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Dan Szymborski

1:04

I think the team would be *lousy* but like 70-92 lousy

not Reds lousy

Cave Dameron

1:04

Would you be surprised if Joey Votto retired midseason if he continues to be very cool on such a bad team? Thank you!

Dan Szymborski

1:04

I wouldn't be surprised.

1:05

Votto does not seem the type, to me, to hang on a super long time if he can't turn it around.

Effectively Wild

1:05

They discussed Bauer on there.

Tomo

1:05

Bauer...he's not playing, and we all know the situation with a quick Google search...what are you looking to hear?

Tomo

1:05

you need a shirt that says "This means WAR!!", with a subtitle explaining the formula. Top seller...

Guest

1:06

I'll ask the same previous question about the top ZiPS players on one roster, but you don't get to consider having a requisite amount at each position. If there are 4 pitchers in the top 26 in ZiPS you're stuck with those 4 pitchers. How competitive is that team?

Dan Szymborski

1:06

I think pretty good

I think we'd be a little short on pitchers

but they'd be all starters so you can tandem them

Eric the Red

1:06

There should be a legal avenue for fans to put team owners in jail for theft of joy

Derek

1:07

I'm a huge OOTP fan, without getting overly deep - in what context do they use you as a starting point?

Dan Szymborski

1:07

The initial ratings for players, where applicable, are largely based on ZiPS

1:08

OOTP has used ZiPS since 2016

1:09

Markus Heinsohn basically gets to see finished ZiPS before anyone else!

(Except me)

Dave

1:09

Are boneless wings a sandwich? Bread, meat, bread.

Dan Szymborski

1:09

Dangit

Adam

1:09

What's the most notable game you've ever attended in person?

Dan Szymborski

1:09

Final game at Memorial Stadium

Guest

1:09

What is your ideal game start time?

Dan Szymborski

1:10

I don't have an ideal time

Now, games I go to, I like 4:05 games

I'll leave about 1:10 to get there about 2. Get beers before the fans get in and talk with writers

1:11

Now, as a WATCHER

I just want there to be 1:05, 4:05, 7:05, and 10:05 games every day

NO EMPTY SLOTS

Trevor

1:11

Should I not be concerned about the Mets abysmal stat cast #s? They get on base a ton but all the contact data seem bleak right now.

Dan Szymborski

1:11

Some of it is baseballs. Everything's down right now compared to expected

Guest

1:11

There's precedent for top players retiring midseason if they're not performing up to their own standards. Mike Schmidt did it, IIRC.

Dan Szymborski

1:12

The thing is, Mike Schmidt wasn't even THAT awful. Just below his standards

Appa Yip Yip

1:12

Wow you don't show your ZiPS to your mom?

Dan Szymborski

1:12

She has little interest in baseball

Beyond, presumably, liking that I make a good living at it.

Most people close to me are of that opinion.

1:14

My esteemed better half, who I dragged along to the Staten Island panel that FG was at, was very perplexed by multiple days of nothing but people talking about baseball. But she liked that eveyrone was super nice to her

Appa Yip Yip

1:14

If anything boneless wings are a dumpling

Brett Tomko Trucks

1:14

Best interaction with a MLB player?

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