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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 9/22/22

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Dan Szymborski

12:25

I can totally see them go after Rodon

Josh

12:25

Are there any specific parks that will see biggest impacts from the rule changes? My hunch is lefties will love Camden Yards...

Dan Szymborski

12:25

I think it's probably small

Pinto

12:25

Gunnar has obviously had a magical debut. What's a realistic expectation for him next year?

Dan Szymborski

12:25

HEY SZYM WROTE A PIECE

12:27

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-orioles-are-now-gunnaring-for-a-wild-c...

Adam

12:27

Which team do you think, over the course of your lifetime, you've paid the least attention to? You can prorate the expansion teams if that makes a difference.

Dan Szymborski

12:27

Maybe a team like the Marlins?

12:28

They're relevant so rarely

Dayton Moore Talking Head

12:28

I went to high school with a Scott Harris, so for a few minutes yesterday I was thinking, hey, Scott did all right.

Dan Szymborski

12:28

I can't say Pirates because they had a a stretch of being really good

12:29

and they had Bonds

I guess the team I've *seen* the least, combined TV and in-person, might be the Rangers?

As a kid, we subscribed to Home Team Sports, so along with TBS, WGN, and WWOR, there was a lot of baseball available for the time period

12:30

HTS was the O's premium cable partner

But that doesn't mean I didn' tpay attention to the Rangers. I've been absolutely obsessive about my baseball following for nearly 40 years.

Adam

12:32

Will either Nelson Cruz or Rich Hill play again next year? Those two plus Pujols are the last remaining players older than me.

Dan Szymborski

12:32

I think they both do

Andrew

12:32

If the Simpsons were to recreate Homer at the Bat in 2023, who are the ringers?

Dan Szymborski

12:32

Definitely gotta be Manny Machado! I drew him in

12:33

because of this

12:34

I whould have picked someone else so I could change the glove lol

But I didn't realize it until after and I'm all "goddammit, I made him a lefty"

Greg

12:34

How much are you buying Mitch Keller's strong season (especially since May)

Dan Szymborski

12:35

A lot in the sense that his command has been much better

But he also has that early Eovaldi problem where he can't really put away batters, especially in proportion to his stuff

Dayton Moore Talking Head

12:36

Are you watching that House of Dragons show? If so, did the Crab Feeder guy make you more or less hungry for a big ol' steamed crab spread?

Dan Szymborski

12:36

I was actually eating Utz crab chips at the time

I also watched one of the gory scenes while eating pot roast

I've reinstated my GoT policy of not eating while watching

blondie

12:36

What did ZiPS project for Pujols after leaving St. Louis in 2011? Wondering how much sooner he would have been expected to hit 700.

Dan Szymborski

12:38

ZiPS thought it was a terrible idea and STILL ended up overrating him by a bunch of WAR

12:39

Dayton Moore Talking Head

12:39

Logan O'Hoppe is the NA beer at the Boston airport bar

shortstop

12:40

I know Dayton Moore hasn't exactly excelled in his job the last several years, but I'm not quite sure I understand all of the personal animosity directed towards him?

Dan Szymborski

12:40

I'm not sure I'd call it personal animosity. I don't think he's a good GM or the Royals are well run

Fourth-worst record in baseball since start of 2007

12:41

and in their brief good period, he didn't set them up for remotely sustainable success

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