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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 6/8/23

Dan Szymborski

12:00

It is time. A time. For chats.

Or at least once!

B'ryce Szymbobski

12:00

EllyD... That is all.

Dan Szymborski

12:00

I got a DM from someone really annoyed I referred to him as Ellraiser

Bert

12:01

Hey Dan! The Cards, and others, need to give Jordan Walker more time, right? Especially with them being in the cellar.

Dan Szymborski

12:01

It was always iffy if this was the year he was going to contribute, he has huge upside, but the short-term was very uncertian

Since the Cardinals need to capture lightning in a bottle to erase the deficit, they need to be going for riskier upside players than they're normally inclined to

Ted

12:02

What are your thoughts on Bobby Witt Jr and his future? Obviously, still a lot of time to be come the star people thought he would be, but the start to his career has been underwhelming.

Dan Szymborski

12:04

I'm not super-worried for a few reasons. One, he's just turning 23 soon. His defense has improved and his peripheral offensive stats suggest he ought to be hitting more like he was last year than this year

Now, his chances of being a major superstar have probably declined, I still think he's a good player and could be a very good one

Eh?

12:04

Dan, can you simulate a photo of a dugout-clearing brawl but with everyone running onto the field with torches and pitchforks?

Dan Szymborski

12:05

We'll see!

Dipoto

12:06

Do you believe mariners as currently constructed can join the WC race assuming a reasonable amount of their players start performing close to projected output

Dan Szymborski

12:07

I think they can and will likely be in the WC race.

Not that they can't improve

I think they really need to be in the market for a DH type

12:08

And Pollock's stuff probably needs to be in a cardboard box at the curb

The rotation has actually moved *up* in our rankings from the start of the year!

Meow

12:08

Name the cutest thing your cats do

Dan Szymborski

12:09

Probably the presents they give me. The catlets are fighting over a toy golf bag for a couple months now.

Justinian brings it to me and Constantine will come and take it away from me

12:10

And Cassiopeia will bring me her hedgehog when she's hungry

Danny Boy

12:11

How vindicated do you feel with the diamondbacks hot start? ZIPS has been on this beat for a long time. Is anyone more set for regression than perdomo?

Dan Szymborski

12:12

I feel pretty good as that was the only over/under I bet this year!

I was definitely talking a lot about them this offseason

and the thing is, they haven't even gotten particularly fortunate with their young pitching

Guest

12:13

how often are the, I guess "priors" updated for the ROS projections on the site (or at least ZiPS)

Dan Szymborski

12:13

RoS projections are recalculated every morning. I'm not sure what time

12:14

OH y eah, Perdomo's going to come down a bit

But Gurriel probably will too of course

For a team with such a good record, Arizona's had a surprising amount of things go wrong

Really, it's just that their good players have been REALLY good

Guest

12:15

What kind of moves should the Giants make? A little bit of both selling and buying?

Dan Szymborski

12:15

It's really hard to say because right now, there are *so* many more buyers than sellers

I mean, you know where the Giants are weak, but it's hard to really connect the lines until you see more teams fall into sell mode

Freddy Sez

12:15

Walk me off the Judge ledge. Anything there possibly with Jake Bauers? Doesn't it seem a little odd they opted for Mckinney over Florial? Or do they just not want to subject Florial to waivers, ~hoping~ this is more a 2 week thing than 4?

Dan Szymborski

12:17

I'd have called up Florial honestly

My tea-reading suggests they want to see more plate discipline improvement from him though

But given how well he's hit, you have to expect him to be aggressive

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