Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat – 6/27/24

Dan Szymborski: It’s time.  A time for chats.

ForWhomTheBellTrolls: RE- KC Royals. Lots of followers appear to suppose it is perhaps a mistake to “promote the longer term” for reliever leases and whatnot, and clearly there’s a stability. However to me, the farm system is so dangerous and the staff is so far-off from really being a authentic wanting sustainable contender that it might be one other 5  years earlier than they’re in this kind of place once more. Do you suppose it really makes extra sense to form of  “go all in” to some extent for KCR?

Dan Szymborski: I believe there’s one thing to that…if not for Cleveland.

Dan Szymborski: I believe in the event you go all-in, you not less than need to have a very good shot on the division

Dan Szymborski: and the second finest report

Dan Szymborski: It turns into trickier once you’re largely chasing a wild card

Dan Szymborski: The opposite downside is that it’s an actual sellers’ market

Dan Szymborski: I’m undecided the Royals can supply as a lot as loads of groups can

Dan Szymborski: So in the appropriate circumstances, it’d make sense

Justin: What is going to Coby Mayo’s long run place be within the majors?

Dan Szymborski: I’m nonetheless going to be hopeful and say 3B

Dan Szymborski: His rudimentary 3B defensive numbers aren’t actually dangerous and the O’s stay assured sufficient that he’s nonetheless performed 3B like 80% of the time they usually’ve but to make use of him in OF

Playoff Man: I really feel like at this level most analytics varieties have (rightfully) dismissed the playoffs as a carnival sport, and the homeowners don’t have any incentive to vary that, however is there any change that you simply’d do to make it persistently reward really good groups in the event you had the ability? (ex: shorter timeline, NPB/KBO-style 1-0 sequence leads or ladder construction, and so forth)

Dan Szymborski: I’ve spoken in favor of utilizing handicaps to reward in-season play

Dan Szymborski: With the appropriate algorithm, you possibly can have a 30-team playoff event that vastly rewards common season play

Dan Szymborski: like make the White Sox win seven consecutive video games in opposition to Phillies to advance

Oddball Herrera: Is there a approach to get month-to-month splits for plate self-discipline stats?  This could be massively useful for differentiating between sizzling streaks and potential ability enhancements.

Dan Szymborski: You’ll be able to really do splits on the common leaderboard fairly simply and get whoever you need

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Manufacturing unit of Unhappiness: David Fry is cooling off a little bit now, however he’s obtained an opportunity to make it to the second spherical of All-Star voting, regardless of showing at 5 totally different positions (plus DH), and nowhere greater than 22 instances out of 58 appearances (or 38% of his video games). Is he threatening the best “super-utility” seasons of all time, for gamers whose most typical place in a season made up lower than 40-50% of their whole appearances?

Dan Szymborski: Definitely needs to be up there

Dan Szymborski: Although I believe within the super-utility pantheon, it is advisable to give extra credit score for the up the center positions

Dan Szymborski: Fry has C

Dan Szymborski: however Zobrist performed three of the 4 center positions in a few of these seasons

Tino: Would you think about Festa a worse, equal, or higher prospect than Povich?

Dan Szymborski: I believe they’re in the identical basic neighborhood

Astros pitchers: Does Zips purchase Blanco and Browns’ breakouts? Is Spencer A a 4 or is dominating the Rockies what he’s alleged to do?

Dan Szymborski: To an extent. Brown greater than Blanco

Dan Szymborski: Brown had been doing very well early within the ZiPS z stats

Dan Szymborski: ZiPS is much less enthralled with arrighetti

Adenolith: Do you typically second guess trades you make? Customary H2H league. Traded away Skenes for Tatis Jr. If I’m deep in pitching, that’s a very good transfer proper?

Dan Szymborski: I attempt to not second guess as a result of I tend to hate all the things I do

Dan Szymborski: Each time I submit an article, I instantly get the sensation that it was the worst piece of crap ever

Beano: Any hope for Suwinski?

Dan Szymborski: Positive, although you do need to realign your expectations negatively in comparison with preseason

Champdo: I hope they don’t commerce him, but when they do what do you suppose a Skubal commerce seems to be like?

Dan Szymborski: Oh, they’d get a reasonably stable bundle, it’s the kind of commerce you’d see a high 50 man transfer

Only a good sandwich: What do the O’s do with their OF? I’m an enormous believer in Cowser given the mixture of plate self-discipline and get in touch with high quality (T50 in each SEAGER + Harm/BBE to borrow Robert Orr’s dashboard), however his greatest problem is that he isn’t pulling the ball and he isn’t getting the on a regular basis ABs wanted to make that adjustment. He’s additionally probably the most worthwhile defenders within the league this yr! Are you able to commerce Kjerstad? Await an harm? Mullins has been completely terrible for a full calendar yr outdoors of the final two weeks.

Dan Szymborski: I believe the Orioles simply hold rolling with the OF

Dan Szymborski: they’re scoring loads of runs

Dan Szymborski: and the rotation’s going to be the larger concern to cope with

Matt Vierling: His underlying numbers appear to counsel extra within the tank. Does he have breakout potential?

Dan Szymborski: I’m skeptical. I nonetheless suppose he’s a very good stopgap or fourth OF sort

Dan Szymborski: Which is definitely higher than I felt about him a couple of years in the past

Kelenic: Has his latest run modified his long run outlook?

Dan Szymborski: Barely extra optimistic for positive

Tampa Fred: How/why did you change into a member of the Cincinnati BBWAA.

Dan Szymborski: Properly, Cincy as a result of I stay within the space

Dan Szymborski: I in all probability might have gotten into the BBWAA earlier than 2016, however I used to be an actual wuss about asking. Passan utilized some form peer-pressure on me to ask Trent Rosecrans and I did.

Dan Szymborski: Certainly one of my decision-making flaws as an individual is I’ve a loopy quantity of inertia

Dan Szymborski: if I’m content material about one thing, I typically like the established order

Yainer Diaz: Am I nearer to the reincarnation of Javy Lopez or did I lose my energy?

Dan Szymborski: I believe that was all the time too excessive a projection in the event you’re saying Javy Lopez

Dan Szymborski: However Diaz should be a decentish offense-first catcher regardless of his 2024

Visitor: what do you want higher, a time for chats or un temps pour chats?

Dan Szymborski: I see what you probably did there

Dan Szymborski: Although cats aren’t being very attention-grabbing in the intervening time

Insert Witty Title Right here: Studying this e book known as Marx for Cats. Considered you, I’d counsel checking it out and we will talk about through the off season.

KC Ache: Is there some analytics that claims to not stroll gamers? Do pitchers not pitch round guys anymore? Do they not do intentional walks? Decide has 53 in his profession! He has 5! this yr. He had 19 his finest yr. Bonds, in a foul yr hitting .248 in 1989 had 22 IBB. In 1992 32, in 1993 43. Then it goes bonkers and in 2002 68 and naturally the 120 in 2004.
Bonds was an amazing hitter. Decide is crushing. A man who has completed it earlier than. This isnt a shock. He has no lineup safety. But, everytime I lookup some scrub is making an attempt to get a meatball previous him. Final evening Soto on and thrown proper down the rattling center in a 1-2 rely. Orrr, face JD Davis, Verdugo, DJ LeMahieu, and Austin Wells.
I even personal Decide on one among my two groups. Simply drives me insane. Additionally, Ohtani additionally hitting .300+ and 25+ HR has… 2 IBB. No less than Gunnar bats leadoff and has bats behind him
Proper up there with, “our beat hitter is coming to bat, allow us to try to steal and get caught to finish the inning.”. WHYYYY????????
-Finish Rant

Dan Szymborski: It’s simply that for intentional walks, it is advisable to have a REALLY massive gulf between batters

Dan Szymborski: it’s what we known as “weak safety” within the 90s

Dan Szymborski: in that there wasn’t actually an observable safety impact as typically considered

Dan Szymborski: BUT, in very lopsided conditions, just like the #8 batter in NL video games, there was an actual intentional stroll impact

Dan Szymborski: Which is why in the event you take a look at NL IBB leaders in particular person years within the 80s and 90s

Dan Szymborski: You’ll see nice hitters and the occasional crappy SS or C

Dan Szymborski: Just like the again to again IBB leads for Garry Templeton (post-1981 when he was now not good)

Esix Snead: What’s your rapid response to the Texas A&M shakeup?  LaViolette immediately probably the most thrilling participant to hit the portal since…?

Esix Snead: Do you fault Schlossnagle for leaving A&M within the present school setting?  Is it so simple as Texas confirmed him what $100 payments appeared like when measured in cubic yards?

Dan Szymborski: I solely know the fundamental state of affairs! This isn’t actually my space of experience. It is best to bug the Baseball America guys on twitter or one thing

Dan Szymborski: wwait, I didn’t imply to sound unfavorable

Dan Szymborski: That got here off actually badly and I apologize

Dan Szymborski: I imply that it is best to ask them as they pay extra consideration to the daily stuff

okay: Hey Dan, any clarification for the NL dwelling run drought of 1946? Kiner lead the league with 23! The AL appeared regular.

Dan Szymborski: I believe it’s simply a type of bizarre quirks

Dan Szymborski: You continue to had the results of decrease high quality wartime baseballs

Dan Szymborski: and the distinction in league HRs wasn’t THAT large

Zips fan: Would love a mannequin that reveals up to date commerce values from zips.  Any probability we ever get it ?

Dan Szymborski: Undecided. I’d want to determine extra automation

Phil: How sticky are your arms proper now?

Dan Szymborski: Under no circumstances!

Dan Szymborski: I’ve a bizarre hangup about having something on my arms and wrists

Dan Szymborski: i by no means put on a watch or any type of ring

Dan Szymborski: and even a bandaid, I’ll principally take off as quickly as by accident hitting the world received’t trigger bleeding

Dan Szymborski: so if I’ve a sticky spot or one thing, I’ll get it off instantly

Dan Szymborski: even when I simply spit in my hand

Dan Szymborski: (don’t fear, I don’t do that in public)

Dan Szymborski: I put on latex gloves to do cat meals or perhaps a can of tuna

Grumpy in Gotham: Yankees handle .500 the second half? Looks as if the identical downside as final yr.  Older underperforming gamers

Dan Szymborski: They’ve quite a lot of draw back for positive given the development

Dan Szymborski: however they should be higher than .500!

Reds Enjoyer: With accidents completely killing the Reds, its wanting increasingly more seemingly they’ll be in promoting, quite than shopping for, place on the deadline. If they’re, who do they even promote? Does anybody even need Frankie Montas??

Dan Szymborski: They’re not getting a tremendous bundle or something for him

Dan Szymborski: however it’s a sellers market. If he seems to be wholesome in July, they’ll get one thing, nearly it doesn’t matter what he does

Manufacturing unit of Unhappiness: Thanks for the reply re: Fry! Appears like Zobrist had one season (2012, .848 OPS) the place he didn’t play 50% of his video games at one place (71 of 157 appearances in proper discipline). Fry’s at .940 to this point with a ZiPS RoS of .747, which might put him proper in keeping with that season

Manufacturing unit of Unhappiness: Sorry, ZiPS RoS of .767*

Dan Szymborski: his full fats ZiPS RoS is healthier although!

Zips Time Warp: Have you ever completed a time warp on Herb Rating, Frank Tanana pre harm, Dickie Thon, or Sandy Koufax? Might be cool! Thanks for chatting

Dan Szymborski: The primary three are type of in my psychological queue

Dan Szymborski: didn’t actually consider Koufax as I figured it wouldn’t be tremendous attention-grabbing

Dan Szymborski: I imply, he’s already a extremely revered simple Corridor of Famer with a loopy peak

Dan Szymborski: I have a tendency to love the blokes that missed a selected report or missed the Corridor

Dan Szymborski: Thon is an efficient one

Dan Szymborski: REally, so are the opposite two

Oaktown Blues: JJ Bleday is tied for third in CF WAR to this point this season. Are you a believer? Is ZiPS?

Dan Szymborski: Neither of us are actually

Visitor: I doubt the demand outweighs the tech carry, however what wouldn’t it take for a 3-year ZiPS that updates in-season (or perhaps simply as soon as across the ASB)?

Dan Szymborski: I’d have to do a less complicated mannequin just like the in-season one

Dan Szymborski: updating simply as soon as isn’t a foul thought although

Dan Szymborski: David’s on trip, I shoudl counsel that

Jonhenry: Who’s one man you’re nonetheless shocked is struggling and are extraordinarily optimistic about shifting ahead

Dan Szymborski: Properly, it WAS Acuna

Dan Szymborski: Colt Keith

Dan Szymborski: I can’t perception Jeff McNeil is THIS dangerous

Slew: That Kwan man appears fairly good. How a lot has his 2024 modified his long run projection?

Dan Szymborski: I’m really doing the halfway ZiPS movers/shakers piece

Dan Szymborski: hitters ought to go tomorrow

Dancing Dan Mcgraw: If Harper had an choose out, what does Zips suppose he’d get in free company?

Dan Szymborski: I’ll run it

Dan Szymborski: Although it’s actually extra what ZiPS thinks somebody *ought to* pay quite than what he’ll

Dan Szymborski: ZiPS thought Bryant ought to have gotten like $100 million lower than he did in Colorado. However he was all the time GOING TO get greater than THAT

Tampa Fred: Cincy use to be my adopted hometown till 1979.  I used to be hardcore Reds fan till then.  As much as 24 video games of so in my finest years.  What a part of Queen Metropolis did you reside?

Dan Szymborski: I stay within the space (between Dayton and Cincy) not Cincy correct

Dan Szymborski: my favourite place in Ohio is Jungle Jim’s

Greg: “Each time I submit an article, I instantly get the sensation that it was the worst piece of crap ever”

Aw don’t really feel so dangerous Dan, I’m positive that there are many individuals on the market who suppose that about all your articles 😉

kevin: That did sound impolite Dan however thanks for apologizing. The fellows at Baseball America are very useful

Esix Snead: No offense taken.  Love you, Simba.

Dan Szymborski: I have a tendency to make use of “bug X” as a much less unfavorable factor than most individuals

Dan Szymborski: I’ll inform individuals to “bug me on Twitter for X” on a regular basis

Dan Szymborski: however saying “go bug different particular person” sounds actually dickish and it was unintentional

Biscuit: Who’re your favourite “closers-in-waiting” which can be behind guys which can be more likely to be traded?

Dan Szymborski: The latter makes it trickier!

Dan Szymborski: Like Brock Stewart needs to be a more in-depth in some unspecified time in the future, however the Twins aren’t buying and selling their nearer

Dan Szymborski: I’m undecided there are loads of closers which can be going to be traded actually

Dan Szymborski: I don’t suppose the A’s are buying and selling Miller

Dan Szymborski: So…Tanner Banks perhaps?

Dan Szymborski: the Nard Canine in Miami?

Pondering Massive: How worthwhile does ZIPS suppose Eddie Gaedel could be at the moment?

ronniecakes: I learn all your work and also you clearly know loads of math and stats. Did you study modeling and statistics whereas making zips? Or additionally in class? I’m making an attempt to determine learn how to do the stuff you do and questioning in the event you may give a little bit of perspective. Thanks

Dan Szymborski: Kinda out of ZiPS wheelhouse! (Gaedel, didn’t hit enter)

Dan Szymborski: I majored in math, however many of the courses weren’t actually instantly relevant

Dan Szymborski: and loads I’ve forgotten, so please don’t ship me differential geometry questions

Dan Szymborski: I’ve all the time been curious about stat/prob although and I discovered loads rising up, whilst a little bit child

Dan Szymborski: like I designed a little bit paper and pen baseball sport with actual stats once I was 8

Dan Szymborski: and I had a posh D&D-like system (although much less advanced than that) for taking part in GI Joes and Transformers

Dan Szymborski: and I used to be already tinkering with translations and had made Invoice James’ Brock5 and Favourite Toy in Lotus 1-2-3 once I was in eighth grade

Ari: Is there a straightforward manner I can see knowledge for whole full video games per season/staff during the last 20 years or so?

Dan Szymborski: You’d ahve to do a pair excel formulation

Dan Szymborski: however the leaderboards offer you sufficient knowledge to do it simply

Dan Szymborski: however not immediately!

Guards Fan: How typically does Fangraphs take a look at the positional adjustment for his or her WAR calculation, and the way assured ought to we be after we evaluate gamers from totally different positions? If two gamers are in any other case fairly comparable, however WAR suggests one is price extra as a result of they play second base as a substitute of third base, wouldn’t it be honest to guage them as equally worthwhile gamers?

Dan Szymborski: I believe they’re roughly honest, if that is sensible

Dan Szymborski: excellent precision right here is pretty inconceivable

Dan Szymborski: however bear in mind, the biggest chunk of the worth nonetheless comes from the offense, which we ARE fairly positive about

Greg: I do know that this isn’t your space of experience however I hold seeing that Cade Horton has a lat harm when it sounds just like the harm is to his subscapularis. Isn’t that higher described as a shoulder (or extra particularly rotator cuff) harm?

Dan Szymborski: That is positively not my space of experience

Dan Szymborski: once they began calling accidents capsule accidents some years again, I assumed that pitchers had lately advanced a brand new physique half

brad penny in your ideas: have you ever ever performed through any of the Diablo sequence?

Dan Szymborski: Yup, although not II

Dan Szymborski: I’ve IV, however I simply havne’t performed it as a lot as I anticipated. Not as a result of I didn’t prefer it, however there are simply so many video games to play

Dan Szymborski: And consider it or not, I spend loads of time doing my job!

Nate: which MLB participant might eat probably the most brats in a single sitting

Dan Szymborski: Chris Sale I guess

Dan Szymborski: I do know he had the cheesesteak report at one level

Dan Szymborski: He doesn’t appear like it, however he eats issues like a Katamari Damacy ball

Kvn: It looks as if a loopy factor to say nevertheless it nearly looks like Gunnar goes beneath the radar a bit. He’s on a 12 WAR tempo!

Dan Szymborski: He’s really now #1 in ZiPS five-year WAR

Adam: Which occurs first, a back-to-back World Collection champ, or growth?

Dan Szymborski: growth

Dan Szymborski: would have mentioned again to again 15 years in the past

Dan Szymborski: however I believe we’re inching in direction of growth

Dan Szymborski: there have been murmurs about it and groups like money infusions

Dan Szymborski: And so they’ll need to use it as an excuse to develop playoffs once more, to eight division winners (barf) and 6 wild playing cards (barf)

Adam: What % would scoring enhance if every staff had a twenty eighth out each sport that they might deploy on offense within the inning of their selecting?

Dan Szymborski: Wait, can they select IN an inning?

Dan Szymborski: Trigger you’ll add not less than a run per sport simply getting an additional out with the bases loaded or one thing

Dan Szymborski: or have they got to decide on befroe the inning?

Half Mast Stat Blast: Pitch sequencing looks as if an enormous deal. There are rock paper scissors algorithms that be taught tendencies after which persistently beat human gamers. How a lot is an analogous system utilized by baseball groups? And the way a lot simply boils all the way down to catchers calling for a pitch once more trigger the final one appeared good. Or calling a special one so the hitter received’t count on it. Somewhat than one thing extra data-driven and concrete.

Dan Szymborski: That is one bit I’m not so positive about as I haven’t talked with a entrance workplace about it and I don’t actually tinker a lot on the problem

Dan Szymborski: I’ve wished a pitcher to try to pitch by random choice as an experiment, however no person has so far as I do know

bobbles: Hello! It looks as if Jordan Westburg has fairly dramatically exceeded expectations this yr—appeared like he was projected as a component time infielder/extra of a bit participant than a significant contributor. Do you suppose he retains this up? Regresses to

Dan Szymborski: He’ll regress some, however there have been all the time causes to love him

Dan Szymborski: Oh, ZiPS would supply 4/110 for Harper if he had been a FA, which might completely not land him

Dan Szymborski: Oops learn incorrect line, that’s three years

Dan Szymborski: 4/140

Dan Szymborski: nonetheless wouldn’t land him

Dan Szymborski: Going again to Westburg, he’s at a 144 OPS+

Dan Szymborski: in his PA to this point, that will solely be the 88th percentile projection!

Dan Szymborski: (96 for a full season)

Dan Szymborski: He already had a 20% probability at a 124 coming into the season

Dan Szymborski: ZiPS had him with 15 WAR from 2025-2029 coming into the season

Dan Szymborski: at 19 now

Dave Dombrowski: Who do you suppose we needs to be concentrating on to switch Pache/Dahl in left on the commerce deadline?

Dan Szymborski: I don’t suppose they’ll succeed, however the Phillies should be extremely curious about Luis Robert

Marsh: At what level do I begin to consider Brandon Marsh is likely one of the finest BAPIPers ever?

Dan Szymborski: How outdated are you now? That’s when

Dan Szymborski: All of the projection programs have his BABIP at .350 RoS

Dan Szymborski: In 2025 projections, ZiPS at present has Marsh #2 in BABIP at .348

Dan Szymborski: behind Nolan Jones, who has a park impact to thank

Kev: Some indicators of life from Toglia recently. Any probability of him breaking by way of to being an appropriate main league beginning 1bman?

Dan Szymborski: Meh. He was like a wRC+ 115 (UNtranslated) man in AAA, which isn’t spectacular for a 1B

Dan Szymborski: Perhaps meh-minus

bobbles: Looks as if Jordan Westburg has dramatically exceeded expectations, going from a projected however participant/half time infielder to a significant offensive and defensive contributor within the orioles. Do you count on him to leep

Dan Szymborski: I’ll notice that ZiPS projected him as a three-win per yr participant from 2025-2029 BEFORE the season. So I actually don’t like him lower than I or ZiPS did in March!

Visitor: All of us knew Gunnar had energy, however not like this.  What do we predict now?  Epic random sizzling streak?  Brady Anderson thriller 50HR season?  Sustainable 40+ HR energy?

Dan Szymborski: I don’t suppose he’s gong to remain at 40 homers, however he’s elite

Syllogism: lol — D&D … candy!  Again within the day, a pal and I created a system for DUNE!  Thanks a lot for what you do!  Of Schuemann, Schneemann, Austin Martin, Horowitz … who do you suppose may stick?

Dan Szymborski: Martin’s actually probably the most INTERESTING of them

re: Nats: I do know this isn’t your space of experience, however how will securities fraud investigations change after the Supreme Court docket’s determination this morning in Jarkesy?

Dan Szymborski: Heh, REALLY out o fmy space of experience

Dan Szymborski: I think about that we return to pre Dodd-Frank limits on administrative cures?

Dan Szymborski: I’m not an knowledgeable — once more, NOT NOT NOT an knowledgeable — however this looks like one of many many choices that I believe is right despite the fact that I’m sad concerning the penalties.

Visitor: KATAMARI DAMACY (DAAAMAAAHTSUIIIIIII) … hell yeah! Many nights with mates ingesting and taking part in that on PS

Dan Szymborski: However it is best to by no means ever ever be getting SCOTUS evaluation from me

Greg: I’m very shocked by the hitting of Joey Ortiz this yr.  Previously 2 months in 194 PA he has a 500 SL:G and 889 OPS.  I see the projections programs aren’t shopping for it.  What do you suppose?

Dan Szymborski: This could be a really aggressive bump

Dan Szymborski: however he all the time had a very good probability to be actually good

Dan Szymborski: it’s not just like the O’s didn’t like Ortiz. They knew they had been buying and selling somebody would is perhaps glorious. However they REALLY wished Burnes

Oaktown Blues: Why is Aledmys Diaz nonetheless on the A’s roster? Is it simply because he can stand in between 2B and 3B and faux to be a SS?

Dan Szymborski: The A’s are standing in between April and September and pretending they’re a baseball franchise

Dan Szymborski: so it appears on level

Bob Loblaw: Which is the true Cardinals: the earlier than Could 12 Cardinals or the after Could 12 Cardinals?

Dan Szymborski: One thing in between

Dan Szymborski: Everybody projected them to be round .500

Dan Szymborski: they usually’ve been round .500

Jerry: Dan, you’re working the Blue Jays.  What are you doing on the commerce deadline?  Unload free brokers or promote everyone together with Bo and Vlad?  2026 is wanting scary.

Dan Szymborski: I would really promote if I haven’t been in a position to prolong Bichette earlier than then

Dan Szymborski: This seems to be like a sellers market

Dan Szymborski: and the Jays are in a reasonably icky gap

Dan Szymborski: not to this point again in wins, however they need to leapfrog a LOT

Reds Enjoyer: Actually loved the piece on the 2016 Cubs final week. Had me questioning: does ZiPS provide the skill to plug in any participant at any time to see what their projections would have been at sure factors of their profession? As an example, seeing what Beltre’s remainder of profession projections would have been after his final season in Seattle simply to see how a lot he was crushing the getting older curve by.

Dan Szymborski: Sure, although not inseason

Dan Szymborski: I can challenge Adrian Beltre after X season, however not after July twelfth on X season as I’d need to take a couple of further automated steps

Dan Szymborski: (I’d need to get the in-season projection after which instruct ZiPS to then use THAT projection for the season in query)

Adam: Setting apart the feasibility of how it will get there, what animal escaping onto the sphere throughout a sport could be most hilarious?

Dan Szymborski: I believe an elephant

Dan Szymborski: No one in safety is supplied to cease an elephant

Dan Szymborski: and the elephant isn’t going to eat a participant, which makes it extra more likely to keep hilarious quite than change into tragic

Dan Szymborski: Like tigers aren’t entertaining when one mauls Byron Buxton

Visitor: is there any extra annoying meals truth than lunch meat is carcinogenic? (I’m having roast beef and cheddar at the moment anyway)

Dan Szymborski: I’m not fairly positive it’s EXACTLY what you’re in search of

Dan Szymborski: however I actually hate unhelpful serving dimension proportions

Dan Szymborski: I don’t know what number of cookies three ounces of cookies is

Dan Szymborski: and there was once this generic model of french bread pizza that had two french bread pizzas within the field, however the serving dimension was 2/3 of a pizza

Dan Szymborski: HTF are you going to eat the second two thirds of a field of french bread pizza?

Dan Szymborski: Warmth up the 1/3 you didn’t eat from the primary one after which bake the second solely to place two thirds of it within the fridge?

Visitor: why is zips professional collusion /s

Dan Szymborski: lol

Dan Szymborski: oh god, it’s 130, I gotta go

John: Generally I get the vibe that you simply’re a libertarian, so I respect your refusal to debate politics. Sustain the great work.

Dan Szymborski: I’ve talked about THAT not less than

Dan Szymborski: however I’m a type of wishy-washy pragmatic ones that finally ends up simply coming off as a bland centrist

Dan Szymborski: not a type of deranged ones that don’t pay taxes for 15 years or need to blow up all the things on day one or make a troll caucus they identify after Mises

Dan Szymborski: which makes me a boring libertarian. And since I’m a Georgist, I’ve stances on issues like land possession that annoy different libertarians too

Dan Szymborski: and actually, I’ve no need to browbeat anybody into pondering as I do. There are many worldviews on the market, and there’s no cause for anybody right here to present a fig about mine

Dan Szymborski: I already annoy sufficient individuals with my day-to-day job.

Dan Szymborski: And on that notice, it’s time for me to go out!

Visitor: Do you take pleasure in train outdoors of a sports activities capability?

Dan Szymborski: No. Train is finest once you’re hitting one thing or breaking one thing or shoving somebody or tackling somebody

Greg: “No one in safety is supplied to cease an elephant”

Who says that they need to work for safety although? Or is Aaron Decide backing down for contractual causes? I’m positive that he’s not allowed to battle elephants within the offseason however this could be totally different.

Roman Empire: Tigers are hilarious.  You’re incorrect

Visitor: Perhaps an elephant isn’t going to eat anybody, however they might simply convey down a bit of stands. I do know we have a tendency to think about the partitions and stands as immovable objects, however to one thing as bodily highly effective as an elephant?

Oddball Herrera: Can or not it’s a couple of of a single sort of animal?  In that case I vote for a swarm of baboons to cost the sphere