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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 8/27/18

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Dan Szymborski

12:25

No, but Giolito could still be a useful pitcher.

Lunar verLander

12:25

I say we go for Daniel Day Lewis. With his commitment to method acting, we'd essentially have TWO Dan Szymborskis.

Justin

12:25

JA Happ working out okay among deadline pickups.

Jeff

12:25

There are conflicting reports on whether the CUbs still get he $6MM from the Rangers if they pick up the option. Some reports say it'

Dan Szymborski

12:26

I was under the impression -- possibly wrong -- that the Cubs were making the decision and thus paying.

12:27

I saw the conflicting reports. I could probably just call and ask

Jack

12:27

Do you buy Harrison Bader as a 4 WAR player going forward?

Dan Szymborski

12:27

If his defense is anywhere near this level, he's a Kiermaier four.

Derek in Little Rock

12:27

Dan, do you make futures plays for the playoffs? And do you simply take underdogs to reflect the random variance of the exercise?

Dan Szymborski

12:27

I rarely find good value in the team World Series numbers.

12:27

Do you think Luke Voit's success is sustainable or is he just the beneficiary of the Orioles' horror-show pitching staff? Is .270/.350/.500 possible if he gets 450+ PAs in 2019?

Dan Szymborski

12:28

That's a bit aggressive

James

12:28

Can we have a post on the stupidest single award votes ever? Like how Barry Bonds went .311/.456/.624 with 39 steals in 1992 and wasn't unanimous MVP?

Dan Szymborski

12:28

We were SO close to Bichette MVP for a not-good year

Derek in Little Rock

12:28

Dan, do you consider your 8* consecutive chats as impressive as Cal Ripken's 2,632 MLB games played streak or is it more like Brett Favre's 297 NFL games played streak? *9 including a double chat!

12:28

Gausman's been great in Atlanta, especially since he began pitching exclusively from the stretch, which he says allows him to elevate his pitches better. Is a small tweak enough to create big sustainable results?

Dan Szymborski

12:28

It's possible. The problem never seemed to be his repertoire, I'd believe a technical fix would be more effective with a guy like Gausman

hscer

12:29

How do I stop not doing important things?

Dbo

12:29

If there was a statistic for Wins above a replacement's replacement would it be WARR or WAR^2?

Dan Szymborski

12:29

WAWAR

Big Joey

12:29

% chance Corey Seager is ready by opening day? On a side note, do you think he's going to be brittle his whole career like Tulo?

Dan Szymborski

12:29

I can't give a %. Too soon to Tuloize him.

Raddish

12:29

I don't like particular established stats and I need some new ones that I don't understand well enough not to like yet.

Rick C

12:29

If the season were over today do you think Bader should be NL ROY? He is leading in WAR and with less PA.

Dan Szymborski

12:29

Defensive numbers are a bit too volatile to me.

Melissa McCarthy

12:29

I will play Dan Szymborski.

hscer

12:30

When did you realize that limes are way better than lemons?

Dan Szymborski

12:30

Most citrus is goods

Though I hate people bitching about "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade." Since when are lemons a bad thing? Lemons are delicious.

12:31

Has anyone in history ever been handed a bag of lemons and broke down crying that their life was over?

Angelus Novus

12:31

The Hydra shed his scaly hide/and ran with rams along the mountainside

hscer

12:31

but limeade > lemonade, key lime pie > lemon meringue, need I go on?

Dan Szymborski

12:31

Key limes are sellout limes though.

HugoZ

12:31

What's Markakis worth to the Braves...one year plus an option year, 28 million?

Dan Szymborski

12:32

That FEELS like a lot, but i'm not positive it would be the worst mistake ever

LFC Mike

12:32

Will the real Kyle Tucker please stand up. Since his demotion in 5 games: 25 AB 14 Hits 6 HR. I guess ML pitching is a bit better than AAA.

Dan Szymborski

12:32

SSS

Cone

12:32

Is Morales getting enough love generally for this streak? It's quite something.

Dan Szymborski

12:33

Unfortunately he's the Dale Long and not the Mattingly/Griffey!

But yeah, he's had a nice streak, it's just nobody's really paying much attention to the Jays right now until Vlad is up

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