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Jay Jaffe FanGraphs Chat - 6/11/21
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AvatarJay Jaffe
3:45
Good question. It certainly seems possible
Josiah
3:46
Please tell my delusional giants friends that Brandon Crawford isn't a hall of famer. Thank you.
AvatarJay Jaffe
3:48
Hey, friends of Josiah! I'm sure you're all very nice people but you're delusional if you think Brandon Crawford is a Hall of Famer. He's had a very solid career but a guy with 26.6 bWAR partway into his age-34 season isn't a serious Hall candidate no matter how many championship rings he has.
Max
3:48
To your knowledge, have there been adjustments to the positional values that take into account the fact the shifting often leaves the corner infielders more ground to cover than is traditional and the middle infielders cover less?
AvatarJay Jaffe
3:49
I think it's been a few years since we've seen positional values adjusted either in FG WAR or B-Ref WAR. I'd defer to the people who handle the builds of WAR to discuss whether that's necessary but you may be onto something
Guest
3:49
The Reds and Braves are both 29-31 but are in winnable divisions.  How do you see them approaching the deadline?
AvatarJay Jaffe
3:51
Teams in the middle have to plan for multiple contingencies based on how they fare over the next 4-5 weeks — buy/sell/hold. Kevin has some insights into the questions they'll have to ask themselves https://blogs.fangraphs.com/scripting-the-reach-out-calls-national-lea...
3:53
Wow, the time has flown, and so must I. Thanks so much for stopping by on this Friday afternoon. I'm not sure whether I'll pull off another chat next week as Im supposed to get some time away from computer screens, but I may dip in if events warrant. In the meantime, enjoy the baseball and (hopefully) the nice June weather!
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