Kevin Yap
@kevinyap.ca
Software engineer at @relay.app. Previously: Google, Riot Games, and MLSE Digital Labs. I made @zeal.gg and post about code, games, and baseball. Aspiring MTG tournament grinder. 🇨🇦
See kevinyap.ca for more.
See kevinyap.ca for more.
Hoping to see a lot of Jeskai Blink, Boros Energy, and Amulet Titan over the weekend.
No SB Brotherhood's End is the main "risky" choice with the list, but in testing, Phlage has been a decent stabilizer. It's hard to fit in PEnding + BE + Phlage against Energy, and it's pretty slow into Affinity.
No SB Brotherhood's End is the main "risky" choice with the list, but in testing, Phlage has been a decent stabilizer. It's hard to fit in PEnding + BE + Phlage against Energy, and it's pretty slow into Affinity.
November 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Hoping to see a lot of Jeskai Blink, Boros Energy, and Amulet Titan over the weekend.
No SB Brotherhood's End is the main "risky" choice with the list, but in testing, Phlage has been a decent stabilizer. It's hard to fit in PEnding + BE + Phlage against Energy, and it's pretty slow into Affinity.
No SB Brotherhood's End is the main "risky" choice with the list, but in testing, Phlage has been a decent stabilizer. It's hard to fit in PEnding + BE + Phlage against Energy, and it's pretty slow into Affinity.
It would be amazing to Day 2 my first RC, but going 6–3 seems so difficult. Even just managing to go positive on Day 1 would be a huge win, though I'm really trying to temper my expectations.
November 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
It would be amazing to Day 2 my first RC, but going 6–3 seems so difficult. Even just managing to go positive on Day 1 would be a huge win, though I'm really trying to temper my expectations.
If this team manages to stay relatively healthy throughout the 2026, I feel like we have great odds to make it back to the World Series. It was a huge blow being so tattered by the end of this run, but that's baseball.
November 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
If this team manages to stay relatively healthy throughout the 2026, I feel like we have great odds to make it back to the World Series. It was a huge blow being so tattered by the end of this run, but that's baseball.
Starting rotation probably looks like:
1. Gausman
2. Yesavage (!)
3. [big trade?]
4. Bieber / [trade / FA pickup]
5. Scherzer / bullpen (Lauer, Bassitt, Varland, etc.)
Then we just need to figure out what to do about long-relievers and the closer role.
1. Gausman
2. Yesavage (!)
3. [big trade?]
4. Bieber / [trade / FA pickup]
5. Scherzer / bullpen (Lauer, Bassitt, Varland, etc.)
Then we just need to figure out what to do about long-relievers and the closer role.
November 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Starting rotation probably looks like:
1. Gausman
2. Yesavage (!)
3. [big trade?]
4. Bieber / [trade / FA pickup]
5. Scherzer / bullpen (Lauer, Bassitt, Varland, etc.)
Then we just need to figure out what to do about long-relievers and the closer role.
1. Gausman
2. Yesavage (!)
3. [big trade?]
4. Bieber / [trade / FA pickup]
5. Scherzer / bullpen (Lauer, Bassitt, Varland, etc.)
Then we just need to figure out what to do about long-relievers and the closer role.
Run it back next year.
1. Springer (DH)
2. Schneider/Lukes (LF)
3. Guerrero Jr. (1B)
4. Bichette (2B) 💰
5. Barger (RF)
6. Clement (3B)
7. Kirk (C)
8. Varsho (CF)
9. Gimenez (SS)
If Santander is healthy, bump up Vladdy and Bo and have him hit cleanup. Still one of the scariest lineups in baseball.
1. Springer (DH)
2. Schneider/Lukes (LF)
3. Guerrero Jr. (1B)
4. Bichette (2B) 💰
5. Barger (RF)
6. Clement (3B)
7. Kirk (C)
8. Varsho (CF)
9. Gimenez (SS)
If Santander is healthy, bump up Vladdy and Bo and have him hit cleanup. Still one of the scariest lineups in baseball.
November 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Run it back next year.
1. Springer (DH)
2. Schneider/Lukes (LF)
3. Guerrero Jr. (1B)
4. Bichette (2B) 💰
5. Barger (RF)
6. Clement (3B)
7. Kirk (C)
8. Varsho (CF)
9. Gimenez (SS)
If Santander is healthy, bump up Vladdy and Bo and have him hit cleanup. Still one of the scariest lineups in baseball.
1. Springer (DH)
2. Schneider/Lukes (LF)
3. Guerrero Jr. (1B)
4. Bichette (2B) 💰
5. Barger (RF)
6. Clement (3B)
7. Kirk (C)
8. Varsho (CF)
9. Gimenez (SS)
If Santander is healthy, bump up Vladdy and Bo and have him hit cleanup. Still one of the scariest lineups in baseball.
You've heard of 15 innings in the 2025 post-season…
But what about 𝟣𝟨 𝒾𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈?
But what about 𝟣𝟨 𝒾𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈?
October 28, 2025 at 5:56 AM
You've heard of 15 innings in the 2025 post-season…
But what about 𝟣𝟨 𝒾𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈?
But what about 𝟣𝟨 𝒾𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈?
At what point do we consider this a doubleheader?
October 28, 2025 at 5:41 AM
At what point do we consider this a doubleheader?
To be fair, speedrunning also has terms like "Snow Dram", named after Dram55 who had no part in discovering the skip, but is an ongoing gag because he claimed to dislike when stats are named after who found them.
smo.wiki/Snow_Dram
smo.wiki/Snow_Dram
Snow Dram - SMO.wiki, the Super Mario Odyssey wiki
smo.wiki
October 28, 2025 at 2:42 AM
To be fair, speedrunning also has terms like "Snow Dram", named after Dram55 who had no part in discovering the skip, but is an ongoing gag because he claimed to dislike when stats are named after who found them.
smo.wiki/Snow_Dram
smo.wiki/Snow_Dram
It's incredible that you created 25 days-worth of the highest-quality coding puzzles for *10 years straight* while also having to deal with all of the horrible aspects of hosting a site with a huge online presence.
Thanks for your hard work, and can't wait to see what the elves are up to this year!
Thanks for your hard work, and can't wait to see what the elves are up to this year!
October 24, 2025 at 5:29 AM
It's incredible that you created 25 days-worth of the highest-quality coding puzzles for *10 years straight* while also having to deal with all of the horrible aspects of hosting a site with a huge online presence.
Thanks for your hard work, and can't wait to see what the elves are up to this year!
Thanks for your hard work, and can't wait to see what the elves are up to this year!
I was truly contemplating not participating this year due to the (completely self-imposed) pressure of needing to stay up until midnight every night, so I'm happy that this December will be a purely-for-fun 12 days of puzzle-solving!
October 24, 2025 at 5:18 AM
I was truly contemplating not participating this year due to the (completely self-imposed) pressure of needing to stay up until midnight every night, so I'm happy that this December will be a purely-for-fun 12 days of puzzle-solving!
I cannot believe we're going to play the Dodgers in the World Series, that's CRAZY
October 21, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I cannot believe we're going to play the Dodgers in the World Series, that's CRAZY