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Dan Szymborski Fangraphs Chat - 9/10/18

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Dan Szymborski

12:39

Person

12:39

I get .305 and .263 for 2018 (essentially what the article had) https://www.fangraphs.com/leaderssplits.aspx?splitArr=219,7&strgroup=s...

King Slender

12:40

Canelo or GGG, who you got?

Dan Szymborski

12:40

You're really getting out of my expert zone!

Ozzie Ozzie Albies Free

12:40

Are you a free will guy or a fatalist?

Dan Szymborski

12:40

I don't know if I philosophically stick to one of those poles. I haven't thought mucha bout it

All Cats Are Beautiful

12:41

Any thoughts on Cleveland not using Chief Yahoo in Canada anymore?

Dan Szymborski

12:42

Wahoo is on the way out and even if the human rights Canadian stuff didn't pan out against it, it's a bit more tense a situation

12:43

Just personally speaking, I'm glad to see Cleveland start to move Chief Wahoo on the way out.

Though I am 100% philosophically against any type of government intervention or trademark games that would have furthered that goal.

Matt

12:43

O's "on the right track"? Is this just based off the fact that they've openly admitted maybe they were doing things the wrong way? Or is this drastic change due to the acquisitions within the last month (or two)?

Dan Szymborski

12:44

They did a good job at the deadline and they seem interested in international players suddenly and seem like they're on board with the leader.

Morbo

12:44

Dan, I have sad news. You are no longer the single chat CHAR leader. Meg has supplanted you, without the use of emojis even. Based almost entirely on her attempt to incite a food riot - and, not the kind you would see in a poorly run member of OPEC like Venezuela, but the kind of food riot that has only been seen in the closing scenes of Blazing Saddles. Meg has a single chat CHAR of 18.6785! (It may seem preposterous that such a score could be achieved in one chat but trust me the math checks out)

Dan Szymborski

12:45

I'm still not sure how this is being calculated.

Mac

12:45

Would you trade an MLB team your current algorithm of Zips (without any future iterations) for back door access to all present and future private Statcast data for the rest of your life?

Dan Szymborski

12:45

Who says I don't have my methods already!

Gub'Mint Man

12:45

Trevor Bauer may not be back in time to make starts in the regular season. Do you see Tito making Trevor a part of the Indians Bully, lengthening & strengthening an area that has been problematic over the course of the season?

Dan Szymborski

12:46

Cleveland made additions to the pen and the rest ought to be pitching better, so if he can, I do want Bauer in the rotation.

NYY Pitching ?

12:46

Any idea what's wrong with Luis Severino? What do you expect from him next year? At the ASG he looked like the best pitcher in MLB, but his track record is also pretty short.

Dan Szymborski

12:46

It seems like something has gone bad for every AL Cy Young contender since the end of June

Devil Ray Jay Johnson

12:46

Do both the A's and Yankees go with a bullpen game for the wild card?

Dan Szymborski

12:46

It wouldn't be the worst idea in the world.

Though it'll be gutsy

v2micca

12:46

What happens when medical science is able to create a synthetic ligament that is 10 times stronger than the UCL a pitcher is born with?

Dan Szymborski

12:47

We will finally free our athletes from the Sauron-like dark overlordship of James Andrews and Neal ElAttrache.

Matt

12:48

Why do I feel like - when all is said and done this season - that the Yankees playoff exit will be pretty unquestionably linked to 2-3 managerial blunders on Boone's part?

Dan Szymborski

12:48

I'd more believe that it's linked to thing that Boone does that is blown out of all proportion

Jkim

12:48

How does the Dodgers have lower Playoff odds than the Cubs/Brewers/Braves yet have the highest WS % in theNL by far? Does ZiPS/Fangraphs think they're that good for the playoffs? Or is it just the constant underperforming of their peripherals that brought this?

Dan Szymborski

12:48

Even if you think the Dodgers are the best team in baseball, their playoff % math situation is undisputably not the best in taseball

Lou

12:49

The Giants really can't think they can "retool" this offseason to compete in 2019 can they?

Dan Szymborski

12:49

They might be able to, but it'll be expensive

Derek in Little Rock

12:49

Do you ever use ZiPS or the win expectancy of the FanGraphs daily scoreboard to gauge value on individual game wagers?

Dan Szymborski

12:49

I don't do individual games.

Devil Ray Jay Johnson

12:49

All of the non-playoff teams' GM positions become available. Which one do you recommend the most?

Dan Szymborski

12:49

Phillies

Derek

12:49

In your White Sox Elegy, you mention Miguel Cabrera as an Eloy Jimenez comp. What's the likelihood Jimenez is actually that kind of player?

Dan Szymborski

12:50

Peak Miggy? Fairly low -- don't have offhand -- but that there's a chance is more than you can say for most

Travis

12:50

Acuna is gonna end up with 4 war in around 110 games as a 20 year old. That seems pretty good. Think he gets some mvp votes?

Free Fred

12:50

Re: Correa, doesn't it seem concerning that a guy his age already has bad back problems?

Dan Szymborski

12:50

MVP votes? probably not

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