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    Quote Originally Posted by nsacpi View Post
    so tell me what you value him at...2 WAR? 2.5 WAR?

    do you think his performance at the end of last year is affecting whether teams view him as a great closer
    Again, I don't think WAR is a good measuring point for relievers. Closers pretty much only pitch in high leverage situations. So its hard to answer that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Carp View Post
    Again, I don't think WAR is a good measuring point for relievers. Closers pretty much only pitch in high leverage situations. So its hard to answer that.
    I understand. I was asking what valuation you had in mind that took into account the unique aspects of being a closer.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Carp View Post
    How bout stats?

    Since 2015 among closers with at least 100 innings

    2nd in Saves
    2nd in Ks
    2nd in K/9
    3rd in BABIP
    3rd in SIERA
    4th in WAR (which again, I don't like for relievers, but still)
    4th in FIP
    5th in xFIP

    Pretty sure I read where his BAA is one of the lowest all time as well, but I can't seem to find such info on FG.

    Pretty much everything points to him being elite over this time.
    nothing like 1 outlier year to skew the stats of a 4-year sample. he was only "elite" that one year..as i said.

    the other three years:

    2015: 20th WAR, 26th FIP, 9th xFIP, 5th k/9, 92nd BB/9, 57th BABIP (not even sure why this is being used, but OK)
    2016: 29th WAR, 28th FIP, 40th FIP, 4th k/9, 132nd bb/9, 17th BABIP
    2018: 22nd WAR, 46th FIP, 26th xFIP, 7th k/9, 24th BB/9, 4th BABIP

    so when you take it year-by-year, as you would do when comparing who was elite in which years, kimbrel was decidedly not elite in any of the above years.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Enscheff View Post
    Kimbrel isn't signed because his agent came out asking for something like 6/100. Teams obviously balked at that, and then spent their money elsewhere. It is perfectly reasonable for Kimbrel to expect to beat the Wade David deal of 3/52, but now there aren't any teams with enough payroll space to afford that.

    In short, Kimbrel's agent screwed up, same as Keuchel's (who was also asking for $100M+).

    The value of elite BP arms is mostly gained in the postseason. In the regular season, a BP arm pitches roughly 4% of a team's innings. In the postseason the same elite BP arm is pitching roughly 10%-20% of a team's innings. This is why WAR is a bad measure of the value a BP arm contributes to a play off contender, and why we are seeing the $/WAR value for BP arms being roughly double that of position players and starting pitchers.
    How much of an adjustment would you make for someone like Kimbrel. Add .5 or 1 WAR to his fangraph number?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Enscheff View Post
    Now...probably not. No contenders have that kind of payroll space left.

    Had he came into the offseason with realistic expectations of the market, he could have certainly gotten something like 3/50+ with a 4th option that pushed the guaranteed money a bit higher.
    yeah, i'm here. i don't think kimbrel even has the high dollar offers anymore.

    and i'm still pretty uninterested in signing him for one year at high $ amount.

    maybe waiting until the comp pick is gone would actually benefit him. teams would like to have him for later in the season and wouldn't lose the pick. he'll probably get a better deal then than now.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Super View Post
    nothing like 1 outlier year to skew the stats of a 4-year sample. he was only "elite" that one year..as i said.

    the other three years:

    2015: 20th WAR, 26th FIP, 9th xFIP, 5th k/9, 92nd BB/9, 57th BABIP (not even sure why this is being used, but OK)
    2016: 29th WAR, 28th FIP, 40th FIP, 4th k/9, 132nd bb/9, 17th BABIP
    2018: 22nd WAR, 46th FIP, 26th xFIP, 7th k/9, 24th BB/9, 4th BABIP

    so when you take it year-by-year, as you would do when comparing who was elite in which years, kimbrel was decidedly not elite in any of the above years.
    You're comparing Kimbrel to non closers, which is dumb.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nsacpi View Post
    How much of an adjustment would you make for someone like Kimbrel. Add .5 or 1 WAR to his fangraph number?

    50% premium seems about right on market valuation.

    If you want to value him at 1.5 WAR, he probably should get somewhere between 16-19 AAV. Market.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Carp View Post
    You're comparing Kimbrel to non closers, which is dumb.
    uh, why?
    he hasn't been an elite RP. facts.
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    Quote Originally Posted by nsacpi View Post
    How much of an adjustment would you make for someone like Kimbrel. Add .5 or 1 WAR to his fangraph number?
    The FA market has been valuing impact BP arms at about a 2x premium compared to position players and starting pitchers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Enscheff View Post
    Now...probably not. No contenders have that kind of payroll space left.

    Had he came into the offseason with realistic expectations of the market, he could have certainly gotten something like 3/50+ with a 4th option that pushed the guaranteed money a bit higher.
    My agent would be let go...like a couple of weeks ago.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Enscheff View Post
    The FA market has been valuing impact BP arms at about a 2x premium compared to position players and starting pitchers.
    Seems a little steep.

    Soria got 15M over 2 years. He's a 2 WAR player over that period easy. A's got a bargain.

    Familia got 30M over 3 years. He's around a 2.5 WAR player over than period. So here we have a premium over market but more like 50% than 2x

    Britton got 39M over 3 years. Hard to say with him because of recent health. But I think he's around 2.5 WAR player over 3 years. Close to that 2x premium

    Robertson got 23M guaranteed over 2 years. He's probably a 2 WAR player over that period. So a premium but more like 50%.

    There are probably some others this off-season I can't remember. But it seems more like a 50% premium.

    I think we are paying market or more if we value Kimbrel over 2 WAR (16-17M per year). I'd be ok with going about 14M/year for 2-3 years. It seems to me the Braves are in the driver's seat here. If he says he wants more than Britton, his agent can give him a tutorial on state and local taxes in GA vs NY.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Southcack77 View Post
    50% premium seems about right on market valuation.

    If you want to value him at 1.5 WAR, he probably should get somewhere between 16-19 AAV. Market.
    Yeah. And with the way things are, no reason to pay him market.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Super View Post
    uh, why?
    he hasn't been an elite RP. facts.
    May be cause we're talking about closers. If you can't discern the difference between a closer and a regular reliever, there is no reason to continue this conversation.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nsacpi View Post
    Seems a little steep.

    Soria got 15M over 2 years. He's a 2 WAR player over that period easy. A's got a bargain.

    Familia got 30M over 3 years. He's around a 2.5 WAR player over than period. So here we have a premium over market but more like 50% than 2x

    Britton got 39M over 3 years. Hard to say with him because of recent health. But I think he's around 2.5 WAR player over 3 years. Close to that 2x premium

    Robertson got 23M guaranteed over 2 years. He's probably a 2 WAR player over that period. So a premium but more like 50%.

    There are probably some others this off-season I can't remember. But it seems more like a 50% premium.

    I think we are paying market or more if we value Kimbrel over 2 WAR (16-17M per year). I'd be ok with going about 14M/year for 2-3 years. It seems to me the Braves are in the driver's seat here. If he says he wants more than Britton, his agent can give him a tutorial on state and local taxes in GA vs NY.
    I'm going to pass on the anecdotal evidence in favor of this data:

    https://community.fangraphs.com/on-w...ent-contracts/

    Since 2006, the cost of a win for starting pitchers is $4.2 million and $5.7 million for position players, but for relief pitchers, the price is $10.9 million.

    Teams are only in a position to get extreme value with Kimbrel now because his agent messed up.

    A 3/50+ contract was perfectly reasonable for him had his agent performed competently. I'm not going to bother with hypothetical scenarios where the Braves sign him because this situation is too odd to make an intelligent prediction. Kimbrel is currently benefiting from the fact that he can ramp up into regular season form rather quickly, and as soon as a contender loses an impact BP arm he might see his market open up.
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    Quote Originally Posted by nsacpi View Post
    Seems a little steep.

    Soria got 15M over 2 years. He's a 2 WAR player over that period easy. A's got a bargain.

    Familia got 30M over 3 years. He's around a 2.5 WAR player over than period. So here we have a premium over market but more like 50% than 2x

    Britton got 39M over 3 years. Hard to say with him because of recent health. But I think he's around 2.5 WAR player over 3 years. Close to that 2x premium

    Robertson got 23M guaranteed over 2 years. He's probably a 2 WAR player over that period. So a premium but more like 50%.

    There are probably some others this off-season I can't remember. But it seems more like a 50% premium.

    I think we are paying market or more if we value Kimbrel over 2 WAR (16-17M per year). I'd be ok with going about 14M/year for 2-3 years. It seems to me the Braves are in the driver's seat here. If he says he wants more than Britton, his agent can give him a tutorial on state and local taxes in GA vs NY.
    Another one...

    Wade Davis: 1.1 Win 17.333 AAV. close to a 100% premium.

    I think 1.5 WAR for Kimbrell is maybe closer to a floor for negotiation purposes than a ceiling. He should get more than Davis and probably significantly more. But maybe Davis just got way overpaid because Kimbrel over shot things.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Carp View Post
    May be cause we're talking about closers. If you can't discern the difference between a closer and a regular reliever, there is no reason to continue this conversation.
    If you think there is a difference between evaluating a BP arm simply because someone calls him a "closer", then it's you who has no idea what's going on in the modern game.

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    Red Sox Steven Wright has been suspended 80 games, further depletes their bullpen....opening door for Kimbrel?
    Get off my lawn!

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    Quote Originally Posted by bravesfanforlife88 View Post
    Red Sox Steven Wright has been suspended 80 games, further depletes their bullpen....opening door for Kimbrel?
    Their owners and DD said Kimbrel aint happening.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bravesfanforlife88 View Post
    Red Sox Steven Wright has been suspended 80 games, further depletes their bullpen....opening door for Kimbrel?
    What about for Julio?!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Enscheff View Post
    If you think there is a difference between evaluating a BP arm simply because someone calls him a "closer", then it's you who has no idea what's going on in the modern game.
    Clearly MLB GMs evaluate them differently, because they get paid more than regular relievers.

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