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: Hey pals, will get started here in a moment – just wrapping up a call!
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: Hurry up, Meg
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: Meg, hello
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: Hello am here!
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| 4:09 |
: Sorry about that, everyone. Had to chat with Appelman. Let us chat!
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| 4:09 |
: If you’re the Giants would you rather have as little money committed to 2022 as possible or would you spend a little now so your lineup isn’t full of holes in a year?
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| 12:02 |
 Dan Szymborski: And welcome to 2021!
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| 12:02 |
Dan Szymborski: IT STARTS NOW, EVERYTHING ELSE WAS 2020.2
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: Welcome to one of the greatest chats in the history of our sport!
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Dan Szymborski: I am in the top 100% of all chats.
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: What do you think is the biggest area for potential improvement to ZiPS? What are you focusing on improving with the system?
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| 12:03 |
Dan Szymborski: Injuries, though that’s harder to actually *work* with
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| 4:02 |
: Hi all, and welcome to the chat. Give me just one moment to run something to the mail box before my carrier comes for the day!
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: Ok, am back.
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: Everyone be nice to their mail carriers – they are having a heck of a time.
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: When am I making my next move?
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: Please not today, I have gifts to wrap after this and feel tired.
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: What is Realmuto’s market now? With the Mets out of the picture, where do you think he ends up?
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| 12:01 |
: Morning, everyone. I’m gonna let a few more questions flow in and then we’ll begin
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: forget the team situation for the second. CJ Abrams maximizes his value at SS/2B/or CF?
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: Any/every player would max out at shortstop, which is the most valuable defensive position on the field. If you’re asking which I think Abrams would end up playing independent of Tatis? I’m still more in the 2B/CF camp. I was CF-only until this fall, CJ looked pretty good on the infield.
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: What puts Steven Hajjar ahead of Chrisitian MacLeod in the college ranks?
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: Athleticism/body projection right now, but they’re not crazy far apart and MacLeod could have bigger conference stats to tout by the time we’re through.
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| 12:06 |
: Your pick to win the central? Cards could do it with Hicks, Reyes and a nice season from Carlson
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| 2:02 |
 Jay Jaffe: Good afternoon and welcome to my first chat in [mumbles] weeks. I’ve been busy with my annual Hall of Fame series and just a few minutes ago the first entry in my One-and-Done set, covering outfielders Shane Victorino and Michael Cuddyer, went live https://blogs.fangraphs.com/jaws-and-the-2021-hall-of-fame-ballot-one-…
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Jay Jaffe: You can see the full schedule here https://blogs.fangraphs.com/a-2021-hall-of-fame-ballot-of-your-own-and…, and find a link to our Crowdsource Hall of Fame ballot, which allows registered users to vote for up to 10 candidates, just like the pros.
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Jay Jaffe: I’d also like to call your attention to my spot with Shakeia Taylor on last week’s FanGraphs Audio podcast, where we discussed the life of Dick Allen, and the racism and other obstacles he encountered during his career https://blogs.fangraphs.com/fangraphs-audio-reflecting-on-dick-allen/
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Jay Jaffe: And since it’s been awhile, I’d like to wish those of you out there celebrating a Happy Hanukkah. I hope your latkes are as good as the ones in the Jaffe-Span household.
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Jay Jaffe: Ok, on with the show
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: Any more news about baseball season may be 140 games and start in May per owners
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