JotCast | Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 9/19/2019

Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 9/19/2019

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Dan Szymborski

12:20

There was a lot of "he'll just take the opt out so it's a short term deal" from the hardcore Royals apologists and while that's very bad reasoning since it didn't envision Kennedy sucking, at least Kennedy didn't block the team's best MLB-ready prospect.

And while Ryan McMahon has disappointed, that doesn't mean he *wasn't* the best MLB-ready prospect on the team at the time or should not have gotten the job.

Mercado with a Mouth

12:20

Do you have any opinion on the entire minor leagues switching to the major league ball next season?

Dan Szymborski

12:21

Let me see if I can find the emote for that.

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stever20

12:21

how much fun has the AL Cy Young race been? These 2 guys the best 1-2 pitching punch we've seen in how long? Are they better than Johnson/Schilling?

Dan Szymborski

12:22

Not better than Unit/Schilling, that's damn hard.

Marc

12:23

Now that Rendon is in the MVP conversation, do you know of any other MVPs who didn't even make it to the All-Star game in recent years?

Dan Szymborski

12:24

I don't think Jimmy Rollins made the AS game his year

And Chipper Jones I think did it

12:25

I don't have an easy way to check offhand

gashouse gorilla

12:25

Which returning from injury (or departing to injured list) players you think might have the greatest impact on the playoffs?

Dan Szymborski

12:25

SEVERINO

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narvain

12:25

Machado is finishing off his worst full season to date. Is San Diego cursed to never have a good offense?

Dan Szymborski

12:25

No, I think they'll be fine

Kretin

12:25

Do you think Gerrit Cole will be worth whatever investment is made in him?

Dan Szymborski

12:25

Yes

Phil

12:28

How do you think the Nationals pitch the wildcard game? Is that what you would do?

Dan Szymborski

12:28

You gotta go with Scherzer any time he's healthy

Austin Meadows

12:29

I... am not upset to be out of Pittsburgh.

Magic Kingdome

12:29

Favorite Disney ride?

Dan Szymborski

12:30

never been to Disney

Kyle Crick

12:30

So.... whatever we were fighting about, I was probably on the morally correct side.

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David Price is Right

12:30

Where does Marcus Semien finish in MVP voting?

Dan Szymborski

12:30

I'm not sure he gets as much consideration as he ought to

National Emergency

12:30

With Rendon probably leaving, Strasburg maybe leaving, and a crappy farm system, but a big market and rich owners, should the Nats rebuild or what?

Dan Szymborski

12:30

If you lose both Rendon/Strasburg, I don't know how you make good on those losses.

12:31

Even with all the money in the world because if you had all int he money in the world, the optimal strategy in the winter is...signing Rendon/Strasburg

Cole can't make it up singlehandedlhy

Kristen

12:31

Will CLE move Kluber this offseason? Could use the freed-up dough on a much-needed bat.

Dan Szymborski

12:31

I would have been about 80% sure before Bauer move, now I'm more 50/50.

Magic Kingdome

12:31

What would Hosmer get as a free agent this offseason?

Dan Szymborski

12:32

Maybe 3/40

Guest

12:32

For a sandwich: is a pita bread? Is an english muffin bread? Are ritz crackers bread? Is gluten-free bread bread? Is matza bread?

Dan Szymborski

12:32

If they're used in breadlike fashion, I think they can be

PD

12:32

Is there a more disappointing song than The Final Countdown? Such a kick ass intro, then, bleh. Kinda like Kevin Maas's career.

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Adam

12:32

Should it matter if PED use was intentional? If the drugs truly enhanced performance, it was an unfair advantage, however they got into the player's system.

Dan Szymborski

12:33

Honestly, my position is that in a perfect world, it *should* be the mens rea; I consider it far more a safety issue than a performance one.

I've spend the last decade trying to find any use for a drug suspension in a more accurate projection and I've found *zero* use for it as a dummy variable, in any manner short or long term or anything from a career standpoint.

12:34

I think the most compelling argument for drug testing is to prevent players from having to feel pressured to use drugs.

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Fangraph's Lurker

12:34

Big thank you to the fangraph's community for helping me get through law school and studying! I PASSED THE FLORIDA BAR EXAM!

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