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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 1/21/19

Dan Szymborski

12:02

Welcome to HolidayChat

12:03

We have a light schedule on the site today, but since I messed up my chat last week, I didn't want to miss two!

Soxtober2048

12:03

What would a reasonable return be for Joc Pederson from the White Sox?

Dan Szymborski

12:03

Let's see a useful but limited player with two (I think) arb years

12:04

Maybe one interesting guy somewhere at the back of hte top 150?

12:05

Maybe someone like Basabe?

Birddog

12:05

Most realistic targets for the Orioles in free agency?

Dan Szymborski

12:05

Nothing hopefully!

I guess they could give out a pillow deal or two

12:06

Maybe Carter Capps or someone like that?

LFC Mike

12:06

All is right with the world...a Dan chat on Monday!

Dan Szymborski

12:06

That's a poor metric for what's right in the world.

Birddog

12:06

Do you feel more positive about the general direction the Orioles are going? Or is there scepticism still strong as long at Pete Angelos may still have a say...

Dan Szymborski

12:07

I'm much more positive. And The Peter's voice has weakened considerably.

tb.25

12:07

It was getting a bit chili without our Dan chats

Dan Szymborski

12:07

No beans about it!

Chris

12:07

Moustakas to the Padres?

Dan Szymborski

12:07

I still think they gave up on Myers at third too soon.

12:08

I don't think you should give up on these types of experiments without even giving it a go in a full spring training

12:09

We can use host avatars now!

Though a GIF didn't work

There, I 'll just be Andy Reid Taft for this chat

James

12:09

Can the projection systems that use minor league stats be used to project how a big leaguer would do in the minor leagues? And if so could you project a Mike Trout season in the California League?

Dan Szymborski

12:09

Would require some reverse engineering, but it's possible

Birddog

12:10

What are your three top books any baseball nut should read to get a handle on the modern baseball industry?

Dan Szymborski

12:10

It really depends on what someone is interested in.

12:11

For example, John Helyar's Lords of the Realm is solid for anyone interested in labor part or Baseball and Billions for the economics

CamdenWarehouse

12:11

I think you're going to have to face it that Wednesday afternoon chatting is never going to work for you

Dan Szymborski

12:11

Yeah, i was running ZiPS and I worked right through two

Chris

12:11

Padres really a mystery team in the Machado sweepstakes?

Dan Szymborski

12:11

Skeptical

Chris

12:11

What baseball blogs do you read?

Dan Szymborski

12:12

Generally, I'm all over the place

Chris

12:12

Who is the best Padre in ZiPS this year?

Dan Szymborski

12:12

Wellt hat's cheating

Russell

12:12

With Danny Salazar looking likely to report late for Spring Training do you think that finally kills the idea that the Indians would trade Kluber?

Dan Szymborski

12:12

I think they still do it if there's a benefit. Even without Salazar, I'm not sure that an OF equivalent of Kluber isn't more valuable than the actual Kluber

Matt

12:14

Dan - can you talk to some important people and make baseball season start?

Dan Szymborski

12:14

I think important people would rather do the opposite of things I like.

LFC Mike

12:14

A brutally cold day Dan...what is a preferred lunch on a day like this? best comfort food ?

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