supremacy.

Mrs. Wojadubakowski

12:01

A declaration: If a hot dog is a sandwich, ketchup is henceforth a liquid.

Dan Szymborski

12:01

It's not though.

CamdenWarehouse

12:01

Do you enjoy covering the playoffs more, less, or about the same as the regular season? I can barely tolerate playoff reporting and I'd be curious if writers feel the same way.

Dan Szymborski

12:02

About the same, though when *reading* things, there's a lot more in the way of mystique and aura fluff to wade through.

hscer

12:02

Do you think Jansen, Minter, Yates, and Parker can out-save Edwin Diaz and the corpse of Cody Allen ROS? This is not a fantasy question.

Why would you think that was a fantasy question?

Dan Szymborski

12:02

That's a lot of roster spots!

stever20

12:03

what chance if Sale and Bauer don't return do you give a relief pitcher of taking the AL Cy Young?

Dan Szymborski

12:03

Little.

stever20

12:03

When do you think it becomes worry time for the Red Sox with Chris Sale? That lead that they had is now down to 6(only 5 in the loss column). Next week they get the Braves and Astros. It seems like the time for excessive caution has to be over now with Sale.

Dan Szymborski

12:03

I don't think it's a Chris Sale worry, it's like one win over 30 games.

greg

12:03

Cat update please.

Dan Szymborski

12:04

Galileo was sleeping upstairs last I checked (he doesn't come down to ask for dinner until 2). Not sure where Mercutio is. Cassiopeia is sitting at the window in my office.

Austin Meadows

12:04

Do these pants make my butt look fat?

Dan Szymborski

12:04

Yes

selling jeans

12:04

Why don't the most recent 61 games-- A's at 45-16 with a better run differential than every other AL team, including the Red Sox-- outweigh the previous 70 in Fangraphs' projections for rest of season? Particularly when with Anderson, Fiers, Familia, Rodney, Martini, Laureano and an improved Davis and Chapman, the A's are not the same team anymore?

Dan Szymborski

12:04

None of the projections are based on previous roster.

12:05

And for players in general, the last 3/8th of a season is not a good projection system.

BCB

12:05

Is the NL Central perhaps under-talked about (see AL East), given its run differential? Or, is that not a good way to think about things?

Dan Szymborski

12:06

Generally speaking, people will still be more impressed with actual wins than theoretical shoulda wins!

Pat G

12:06

Hey Dan, Thanks for the chat! I know you don't necessarily cover fantasy, but you starting Brett Anderson against the Astros tonight?

Dan Szymborski

12:06

Mike

12:06

Omar Narvaez is a catcher hitting .284/.378/.436, but his defense is horrible. Could he survive a position change, maybe to third base? Or is he forever destined to be a tweener?

Dan Szymborski

12:07

I think he's a tweener.

Dbo

12:07

I recently found out that they put ketchup on pizza in Brazil, is this a crime against humanity?

Dan Szymborski

12:07

Of course it is.

Vslyke

12:07

Is Colin Moran ever going to find his power at the MLB level? I don't think he's a starter without it.