Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat – 5/9/16
May 9, 2016
| 11:59 |
: Initiate communication.
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| 11:59 |
: Happy Monday to all of you!
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| 12:00 |
: Well, unless some of you are serial killers on the run or something, in which case I wish a less-than-happy Monday to you.
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| 12:00 |
: Usual reminder: I will be saving any off-topic Qs for the Lightning ROund, but since I sometimes miss questions due to velocity, actually waiting until 1 PM for off-topic questions is a better strategy.
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| 12:00 |
: What does Texas do about Prince? He’s owed so much money but his production is horrid and he’s far and away the worst offensive player on the team so far.
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| 12:01 |
: What can they do other than sit him down? It’s not like anyone ought to want him.
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| 12:02 |
: Last year was one of the least impressive comeback seasons imaginable.
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| 12:02 |
: Are you as high on Domingo Sanatana as Fagerstrom is? If not, why?
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| 12:02 |
: I’m very high on Santana
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| 12:04 |
: What are your thoughts on Pineda this year? The strikeouts are still there but the walks and home runs are way up. Can he turn it around?
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| 12:05 |
: I think he’s certainly better than this and his advanced peripherals haven’t changed markedly from last year.
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| 12:05 |
: But I’ve always been worried about his changing speeds – I still don’t think he does it well enough.
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| 12:05 |
: So I’m not as high on his play when he is good as some are.
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| 12:05 |
: what do you believe is the most accurate predictor of team Ks?
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| 12:05 |
: Well, the rates of their individual batters
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| 12:05 |
: With the way the Cubs are currently playing, what odds would you give them for finishing with 100 wins? What about 105?
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| 12:06 |
: They’re probably slightly over 50/50 for 100 at this point, given what they had in the bag.
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| 12:06 |
: ZiPS has them up to 1.6% for 117 wins, which is crazy.
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| 12:07 |
: With which team does Lincecum sign? What do you project for him?
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| 12:07 |
: Hard to say which team, but I don’t project much as a starter. Interesting option as a reliever.
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| 12:07 |
: So, Benintendi’s 21 and I’m 20, and we’re both tearing up Salem. Still think I’ve got the higher ceiling?
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| 12:07 |
: Likely, but it’s not obvious, I don’t think.
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| 12:08 |
: I think some depends on where Moncada ends up if he doesn’t stick at second.
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| 12:10 |
: if activated, will bonifacio get regular pt?
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| 12:10 |
: Not seeing it.
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| 12:11 |
: Do you think something is wrong with Scherzer? Against righties he looks great but he’s getting killed by lefties. Throughout his career he’s been worse against lefties but not nearly this bad. Do you think it’s a fluke or is there cause for concern? Thanks!
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| 12:11 |
: While we’re getting to the point at being concerned about overall, splits are horribly noisy over a month.
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| 12:12 |
: But really, I’d call it a mild concern at this point. He’s not noticeably wilder in my eye – he doesn’t seem to having *that* serious command issues
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| 12:13 |
: assuming gattis comes back up with Catcher eligibility, cut Grandal for him?
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| 12:14 |
: Meh. He’s come back down enough last couple of years that I’m not sure it’s all that amazing, though you do want a decent backup at catcher given Grandal’s injury history
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| 12:14 |
: If the Cubs win a World Series, does Theo Epstein go into the Hall of Fame some day?
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| 12:14 |
: Honestly? I think he does eventually anyway
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| 12:15 |
: He had a great run in Boston and looks like he’s having one in Chicago even if they never win the WS and he’s still in his early 40s
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| 12:15 |
: He may still be in the first half of baseball career.
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| 12:15 |
: Though there’s a possibility that he walks away early
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| 12:15 |
: Ryan Zimmerman doesn’t seem to be getting back to his normal self, or even look like a cleanup hitter. Injuries suck.
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| 12:16 |
: No, I’m not optimistic about Zimmerman.
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| 12:16 |
: would you cut any of these guys for ozuna? – mazara, park, rasmus, saunders
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| 12:16 |
: No
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| 12:16 |
: Wel, depends.
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| 12:17 |
: How shallow is your league that you can’t find a taker for Saunders or Rasmus given how well they’ve played?
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| 12:17 |
: Is it time to start talking about Kevin Pillar as a star player? His recent hot streak made me think about his WAR total from last year and I was surprised to find that since the start of 2015 he has been one of the top 25 players in baseball by fWAR.
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| 12:17 |
: Given his defense, it’s past time.
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| 12:19 |
: Is Miguel Cabrera is still great obvs, but is he still elite? He looks to be slowing down a bit. More pulled grounders.
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| 12:19 |
: I think he’ll be fine, but we ought to expect him to slowly decline these days.
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| 12:19 |
: Harper is getting the Bonds treatment already, as a 23-year old. Assuming no major injuries or regression, could he threaten either Bonds’ walks or intentional walks career record? Seems plausible, if he gets this treatment for another 10 years or so.
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| 12:19 |
: It’s a possibility
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| 12:20 |
: But I think BGonds has the edge
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| 12:20 |
: Bonds started late, but he had some crazy IBB seasons.
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| 12:21 |
: Remember he had a 100 IBB season. Harper’s still not IBBed at the level of craqzy bonds
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| 12:21 |
: Peavy and Cain. How much longer can the Giants put up with this? What are some realistic options?
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| 12:21 |
: I think their options aren’t that great, especially for Peavy.
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| 12:21 |
: I mean the expectations for Cain were always limited.
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| 12:21 |
: But they need Peavy to be adequate.
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| 12:22 |
: Like they have Heston as an alternative for Cain, but the options drop off considerably
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| 12:22 |
: They’d have to make a trade likely iff neither turn it around
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| 12:23 |
: Have you heard anything about what is going on with Giolito struggling in AA? Are the Nats telling him to throw 30% changeups or something?
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| 12:24 |
: Not sure if it’s anything the Nats have done. Haven’t seen him this year, but a scout I talked to who has thought he was nibbling and not just trusting his stuff
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| 12:24 |
: Smart for the White Sox to try and sign Lincecum, or are their options internally better?
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| 12:24 |
: Meh
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| 12:24 |
: It’s still early May, some reports coming out saying new M’s ownership is willing raise payroll, who should they target?
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| 12:24 |
: Call me in June – there are too many teams in the hunt.
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| 12:25 |
: Really the only targets are players on the teams we already expected to be lousy and we’ve talked a lot about them already
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| 12:25 |
: And yeah, the Yankees are lousy, but they’re not cleaning house
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| 12:25 |
: Are the ‘stros done already?
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| 12:25 |
: Not done, but the hole they started off in is very difficult
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| 12:26 |
: If they just play from now on to the rest of the year like the team we thought they were, they finish around .500 and miss the playoffs by 5 games or so.
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| 12:26 |
: So it’s an uphill climb
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| 12:26 |
: Manny Machado is currently leading the league in WAR and is still 23. How close is he to turning the Harper/Trout tier into a Harper/Trout/Machado tier?
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| 12:27 |
: He’s up there, though I still call Trout the best default choice until he clearly slips over a full year
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| 12:27 |
: What role do biometrics and the like play in the next CBA? If not addressed do you think they players association will end up regretting it?
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| 12:27 |
: They don’t tinker too much with the CBA
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| 12:27 |
: What are the chances Alex Bregman is recalled to the Astros in the next month?
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| 12:27 |
: That’s a little aggressive
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| 12:28 |
: Cueto and Shark have been outstanding for the Giants. Are you buying? And if the Giants spent all this money on these two to win then how can they tolerate two automatic losses in Cain and Peavy?
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| 12:28 |
: I praised the signings this offseason for the Giants, so given that what I expected to be has actually happened that way (so far), it would seem weird if I wasn’t buying it!
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| 12:29 |
: Combined, they’re right on their projected ZiPS ERAs (Shark very slightly better, Cueto very slightly worse)
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| 12:29 |
: Why aren’t the O’s DLing Bundy with a “mystery injury” to go to the minors and work on his development? He’s stalling in the BP.
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| 12:29 |
: The Mystery Injury isn’t quite as easy to pull offa s you think
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| 12:31 |
: White Sox need a starting pitcher. Who would you target, Dan, assuming they don’t want to surrender much in prospects, but have a few $$ to spend given LaRoche moving on?
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| 12:31 |
: It’s tricky – only a few teams are really out of the race and they mostly don’t have starters that are all that exciting
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| 12:32 |
: Who comes up first Urias or DeLeon ? Taillon or Glasnow ?
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| 12:32 |
: I’ll say Urias as they’re actually considering bringing him up posthate for the pen
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| 12:32 |
: posthaste
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| 12:32 |
: What’s your take on the return of Yu Darvish?
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| 12:32 |
: Cautiously optimistic.
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| 12:32 |
: Andres Blanco has looked surprisingly good in a part-time role for the Phillies over the past three years, though he’s 32 and without any sort of past track record to back that up. Does he deserve more playing time, or is this just a rather large small sample size fluke?
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| 12:33 |
: Blanco’s been crazy good in Philly and I cannot figure up why or how.
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| 12:34 |
: Problem Phillies face is they’re trying to find out things about their next good team and Blanco’s unlikly to be a part of that.
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| 12:34 |
: (Yes, they’re 18-14, but I don’t expect them to continue to be *that* good)
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| 12:34 |
: I think he’s a better fit on another team that needs immediate help and needs to roll the dice somewhat
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| 12:35 |
: How can the Giants NOT sign Lincecum when Cain and Peavy are making each batter look like Babe Colon!
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| 12:35 |
: Have you seen Lincecum in recent years?
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| 12:35 |
: Have the stars aligned to make the 2016 Braves tank an all timer? Terrible hitting roster, terrible defense, terrible schedule, and wait for it, no pitching.
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| 12:35 |
: all-time loss is still tough
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| 12:35 |
: So what’s the deal, is Jon Gray legit?
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| 12:35 |
: I like Gray, but we need to see more.
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| 12:35 |
: Is Dusty Baker an idiot?
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| 12:36 |
: I wouldn’t call him that.
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| 12:36 |
: He’s not a good tactician remotely, but I think — and said at the time — that I thought he was a good fit for *this* Nats team
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| 12:36 |
: Thoughts on Brandon Phillips? Can he keep this up?
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| 12:37 |
: The bar for me thinking a 35-year-old has a whole new level of excellence is very high
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| 12:37 |
: Is anyone more underrated than Logan Forsythe?
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| 12:37 |
: Jim Edmonds?
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| 12:37 |
: Should Nats make a trade and put Werth out of his misery and on the bench in a part time role? Braun? Moon shot for Trout?
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| 12:37 |
: I’d be shocked if Trout was realistic, even given the Angels straits.
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| 12:37 |
: Nats need solutions, not dreams.
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| 12:37 |
: Braun is more realistic.
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| 12:38 |
: Werth may not be complete toast, but I think his days as a real contributor are over
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| 12:38 |
: where does jose altuve land? he can’t be this good…can he?
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| 12:38 |
: He’s pretty darn good though.
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| 12:39 |
: Does J.D. Martínez find his power stroke again? Seems to be swing less
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| 12:39 |
: I think he’ll be fine
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| 12:39 |
: Tyler Goeddel has an impressive -17 wRC+, has looked terrified every time he has to do anything, and doesn’t look to be hiding any projectable tools. Why was he the top Rule 5 pick? And does he really have talent he hasn’t been showing yet?
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| 12:39 |
: Well, by design he’s in a role that he’s not remotely ready for.
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| 12:40 |
: He was never really a ceiling guy.
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| 12:40 |
: Always kind of “maybe a 4th OF or something who knows?”
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| 12:41 |
: And teams are far less lazy about their Rule 5 protections than they used to be.
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| 12:41 |
: Even the worst GM today, I can’t imagine anything like the bloopers when Syd Thrift didn’t understand Rule 5 and they lost Bonilla
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| 12:42 |
: Thoughts on AJ Reed. Not currently mashing in AAA, but do the Astros call him up anyways in hopes that sparks his production and contribute to getting them out of the AL West cellar?
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| 12:42 |
: He’s not mashing it yet. It hink they’ll be slightly patient
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| 12:42 |
: Trea Turner will get the call on _____ 2016
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| 12:42 |
: a date in the year
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| 12:43 |
: the gap between price’s FIP and (massive) ERA is enormous. can you think of any examples of an “ace” like pitcher whos does this recently?
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| 12:43 |
: Does Schilling 2005 count?
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| 12:43 |
: This was a more relevant question last week, but do you put any more or less weight in limited samples after an extended absence? For example, are AJ Griffin’s first 5 starts any more or less indicative than 5 starts from someone else who had pitched the last 2 years?
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| 12:43 |
: I don’t believe so. We simply *want* the 5 starts to be more meaningful, but I don’t think they are.
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| 12:44 |
: How should the Yankees handle Severino? He has really struggled after such a promising season last year.
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| 12:44 |
: I think patience is warranted.
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| 12:44 |
: Is it fair to say that no advanced pitching metric has achieved the dominance of all-encompassing offensive metrics like wRC+ or wOBA? Which do you prefer, and are there noticeable differences between them?
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| 12:44 |
: Depends on the usage. I use different stats for different purposes.
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| 12:44 |
: What’s your ROS take on verlander?
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| 12:44 |
: Verlander? I have no idea. He shows occasional flashes of dominance and then he loses it for weeks. A bit like Lincecum before we lost even the flashes.
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| 12:44 |
: Fill in the blanks: The 2016 Cubs are the best team since the _____ ______ .
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| 12:45 |
: last team that was better than them.
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| 12:45 |
: Do you believe in lineup protection? AKA bat Murphy behind Harper
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| 12:45 |
: Only weak protection (IBB)
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| 12:46 |
: Why are appeals a thing? You only get the out if the umpire notices the guy missed the base you’re appealing to. Shouldn’t the umpire just call the guy out for missing the base to begin with?
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| 12:46 |
: I think getting a call right should be more important than caring about a specific umpire’s jurisdiction.
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| 12:46 |
: Is Marcus Semien showing signs of a breakout? The power is enticing considering his plate discipline numbers look strong.
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| 12:46 |
: ]I don’t see any particular signs of a breakout, though I think he’ll be fine offensively
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| 12:46 |
: is rodon still a breakout candidate just starting slow, or is something up with him
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| 12:46 |
: Still optimistic
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| 12:46 |
: If Manny Machado goes back to SS, there’s a real good argument to make for him as the best overall player, no?
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| 12:47 |
: Hard to beat Trout – depends on how good he actually is at SS
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| 12:47 |
: As a Nats fan, should I be more worried about Papelbon or Ryan Zimmerman?
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| 12:47 |
: Papelbon. The projections for Nats doing well already assumed Zimmerman was kind of done as a real contributor
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| 12:47 |
: David Wright has looked reasonably healthy so far, and is hitting well, but he has amazingly cost the team 5 runs with his defense already. What should the Mets do with him?
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| 12:48 |
: Don’t get too excited about short-term defensive stats.
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| 12:48 |
: Like Joey Rickard. His stats are enough to tell us that he certainly isn’t a huge contributor defensively this year, but not enough to tell us if he’s really +5 or -5 in left.
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| 12:48 |
: Buxton is a new man this year in AAA, homering for his 3rd time Sunday. Is his lofty ceiling still alive?
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| 12:48 |
: Yes
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| 12:48 |
: Buying Nola’s success? Potential ace? His stuff has wicked movement and he commands where that movements goes well.
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| 12:48 |
: I buy Nola
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| 12:49 |
: You buying or selling Maeda?
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| 12:49 |
: I already have him in most leagues. Remember, ZiPS ranked him like 21st in pitcher WAR coming into the season.
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| 12:49 |
: Depends on the offer
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| 12:49 |
: Does Joey Rickard spend the entire season as a bad-to-very-bad fielder or is this small sample size noise so far dragging his numbers down?
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| 12:50 |
: lol, I swear I didn’t see this when I made the Rickard comment above
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| 12:50 |
: BUT TWO BIRDS
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| 12:50 |
: FiveThirtyEight’s simulations right now have the Mets finishing up with the second best record in MLB at 93-69. Which is conservative for the second best record in MLB. They have the Cubs finishing up at 107-55. Depth Charts have the Cubs finishing at a measly 101-61. Do you think 116 wins is in play?
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| 12:50 |
: Yes. Long shot, but most of the time, it’s no shot, so long shot is a pretty big deal.
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| 12:50 |
: Would you take the over or under on Dae Ho Kim’s homerun total for 2016 set at 15.
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| 12:50 |
: Did they meld together?
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| 12:50 |
: In response to your Prince answer: Don’t teams often find reasons for a DL trip when someone is playing so poorly for an extended period of time?
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| 12:51 |
: That’s trickier than it sounds.
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| 12:51 |
: 538’s wacky new Elo model has the Cubs at 107 wins. Can you say something mean about them? Thanks!
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| 12:51 |
: I like my model better, but 107 wouldn’t shock me.
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| 12:51 |
: Good god guys, I’ve answered about 20% of the questions and I’m WAAAAY behind
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| 12:51 |
: Harvey with 6 innings pitched, 10 strikeouts, and touching 97 on his fastball. Safe to say the existential threat posed to the Mets season by his slow start has receded?
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| 12:52 |
: I would hope so. Something being truly broken in Harvey again would be bad for baseball
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| 12:52 |
: Tyler Glasnow makes his MLB debut on _____?
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| 12:52 |
: a pitcher’s mound.
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| 12:52 |
: is watching the cubs what it was like to watch the mariners in 2001, but no one noticed because is was seattle?
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| 12:52 |
: Seattle’s expectations weren’t as high. The Cubs did have high expectations!
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| 12:52 |
: Steven Matz is a top __ SP in the MLB
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| 12:53 |
: notch
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| 12:53 |
: What are your thoughts on Avisail Garcia at DH after he’s hit .467/.528/.800 the last two weeks?
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| 12:54 |
: Meh. Unless someone replaced him with a clone that’s good at baseball, I’m skeptical that it’s anything but a good two weeks.
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| 12:54 |
: In an 80’s comedy-like body switch, you find yourself inhabiting AJ Preller’s body. How do you fix the Padres without getting fired along the way?
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| 12:54 |
: Oh, I’d get fired.
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| 12:54 |
: And if Preller’s in my body, I’m really sorry dude.
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| 12:55 |
: “Why do I have a beer belly all of a sudden? And why am I covered with cats? Where are all my suits?”
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| 12:55 |
: What should we make of Zunino’s AAA performance in 108 PAs so far?
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| 12:56 |
: Certainly a good sign. In hindsight, the M’s did rush Zunino too aggressively
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| 12:56 |
: Did you expect Aaron Nola to be this good this soon?
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| 12:56 |
: Not this soon, but I think he’s for real
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| 12:56 |
: So Gattis down. White struggling, AJ Reed time upon us?
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| 12:57 |
: As noted above, it’s tricky in that he’s not really mashing.
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| 12:57 |
: So JBJ is hitting now and is underwhelming defensively. Does this make sense at all? If so, how?
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| 12:57 |
: True story: Mickey Tettleton was a defensive prospect coming up.
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| 12:57 |
: Do think Betts is the best CF
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| 12:58 |
: are you worried about David Price?
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| 12:58 |
: No
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| 12:58 |
: Hi Dan — A friend of mine (who is a Red Sox fan) is convinced David Ortiz has been heavily juicing his whole career; I say he would have been caught. What do you think?
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| 12:58 |
: Well, there’s at least a chance the 2003 drug test leaks were accurate.
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| 12:59 |
: But he’s also been tested for a long time, many times
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| 12:59 |
: (I don’t care about pre-2004 drug use)
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| 12:59 |
: And I only care about it from a rules standpoint really – since he hasn’t been caught even if he did, I care just as much as if I knew for a face he never did anything
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| 1:00 |
: Any idea why ZiPS is so low on Heyward’s defense? It projects he’ll finish the season with just under 5 DEF, his lowest since 2011.
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| 1:00 |
: Let’s not forget that includes positional adjustment on FG
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| 1:01 |
: Even though Heyward has stayed ahead of the curve, there’s a very strong regression toward the mean, even with long-term defense
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| 1:02 |
: He’s got 4 seasons of +20 D (without PO adjustment), but that’s only the same predictive value as a little over a season of, say, OPS
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| 1:02 |
: Phillies are 4 games above 500. Will they go for it this year?
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| 1:02 |
: No
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| 1:02 |
: OK, 1 PM so have to do the Lightning Round.
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| 1:03 |
: I have work to do so I cannot make this an extended episode!
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| 1:03 |
: So the rules of the Lightning Round are simple: I must answer any question so long as it’s off-topic, with the few usual exceptions.
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| 1:05 |
: Dan, non-baseball question…how do you like Overwatch? I have been really enjoying the Beta.
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| 1:06 |
: I like it quite a lot and feel it will translate well to a competitive format.
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| 1:06 |
: Rate Chanman V’s pronunciation of your name on the last episode of Value Town from Eno Sarris’ to correct.
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| 1:06 |
: I’m not caught up on ValueTown – I’m up to last week, which I haven’t heard yet. When/how did I come up?
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| 1:06 |
: First crabs of the year yesterday for Mother’s Day. 🙂
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| 1:06 |
: Jealous
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| 1:06 |
: Off topic: Have you played any of the Overwatch open beta so far? I’ve been enjoying it so far myself, curious on your take
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| 1:07 |
: As I said, I’ve greatly enjoyed playing it. I’m a guy who has 2K hours in TF2 but has been kinda out of the game due to it’s staleness – we never really get cool new maps or weapons anymore, we get hats and re-skins.
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| 1:07 |
: I played Overwatch for a couple of months, but I wish I had had more time but it fell on a very busy part of teh season for me
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| 1:07 |
: What’s the solution for the prevalence of match fixing in e-sports? How do you stop this when most of the athletes can’t make an adult wage playing straight but can turn around and make $20K by rigging a few matches?
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| 1:07 |
: I don’t know the solution. You’re going to have to have some pretty severe penalties.
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| 1:08 |
: I’d rather have your beer belly and cats than Preller’s eyebrows!!!
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| 1:08 |
: Mean!
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| 1:08 |
: whoa, they “LOST” Bonilla? Can you please tell the story?
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| 1:08 |
: OK, this is on-topic, but I’ll answer
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| 1:09 |
: Syd Thrift did not know that Bonilla was eligible for the Rule 5 draft. Pirates lost him and after Bonilla was unhappy in Chicago, he got traded back to the Pirates in a trade that most in baseball felt was partly a face-saving gesture for a friend.
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| 1:09 |
: Dan, my roommate and I are considering getting a cat for the new apt this fall. I’m thinking an orange maine coon kitten, and wer’re gonna name it Mookie
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| 1:09 |
: Do you prefer positive thoughts or dark magic to get players to do more stuff to help you win in fantasy?
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| 1:09 |
: Dark magic.
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| 1:09 |
: Yeah, Voldemort lost, but how far would he have made it with friendship-based magic?
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| 1:09 |
: Which is higher on the pyramid of animal comedy? Hippos or giraffes?
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| 1:09 |
: Hippos
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| 1:09 |
: do you watch the nba playoffs?
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| 1:09 |
: Not religiously
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| 1:09 |
: Have you viewed Mercury today?
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| 1:10 |
: No, what happened? Did the sun eat it or something?
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| 1:10 |
: Oh, we can see it today! I had no idea
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| 1:10 |
: Have you read Infinite Jest? What did you think, if so?
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| 1:10 |
: I have not
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| 1:10 |
: Do “new school” writers care less than “old school” writers about PEDs cause they’re all in drugs themselves?
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| 1:10 |
: They didn’t do any drugs at all in the 60s
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| 1:10 |
: Favorite genre of music?
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| 1:10 |
: Classical music or nerdy indie rock/pop
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| 1:10 |
: What would you do with a Klondike Bar?
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| 1:11 |
: I would pay the suggested retail price at my local distributor. Why do people do outlandish things for a Klondike Bar? You can buy them at like every gas station or grocery store.
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: do you get mlb tv for free as a perk of your job?
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: I do not have it paid for me, but it is tax-deductible
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: The “show up at the park, flash a badge, and go in” is a nice perk.
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: Not sure what it’s referring to!
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| 1:13 |
: What did you do for Mom’s day?
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: Took my mom to brunch and to a local playhouse of 1776
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| 1:13 |
: Will Trump make baseball fun again?
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: Baseball is already fun
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: Frank Underwood for Prez 2016. Would you vote for Spacey over the options we have now?
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: Not sure.
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: If someone were to ask you how much wood a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood, would you reply that a woodchuck could chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
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: It seems like a fair replay
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: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill–the best album, or the most best album?
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: Not really my genre
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| 1:14 |
: are watching the nhl playoffs or nb a playoffs?
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: NBA. I watch but not religiously
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: Favorite Overwatch character?
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: Junkrat
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: Ever play the OOTP baseball management games?
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: Yes
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: Rank your favorite LOST characters. Mine are:
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: Never got into it
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| 1:14 |
: Why don’t more americans eat poutine? I was just in Montreal for a week and now all I want is poutine all the time every day.
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: Aren’t we fat enough?
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: You are more likely to be a member of which movement: Make Baseball Fun Again, or Make Pluto a Planet Again?
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: Oh, I’m on Team Harper.
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: MLB.tv as a tax writeoff? Nice. What’s that do, like half your income?
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: Ouch
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: You have to eat a baseball and you can pick one condiment or sauce. What method and what sauce do you use?
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: Hot sauce I think?
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| 1:15 |
: DO I have to eat it in one sitting?
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| 1:15 |
: Why answer questions when you don’t have an opinion?
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| 1:15 |
: Because I’m required to.
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| 1:15 |
: I can’t break the rules of the Lightning Round. I don’t have the authority.
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| 1:16 |
: wade shooting during the canadian anthem that big of a deal?
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: Eh, if you treat national anthems like throwaway requirements you do before every game, don’t be surprised when people treat them as mundane background
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| 1:17 |
: Hot dog is not a sandwich. But it is a very close relative of the taco family. Agree?
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| 1:17 |
: I don’t agree with that.
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: A taco is a sub.
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: NO
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| 1:17 |
: I mean a hot dog is a sub
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: A TACO IS NOT A SUB
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| 1:17 |
: does god exist? and if yes, why do bad things happen?
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: Maybe, though it might not be something mystical but just something that appears to be powerful because of our perspective.
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: To a cat, I have the powers of a god
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: You were mentioned as a Patreon Supporter on Value Town.
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: Ah
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| 1:18 |
: how is game of thrones better than the tudors, the borgias, or house of cards (british or american)? cgi?
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| 1:19 |
: I never got into Tudors and Borgias because in things based on history tend to bother me because of the warping of history
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| 1:19 |
: Now I love House of Cards too
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: when will we hear you on a podcast with cistulli, make it happen
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: Done it once before
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: Would you rather let Giancarlo hit you with a wiffle bat or let let A. Chapman peg you with a tennis ball?
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: Tennis ball I think.
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: I’ve got an annoying co-worker. Can I donate him to ISIS?
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: Do they take donations?
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| 1:19 |
: You have to eat it in one sitting…it’s a bizarre challenge for a charity to help kids read or something.
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| 1:20 |
: I have to eat a baseball for this? I would hope I think of something less damaging to my stomach than that
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| 1:20 |
: AND DONE
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: Thanks for coming everyone!
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: As a reminder, you can find my work on baseball and eSports at ESPN.com, chats and projections at FanGraphs, and DSzymborski on Twitter.
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: And there are still tickets left for Sabermetrics Day statgeek lunch for Staten Island Yankees, which I will be at (June 19)
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Carson Cistulli has published a book of aphorisms called Spirited Ejaculations of a New Enthusiast.
There was almost no value from this chat, so many non-answers. Not sure why he chose so many questions that he doesn’t really care to answer.
i agree. i don’t get it. dan’s chats are getting more and more snarky and irrelevant.
Yeah? How about when they answer questions about how their kids are doing or what beer they like? Who gives a sh*t?