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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 8/23/17

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Dan Szymborski

2:40

Lynn? Vargas? Unless I'm forgetting someone

I dont' think the Giants officially picked up MadBum's option yet, but yeah, he's not going to be a FA

Dunt

2:40

Despite the long balls, I thought Giolito's debut with the Sox went pretty well. He was getting good movement/plane on his fastball and didn't walk anybody. Do you think he can be a #2 by 2019 if he can figure out his offspeed command?

Dan Szymborski

2:40

I remain optimistic

Kevin

2:40

Manny Machado is once again a baseball demi-god. Angelos can't be foolish enough to give Davis a boatload of money, then go cheap on Manny, could he?

Dan Szymborski

2:40

Angelos isn't bound by your artificial boundaries on foolishness!

Dan B

2:40

Do you think the Yankees hold on for a wild card

Dan Szymborski

2:40

Yes

hscer

2:41

I can't decide if "apoclipse" or "apoceclipse" is better

Dan B

2:41

Is Aaron Judge another Shane Spencer / Shelley Duncan? Great success for 2-3 months and now pitchers have figured him out?

Dan Szymborski

2:41

Saltie

2:41

When you take into account all of 2016 plus what we've seen in the second half of 2017, does Sanchez have a better career than Judge?

Dan Szymborski

2:41

I like Sanchez's career WAR to finish higher than Judge

Robert

2:42

What do you make of the Yankees' lack of concern for Severino's workload? Or do you expect a shutdown at some point?

Dan Szymborski

2:42

I don't think it's crazy high or anything. Yankees aren't shutting him down in a wild card scrum in whhich they need him

Joe

2:43

I know they hype around Ronald Acuna are almost to the moon right now. What is a realistic expectation for Ronald Acuna?

Dan Szymborski

2:44

He *coudl* be Vlad, but I don't think anyone should be unduly uspet if he's merely, say, Curtis Granderson or Ray Lankford or something

LegallyEagle

2:44

Why do people peg Verlander's contract as (so) bad? Darvish probably gets paid similar this off season and I'd take Veralnder > Darvish tbh

Dan Szymborski

2:44

I don't believe people are pegging the contract as so bad, but pegging it as so bad if you have to give up top prospects to acquire it.

2:45

$23,000 is not unreasonable for a Honda Accord. But if I have to give up a kidney to the dealer for the ability to pay $23,000 for a Honda Accord, yeah, no.

Los

2:45

I love Ichiro and think he is a no doubt HoFer. Hypothetical question, if 2001 was actually his age 21 season and this was his 17 year career, would you view him as a HoFer?

Dan Szymborski

2:45

Yes

Travis

2:45

Acuna has almost twice the wRC+ that Bryce Harper had as a 19 year old in AAA. Does this mean Acuna will have twice the career?

Dan Szymborski

2:45

Don't make me start punching

Miggy C.

2:45

Am I toast, or do I have a few more Papi-like seasons in me yet?

Dan Szymborski

2:46

I think Cabrera bounces back to a degree, but not up to the level it would need ot make the contract not terrible

Travis

2:46

I'm so sad Freeman broke his wrist. He could be putting up some unbelievably good numbers right now but his power has been totally sapped.

Dan Szymborski

2:46

He'll be fine in the long run.

Travis

2:46

Would Daenaerys care? It's kind of a family tradition. Jon's the one that might be grossed out.

Dan Szymborski

2:46

But those tend to be kinda same generation at least?

2:47

Cersei and Jaime is kinda gross, but Cersei and Tywin or Cersei and Kevan feels grosser

I know we're kinda splitting heres on incestual grossness magnitude, but whatever

spookie

2:47

for '18 Judge, should we expect ~ '17 Sano with a few extra homers mixed in?

Dan Szymborski

2:48

Not a terrible comp and he has more defensive value than Sano

EbenezerBatflip

2:48

How long does Rusney have to hit .300+ in AAA before he is ever given another chance? Not just by Red Sox, but by any team/GM in MLB? If he were younger people would be hyping a guy hitting .314 with 15 HRs and above average defense, but he's 30 and from Cuba, so people are already forgetting about him...

Dan Szymborski

2:48

Honestly, I'm surprised he's not in another organization right now.

976

2:48

Okay, then who are the creative teams?

Dan Szymborski

2:49

I think teams like the Rays, Astros, Dodgers, Cubs, etc, might be more willing to use him two way

But teams like the Mets or Rockies or Reds or Orioles? Not seeing it

Morris Buttermaker

2:49