Monster Factors

#6959  6/6/2014 3:07 PM

Is there a way to tell why a player has moved so much up or down from their base value on the daily projection?  I thought I remembered last year seeing it broken out.

For instance tonight Ortiz faces Smyly in Det.  I guess Ortiz's value has dropped considerably due to Smyly being tough on lefty's but it would be nice to see how much of the drop in value is park based/pitcher driven/weather etc. or anything else you all consider.

I try to avoid matchup's like Ortiz's value shows when it's that bad but I do question if I really should sit him for a guy like say Zobrist or Springer tonight.   

mbuser   6/6/2014 3:57 PM

The specifics are proprietary and something we'd prefer to keep internal. It's more advanced that last season, we've added more factors and adjusted their application.

#6959  6/6/2014 5:22 PM

Sure understand was just trying to understand the biggest driver of the impact as opposed to the behind the scenes calculations.

mbuser   6/6/2014 5:35 PM

Two big drivers in this particular case. The first is that Smyly annihilates LHB (.194/.240/.310 career). Ortiz also enters tonight's game having hit .169/.321/.262 over his past 20 games. Put those two together and there isn't much of a reason to roster him for daily purposes.