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Dan Szymborski

12:38

Phillies. Dude has power and a dadbod

12:39

And, frankly, the Grinch had some real valid complaints about the Whos

12:40

Have you seen those goddamn instruments those Whos were playing early Christmas morning? So loudly that you could HEAR them on the top of Mt. Crumpet?

If he murdered the Whos and I was on the jury, I'm going jury nullification on that one

12:41

how is anyone supposed to tolerate THIS crap

I'd send this dude out on an ice floe to die.

12:42

scaphism for this guy

laughing

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the mouth

12:42

Did Jimmy Joyce not pitch enough for the M's last year to get a Zips projection/historical comps? I am unexpectedly broken up about the end of one of my favorite Easter-eggs

Dan Szymborski

12:42

I didn't know anyone ever noticed that one

cool

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There are always a few

12:43

I'm a little hurt that nobody has noticed in years the yearly changing weird theoretical band genre in the disclaimer

I'll make sure to stick Joyce in the to do list

Seeforman

12:43

Turkey on the 25th? Or is it Fast-ivus for Dan?

Dan Szymborski

12:44

my family doesn't really do a christmas dinner thing

12:45

My grandparents used to have a massive secular CHristmas party on Christmas Eve when I was little and then we'd go to antoher massive Christmas party that the Seibels and Mrucks used to have together (they were next door neighbors and pooled their party)

sadly, my de facto godfather (Armin Mruck) passed away at 100 a couple of months ago

12:46

nowadays, my sister and her family usually go to denver for Christmas because they see her husband's family a lot less than our family (since my mom and I are both about 30 minutes away)

and we do a chanukkah/christmas/winter thing either before or after Christmas

12:47

this year, we basically exchanged all our presents on the 14th. Our traditional dinner is shrimp bisque and bagels and lox

and then I usually go with mom to a restaurant on christmas eve

Oaktown Blues

12:47

Why hasn't ZiPS bought into Tyler Soderstrom? Lingering poor minor league translations (like you mentioned with Ben Rice)? Positional changes confounding defensive projection? Something else?

Dan Szymborski

12:47

YOu basically got it!

12:48

combined translation + MLB for 21-24

.235 .296 .375 .207 .250 .341 .187 .239 .331 .229 .309 .413

Guest

12:48

I don't recall ZiPS factoring this in, but what players do you think are the most likely to end up on the IL as the result of an alternative medicine treatment (has to happen at some point honestly)

Dan Szymborski

12:48

has anyone ended up on the IL with a cupping injury?

EccentricATLFan

12:48

Easy explanation: the Whos are hard of hearing. How else do you explain the conductor in the first picture at the bell end of the trumpet monstrosity? (Either that, or societal auditory-based masochism.)

Dan Szymborski

12:48

That doesn't give them a right to deafen others!

EccentricATLFan

12:49

Obviously it’s a bit spoiler-y since neither the Cards nor the Dodgers have had their ZiPS projections revealed, but how is Dustin May projecting given how much he’s apparently guaranteed with his deal?

Dan Szymborski

12:49

ZiPS has May at a 99 ERA+. No idea how many IP they get

Just Fowl

12:49

Mauricio and Vientos are surplus for the Mets. Which one would you rather acquire in a trade?

Dan Szymborski

12:49

depends on the team!

Freddie Cornbread

12:49

I had no clue until recently that there was a good third of the season last year where the White Sox ran a 111 wRC+ as a team. Sure, they were still below .500 during that stretch, but is their offensive core better than most might realize?

Dan Szymborski

12:50

maybe, but that's damning with faint praise

Sodo Mojo

12:50

So are the Mariners better off not trading for Donavan and seeing what they have in Williamson, Young, and Emerson through the first half of the season then trading at the deadline if they need to?

cool

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Dan Szymborski

12:50

Frankly, that's what I would do

I like Donovan a lot, I just think there are teams that need him more

Yohan

12:50

What does ZIPs see out of Emerson careerwise? Average, above average, star, superstar, etc? Do yiu think he can be at least a 4 win guy?

Dan Szymborski

12:50

minor star

Guest

12:50

What would you say is the minimum acceptable wRC+ for a primary DH? Like, at what point would you be better off using the DH slot to rest your best players?

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