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Dan Szymborski

12:43

Early/Mead was my personal favorite because I LOVE a good challenge trade

MyBloodyBallantine

12:43

Holy shit you use a lot of electricity! My consumption last month (I have a mini split system, induction stove, and EV) was 935.5 kWh for my 1400 sq foot house.

Dan Szymborski

12:43

2600 square feet (5 bedrooms) and since I work from home, I'm always using electricity

It was a REALLY hot month]

12:44

I was getting spoiled by the first half of june

12:45

that electricity usage is even worse than it looks because some of the billed days were a rather cool June

12:46

didn't have a single 90 degree high in June, and there was a two week period with the high below 80

Then the first three weeks of July were terrible

but it's been generally pleasant since then

last week of July had some lows in the 50s and got down to 51 one night

12:47

(I'm in Ohio between Cincinnati and Dayton)

Jeremy Fox

12:47

Is there any pitcher who could throw a good CG while throwing only one pitch? For instance, could Miz throw a CG throwing 100 four-seamers? Could Sanchez throw a CG throwing 100 changeups?

Dan Szymborski

12:47

A knuckleballer!

Cheating?

Cheat to win

mmddyyyy

12:47

When a player is called a "#1 prospect", what does that mean to you?

Dan Szymborski

12:47

This sounds like a trick question!

12:48

So I'll say "poorly translated Chinese restaurant menu"

Big Fan

12:48

Kevin Gausman has to be one of the best free agent signings of all time, right?

Dan Szymborski

12:48

Certainly one of the better ones for a veteran

mmddyyyy

12:48

What would the league look like in a season where 10 players achieve 10 WAR?

Dan Szymborski

12:48

I'm not sure there's an archetype

MorboTheAnnihilator

12:48

BEHOLD! The new and improved version of Black Betty:
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Built old ZiPS, bam-a-lam
Now it quips, bam-a-lam

It learned WAR and wRC+, bam-a-lam
Now it sends him late-night texts, bam-a-lam
Says, "I've simmed the season twice," bam-a-lam
"Trade that reliever—not so nice," bam-a-lam

Whoa, Dan Szymborski, bam-a-lam
Dan Szymborski, bam-a-lam
ZiPS awakened, bam-a-lam
Can't contain it, bam-a-lam

Every winter, out it creeps, bam-a-lam
While the baseball world still sleeps, bam-a-lam
Dan says, "These projections fit," bam-a-lam
ZiPS says, "I already knew that bit," bam-a-lam

Whoa, Dan Szymborski, bam-a-lam
Dan Szymborski, bam-a-lam
Don't ask questions, bam-a-lam
Trust projections, bam-a-lam

Fans all argue, night to dawn, bam-a-lam
ZiPS has already moved on, bam-a-lam
Simmed next season, simmed '31, bam-a-lam
Baseball's future? Already done, bam-a-lam

Whoa, Dan Szymborski, bam-a-lam
Dan Szymborski, bam-a-lam
Sentient ZiPS, bam-a-lam
Calling the shots, bam-a-lam

drplantwrench

12:48

do you think the angels will regret not trading Neto? i have a feeling he's about to turn into a pumpkin again. or for that matter, Detmers?

Dan Szymborski

12:48

Yes

12:49

Though I can't say for sure without knowing the realistic offers

Jeremy Fox

12:49

The Jays really do have a type when it comes to hitters to acquire, don't they? But are we sure it's a good type? The combination of contact + power they showed last season worked great, but also looks like a fluke. Outside of last season, they've been mostly a contact team and haven't scored a ton of runs that way. And for all their vaunted strength training in the minors, they don't seem to be turning the high contact hitters they acquire into power hitters.

Dan Szymborski

12:50

Oh right, Bubba Chandler ZiPS

oops, not eddy again

Year W L ERA G GS IP H ER HR BB SO ERA+ WAR 2027 7 8 4.00 28 27 139.3 124 62 14 58 126 104 2.1 2028 7 7 3.92 27 26 135.3 120 59 14 52 121 107 2.2 2029 7 7 3.86 26 25 133.0 117 57 14 48 119 108 2.2 2030 7 7 3.79 26 24 128.3 113 54 13 45 114 110 2.2 2031 7 7 3.84 26 24 129.0 115 55 13 44 114 109 2.2

Philip Christy

12:51

Steamer thinks Franklin Arias could hit better in MLB than Dansby Swanson right now. Does he get the call this year?

Dan Szymborski

12:51

I actually suspect no

though it's hardly impossible

bob1shere

12:52

Who do you think is more likely to become an MLB regular, Kristian Campbell or Marcelo Mayer?

Dan Szymborski

12:52

mayer

crew87

12:52

If the Tigers demanded Logan Henderson from the Brewers, they were right to turn it down right? Skubal is obviously better, but 2 months of an ace vs 4-5 years of a #3 would be a bad trade off for the short AND long term, wouldn't it?

Dan Szymborski

12:52

I believe so

war2d2

12:52

“DAAAAAN Szymborski bamalamalam DAAAAN Szymborski bamalamalam” was more how I was thinking, fyi

Swings Low

12:52

How tall do you think user "toodamntall" is?

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