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hosted by Ben Lindbergh and Meg Riley

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of Eighty, a baseball podcast from Fangraphs presented by our Patreon supporters.

I am Ben Lindberg of The Ringer, joined by Meg Raleigh of FanGraphs.

Hello, Meg.

Hello.

Apologies in advance for any sound issues, background noise.

There's a bit of a hubbub, a commotion at my house, but we will persevere.

A hullabaloo?

Yeah, I think it could qualify as a hullabaloo.

Nonetheless, we persist. And here's what I want to start with. Do you remember, I made a joke the other day. I'm sure many people made this joke that the Yankees would probably try to recreate Juan Soto in the aggregate. Well, now that is exactly what they have done. In fact, down to the tenth of a projected wind. I just, I added up the numbers for Soto. So right now the Fangraph's depth charts projections, I assume we're just drawing on the steamer projection system with the fangrass playing time estimates. And, yeah, relying on that, Soto currently has a 6.8 war projection.

So I have added up Devin Williams, Max Fried, and Cody Bellinger.

And we have 2.5 for Bellinger, 3.3 for Freed, and 1.0 for Williams, and Meg, that adds up to exactly 6.8.

So they have recreated Juan Soto in the aggregate.

Hmm. Hang the banner. They did it.

Yeah.

Mission accomplished.

Granted, they've allotted three times the roster spots the Longsoto will take up.

And also, I believe, the combined salary is there.

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