1. Dan Szymborski, creator of the ZiPs projection system and Fangraphs writer joins us to talk about the systems projections for the Cleveland Guardians in 2023. We ask Dan about the projections for George Valera that includes a near-age comp to Aaron Judge, but that probably doesn't mean what you think it means. But first, we get a little nerdy with Dan's outside baseball opinions and his trip to Cleveland for the 2019 All-Star game.

2. We focus on asking Dan about certain players ZiPs likes or doesn't like, including Steven Kwan, Oscar Gonzalez, Emmanuel Clase, Cade Smith and some other interesting players in the minors.

3. Dan shares more about what goes into ZiPs, how it projects the AL Central to play out at the moment, in 2023, and other thoughts on the division itself.

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