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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 8/6/2019

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Dan Szymborski

2:13

I'm down for bonus baseball

Bread Gardner

2:13

Considering how many replacements are playing to (I assume) their 90th percentile projections, how many wins have the Yankees actually lost due to injury?

Dan Szymborski

2:13

Probably not that many. That they *didn't* lose a ton of wins is the impressive part!

dude

2:13

Did the Giants make a mistake not trading Bumgarner and Smith, even if maybe they weren't getting what they were asking for? Their playoff hopes are pretty dim (2%) right now.

Dan Szymborski

2:13

I think not trading Smith was a mistake.

Considering what Stroman landed, I'm not sure Bumgarner would have even landed enough to care about

CeddyBReady

2:14

You completely Britta'd this chat. Which basically makes you the Mets of Fangraphs chats.

Bread Gardner

2:14

What is your favorite baseball copypasta?

Dan Szymborski

2:14

I don't think I have a baseball copypasta

Dan’s Mom

2:16

So sorry for the delay everyone. Danny had to clean up his room before I would let him start his Fan Stats Graphs Chatterbox.

Dan Szymborski

2:16

Ha, my real mom can't remember who I work for.

Matt

2:16

Billion Dollar Idea: A man-made mountain for skiing (or boarding) in the offseason, shaped after the time series playoff % of the prior season's biggest collapse.

Cameron

2:16

Wait did you actually call the July 2019 Amed Rosario breakout in 2017?

Dan Szymborski

2:16

I saw Mirchin tweet that but to be honest, I don't remember that

2:18

While I'd like to take credit, I'm psychologically unable to take credit for something without knowing if I should take credit.

Jim Leyland Palmer

2:18

Do you have any thoughts on the recent brush-up between Fenech and McCosky on twitter? Our beat writers are more interesting than our team :/

Dan Szymborski

2:18

The problem is that beat writers have different sources for things and sources aren't always honest

Jose Jose Jose!

2:18

Zim Bob! Thanks for chatting! Do you have high hopes for young Isan Diaz this season?

Dan Szymborski

2:19

Even with AAA going nuts, he showed a large enough improvement that I'm optimistic

Matt

2:19

The largest part of me is strongly disappointed by the Yanks' (lack of) deadline moves. I kinda understand - between the things that were available, and the prices demanded, sure seemed like teams were calling Cash's bluff, and asking way higher from us than anyone else. That said - I trust Tanaka, and if Sevy can come back strong, between him and German (innings limit, I assume), there's a chance we don't *need* a top end starter, no? There's some chance to ride momentum to some wins, no?

Dan Szymborski

2:19

I think there are two things here

I think some teams got cold feet about the returns.

2:20

In light of the returns teams got, my trade suggestion for a Ray trade was way too much

and conversely, I think the valuation of Minor's trade value was actually right on

Behind the scenes, I know the Yankees were trying to get things done. It just didn't work out

Now, you don't get credit for trying and failing.

But it's better than not trying like the Rockies most deadlines.

2:21

I think the Yankees got in a position like the Giants when the Giants failed to land a single one of the Marlins OF after lobbying hard for all three

LFC Mike

2:21

Alcides Escobar was released by the White Sox on Friday . I take it you just woke up from your celebratory bender over the weekend. 😵😵😵😵🤮🤮🤮🤮

Dan Szymborski

2:21

I actually haven't had anything to drink since the weekend before the All-Star Game

Drank way too much on panel night.

2:22

Disturbingly, it's caused me to lose a quick 15 pounds. Beer has a lot of calories.

Village Villar Idiot

2:23

I know everyone stood pat, but I was surprised the O's couldn't find a taker for for-the-cycle Villar (or Givens). Do you think it speaks more to the lack of trade willingness from the outside or from the inside of the O's org?

Dan Szymborski

2:23

I don't think there was a Villar market

He's versatile, but he kinda stinks at the positions you care about

Matt

2:23

Can you ask Appleman to provide a game split (for double headers) in the leaderboards when selecting single day? The site had essentially made my web scraper useless, and would be much less resource intensive go to daily, than by player (into game logs).

Dan Szymborski

2:23

Sure

Bigfoot Erotica

2:23

Do you believe the report that the Astros offered Bregman for Fullmer and Justin Wilson? That seems like an absurd overpay for HOU even in 2017

Dan Szymborski

2:24

I'm not sure. I don't know the specific players being talked about, but I am familiar with the Tigers having very high demands

Built Ford Tough

2:24

Mike Ford = next Daniel Vogelbach?