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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 9/24/18

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Dan Szymborski

12:18

And I'd say the majority of trades that aren't about money are about window, and you can argumen many of the former are actually teh latter

Alexa

12:18

Ohtani play Despacito

Logan

12:18

Do you think that Dansby Swanson will improve much with the bat over time? Also, can the Braves afford to wait for that?

Dan Szymborski

12:18

I think there's time for improvement. He's not a bad player, really.

Zonk

12:19

The Orioles are 59.5 games out of first place. Has any team in the modern era finished so far out of first? Even the '03 Tigers were 47 games back

Dan Szymborski

12:20

They ought to finish around 5th or so since 1901. The Browns had a year of like 64 and NL Boston right around there, IIRC

Matt

12:21

Dan - I have meetings scheduled until 1 pm. No time for lunch. This is unconstitutional, isn't it?

Dan Szymborski

12:21

That's why you always carry around an emergency cheesesteak

Ray

12:21

Do you think Betts will ever be able to have another season anywhere close to this good? All his xstats support his season but I'm still skeptical that he can continue to be this good.

Dan Szymborski

12:21

There's that cognitive dissonance when something crazy but justifiable lands right in front of you, which is kinda how we felt about Trout early on.

12:22

We really haven't had enough baseball history to rule out things like this.

Maybe he's not a "true" 10 WAR player, but he may very well be a true 8, which is still absurd.

Fat Matt

12:23

The other night I had a dream that seemed to have the full fangraphs staff, however none of you looked like your real selves. I was in a giant futuristic building fighting aliens (sigourney weaver style) and velociraptors on the outside of a spiral staircase, when out of nowhere your cats appeared. After not killing your cats, you helped me to safety while Jeff tried gunning me down. I just wanted to say thank you.

Dan Szymborski

12:23

I wouldn't let aliens kill my cats.

Except maybe Mercutio who would run and hide and I couldn't find him and then aliens would eat him

Greg

12:23

With all of the pitching Atlanta has now and on the way, do you think Newcomb could be an odd man out this offseason?

Dan Szymborski

12:23

I don't think so

12:24

I think the Juliotollah is, not The Duke.

Mitch

12:24

Do you think Albies continues to be around the same type of hitter going forward? Just seems like if he put more emphasis on line drives and showed more patience he'd be better even if he hit less homers. He's got blazing speed, but it doesn't help when you pop out over 10% of your contact...

Dan Szymborski

12:24

I think he's sorta the type of player he's going to be

Clippard_coupon

12:24

Is Dylan Bundy's HR problem just bad luck and Camden? His GB% will always leave him vulnerable, but put him in Tampa with a HR suppressing park and outfielders that can go get it, and he's Garret Cole 2.0, right?

Dan Szymborski

12:25

That's probably a bit of a stretch - the difference between parks isnt' *that* crazy

randplaty

12:25

As you mentioned in your Elegy, the Padres don't have any "build-around" type players yet. In an age when teams won't give trade these type of players, what are the Padres chances of getting a "build-around" type player?

Dan Szymborski

12:25

Wait, did I say that? Because they sure have some prospects that are build-arounds.

Ah! I said it around Reyes, Renfroe, Villanueva

I just meant around those guys.

12:26

Though I could be wrong about Reyes

If his power is as crazy as it coudl be

Gub Gub

12:26

Where does Buck Showalter coach next? Because you know some dipshit front office is going to hire the guy.

Dan Szymborski

12:26

I almost think at this point, this is his last managerial gig and he goes special assistant to a team like the Marlins

Acunami

12:27

Will the Phillies collapse allow the Rockies to sneak into the playoffs?

Dan Szymborski

12:28

Not really. The problem is that the Phillies haven't really been a prime WC contender for a few weeks. The PHillies have to get past two of the NL Central teams or the DOdgers

Err the Rockies do

and the head-by-heads when you talk about them playing the Phillies still aren't that much changed

12:29

Vs. a 450 instead of a 550 team in a four game series is less than a win

Jake Junis Priest

12:29

Looks like Buck will be out and Duquette likely back, perhaps with enhanced powers. What's you take on that mess?

Dan Szymborski

12:29

The best case scenario for the Orioles is that the organizational/ownership mess leaves nobody sure who is in charge and in that vacuum, Duquette's left alone.

look it's been a bad week

12:30

Seems like barstool is bad and fully of shitty people, even the least shitty ones are still pretty bad. It would be great if male writers who still give them a pass to stop. It sucks and, as a woman who just wants to enjoy baseball, is incredibly alienating. Good men need to stop giving shitty men a pass.

Dudes still feel the need to question me on if I know the lineup of my favorite team and I read fangraphs.

Dan Szymborski

12:31

(Sorry to edit, but an f-bomb is usually a little too much for me to push)

12:32

I don't like the general Barstool atmosphere. I think the best way to deal with the bad actors there is by simply ignoring them as meaningless - the thing about callouts is that it creates and us vs. them and many people will end up supporting those guys *because* they're being called out.

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