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Sam

12:53

Which profile would you say ages better, a Pete Alonso type with average swing decisions and solid contact skills for his power profile or a Kyle Schwarber type with great swing decisions, but more whiffs?

Dan Szymborski

12:53

it depends becuase there are a lot of interlinking variables in there

12:54

For example, I've found that plate discipline skills become more or less important for aging depending on bat speed

Lucha Lucha Todo Gente de Sur Global

12:54

You wouldn’t want like an action packed romp in which a GMident of baseball invades Vz to save The Future from payroll inefficiency?

Hundreds, Possibly Thousands

12:55

I ask this because the Pirates signed a 6-8 18 year old pitcher from China

TameImp

12:55

Without taking any stance on the substance of it, how much do you think the Matt Shaw extracurriculars hurt his trade value?

Dan Szymborski

12:55

Probably not. There are a lot of wealthy male dudes in their 20s in sports, and that tends to skew more conservatively

12:56

Maria

12:58

Why was UZR taken away?

Dan Szymborski

12:58

If I'm not mistaken -- and I could be -- Lichtman's simply not doing it anymore

But again, could be wrong

Dr. Curvegood

12:58

How do you usually feel as the ZiPS cycle winds down - exhausted, relieved, saddened, excited?

Dan Szymborski

12:59

Usually relieved. I get to move on to other things!

Guest

12:59

How much do you think projected tax on earnings factors into a player's decision on where to sign? Obviously it's not going to be top priority but it's got to be a real tip factor, right?

Dan Szymborski

12:59

It CAN be, especially in the extremes

Key Flaw

1:00

Growing up in Maryland in the 80s, I never even heard of Berger cookies or Smith Island Cake. Now they seem to be the "this is a real Marylander thing!", but I just don't really care for either and don't associate either with my home state. Do you have any other things that modern Marylanders think as Maryland specific but you are like "huh" to? (Also, I NEVER heard the area called the DMV in my 22 years there growing up)

Dan Szymborski

1:00

See, I definitely associate both with Maryland

1:01

I usually pick up some Berger cookies for my mom when I'm in Baltimore

though they're not really my thing. I find them too fudgy

smith island cake is fine

1:02

now, I have the feeling of things that are Maryland but not really Baltimroe area things

like stuffed ham

which is still big in southern MD

1:03

it's not specifically MD since it's a WV thing too, but you encounter a lot of pepperoni rolls in western MD

1:04

Which, depending on how it is used, is a really oddly sparse sandwich or a really disappointing pizza

JimboSlice

1:04

Does Brandon Young crack the Orioles rotation second half of the year?

Dan Szymborski

1:05

He'll probably get SOME starts no matter what

Concerned Citizen

1:05

Liberal third baseman STEALS JOB from true patriot Matt Shaw. Woke strikes again

Dan Szymborski

1:05

heh

captainjameshook

1:07

Is Mountcastle in danger of getting the J.D. Davis treatment during Spring Training?

Dan Szymborski

1:07

yes

Lucha Lucha Todo Gente de Sur Global

1:07

TIL Chevy Chase, Maryland is a place that exists

Greg

1:07

Do you know what AVM systems is up to nowadays? They seem so close and dagger

Dan Szymborski

1:07

No idea really. I've never interacted with the AVM people and they were always really secretive

Yohan

1:07

Help me understand how men in their 20s want to be conservative.

Dan Szymborski

1:07

Eh, I don't like to speculate on how others become a certain way

1:08

And I fit rather poorly into the left-right spectrum, so I can't claim to have special insight

Other than the fact that I think most everyone would hate me

Insert Witty Name Here

1:08

There’s a right shift?!

Greg

1:09

ZiPs preseason standings coming out when?

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