JotCast | Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat

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Dan Szymborski

12:21

Wow, that didn't work

Oh well

CeddyBReady

12:21

THE TRUTH IS A LIE!
Why don't people know or understand what populism is? Like for reals, the populist movement in America equates to people crying out that "real chili is all beans!"

Also, Curacao is nice at any time of year and I kinda want to move there. BEISBOL!

Dan Szymborski

12:22

If populists want all bean chili, call me an elitist technocrat

Tatis Jr’s BABIP

12:22

Where am I?

Dan Szymborski

12:22

High BABIP are the wings of Icarus!

Bill

12:23

Chances voit finished in T2 of MVP voting?

Dan Szymborski

12:23

He's likely to lead in HRs now, so he has a good shot.

HR titles do get you votes still!

TooDamnTall

12:23

Nice work on the Conigliaro time warp, I really enjoyed it, even if it was a sad one

Dan Szymborski

12:23

Thanks! A lot of people seem to have liked this one.

DAN’s MUDDA

12:23

DAN, IT’s YOUR MUDDA! I’M FURIOUS!

Dan Szymborski

12:25

My mom would never refer to herself as Allan Sherman saying muddah. She gets annoyed because anytime I'm quoting somethign she says, I will say it in a ridiculous old Jewish mom voice.

DAN’s MUDDA

12:25

I’M FURIOUS ABOUT YOUR BAD LANGUAGE

Dan Szymborski

12:25

Again, definitely not my mom, who is an expletive dropper.

Sharp

12:25

Freddie Freeman is a free agent after next season. What does a contract for him look like? I know first basemen over 30 aren't a popular group for teams to offer big money to, but it feels like the Braves will want to keep him around.

Dan Szymborski

12:26

I expect he'll come to an agreement with the Braves before hitting FA.

I think the lack of excitement for paying over-30 first basemen just makes it even easier for Braves to keep him around.

12:28

I suspect an extension for him looks a bit like Goldy's

Guest

12:30

In predicting DJ LeMahieu’s next team, would you take the Yankees or the field?

Dan Szymborski

12:30

A player the team likes and has money for and a job for? I'll always take the team over the field.

12:30

Who throws the best pitch in baseball currently?

Dan Szymborski

12:31

I think from just a value standpoint, Lamet's slider was on top for 2020

for a nasty factor, maybe Morton's curveball or deGrom's fastball?

pss

12:31

Have you rerun ZiPS with the no off day postseason? Does it hurt or help particular teams?

Dan Szymborski

12:32

Probably not a large enough effect, but it does make a deeper rotation slightly more valuable.

No off days means you have to go depeer into the rotation.

Guest

12:32

If you were forced to accept a 16-team playoff field, how would you design the playoffs to try to minimize all the competitive downsides?

Dan Szymborski

12:33

To win the first round, you have to *sweep* the better teams. Two games for the five seed, three games for the six seed, four games for the seven seed, five games for the eight seed.

Gunther Centralperk

12:34

Can you estimate how ZiPS projects Kershaw going forward with his rebounded velocity?

Dan Szymborski

12:34

Well, yeah, that's what the 2021 projection will be!

TooDamnTall

12:34

Dan, I had a dream last night that we were drinking hot chocolate together. It had lots of marshmallows. I had a nice time, thanks.

Dan Szymborski

12:34

I'm glad we had fun! But shouldn't I be getting hot chocolate? WHERE IS MY HOT CHOCOLATE

LFC Mike

12:35

My work here is done. I can achieve nothing greater in life than being in wiki post concerning you. Thank You Dan

Guest

12:35

Can we get a poll on how people find players’ FG pages? Some people type “(player name) fangraphs,” some use “(player name) fang,” some go to fangraphs and then use the search bar. I’m curious.

Dan Szymborski

12:36

How Do You Find Players on FanGraphs?

Google (25% | 13 votes)

FanGraphs Search Box (53.8% | 28 votes)

Clicking on Team and then Player (3.8% | 2 votes)

Clicking on Leaders and then Player (0% | 0 votes)

I Have a Manservant Who Does it For Me (5.8% | 3 votes)

Bing? Is That Still a Thing? (1.9% | 1 vote)

Infoseek/Ask Jeeves (9.6% | 5 votes)

Total Votes: 52

Gil

12:37

Do you cook much? Is there anything that you'd make to impress people?

Dan Szymborski

12:37

I do cook a lot, I don't know if I cook anything to impress.

Trent Hauser

12:38

Will we ever get a British player? I feel like those guys really class a place up

Dan Szymborski

12:38

Danny Cox

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