Gerald L. (Jerry) Trepkowski

Chief Legal Counsel & Secretary for Purdue Applied Research Institute (PARI). Senior Counsel for Purdue University.

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Purdue's ZL9 propulsion lab just became the university's first research facility to earn ISO 9001 certification, opening new doors with aerospace and defense partners. https://t.co/b091M7A1pY

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SK hynix broke ground Thursday on a $4 billion advanced packaging facility in the Purdue Research Park, deepening ties with Purdue Engineering's semiconductor research and talent pipeline: https://t.co/s07Tcl0D7u

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@Roto_Frank @JoshNason If you’re looking for a change of pace, Grimm is a lot of fun. Builds to a nice climax, but doesn’t take itself too seriously (which is important given the absurdity of the premise).

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@CodifyBaseball You can still play as an adult.

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@CodifyBaseball HBP between the plate and batter’s box should be a “dead ball” ball.

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@JunkWaxHeroes Bad News Baseball

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Lights. Camera. Baseball day!

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No baseball to wake up to this morning. 😔

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@DannyVietti Japan sold out a 55,000-capacity stadium for each of the two games, at prices much higher than US ticket prices. Japan also nearly matched the US in 2024 World Series viewership. MLB is smart to reward their fans everywhere.

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I don’t know anyone who hates Daylight Savings Time.

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@BillPetrigac @Andrew_FBB Trade Neto to your friend Jerry.

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@tangotiger Thanks for the advice. For those of us in recreational leagues, we just stand in the deep ruts.

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@MyNumbersGarden @JonPgh Another option is to generate your own values, such as based on the delta of their statistics from the average of players to be auctioned, and then account for inflation and whatnot.

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@MyNumbersGarden @JonPgh One somewhat unscientific (but also fairly straightforward) approach is to find a valuation system, like https://t.co/BZqSCaNqSQ and then “match” your projection ranking to the dollar values.

Example, match your 10th best player to the 10th highest value, and so on.

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Take Rutschman and Diaz for instance. Many projections systems show them with nearly identical counting stats save for Diaz batting ~20 points higher. Yet most rankings systems put Rutschman at #2 and Diaz is not always even as high as the consensus #3.

Do the experts know something that the projections do not?

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@JonPgh Curious to get your thought on the usefulness of expert consensus rankings.

Given how projection-accuracy is measured (namely delta from actuals), a lot of "value" in players doesn't seem to show up in projections models.

Do we ignore non-projection rankings at our own peril?

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@JonPgh Are you familiar with @smartfantasybb's https://t.co/GjpcfUlua8? The basic version of the tool is free.

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@JonPgh I like that it gives more than just strike rate -- provides an indication of a pitcher's ability to punch guys out (it is arguably an indicator of stuff and control).

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Heck, make it the world’s pastime for that matter.

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Put @mlb_big_inning on YouTube, Netflix, and Amazon Prime.

For free.

Nationalize more revenue. Build the fan base. Make baseball America’s pastime again.