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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 9/5/24

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Dan Szymborski

12:58

some will disappoint, someone will get injured, so on

Oddball Herrera

12:58

Hey let’s be fair now…after last season the Twins have raised the expectation from “just happy to be here” to “just happy not to get swept”. The sky is the limit! (I say this as a lifelong Twins fan, not being mean spirited)

mmddyyyy

12:58

Do you prefer to shell your own peanuts?

Dan Szymborski

12:58

Guest

12:58

Why Ohio?

Dan Szymborski

12:58

family reasosn

Sen. Blutarsky

12:59

Byron Buxton is the Glass Joe of MLB.

Dan Szymborski

12:59

But Glass Joe's special move doesn't hit hard

I think Buxton is more Don Flamenco

1:00

or maybe Bald Bull

Oden

1:00

could eating skyline chili with beans —and making you call it chili—make you cry? What if you had to make a video of it professing your love, and also enjoying a Hotdog “sandwich” at the same time?

Dan Szymborski

1:00

Eating things I don't like doesn't make me CRY

Guest

1:01

do the fan graphs projected standings take into account overall team performance, or do they favor recent success. for example, the padres were a .500 team until after the break

Dan Szymborski

1:01

They're based on the standings too date and the rest of season projections

person

1:01

I've always been hung up on that "moderate to severe" language in drug ads too lol, it's the "I'm a normal person" conceit that is so strongly shattered by the need to use that obvious legalese

Dan Szymborski

1:02

I love answering moderate-to-severe or mild-to-moderate when someone asks me how something is doing

Padre Sr

1:02

The Angels play the White Sox 6 times in the final 2 weeks. They will literally help decide history.

Austin D.

1:03

Have you considered doing (or maybe have done already) a ZiPS time warp for the rest of Dave Kingman's career had he not been (likely) blackballed from the league? 35 home runs at 37 years old is insane for a last season, even if he was a below-average hitter overall that year. Thank you for your time!

Dan Szymborski

1:03

I mean, he was pretty bad

and a jumping off point at 37 isn't going to be all that interesting, I don't think

person

1:03

do you prefer to shell your own pistachios? I do only because it's the only thing keeping me from eating 2500 calories worth every sitting

re: peanuts

1:03

salted peanuts: just eat the shell too!

Dan Szymborski

1:03

I don't really eat a ton of nuts

peanuts are more likely to end up in stir fry

person

1:04

Skyline sponsors some element of the Reds broadcast, but I already forget which one I was so triggered

Dan Szymborski

1:04

Skyline's big in Cincy obviously!

mmddyyyy

1:04

would expansion mean a longer schedule?

Dan Szymborski

1:04

Probably not

Guardcore Clevelander

1:04

There are enough nuts at fangraphs that you don't need more, Dan, you're good xD

Dan Szymborski

1:04

of course, peanuts are legumes!

ViviTheBlackMage

1:04

Are you still doing your every other day fasting routine? I've gotten good results from a 16:8 intermittent strategy but am considering trying other fasting options out of curiosity

Dan Szymborski

1:05

Yup, down 51 pounds since the end of the World Series

And on that note, since I have a Lindor piece to finish up, I'm going to have to bid you all farewell for this week!

person

1:05

I'm enjoying this chat btw, very similar vibes to the classic FG chat era (not that current ones are bad, they're just a little less... vivacious imo)

Dan Szymborski

1:05

Aren't my chats usually the same?

person

1:06

I think it was the less busy-ness due to the embed

but anyway, maybe it's nothing substantive. g'day!

Dan Szymborski

1:06

I like to think my chats are usually vivacious!

1:07

But then again, we all like to think good things about ourselves