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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 11/26/18

Dan Szymborski

11:59

Noonish: A time for chats, chatting and chaterations.

Darragh

12:01

Russell Martin for Jason Vargas and/or Anthony Swarzak? Is this close to being plausible for both teams?

Dan Szymborski

12:01

Meh, not really interested in that return from the Blue Jays side.

12:02

If you're not getting a more interesting piece in return, I'd rather just keep Martin around as the veteran backup to Jansen

Pog

12:02

Can we assume that players not on the trade value list have less than the ~$40M that the guys at the back of the list do?

Dan Szymborski

12:02

That would be a good assumption!

Mandy is 92% Fresh

12:02

What is the chance that after next season, the Padres trade Eric Hosmer and $60 million to the Royals for Whit Merrifield?

Dan Szymborski

12:02

Even I'm not mean enough to do that to the ROyals.

Irrational Man

12:02

When do we get the ZiPS?!

Dan Szymborski

12:03

Starting rollout next week. It's slightly later, but they'll also tumble out faster - without Carson I'll be rolling them out myself

tb.25

12:03

Chili with Thanksgiving. Yay or nay?

Dan Szymborski

12:03

As long as it's proper chili.

I don't think there's anything wrong with introducing your own family traditions to holidays.

The puritans and the roughnecks may have enjoyed chili.

12:04

Just so long as your family tradition isn't putting beans in it and calling it chili.

(Also, I need to remember to save this for the lightning round)

Towel

12:04

IVE BEEN WAITING HERE SINCE 2:30 AM!!!

Dan Szymborski

12:04

The queue was actually open since then! Just not connectible with a link

Outta my way, Gyorkass

12:04

There's been some talk about CIN making headway towards re-entering competitiveness this year, but...where are the wins going to come from in a stacked NL Central? If you take as a given that CIN will finish with, say, at least a winning record, what does that require from MIL/CHC/STL/PIT - multiple or all of them suffering significant regressions?

Dan Szymborski

12:05

It's a bit of a problem for the Reds. It's hard to see where those wins come from, they still have a lot to do with the rotation.

You can steal enough to get them to 75-80, but the division will be tough and it's hard to see the roster exploding for more of that.

12:06

I was more hopeful about the Reds a year ago, but so many of their young pitchers just haven't panned out yet

And the injuries!

carrotjuice

12:06

According to Olney, the Marlins think Realmuto has more trade value now than last offseason. Thoughts?

Dan Szymborski

12:06

I believe the Marlins are correct here.

12:07

One year closer to free agency, but a bit more confidence in his abilities, plus it's overall better than it was.

Craig Swan Lake

12:07

In my opinion, Thanksgiving is the worst holiday because there's absolutely zero baseball posts on any of my favorite baseball websites for four days. Is there anything Fangraphs can do to help in the future?

Dan Szymborski

12:07

Ain't nobody paying much attention to baseball over Thanksgiving! Even the rumor mills mostly grind to a halt.

Outta my way, Gyorkass

12:08

Brewers pitching will (over/under)perform their projected 10.4 Steamer WAR in 2019

Dan Szymborski

12:08

I DUNNO IF THIS IS A QUESTION

Turkey Chili for ALL!

12:08

What is the best Xmas gift the Orioles could get?

Dan Szymborski

12:08

A loophole that makes Trout an Oriole

Pete Rose

12:08

The Reds need to add pitching. Who do you think are the best realistic targets for Cincinnati this offseason?

Dan Szymborski

12:09

Eovaldi might be fun, but I'm not sure the Reds are here yet. THere are still so many questions about their pitching that I don't necessarily want to just slap a couple veterans in there in a few spots

brad

12:09

Dan, rumors of Cano to Yankees, which makes some sense, they need a LH bat, torres can move over to SS, but Cano is 36, PED suspension and owed 5 years $120MM. What would have to happen for this to work, Obviously including Ellsbury, but with buyouts he is only owed like $44MM. Would Diaz added in make sense, or how much money would Sea have to eat to get a deal done? Adding Diaz means Yanks can save on not bringing back D-Rob.

Dan Szymborski

12:10

I would not include Diaz just to move Cano at a de facto 5/76

AC/DC

12:11

Could the Dodgers be a match in the Cano sweepstakes or is he AL all the way?

Dan Szymborski

12:11

I don't think it's a great fit for the DOdgers

You've already got Taylor and Muncy on the roster

12:12

Now, if Cano were a 38-year-old free agent and they wanted him to play the Utley role, that would be fine