JotCast | Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat

Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 2/4/19

Dan Szymborski

12:00

ITS CHAT TIME

12:01

BUT NOT ALL CAPITAL LETTERS TIME EXCEPT FOR ME

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LFC Mike

12:01

It is rumored that during the lightning roundtoday Dan is going to go all Adam Levine on us.

Dan Szymborski

12:01

When you come to my chats, you get my industry leading NoNipple© Guarantee.

CamdenWarehouse

12:01

Does ZiPS give you a list of comp players and then you choose the one that is funniest, most painful for that fan base, etc. or are they all the closest comp?

Dan Szymborski

12:02

Nope. I'll sometimes change the spelling or just put in an outright joke comp (like Derrick Loveless last year), but I'll never change one player to another player.

I like there being a few Easter eggs.

LFC Mike

12:02

For fantasy baseball purposes could you give us some hope on the catcher position. Any favorites?

Dan Szymborski

12:02

Wait till end of draft!

12:03

There's like a handful of good fantasy catchers but then like 20 more or less identical guys

Pedro

12:03

In the long run:Bieber,Lucchesi,F.Peralta...??

Dan Szymborski

12:03

Probably 2/1/3. Bieber's the safest I think

LudeBurger

12:03

Here! *breathes a sigh of relief I don’t have to watch the halftime show after not watching a minute of the super bowl*

Kiermaier's Blood Shot Eyes

12:03

I still think Count Chocula dies when the sun comes out. Non contender.

Dan Szymborski

12:03

Can't he wear like a protective suit?

Cold Play

12:03

and you thought WE sucked?

Mac

12:04

Who will be the last top 50 FA to sign?

Dan Szymborski

12:04

Moose

CamdenWarehouse

12:04

As promised - I regret to inform you that Case&Keg has moved so it's no longer sitting 83 welcoming everyone to PA

Dan Szymborski

12:04

Oh no!

12:05

Then where do you go for beer in Shrewsbury/New Freedom/Stewartstown? Do you have to drive down to Maryland Line?

BSLyfe

12:05

What is the max money Harper can make playing in Japan for 1 year? At what point does Boras leverage the MLBs biggest star not even playing in their league in 2019 to get MLB to do something about this standoff?

Dan Szymborski

12:05

I think he'd get a gigantic one-year MLB offer before NPB

Indymets

12:05

So what are the chances Harper and Machado are playing a game of chicken, waiting for the other to sign, so they can ask for a slightly bigger contract?

Dan Szymborski

12:05

It's hard to tell - there's so much posturing

Broken Bat

12:05

Let’s assume the Cubs are one of the mystery teams on Harper and they swing and miss. Once Harper decides to make a call, the flood gates on many FA will open. Who then do they go (FA) get to hot leadoff? To me, it’s their #1 issue unsolved. Pollack didn’t wait and he’s gone.

Dan Szymborski

12:06

I was trying to figure out what hot leadoff was, then I thought (remember Dan, you typo about half the words in chat)

12:08

I'm not sure there's an add left that actually fixes this

They should probably just hit Rizzo leadoff and Zobrist when he plays.

aka22

12:08

Are the Braves really willing to go into the season with this bullpen? Feels like they missed all of the guys who would make a meaningful difference to the back of the pen. Other than Kimbrel, who else is left they could go after? Or do you think the group is ok as is?

Dan Szymborski

12:08

I think it's an OK group that could use another one.

Roger

12:08

Where is JT Realmuto playing on April 1? And on August 1?

Dan Szymborski

12:08

United States.

CAPTAIN Horatio Crunch

12:08

Dan.. I challenge you to a bout of visticuffs at dawn......