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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 8/6/18

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Dan Szymborski

3:07

Markakis

Kiermaier's Piercing Green Eyes

3:08

You used "Giantbearpaw" as a punchline in an article just now. Was "Barraclough" not funny enough?

Dan Szymborski

3:08

I wanted to but you know, pitcher!

Pad Squad

3:08

Do you think the Pads will try to make a splashy trade this offseason seeing as how they have such a 40-man roster crunch?

Dan Szymborski

3:09

I think they will.

CamdenWarehouse

3:09

WTF is Slug Bug?

Dan Szymborski

3:09

What weirdos call Punch Buggy

CamdenWarehouse

3:09

what if the steak was accidentally well done and you don't want to insult the friend serving you dinner? Is it OK to put ketchup on then? I'd use A1 myself, but to each his/her own

Dan Szymborski

3:10

If you put ketchup on it, you're announcing to your friend "I hate you and your life is garbage like this steak and we're not friends anymore."

Matt

3:10

As a data mercenary, do you operate much in the same way I did in early employment - many different employers who all contributed to my total income - or are you the (sole?) employee of Szymborski Enterprises which has contracts with various entities?

Dan Szymborski

3:10

My primary job has been writing for a long time, but I'm always open to offer data, though I cannot offer any advisory opinions outside of things I run and have little direct input on.

John

3:11

Odds Jose Ramirez wins AL MVP?

Dan Szymborski

3:11

Doing awards odds later this week!

Scott

3:11

FG has the national league with just a 37% chance to win the WS. That's crazy right? The Yankees only have a 37% chance to beat the White Sox tonight!

Dan Szymborski

3:11

It's not that crazy - the WS isn't one game, it's 7

Well, up to 7

Pei

3:11

Just read your Ramirez piece and thought it was great. Would you consider doing one for the careers of all top projected players or something similar? I'm just curious about other players' totals

Dan Szymborski

3:12

When it comes up! I don't like giving out all the scoops, I want you guys to keep coming back.

The Old Buccaneer

3:12

Recently I saw Düsseldorf mustard in a store and saw it compared favorably to Dijon. Do you have any experience with this?

Dan Szymborski

3:12

It's good. Just ground seeds and water and vinegar from dusseldorf

Moelicious

3:12

What is fWAR?

Dan Szymborski

3:12

FanGraphs WAR

Factory of Sadness

3:12

important though, which MLB team is gochujang

Dan Szymborski

3:13

It's really terrific with a lot of things an Americans won't buy it. The Rays?

Ryan

3:13

No question for you, just great to have you on board full-time at fangraphs.

Dan's Grandma

3:13

Come give your grandma a kiss.

Dan Szymborski

3:13

ALL MY GRANDPARENTS ARE DEAD!

3:14

Last grandmother in 2002 and I don't think the ghost version of her ought to know how to use the internet.

My poor grandfather, he understood that internet had cool stuff, but I could never explain to his satisfaction, just "where" the internet was.

Matt

3:14

Devil's Advocate in the MVP/Team argument: It *is* about VALUE. If I'm someone who has no food, and no money, $10 is much more valuable to me than it is to the man who has lots of food and lots of money. Value is a relative term. The award is not the Most Bestest Player award, it's the Most Valuable Player...for which context matters. (This is my DA argument as someone who believes that the award should be team talent-level agnostic)

Dan Szymborski

3:15

Then even ignoring what the rules say, then the award is pretty frigging pointless.

3:17

A world in which Mike Trout can lose an individual award because Jered Weaver had a worse year than Marco Estrada is a really stupid world

And a really stupid award.

3:18

There's a solid chance that at the end of the season, the only players who will have made any difference in their team's playoff fortunes will be either Oakland A's or Seattle Mariners, so I expect to see your personal ballot with 10 of them.

And on that note, it's time to head off to the ol' dusty trail

Thanks for joining me everyone!

3:19

As a reminder, you can find my work on FanGraphs now, since I have joined full-time. I am also at DSzymborski on Twitter!

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