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Guest

1:06

they never let me pitch in kid rec league. my usual job was to drop the fly ball then throw the guy out trying for 2nd

Dan Szymborski

1:07

My little league career was weird. I *was* on our lousy travel team! I pitched and played second base. I sucked at catching flies, but I'm extremely competitive and charged at every grounder, no matter how hard hit. I used to get bloody noses a couple times a year from a ball bouncing into my face

David

1:07

Would it make any sense - even a scintilla - for a team that needs an additional left-handed bat in the lineup to try playing a left-handed mashing hitter at 2nd, 3rd, or short if all the other positions are already taken up by good players? Or is there no way a lefty could play those positions?

Dan Szymborski

1:08

I think the problem is the lefties won't have any practical experience at the positions

I'd like someone to do that as a test thing though

mmddyyyy

1:09

Are there any active players that project positively into their 40s?

Dan Szymborski

1:09

Aaron Judge has a 0.9 WAR projection at age 41!

1:10

Carlos Santana has a 0.8 for next year

Guest

1:10

how much 2026 hope do you and/or ZiPS have for Matt Shaw now

Dan Szymborski

1:10

Still some.

mmddyyyy

1:10

Have you ever been there when a record was broken?

Dan Szymborski

1:10

I don't believe so

1:11

I was there for the first game of the O's 21 game losing streak to start 1988 though!

1:12

I was ALSO at the WWE Raw in Baltimore where they first showed the video of Big Boss Man stealing the casket of the Big Show's dead dad at his funeral! lol

bndj88

1:13

I was at 2,130. And I've gone 30 years claiming that game was the real record-breaking game. Cal moved into first on 2,130; Gehrig moved into second on 2,131!

records!

1:13

You just need to define "record" narrowly enough -- you were there the first time a Dan Szyborsk had a pulse on 7/10/2025 at 1:10 pm EDT!

Guest

1:13

what was Carlos Santana's 2026 projection when he was Aaron Judge's age
i assume less than 0

drplantwrench

1:13

how much do you think the angels should sell? how much do you think they will?

Dan Szymborski

1:14

I think the Angels need to tear it all down. They won't do any of it, I don't think