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Dan Szymborski

1:00

Now, not all dreams are like this

if you perused my dream log you'd see a LOT more things like:

"I got in a fight with Hunter Strickland in an elevator but we agreed to a truce because we had to team up to pass Brexit for some reason."

"I was talking with Albert PUjols during spring training 2019 and he decided to retire after getting schooled by a hardthrowing submariner pitcher for the Dodgers from AA, Peaver Stockfriars."

1:01

"I'm guest hosting an ESPN show called "Feed the Discussion" which is a lunchtime sports argument show in which people argue about sports and eat food. It went well, though I introduced myself as just Szymborski. I'm given a second episode, but this time it's set in Malta for some reaosn and there's no discussion - I just eat food. But weirdly, it's South American food. For the last thing, I'm brought penguin meat, which looked like beef and was served raw and it was fairly lemony."

1:02

One of my dreams IS kinda coming true

"George R.R. Martin took a sabbatical from writing The Winds of Winter so that he could write the entire Webster's Dictionary in Dothraki."

InsertWittyNameHere

1:02

Enjoyed your McCutchen piece. Which current player are you most excited to do that exercise with?

Dan Szymborski

1:02

I dunno, it feels like cursing them! lol

1:03

Maybe Bryant

He's not making the Hall of Fame now, and he might have

1:04

I might do one with Bryant/Baez/Rizzo

HappyFunBall

1:04

I would imagine that the MLBPA would be, generally, pro-expansion. While the details do matter, it means more MLB jobs!

dubykoff

1:04

Why on earth would you want to pass Brexit?

Dan Szymborski

1:04

I don't know, I wouldn't have personally!

1:06

There's also a dream in which I get into a fistfight with Steven Goldman and I've always liked him!

MMM

1:06

Is Jac Caglianone a thing now?

Dan Szymborski

1:06

Ic ertainly hope so since I've been stanning him aggressively since spring training last year

Multiphasic

1:06

It wasn't a dream, Hunter Strickland has gotten in fights with literally everyone for literally every reason.

Squirtgun to your head, what makes ZIPS continue to believe Jackson Holliday will continue stepping up to above-average player? How long a shadow does minor league excellence cast? When will lightly armed people stop asking Jackson Holliday questions in Fangraphs chats?

Dan Szymborski

1:07

A lot of it is simply that there's a lot of uncertainty and there's an especial amount of uncertainty on very young players who haven't had a breakout yet

Phil

1:07

Does the ZiPS projection for a player change over time while that player is out with an injury? I'm thinking particularly of Roman Anthony--my personal expectations for the rest of his season have gotten worse and worse the more he's faded from the conversation, but I'm wondering if, per plate appearance, ZiPS feels the same way. Insofar as it has feelings.

Dan Szymborski

1:07

It doesn't until he comes back, if that makes sense

I dont' want to commit ZiPS to predicting a future injury unless it's a very straightforward one like TJ surgery

so when someone gets back from an injury, it'll know "Knee, 55 days"

1:08

but it doesn't know it ahead of time, if that makes sense

Person

1:08

well now you're going to get everyone who members member berries saying they member them, while those who don't will stay silent, the combination giving a potentially false impression of their obscurity

InsertWittyNameHere

1:08

What other mass consumed thing (eligion, politics, eating, pooping, etc) would you most want to see SABRized? Meaning, a bunch of nerds crunch numbers and the subject matter is exponentially better understood and mentally processed?

Dan Szymborski

1:08

I don't know, poopemetrics sounds interesting

HappyFunBall

1:08

The Brewers will never have the Dodgers payroll. It is, however, quite possible that the Dodgers hire away the Brewers' front office

Dan Szymborski

1:09

But it woudl be more fun for the Brewers if they had the Dodgers payroll!

OK, on that note, time fo rme to head out for another week

thanks everyone who stuck around whilei we figured out the technical difficulty

1:10

well, not that *I* figured it out. Sean Dolinar figured it out. I just whined abou tit

HappyFunBall

1:10

I take that back. MIL could have the LAD payroll. But it would require a salary cap with floor such that the band is very narrow. And that's not happening anytime soon

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