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Another Kevin

10:15

Correa is getting 200 mil, easy

Dan Szymborski

10:15

I think ZiPS is under too!

Someone will be more optimistic about health than ZiPS

Sooo

10:16

do you think Gallo walked so much in Texas partly because of his lack of protection? He’s a ghost on the yanks…

Kevin Goldstein

10:16

16.2% BB rate with NYY. It's not like he turned into Alfredo Griffin. I'm the only person here who remembers Alfredo Griffin....

Jon Becker

10:16

He was the guy who was an All-Star because he happened to be another player's guest to the festivities and someone got hurt, right?

Kevin Goldstein

10:17

More importantly re: Griffin is his 1984 season. 442 PA and FOUR walks.

10:18

And that's what a good send looks like.

Jon Becker

10:18

I thought for sure he'd be dead to rights, shows what I know!

Guest

10:19

Does zips adjust for winners curse, or is it trying to predict what expected value is?

Dan Szymborski

10:19

Just expected value.

Too many contours of an auction!

And the weird CBA winter.

We could literally have nothing happen for two months.

Kevin Goldstein

10:19

or three . . .

10:20

Sorry, we should enjoy playoff baseball. I'm just very pessimistic about the upcoming labor strife.

Guest

10:20

Yankees dead to rights?

Kevin Goldstein

10:20

It's not good, but it's far from over.

Jon Becker

10:21

The Red Sox might have Nick Pivetta closing, so yeah, this isn't over

How Bobby Grich Stole Christmas

10:21

Alfredo Griffin was in the composite photo of a 1980s article in Games Magazine on rotisserie baseball — first I’d ever heard of it.

josh

10:21

how much interaction do you have with teams about zips? is it like prospects where you adjust based on industry feedback?

Dan Szymborski

10:21

All data.

No opinion except picking a position if I know someone's changing

10:22

And even if opinions made it better, I'd be against it, as the whole basis is to get a data-opinion.

Bill

10:22

Good answer, Dan! As I tell my students, the data are.

Phil

10:22

Apropos of nothing in particular, I continue to despise the three-batter minimum rule.

Kevin Goldstein

10:22

You and me both.

Dan Szymborski

10:22

datum/data!

Morbo

10:23

A fellow Latin nerd

Guest

10:23

94 crushed the 16 year old me. Took a long while to come back full time. I don’t want to go through that again.

Dan Szymborski

10:23

We same age!

Marlin Child

10:23

How exactly does one pronounce datum

Jon Becker

10:23

I say day-tum but I think dat-um can be correct too? Maybe?

Dan Szymborski

10:23

The same two pronunciation for data

They're both right I believe

Two Dads Playing Catch

10:24

Who debuts first, Whitley or Gore?

Brian CashGod

10:24

Correa in pinstripes could be entertaining, he might be the first Yankee to get a better reception at Fenway than in the Bronx

Dan Szymborski

10:24

Whitley-Gore sounds like a prion disease.

Kevin Goldstein

10:24

Yankee fans would love him by the end of April

Floyd

10:24

In your opinion, is the three-batter minimum a “forever” rule or if a pitch clock solves whatever time issues the league wants to solve the three-batter minimum could go away?

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