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Dan Szymborski

12:01

And heeeere we go

InsertWittyNameHere

12:02

Are there rules about player walk up songs? Could someone just have spoken word slam poetry or a Rodney Dangerfield No Respect joke?

Dan Szymborski

12:03

There are some rules, though I'm not sure precisely WHERE they're written down

15 seconds, no inappropriate lyrics, themes, etc.

and it has to be licensed

Guest

12:04

With Jared Jones expected to return this weekend are the Pirates better off running a 6 man rotation to help limit innings for Ashcraft, Mlodzinksi etc.. or send Chandler to AAA for his control issues.

Dan Szymborski

12:05

I'd go with six-man rotation since Chandler still has a solid first-strike percentage, which is a leading indicator of future walk rate

Casey

12:05

Thoughts on two A's players....Do you see Rooker and Soderstrom heating up anytime soon?

Dan Szymborski

12:06

Rooker more so than Soderstrom. I've always been a little leery of Soderstrom (and Butler) among the various A's hitting dudes

Mike

12:06

What is wrong with Konnor Griffin?

Dan Szymborski

12:06

Why is something wrong?

12:08

I mean, he's basically hitting identically to his projections

and he's been solid in May. There were like three or four games where he went hitless, but he also had the homer yesterdya

TooDamnTall

12:08

I've got nothing to say to you.

Dan Szymborski

12:08

YOU JUST DID

Ed

12:09

Can you remember a somewhat similar beginning career arc to Cam Schlittlers?

Dan Szymborski

12:09

I don't think it's that crazy

his command improved as he approached the majors, he refined a key pitch, etc

Joe

12:09

Did Gerrit Cole turn back the clock? A lot of 98s last night. What does this mean for the AL?

Dan Szymborski

12:10

Certainly good to see, though I'd prefer if he weren't a yankee!

JC

12:10

I'm happy, Dan

Dan Szymborski

12:10

Everything is fleeting!

Curtis Mead Trade Appreciator

12:10

So Cristopher Sanchez just put up a May where he went 0 ER in 39 innings with a 45/6 strikeout to walk ratio and, like, there is an arguable case he doesn't win NL pitcher of the month if Miz does another Miz start. My question is, is baseball the best?

Dan Szymborski

12:10

It is!

Your Name

12:10

I know in the past youve mentioned that doing a full ZiPS run takes ~24h, what kind of setup do you run it on? Whats the spec thats most limiting to getting it run faster?

Dan Szymborski

12:10

The part where ZiPS assembles a similar cohort using matrices

12:11

Every player is compared to 140,000 or 170,000 player baselines for every projection

Plus, someone with more programming skills than me can probably do things more efficiently

12:12

Batters and pitchers are separate and I usually put a computer each on one of the tasks

Casey

12:12

Is Jackson Merrill done? Whats going on with him? Do you see him heating up soon?

Dan Szymborski

12:12

I actually think he's having a bad BABIP run plus a few missing homers, so I'm not overly concerned yet

Celery Sticks

12:12

Regarding the Brewers' ability to play their best players, I've anecdotally thought they've been very good at quickly evaluating new players and re-evaluating old ones. So their pre-season projections and playing time expectations might not be super different than external projections, but they more quickly and accurately update projections and thus playing time during the season. Have you thought about the different ways that could explain the Brewers' ability there?

Dan Szymborski

12:12

I've thought about it, but I don' thave a conclusion

12:13

Unfortunately, exactly HOW is a bit trickier.

I'm generally friendly with most teams, but there's a difference between talking shop and getting the secret herbs and spices

Lord Thunder

12:14

Of the top prospects from your ZIPs top 100 remaining in the minors, who are you most looking forward to getting the call at this point?

Dan Szymborski

12:14

Kade Anderson

12:15

He already got VERY high in the zips top 100 for a guy with no professional experience. and a PITCHER to boot

and ZiPS thinks he's been the best pitcher in the minors this year

rerunning the numbers, he'd rank like *9* in ZiPS top 100 now, which is REALLY high for a non-NPB pitcher

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