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Dan Szymborski

12:52

Turgid

12:53

Is there such thing as an underhand curve?

Dan Szymborski

12:53

The first curves in baseball WERE underhand!

A Boy Named Yu

12:53

Do any baseball video games consult with you to see which prospects might explode into stars so they can model their game similarly?

Dan Szymborski

12:53

Not directly, though OOTP uses me as a starting point

A Boy Named Yu

12:54

What are some players you really liked and played for a while but just didn't accrue much WAR?

Dan Szymborski

12:54

Joe Orsulak

lots of sidearm/submarine relievers

12:55

large adult sons

as a large adult son, I appreciate those guys

Guest

12:55

The track record of players who get sent down after their first extended stint in MLB is terrible. I guess he was already sent down once last year.. but yikes.

Dan Szymborski

12:55

I'm not sure that's *causative* though

but reflective of skill - better players are less likely to need to get devoted

12:56

demoted

Zach

12:56

How fast do you think MLB will pivot from this modern "dead ball"?

Dan Szymborski

12:56

No idea. They'll do it in the most awkward, opaque manner posssible though

9 game world series

12:56

Didn't they have a 9 game WS once? Even that feels too long

Dan Szymborski

12:56

They did that for a few years around dead ball end (19-21)

12:57

1919

I guess that was unnecessary; you guys probably remember it wasn't 2019-2021

Guest

12:58

Lots of value from walks being overrated - like Valera?

Dan Szymborski

12:58

No, I'm thinking those 250/370/370 type guys

Valera has power and was VERY young

Morbo

12:58

I like when an .800 ops is the cutoff for a good/solidly above average player offensively. But I like when the ops isn't driven by inflated home run rates. The 4% rate of home runs per batted ball feels about right

A Boy Named Yu

12:59

1968? Gibson. 1987? Dawson

Claude Aardvark

12:59

pick one pitcher long term: Shane Baz or Hunter Greene

Dan Szymborski

1:00

Greene. With two players of similar outlook, always take the one who ISN'T out with elbow problems!

A Boy Named Yu

1:00

If Verlander plays as long as Nolan Ryan did, will he become the new Nolan Ryan.

Dan Szymborski

1:00

They're different types

Nolan

1:01

HSK looks way better at the plate this year. Is this is ZIPs redemption arc?

Dan Szymborski

1:01

I certainly HOPE so!

Grimmel Forb

1:01

Has your opinion on the AL East changed after April?

Dan Szymborski

1:01

It has not

RTJ

1:01

There has to be a better wing place near you Yu

Bob Loblaw

1:02

So Dylan Cease is the best pitcher right now, right?

Dan Szymborski

1:02

I hope so. I need an escape after having the nerve to put him in my breakout piece a SECOND time after a year in which he DID break out

Tomo

1:02

you said balls

Dan Szymborski

1:03

Look, the sports has balls in the name, we talk about the balls a lot, and a ball is a VERY common call in baseball.

A Boy Named Yu

1:04

ZiPS top 25 - I guess I meant prospects only. My bad.

Dan Szymborski

1:04

Ah, that makes more sense.

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