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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 8/27/18

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Dan Szymborski

12:44

I think the bad part was that it was VAUGHN over Belle.

12:45

I don't think Belle was *obvious* over Edgar or Valentin

Mike

12:45

Harrison Bader now leading fWAR by a comfortable margin among rookies. Does he have a better shot at rookie of the year than when you wrote your article?

Dan Szymborski

12:45

Not really - writers just aren't that fWARmly inclined.

hscer

12:45

any? you can vote Edinson Volquez for MOY?

Dan Szymborski

12:45

I would presume they have the manage?

I dunno, I haven't voted in the award yet.

Big Joey

12:45

Was last season Judge's best season?

Dan Szymborski

12:46

Yes, but only because it was so awesome.

When a guy has an eight-war year, you either assume they've had their best season or if Mike Trout, their worst.

Dave

12:46

Limes are essential for tacos. Who wants lemon juice in their tacos???

Matt

12:47

The fact that Yanks/Sox still have 6 H2H games left makes that race a legitimate race though, no? If Yanks can go 4-2 against the Sox, that's 4 games that need to be made up against other teams...

Dan Szymborski

12:47

If that's still the position.

The opposite result divebombs them quicker

12:48

FG has Yankees at 12.5, ZiPS is at 11.

Matt

12:48

So you're saying that Subway doesn't make sandwiches?

Dan Szymborski

12:48

Yes

GSon

12:48

Lemon Orchard owners want lemon in everyone's tacos..

Hopeless in Cincy

12:48

Is Reds ownership undermining an otherwise competent FO?

Dan Szymborski

12:48

I think there's a real case

Big Joey

12:48

Do either Judge or Stanton pop 60 HR?

Dan Szymborski

12:49

Baseball don't really pop. You stab 'em and nothing happens.

Enough times and maybe some yarn starts to come out

Matt

12:49

Wait...I'm a little behind....are you telling me that you're not going to labor on Labor Day?

Dan Szymborski

12:49

I'm not sure I do much "labor"

12:49

Does ZiPS still like the Braves' chances of winning the East significantly more than FanGraphs' projections?

Dan Szymborski

12:50

Not really - the main source of disagreement was the Nats and the Nats have fallen far enough back that even a rosier look at the Nats doens't help 'em

Hello

12:50

What player have you been most wrong about in the last 5 years?

Dan Szymborski

12:50

Phil Hughes?

Hello

12:50

What player has the industry consensus been most wrong about in the last 5 years?

Dan Szymborski

12:50

Probalby Jose Ramirez?

Maybe Judge?

Matt

12:50

What about Rosanne Barr? I think she'd play a pretty good Szym.

Bread Gardner

12:50

So what if the hinge on my hot dog bun rips apart? It's a sandwich then?

Dan Szymborski

12:51

Intent.

If you ripped it off intentionall so that it wasn't nestled, but intended to be held together by the vertical forces of your hand(s), then it would be a sandwich

A car doesn't become a bicycle if you bust two of your tires running over nails

12:52

Though it may become a reliant robin if you break one