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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 9/5/24

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Dan Szymborski

12:29

Given how the White Sox have played this year, it'd be like Park County pee wee hockey beating the Red Wings

JWR

12:32

GIve us a minor leaguer or first year player whose future ZIPS has gone though the roof because of his performance in 2024.

Dan Szymborski

12:33

It was Ortiz back in July, but now David Fry is #1

Oddball Herrera

12:33

How many PAs does Holliday have to run a 58 wRC for before Elias starts kicking himself for apparently making him untouchable at the deadline?

Dan Szymborski

12:33

A lot

ViviTheBlackMage

12:34

Have you ever played any of the FromSoftware games? I'm 45 Hrs into Dark Souls and loving it despite it's age and ruthlessness

Dan Szymborski

12:34

Only dabbled a little

Guest

12:35

When was the last time you cried and why?

Dan Szymborski

12:35

August 2019 when it became clear that I'd very suddenly have to put Galileo to sleep

(my 20-year-old big gray gourmand cat for those who don't remember)

12:37

Thank goodness that was more recent since the time before was a videogame

(I surprised myself by tearing up a bit at the bad, first ending you get in Cold Steel IV, even in the unported Japanese version)

Twinsnowins

12:38

The 8 spot the Twins gave up in the 4th to the Rays last night was the worst kind of death by a million paper cuts. I'm afraid they'll just limp into the playoffs with/without Buxton/Correa and then for the first round be like nah, we're good and get swept

Dan Szymborski

12:38

Hey, they've done that before!

James

12:38

Does zips buy the new Hunter Brown?

Dan Szymborski

12:38

ZiPS has for a while

Guest

12:39

Curious what ZiPS thinks of Chapman's 30s after his rebound season. He's now up to 37.3 bWAR (30ish fWAR) at age 31. Dare we say...he has a shot at the HOF? Any way you could see it happening?

Dan Szymborski

12:39

ZiPS liked it more than I did. Will be more in Jay's piece

person

12:39

Buxton with a setback... about how do you think a ZiPS career rerun assuming average health would look?

Dan Szymborski

12:39

I did a time warp for him a couple years ago

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/zips-time-warp-what-could-a-healthy-byron-...

Colton

12:40

Have any opinion on the Yankees odd use of Dominguez this year? How would you have handled things differently?

Dan Szymborski

12:41

I've never had anyone look at me like the Yankees apparently look at Alex Verdugo

mmddyyyy

12:44

When they say "middle middle" what is it the middles of?

Dan Szymborski

12:45

strike zone

My name?

12:45

Why does MLB.com care so much whether I'm human?

Dan Szymborski

12:45

Humans spend money

Disco Danny Ford

12:46

Any exciting foreign imports for 2025?

Dan Szymborski

12:46

Sasaki most obviously!

person

12:46

"the time before was a videogame" Pac-Man is just full of tragedy, I know

Stephen

12:46

Is the decision to not bring up Jasson and play him over Verdugo as bad and dumb as many Yankees fan say it is?

Dan Szymborski

12:46

Yeah

ViviTheBlackMage

12:46

What would Zips offer Bregman and do you think it's reasonable considering Bregman's best years were aided by the juiced ball and trash can shenanigans? He seems to have settled in the 4-5 WAR range which is still impressive

Dan Szymborski

12:46

I'm unconvinced by the evidence that it was a factor

12:47

and it's bad mostly because of the mens rea, not the results

ZiPS would still offer Bregman 5/130

12:48

He's basically been fine for three months

Eli

12:48

Is there anything Zips sees in Verdugo and Lemahieu that justifies the Cashman/Boone regime’s continued blind loyalty to random vets?

Dan Szymborski

12:48

Colton

12:48

Did the terrible start to the year meaningfully move Carroll's future projections? Conversely, has the torrid second half moved them back much if they did?

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