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Copilot user (not by choice)

2:58

If you ever have the misfortune of using Copilot, just type up a random innocuous paragraph and then have it turn it into a poem. The result will make the average book of third grade poetry they print to sell to parents look like Shakespeare.

Krusty

2:58

Please settle a debate! How "real" do you think something like Sean Manaea's post-tweak 2024 was, after he overhauled his delivery/mechanics/repertoire midseason? Obvi, he regressed a ton last year, & that seems to be because he was hurt and couldn't maintain his new lower arm angle/slot. I'm not really asking if you think he'll get back to that form, but rather how "real" you think his 2024 stretch run was, given how dramatic the change was in his delivery, movement, results & periphs, etc. & given that teams seem more willing than ever to invest in that kind of measurable breakout, even in small samples (Also, sorry for being verbose! And VERY appreciated in advance! Thank you!!)

Dan Szymborski

2:58

I'm probably not going to settle the debate because I'm kind of on the fence with Manaea

2:59

Baseball is a game of adjustment and re-adjustment and re-re-adjustment

Zippy

2:59

I still love you and no I would never use that statement just to get you to answer my question

Scott

2:59

I was surprised to see Yeremy Cabrera on the Zips top 100. Surface stats for age and level look good but not great to me. What is Zips seeing under the hood that makes him stand out?

Dan Szymborski

3:00

That's always a tricky Q, but he was very young, and he had a big uptick in contact rate, which ZiPS sees as a big deal for a guy with speed

Kauffman

3:00

Will we notice any real numbers changes in projections based on a change in dimensions? If so, which things might change meaningfully?

Dan Szymborski

3:01

You'll notice that the ZiPS projections are more likely to be biased in one direction or another (non-park adjusted ones at least)

Farhandrew Zaidman

3:01

Other than the obvious (USA, DR, Japan, maybe Venezuela) which WBC team would be playoff caliber over 162?

Dan Szymborski

3:01

Ask me next week, I'm still trying to think how I could possibly do an article on this lol

Alby

3:01

Italian was my father and uncles' first language, but my uncle would make up Italian, or mangle, Italian words in his own private language. Think of Snoop's "shizzle" stuff. Always cracked his brothers up.

Dan Szymborski

3:02

On that note, I do have to go pretty tightly at three today since I have a doctor's appointment at 3:30

thanks for coming all!

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