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Craig Edwards FanGraphs Chat--5/21/2020
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Maladjusted Loser Freak
2:54
Besides that the owners planted it in the media, why do people fault the MLBPA so much for amateurs and minor leaguers? It makes no sense AND would have turned out to be a trap since the owners just handed the NCAA the reins...G'dammit man
Craig Edwards
2:57
It's one of those things where the MLBPA does negotiate the draft and international signings and they have given away some power for amateurs in exchange for a better deal for players in the majors. That's actually happened. Perhaps what's lost in that, and what you are getting at, is that owners have and will continue to do whatever they possibly can to save money, including asking for significant government intervention. Nobody faults them for that because they are a business, even when it means paying minor leaguers less than minimum wage. It's an unfair standard, but that's the way things are viewed.
BarryBondsJuicedForOurSins
2:57
Your first baseman article made me think that Jimmie Foxx is really underrated.  Nobody ever mentions that guy.
Craig Edwards
2:59
He's very underrated in part because it is a really long time ago and he didn't play for the Yankees, but also because his career flamed out so quickly. He was 32 years old when he hit his 500th homer. He only hit 34 more. If he had gotten to 600, he'd probably be viewed differently.
The original Mookie
3:00
Regarding the Mets DH, wouldn't they be wise utilizing Marisnick's defense in CF a lot considering their less than stellar defense up the middle?  They have enough offense elsewhere, no?
Craig Edwards
3:01
The problem is that he shouldn't ever start against righties so he's automatically limited to like a quarter to a third of games and you can't play him any more than that because he doesn't make up for his bat with his glove in that scenario.
LK
3:02
Would more nationally televised games increase team revenues dramatically or would it not have much of an impact?
Craig Edwards
3:05
National regular season games bring in about $1.1 billion in a full season. In a half season situation, providing 50% more games than normal could produce $275 million, or $9 M-$10 M per team. One figure I've seen for an extra round of playoffs is $250 million, another $8 M to $9 M per team.
That's for this season. I'm not sure in future years adding more national games does much as the regular season is pretty well already covered by the current deals.
Sonny
3:06
Great article on 1B WAR. Truly astonishing to see multiple guys avg 7+ WAR over a decade at that position. Peak Pujols was special.
Craig Edwards
3:07
Thanks. Pujols was amazing. It's hard to remember that his dropoff since isn't some normal occurrence. His injuries really hurt his ability to play. With normal aging, he might still be a productive player.
Pat
3:08
Any thoughts on Brent Honeywell?
Craig Edwards
3:09
I hope he can get healthy at some point. Injuries and surgeries are really unfortunate, particularly for players who haven't even gotten a real chance to prove themselves at the big league level.
Marshall
3:10
WAR is useful for comparing players across eras, but it seems less helpful for pitchers given the change in workload. Any adjustments you would suggest when comparing, say, Kershaw’s WAR to Bob Gibson’s?
Craig Edwards
3:15
I think it still does fine. Gibson pitches more innings in a season which is going to provide some advantage, but Kershaw gets to leave games early and potentially increase the gap compared to average starter numbers. I think WAR still accomplishes its goal. Consider that per 200 innings, Gibson was 4.3 WAR while Kershaw is at 5.7 WAR. Kershaw is likely to drop some as his career goes on, but the performance gap and the innings gap tend to even out.
justaguy
3:15
Continuing the discussion from elsewhere, who is the GOAT? Ruth, Bonds, or someone else?
Craig Edwards
3:17
I think it is Bonds. He's just on another level from every other player in this generation. Ruth was truly remarkable, but this was 100 years ago, and it's not like he was world's better than Cobb. Since the end of Mays and Aaron, Bonds has 164 WAR. A-Rod is second with 114. That's just a crazy gap.
3:18
Thanks for all the questions. That's going to do it for today.
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