patrickbertolino.bsky.social
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What conclusions are you drawing here? Seems like a wide range of pitchers but it's mostly middle/back-end guys.... not sure this tells us much, but curious if you see another trend here.
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Right- because the problem was there weren't enough Dem strategists in a back room trying to figure out what most people want. That'll fix it.
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Why do you rank 500 prospects? I get the top 100- even 200 or 250. But at some point isn't there so much variability and unknown with these guys that the value of ranking them has diminishing returns?
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Why did you use a Purple/Gold scale?
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What point would you be concerned? What exactly are you suggesting- that he's hurt? That he just swings softer?
Not really sure I understand the point of looking at this for a guy like Soto.
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This is the only reply you've sent me, and it doesn't seem like an answer (and certainly isn't several)... maybe you've answered the question of "how/when do I use this data?" somewhere else so apologies if I've missed that in the articles.
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I think that's what I'm struggling with too. Is this data signal, noise, or still "fun fact/we don't know." It's fine if it's the later, but it would be nice to get some direction on that from the professionals @mikepetriello.bsky.social
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Curious in your interpretation of what the data means for him moving forward.
Do you think his lower K Rate is sustainable, or just that he’s off to a “hot start”? Or is that not really the analysis you’d do here?
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Sure there are crankies that will never like it, but also a lot of casual, and even fairly intense baseball fans are just oversaturated with “data” right now. It’s difficult to buy into cool new features when they don’t really seem designed for us and we don’t know what to do with them.
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Non-billionaire here! I was reading an NPR article of the bill and tax cuts don’t actually seem that bad to me… granted they’re extending the previous Trump tax cuts but that’s not “new.”
Any specifics in terms of what tax cuts are specifically targeted for those folks?
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I recognize the last detail may just be me and the way I engage with the game these days- it is cool data, but its deeper than I often go.
I guess it comes down to opportunity cost; with the limited time i have to spend on baseball, is there a use case beyond "its cool" I should be aware of?
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@mikepetriello.bsky.social is this your take as well? I think it's fine if the way fans engage with this is "it's just another part of the story." It doesn't seem like a big deal to me if that's the case tho. I was fine with "he adjusted his swing- here's his OPS since then."
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…aren’t most of us not hitting coaches? I get why this is useful for a team, but what’s the use case for the rest of us?
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So we now have all this data but we don’t know how to use it? Or am I missing something.
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What performance answers do you see these helping with? They seem more like process than outcome metrics, so still trying to figure out how to “use” them. Mostly thinking fantasy but also casual baseball fan lens.
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What’s the problem we’re trying to solve with the use of this data? Or is this more “fun fact” kinda stuff?
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Hey Alex- can you share a little bit about what a game planning and strategy coach does?
It probably seems self-explanatory, but I thought Shelton would be doing those things himself. Curious to learn more about clubhouse ops.
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If democrats aren’t blasting “Republicans killed Big Bird!” everywhere they can then idk what they’re doing. Maybe an AI image of Vance with hunting dogs or something.
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Is the house planning to investigate buying/selling stocks by officials?
These ping pinging tariffs are making some people very very rich- everyone close to Trump should have their stock actions fully audited by Congress.
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Fine- let’s put him on the 2028 ticket.
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Can we file a class action lawsuit? Any lawyers here that can help out?
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"We like veterans... but we need to pay people that actually work."
@democrats.org need to step up and be the party that supports veterans. Please don't mess this up.
Cc: @aoc.bsky.social @petebuttigieg.bsky.social
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Live broadcast Q&A, open for anyone to submit questions.
While GOP runs away from town halls and transparency, let’s run towards it.
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...why is it only this term @rokhanna.bsky.social? Why not indefinitely?
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This isn't "we're not perfect." This is simply being bad at your job.
Cutting costs without understanding value isn't increasing efficiency, its decreasing effectiveness. If you started by defining value you'd never accidentally cut ebola prevention. This is laughably inept.
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Do you know what Pirates leadership goals are for this year? How many wins is a "successful season?"
This is an objectively bad roster. I'm trying to get a sense of if leadership agrees with that assessment.
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How does this happen? Do you have any more detail on if Ben knew about this in advance for the trade, and went for it anyway? Or was he totally unaware and their team missed this detail?
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He's also ironically their best option for DH or 1B.
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Alex... he's a former Red Sox (Sock?) Alex... noticing a trend yet?
Has anyone reported on Ben's seeming preference to guys who played in Boston or Toronto at some point?
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….why?
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More former Jays... why does Ben seem to prefer players who have a history with Bos or Tor (his former teams)? Has anyone looked into or run the numbers on how many players he signs from there?
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What’s your real-world definition for “super team”?
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I noticed this is another seemingly random edition of a player with ties to either the Red Sox or Blue Jays (Ben’s former orgs)…. Has anyone looked into just how often he acquires players with a past connection to those two teams?
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Is there actual reporting that most teams didn’t even submit an early stage meeting request? Seems like any front office that didn’t at least ask should be fired for malpractice.
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Have you looked at the first half/second half WRC+ correlation to bat speed? I'd be curious if the decrease in bat speed actually resulted in worse outcomes for these guys.