@SplitTheRails@galendruke I just don't know who her base is. Hispanics don't like her, if Warnock runs (or maybe even just Ossoff) I don't think she gets too much southern black support. Moderates don't think she's a strong candidate, leftists will absolutely never support her.
@Dbackfan2447 Even the best catchers haven't made that much money lately, I'm guessing Gabi and/or his agent are hoping Contreras or someone else sets the market higher before he hits free agency.
@robinsonmeyer When you expect to lose and have almost no money to spend, some of what you do is use your momentarily expanded platform to advocate for your policy positions. And the people who seek nominations in seats like that tend to be policy wonks
@SoiSoiSoiSo1 People love "authenticity", but when they see a guy who actually comes from a working class background and has done a lot of work in politics while staying connected to his roots, they hate it
@CorbrielCarreno@AZSnakepit Virahonda had a better year than I thought, he has some value, but on the scale of a Cy Young finalist and a recent top-40 prospect he's pretty insignificant. The Astros don't do that trade unless they're SUPER high on Waldy
@CorbrielCarreno@AZSnakepit Given that Bauers got the QO today I don't think that's quite enough. Maybe if it wasn't deferred. White Sox probably don't do that either, Merrill doesn't really have much value. And I doubt we get Brown basically straight up for Waldy, but maybe.
@CorbrielCarreno@AZSnakepit That Ketel trade is awful for us, he's still on a pretty team friendly contract and projected to be a top-25 position player in the game next year.
5 million is also too much for Taylor Clarke, and I don't think 6 is enough for Puk if he's healthy
@TheWARmonger_ Yeah I'm very curious about this one, because I feel like Winn has more of a reputation as an elite defender as well. DRS and FRV were close enough to make an argument for Perdomo, but I really wonder what actually put him over the top for most voters.
@QuinnSTLCards Maybe this is a good sign that Fangraphs defense, based on FRV, isn't what teams care about for middle infielders! It's not like old fashioned writers vote on these, it's active MLB personnel who tend to be very progressive about stats, and have access to more information than us
@dbacksruinedme@QuinnSTLCards Where I'm seeing SDI it has Winn ahead of Perdomo, which makes sense because it's made up of DRS, FRV, and DRP, and Winn leads in all of those.
Gold gloves are awarded by coaches though, so I have to assume that the defensive metrics they have internally really like Perdomo
@CorbrielCarreno@BaseballWRLD_ For some reason Streamer is really low on his defense, but offensively they're very close in value. I would expect Corbin to be a little higher, but not a lot.
We have 4 guys in the top 30 though, that's awesome!