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Dan Szymborski

12:42

threw

Devil Ray Jay Johnson

12:42

The Reds have a long glorious history, but given the current inept management, is it possible for the franchise to fail and have to move if now is the beginning of a 20-something year run of futility? In the other words, are the Reds beloved enough in Cincinnati to survive if they have a long run of being both terrible on the field and in the front office?

Dan Szymborski

12:43

I think it's unlikely simply because it's hard to move a team and, let's be honest, the likely markets aren't great ones.

Dave

12:43

The Reds would need to go 47-91 the rest of the way to hit 50 wins. Woof.

Dan Szymborski

12:43

I think they can do that

Ozzie smallbies

12:43

Is Eric Hosmer cursed to weave in ok-good seasons in between bad seasons

Dan Szymborski

12:43

It's happening at just the right time to bail the Padres out of the end of the contract

A Boy Named Yu

12:44

Please convince me not to order BOGO wings from Bdubs for lunch today. Thank you.

Dan Szymborski

12:44

I cannot do so.

Wait, they do BOGO wings on TUESDAY

I'm not going to suggest it for "boneless wings"

A Boy Named Yu

12:45

Could a team made up of the ZiPS top 25 players be competitive in MLB? Assuming you factor in building a balanced roster and not just literally the top 25 players regardless of position.

Dan Szymborski

12:45

I'm a bit confused by the question

Why wouldn't an All-Star team be competitive?

Appa Yip Yip

12:45

How much should I be overreacting to Kikuchi being good last night?

Dan Szymborski

12:46

Hopefully it's justified since I talked him up quite a bit this spring!

A Boy Named Yu

12:46

Can we get a happy medium with the MLB ball that's somewhere between crazy pinball ball and 1968 ball?

Dan Szymborski

12:46

Apparently not.

Colton

12:46

Hey Dan, hope all is well! Of all the major breakouts that have happened so far this year, which one do you/ZIPS think is the most real?

Dan Szymborski

12:46

Kwan

Morbo

12:46

Thoughts on MLB/Rawlings producing balls individually tailored to each stadium? (Let's assume it's done competently) If done correctly it could have a considerable impact in normalizing park factors and might be a better solution than MLB's current semi-random yearly changes.

Dan Szymborski

12:46

Oh god, I dont' even trust MLB to have the SAME ball at all times

12:47

This sounds like a disaster in waiting

Christian Colon for Men

12:47

How weird is it going to look with guys in 2019 hitting 30 HR and posting 100-105 wRC+ when guys in 2022 with basically the same line except hitting 18 HR will post 110 wRC+?

Dan Szymborski

12:47

It's going to!

A Boy Named Yu

12:48

Why does MLB The Show make stupid roster decisions in Franchise mode? The Yankees signed Story and then also traded for Tatis Jr. in the same off-season.

Dan Szymborski

12:49

I like that better than what the Yankees did!

mariners

12:49

Were the Mariners expectations to high entering the year? I think we were because so many people predicted us winning the division, which in my opinion, is the astros to lose

Dan Szymborski

12:49

It depends how high were high

If you mean, say, 93 wins, I would think that way too high

12:50

People should not have assumed 90 wins was the baseline

But I thought the m's imrpoved to be a real 85 win team or so

and they're not far behind THAT pace

A Boy Named Yu

12:50

Any chance Reds ownership actually sells or relocates? They sure are good at their jobs.

Dan Szymborski

12:50

Sells, yes, relocate, probably not

Guest

12:50

Still bewildered by the lack of discussion concerning Bauer on this site, is this a managerial decision or are the article(s) coming along?

Dan Szymborski

12:51

I'm not sure. What topics to write on is usually a very personal thing; we talk about what we want to write about and talk about news.

12:52

Just speaking for me, I *rarely* write about things that aren't the game itself.

It's not my area of expertise and I don't think I have the sensitivity.

A Boy Named Yu

12:52

George Lucas should have killed off Han Solo after Empire - Yay or Nay?

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