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Dan Szymborski

12:28

Doesn't anyone have mrke yet?

Jeremy

12:28

Have teams gotten meaningfully better at playing matchups with their position players (beyond just seeking the platoon advantage) thanks to granular data on attack angles, performance against specific kinds of pitches, etc.?

Dan Szymborski

12:28

I believe they have, but these things benefit both sides

12:30

Like you may know Capo Ferro, but the other guy may know Thibault. And then the hitter might have studied his Agrippa

cool

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Idiotic Failson

12:30

If you took a modern pitcher (velocity, pitch shape recognition, etc) and dropped him into the 1940s, what would his ERA look like? Would he completely dominate since those hitters would struggle with velocity, sequencing, and pitch shape?

Dan Szymborski

12:30

I think he'd do *pretty* well, but there are caveats

SOME of the knowledge won't be directly applicable, simply because hitters approaches are different

12:31

Showing up with a 98 mph fastball and a 91 mph changeup and slider will do more to destroy 1940s hitters than specific knowledge

more than the sequencing part, I think

since they're such dangerous tools

12:32

But the 98 mph will probably have to be taken a bit off of it

because your manager is giving you 350 innings and you're going to have dead arm in two years, and people of 80 years later will never remember you when they talk about how durable pitchers were in the old days because they've forgotten all the Ewell Blackwells

Karl Hungus

12:32

Best baseball movie?

Dan Szymborski

12:32

The Sandlot

21127

12:32

There are 5 series left. I would love if, at this exact point in the season, a team had one series left against each team in its division.

I am the Apple

12:32

Could be more for the mailbag, but: Who is the one player from each of the top international leagues (NPB, KBO, LMB, CPBL) with the highest projected rest-of-career MLB WAR if they were to make the jump today?

Dan Szymborski

12:33

Honeslty, I can't do this one justice and I think you shoudl definitely ask in mailbag

Guest

12:33

should the yankees trade volpe this offseason? He's struggled with more than just baseball, the yankees fandom appears to have broken him. He still has high upside too, we have already seen his potential. Volpe to Rockies confirmed?

Dan Szymborski

12:33

Volpe does seem like he could use a change of scenery

Greg

12:33

I know it has only been 3 starts but watching Kyle Bradish dominate while "recovering" has to be a late-season bright light for Orioles fans. I love him more than anyone and I'm still quite surprised/impressed.

Dan Szymborski

12:34

hmm

there once was a pitcher named bradish

who ails had use recite the kaddish

12:35

hmm

12:36

his elbow intact

he still has the knack

12:37

uhhh.. something radish? I got myself in a bind

trophy

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Farhandrew Zaidman

12:37

I would just like to shout out Adam Ottavino on youtube real quick, he's doing daily shows and it's some of the best pitching content out there.

bob

12:37

If the rangers make the playoffs, it will be the best comeback since _____

Dan Szymborski

12:37

sliced bread

12:38

his slider still bites like a radish?

I dunno

And the Tigers comeback last year was better

johnboy

12:39

if every player was a free agent at the end of the year, who would get the largest contract? Bobby Witt?

Dan Szymborski

12:39

Witt or Soto I assume

Greg

12:39

"Oy vey!" he said, "There
Is no need for a prayer!"
"My slider is sharp as a radish!"

Tiger Fan

12:39

Hey, statistical semantics question. Why is wOBA scaled to OBP and not OPS?

Dan Szymborski

12:40

I think since OPS in itself is a weird stat and OBP ranges are more familiar among old school fans

Aviaries

12:40

Would you give Cody Bellinger 9-figures if you were GM of, say, the Padres or Dodgers? I worry about his production in other ballparks

Dan Szymborski

12:40

I *probalby* wouldn't

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