JotCast | Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 1/11/21

Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 1/11/21

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Chris

2:44

Is Paul sewald secretly the best reliever in the majors? He struck out the side with the bases loaded in extras!!

Loaisiga

2:45

(It's me)

Ben Clemens

2:45

That is not who I would have guessed

Scott Barlow is second!

Appa Yip Yip

2:45

How long before the Avengers as coaches get popped for running a super power based cheating scheme? Sneak Vision into the stands and have him phase baseball's through gloves. Groot poking a teeny root up to trip a dude as he rounds third. Iron Man doing all manner of stuff to the equipment.

Nomad T. Tam

2:46

Nomad T. Tam Thanks Ben

Club Dub

2:46

Jake Cronenworth: Underappreciated in the wider world of baseball outside of San Diego?

Ben Clemens

2:47

I mean, we had him in our top 25 for trade value and didn't get much team pushback

But fans? Probably

CoryMC

2:47

In regards to "stabilize", yes what you said. The average close-game record is around .500 any given season so stabilize would be to revert back to .500.

Ben Clemens

2:47

Yeah, that happens in baseball as well

Alby

2:47

Roy Halladay pitched a perfect game for the Phillies, but his 27 consecutive outs in a single game is not the team record. That record is 32, second-longest in history to Harvey Haddix. Guess who holds it.

Ben Clemens

2:47

Wow, we're doing some great old trivia now

2:48

Hm, it's gotta be someone from WAY back in the day

Let's go with Pete Alexander, b/c I know he was a Philly and it's from the right era

Jeff

2:49

Any thoughts on Corey seager’s FA? Is he getting a huge deal no matter what or is he the most likely FA to take a one year deal ala Semien?

Ben Clemens

2:49

I think he'll get a large deal. I dunno if it's gonna be 'wow can't believe these numbers' level but I think he gets 100mm+

Alby

2:49

Much more recent. Rick Wise. Same year he threw the 2HR no-hitter.

Ben Clemens

2:50

Wow I was way off

That's a lot of consecutive outs

Judge

2:50

Aside from COVID, first fully healthy year (so far) since 2017 (when he actually did hurt his shoulder). How much does that (and what looks like a 5 WAR year) help his post-22 contract if he can do anything close to it again next year?

Ben Clemens

2:50

Oh, hugely so

The concern with Judge has mostly been health, and he has a scary track record there

2:51

So two straight years of health would go a long way toward convincing teams that he can handle a full workload

Drake

2:51

What do you think Stroman gets this offseason? Or will he take the QO again?

Ben Clemens

2:51

You can only get a QO once

2:52

I think he'll get a Zack Wheeler light deal, or a Hyun Jin Ryu deal if you prefer

4-5 years, 20-ish million a year

Alby

2:53

Wise gave up 3 runs before recording the first out in the 2nd. Gave up the next hit in the 12th. He also went 3-for-6.

Ben Clemens

2:53

Baseball is so weird!

I love old baseball lines

Cards

2:53

Wainwright now sitting 12th in fWar among all pitchers. How awesome is that?!!!

Ben Clemens

2:53

Yeah it's tremendous

2:54

He was so cooked three years ago that I was tired of seeing him start

What a renaissance

barney gumble

2:54

RE: Judge: you say "convincing teamS", plural. think there's a shot he ends up somewhere other than the bronx?

Ben Clemens

2:55

Yeah, not incredibly likely, but why not? I'd be happy with the Cards signing him, and if the Yankees start caring more about the tax maybe they'll do something dumb and let him go

But also, the more teams you convince, the more leverage you hvae

chilly

2:55

what sort of effect does having a manager like larussa have on the clubhouse? idk if he permanently wrecked yermin, but scars were left. Vaughn at the start of the yr. sheets who maintained great plate discipline and k numbers, maybe just a babip issue...sent down. others im prob forgetting. thoughts?

Ben Clemens

2:56

Really hard to measure

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