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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 8/4/22

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Dan Szymborski

12:46

That's the question one has to answer

I'm not necessarily saying YOU have to answer it

Dan

12:46

What is your opinion on the Ruf trade? Have seen reactions ranging from what are the Mets doing to this trade isn't great for either team

Dan Szymborski

12:46

I think it's fine

Mets want to win now and now they have a platoon of large adult son and large adult uncle

If Davis hits better, he can just be a starting DH next year for Giants maybe

12:47

and while three prospects went to Giants, it's not like these were PROSPECTS

Urban Shocker's Jockstrap

12:47

Important simulation request: Can you run a WWE tag team of Juan Soto and Scott Boras vs. the Lerner family?

Dan Szymborski

12:47

I could. I already have Juan Soto handy!

12:48

Will have to make him a new uni of course

Gratuitous

Joelskil

12:49

Why are sunsets prettier than sunrises?

Dan Szymborski

12:49

Because you're probably not going to work after the former

Paul

12:49

Thoughts on the Brewers' DFAing Lamet?

Dan Szymborski

12:50

I'm surprised that they did it so quickly

Nolan

12:50

deGrom says he wont take the option tho, and if continues to look like deGrom I don't see how he's not gonna get a better deal

Dan Szymborski

12:50

Oh, I missed that he said that!

12:50

Clint Frazier's page is missing.

Dan Szymborski

12:50

https://www.fangraphs.com/players/clint-frazier/15983/stats?position=O...

12:51

He started going by his middle name, Jackson, a few months ago

Facing Your Old Team

12:52

I've always been interested by cases of players facing their old team for the first time. For example, Jordan Montgomery's first STL start is against NYY this weekend. In cases like that, does either team gain an inherent advantage over the other? Does Montgomery have a good feel for what his former teammates can't hit so he can tell his new rotation-mates? Do Yankee catchers tell other Yankee hitters what Montgomery likes to throw in certain situations?

Dan Szymborski

12:52

Honestly, I've never actually researched that particular issue

It would be fun to look at though

Sad Nats Fan

12:52

Why do the Braves continually sign their players to relative bargains?! IT'S NOT FAIR! I'm not crying you are!

Dan Szymborski

12:52

At least this was a fair deal!

That Albies deal...

Guest

12:53

Christian Encarnacion-Strand not much of a prospect per the scouting report, but he has done nothing but hit. Is a scouting update on the way?

Dan Szymborski

12:53

There was a midseason one!

He'll certainly get a ZiPS this year

Guest

12:53

when Zips runs extension analyses, does it use a sliding scale of dollars per war or is it a 1:1 ratio? For example, a player with a high chance of providing less than one WAR would have value closer to replacement level for those seasons but a much higher $ per WAR for seasons of 3+ projected WAR?

Dan Szymborski

12:54

The thing is that after the first win, $/win is *still* sorta working

the thing is, it ALWAYS should have been non-linear

but it's always acted linear, more or less

that seems to be changing, most for mediocre players

TKDC

12:54

The Nats would have been ecstatic if Soto would have agreed to that under market deal, but don’t you think it was designed to shift blame? “Hey, we tried?” $440 million seems more appropriate for 10 years, not 15. If Soto turned *that* down, then they could legitimately say they tried.

Dan Szymborski

12:55

They probably should have just offered 10 because years 11-15 for ANYONE is really low value because of uncertainty

I'm not sure you offer half-a-billion bucks for PR

Cito

12:55

Where can fans find public defensive metrics for Minor Leaguers beyond the simple assists, errors, plays, etc? I know of Clay Davenport's site, but any others?

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