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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 9/29/22

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Dan Szymborski

12:53

of healthy players, Juan Soto's there

12:54

then India missed time

so did Meadows

Then you get Torkelson

Franmil Reyes

Lowe was injured

thten Candelario and Gallo

12:56

Pitchers

Buehler and E-Rod have missed time

Eovaldi

Giolito

Cole

Kikuchi

Marquez

Flaherty and Stras injured

12:57

Berrios next healthy looks like

Dave

12:57

Do the Mariners have a reasonable chance to win the division next year?

Dan Szymborski

12:57

Yes

Jack

12:57

I didn't know this was an O's chat (sweet!). Call me crazy, but I see the Orioles dealing Santander for a pitcher in the offseason (looking at you Marlins). Then going in and signing Rodon, and signing whichever shortstop is last to sign and runs out of suitors (Swanson, Correa, Bogaerts, etc.) to a short term contract (like Correa's with MIN). Go into next year with Rodon, whoever they traded Santander for, Gray Rod, Bradish and Means. Then you have the other 4/5ths of this years rotation as fill in's when need be. I also see them addressing LF, possibly signing a RH batter to complement Stowers and using him in a platoon role.

Marshall

12:57

Have the Dodgers really "underperformed" in the postseason over Dave Roberts' tenure? They've won one out of 6 WS, which is probably a little better than the expected value even if they were the best team in the league each year.

Dan Szymborski

12:57

Not really, no

Judge

12:57

I feel like the resolution of this story has a pretty big impact on standing projections

Dan Szymborski

12:57

Wait, what?

Devil Ray Jay Johnson

12:58

It this is the last chat of the year, thanks for doing these. Chili talk and Rockies jokes always brighten the day.

Dan Szymborski

12:58

I mean, it's the last chat of the regular season

and last SzymChat for awhile as there will be playoff chats

Kim Ng

12:58

How do I fix this mess?

Dan Szymborski

12:58

Need better ownership more willing to invest in team. So you probably don't, unfortunately

Chrono Triggered

12:59

What is your level of excitement for BOTW2/Tears of the Kingdom? Only worry is exploration. One of the great joys of BOTW is wandering around and finding new things. If they're reusing most of the original map that's gone.

Dan Szymborski

12:59

Certainly quite interested!

1:00

Though I've never been as hardcore a Zelda fan as some because I didn't have a Nintendo console between N64 and Switch

Dave

1:00

How much do you value results vs expected stats for awards?

Dan Szymborski

1:00

It depends

161

1:00

What percentile is this years O's season on the ZiPS scale? gotta be over 90% right?

Dan Szymborski

1:00

Way up there

It's in high high 90s category

Michael Scott

1:01

at the time of the trade, Matt Olson = Freeman. Given the bad year/good year, how do the next few play out per zips?

Dan Szymborski

1:01

Last I checked, Freeman's slight edge now. Age is working against him

Decadent Moose

1:01

I'm in a newish relationship. We're traveling in October to participate in a chili cook-off. It's pretty serious. She's insisting on beans. Is this a hill with dying on as I'm refusing?

Dan Szymborski

1:01

I'm not sure you want to ask me for relationship advice

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