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Dan Szymborski

12:18

Probably as I don't have any better idea

12:19

I think fundamentally, a short season just makes the accuracy crappier and there's not much to do about it

Matt Klentak

12:19

The wife in field of dreams makes it very tough to watch, everything else about the movie I liked

Pat's Bat

12:19

Would MLB rather have a shorter 2020 season but squeeze in a full set of playoffs or shorten the playoffs and try to get in more regular season games? Which would you rather see?

Dan Szymborski

12:19

I'd probably prefer a shorter season, but baseball makes more money from playoffs so I imagine they'll prioritize that

Insert Clever Name Here

12:19

Out of curiosity, when making the Yankees ZiPS projections, were you surprised with the prediction for Andujar? I completely understand his defense was terrible and he had good batting luck according to his wOBA/xwOBA difference, but...still was surprised by the sub-1 WAR projection. (Non-Yankees fan, just was recently going around the ZiPS projections to try to keep my sanity a bit.)

Dan Szymborski

12:20

I'd probably take the over, but not by a ton

He is awful defensively in the field, probalby overachieved, and coming off a serious injury

LAXTONTO

12:20

Why is it that my grad students are having way more difficulties transitioning to online vs my undergrads?

Dan Szymborski

12:20

THey're watching more porn

Insert Clever Name Here

12:20

Re: Jeff, only the Real Slim Shady will stand.

LAXTONTO

12:21

For some reason I think "For the love of the Game" is a better movie than "Field of Dreams"... am I the only one on this?

Nap or quick cup of coffee to recharge? This stupid qual paper is putting me to sleep...

Dan Szymborski

12:21

Nap

I don't really like coffee

Voto for Soto 2020

12:21

What player's ZiPS projection has shocked you the most, in a good or bad way?

Dan Szymborski

12:21

Saving that one. As you can imagine, we're shorter than normal on topics to write about!

Seeforman

12:22

Which classical music composer would you say is most similar to each of Trevor Bauer, Mike Trout, Jose Altuve, and Mike Fiers

Dan Szymborski

12:22

Let's see, occasionally brilliant, inconsistent, and causing trouble in media: I'll say Schumann for Bauer

12:23

I'll say Mendelssohn for Trout. Almost boringly brilliant. Mendelssohn's juvenile works are way more interesting than Mozart's.

12:24

Altuve: More power than you'd expect from his appearance and people ripping apart his work in hindsight.

(I don't have a composer that cheated; I'm not sure how you cheat at composing)

Bruckner?

12:26

Mike Fiers: Known for a couple OK things, kinda overrated. Maybe someone like Albinoni? Albinoni's most known for something he didn't actually write and Fiers is most known for a season he didn't totally write; you can call the A's defense the baseball Giazotto!

Insert Clever Name Here

12:26

Igor Stravinsky: "Good composers borrow, great composers steal."

Pat's Bat

12:26

5 years of being one if the best? Would that make Lincecum a Hall of Famer?

Dan Szymborski

12:26

I think the shorter the career, the more brilliant the peak you have to have.

12:27

Murphy actually had a career outside of his peak and Dawson's was better than Murphy's

If Lincecum 2010-2011 had been on same level as 2008-2009, *maybe*

Jason

12:27

Please explain how anything about the new draft makes sense? Why does it need to drop all the way to 10 (possibly 5?!?) rounds? How does a maximum bonus for undrafted players of only $10K make sense?

Dan Szymborski

12:28

We haven't hit a final version yet, or did I miss something this morning?

Billy

12:28

how long til a coronavirus party in corona queens serving corona’s

Dan Szymborski

12:28

<groan>

Pat's Bat

12:28

Wouldn't you just proratw

Dan Szymborski

12:29

Yeah, but it'd be nice if I had ab etter idea

Billy

12:29

is there a record for double headers in a season? Wondering if the shortened seasons ideas will set a new record

Dan Szymborski

12:30

The record is 40-something by the White Sox sometime in WWII

WWII was a big boom for doubleheaders

It was a better use of resources to have two games go on back-to-back

Matt Klentak

12:30

What holes are best covered by the shortened season? Has to be lack of pitching depth? I think the Phillies would be better positioned with less innings required than in a normal year

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