Talk Sox Podcast Questions 7/12

[Maddie Landis]

 

Bon matin! Since @Alex Mayes is away over the weekend, I’m posting the weekly podcast question thread. Drop ‘em below! 

 

We’re recording a little later this week, and the cutoff is Tuesday, July 14th at 2:00 pm CST. 

[mvp 78]

1. Extension - can you explain why people make a big deal out of it or at least why it's a metric on Statcast? Doesn't seem like it's helping a guy like Ryan Watson. 

2. Extensions - looking into your crystal ball, who is the next player Breslow signs to an extension? With the increase in pitching injuries, is he less likely to sign Early or Tolle to an extension? 

3. Alex Verdugo was out of baseball after age 29 and a 66 wRC+. 29 year old Jarren Duran has a 64 wRC+ this season and has been dreadful at times in the field. I don't believe he's retiring this offseason, but he's been really bad. What is causing this steep decline in production? He's typically been a good fastball hitter, so why can he no longer hit 4 seamers if he still has good bat speed? 

[mvp 78]

For anyone that is interested, the new podcast is out and @Alex Mayes mentions that the Sox were valuing Jarren Duran as a 7 WAR player last offseason when trying to deal him. 😬

[Alex Mayes]

49 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

For anyone that is interested, the new podcast is out and @Alex Mayes mentions that the Sox were valuing Jarren Duran as a 7 WAR player last offseason when trying to deal him. 😬

Wonder what they value him at now🤔

[mvp 78]

1 minute ago, Alex Mayes said:

Wonder what they value him at now🤔

6 WAR. The WAR calc is their internal model and rock solid (aka create a player in MVP Baseball 04). 💪