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Dan Szymborski

12:58

I have never caught a home run. I do have a Craig Worthington foul ball

Not Cal Raleigh

12:58

Someone else could murder Aaron Judge, it doens't have to be Cal.

Dan Szymborski

12:58

But if he did it and didn't get caught, that's an extremely valuable win contribution

Honkus Wagner

12:58

brat toppings, whats the top tier?

Dan Szymborski

12:59

on brat, kraut or GFY

RasiedUp

12:59

I was having this conversation with my brother law over the weekend. But it feels like when teams are up in day games there is less chance of a comeback vs night games. Is that just a weird bias I feel?

Dan Szymborski

12:59

I think it may be simply observational bias, but I don't actually KNOW for sure

Will

12:59

One of the things I've noticed in guys who have come up to the MLB this year and had trouble (Jac Caglianone, Roman Anthony, Kristian Campbell after his hot start) is a super high % of ground balls in the minor leagues and/or a high GB/FB ratio. Is that something you keep an eye out for when you look at prospects/do you think teams overlook it when deciding to call up prospects from the minor leagues? (Sorry long question I know)

Dan Szymborski

12:59

I haven't found a systematic quality to this in translations

Adam

1:00

Should MLB players play in the 2028 Olympics?

Dan Szymborski

1:00

No, because I think the Olympics are a dumb place to showcase baseball

WBC is better at being baseball's Olympics than the actual Olympics could possibly be

And I like less prominent sports getting the attention

Jacob

1:01

Rasmussen has had 3 surgeries for his elbow 2 TJS and 1 internal brace surgery

War2d2

1:01

Need caramelized onions on a brat, come on now

Dan Szymborski

1:01

I'm weird, I prefer onions raw

I like the pungency and the crunch

If I can't get the onions raw on a cheesesteak, then just wiz

glt4dc

1:02

With the NBA draft going on, it's interesting (to me, anyways) how much more willing NBA teams are willing to include first round picks (and swaps), than NFL teams, which are much more tight-fisted with trading them. Anyhow, given this is a baseball site, I was wondering if MLB ever decided to let teams trade draft picks, would teams be more likely to adopt an NBA or NFL approach/valuation of these picks?

Dan Szymborski

1:02

Draft pick trading would have CBA implications, so that's the big reason MLB hasn't gone there

And on that note, I really have to go. Body shop is 15 minutes away and I'm not even dressed

see you all!

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