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Baseball Learner

12:57

Coming back to the White Sox question, is a 1% playoff team in preseason predictions making the playoffs more than 1 in 100 seasons in aggregate? And if so what does this say about the models? "You can't predict baseball, Susan?"

Dan Szymborski

12:57

Last I checked, no

Baseball Learner

12:57

Do we have a percentage update on the losing team in the AL playoffs possibility

Dan Szymborski

12:57

ZiPS has it about 1-in-4

12:58

but that was three days ago

swieker

12:59

Eli Willits looking like a dude? (I mean, he was drafted first overall... but still.)

Dan Szymborski

12:59

s far so good!

maximus74

12:59

Ketel Marte, clubhouse cancer? What's going on there?

Dan Szymborski

12:59

People are complex. In the right situation or the right events or the right time, anybody can probably be great or terrible in the clubhouse

crew87

12:59

sorry, stepping away to watch the Weird Al tiny desk concert. will be right back.

Dan Szymborski

1:00

Al Yankovic is a way superior option to Dan Szymborski, and one that should be taken whenever there's a choice

william3827

1:00

Can you say what teams offered you?

Like which teams^^

Dan Szymborski

1:00

No, those were off the record chats to discuss stuff. Never got close to the point of salary

Charles Bengal Tiger

1:00

I know his defense is poor, but how much value does CJ Abrams lose if he has to move off SS?

Dan Szymborski

1:00

Not a ton, it depends how far he has to move

1:01

He's lousy enough at short that he ought to get a pretty good bump at an easier position

maximus74

1:01

do you consider yourself a fun hating dork?

Dan Szymborski

1:01

No, I wouldn't say that

I'll occasionally hate fun, but I'll also occasionally PUSH fun

I'm more of a chaos loving dork

mrdog61

1:01

The ham and Mayo thing was probably about the Orioles 1b/3b. He is doing better lately

Dan Szymborski

1:01

ah

forgot about mayo, I was trying to think of a player nicknamed ham

1:02

He HAS been better. I'm still holding out some hope for Mayo

InsertWittyNameHere

1:02

Oh, Coby Mayo!

Barbaro Garbey

1:02

Coby Mayo?

motown oden

1:02

I’d take sweaty Joe Borowski any day over crazy Joe DaVola

Dan Szymborski

1:02

On that note, I have to head out for the week.

Thanks for coming everyone!

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