JotCast | Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 1/23/23

Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 1/23/23

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Ben Clemens

3:08

Yeha, I agree on this and I'll probably do a team options thing in the next month now that I've remembered it's interesting

Roger

3:10

In five years, the best shortstop in the majors will be playing for (A) the Reds, (B) a team to which the Reds traded Elly de la Cruz because he was too expensive even in his arb years, or (C) a team having nothing to do with the Reds because I'm a Reds fan desperately dreaming on a prospect because the off-season has otherwise been so bleak?

Ben Clemens

3:10

I think C is most likely by far, obviously

cool

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But I'd take A over B, if that cheers you up

Appa Yip Yip

3:10

Is Keirmaier/Varsho/Springer the best defensive OF in the game? The Jays defense in general seems like it is going to be very good. Bichette is fringy at short but they have plus to plus plus defenders everywhere else.

Ben Clemens

3:11

I think that some configurations of the Yankees will have something to say about that. Hicks/Bader/Judge is a really good group

DBacks too, some kind of Carroll/Thomas configuration sounds great to me

3:12

and Buxton puts the Twins in the conversatoin by himself

Insert Witty Name Here

3:12

Which Cruz would you rather have, Elly or Oneil?

Ben Clemens

3:12

I'd take Oneil, I'm just in love with the potential

Joey Votto

3:12

Do I have one last bang in me?

Ben Clemens

3:12

There's got to be a better way to say this

And I'm gonna be a grinch and say no :(

Buttcheex

3:12

Buying or selling Andrew Vaughn taking the next step to impact middle-of-the-order bat?

Ben Clemens

3:12

Buying! My love for Vaughn is abiding

A Boy Named Yu

3:13

What do you expect from Seiya Suzuki this year? Was last year it or is there more to come?

Ben Clemens

3:13

I think there's more to come

ram

3:13

Lopez is a RHP

Ben Clemens

3:13

haha see I focused so little on it that I got it completely wrong!

(oof)

A Boy Named Yu

3:14

Does it make more sense to just keep Madrigal for now if your the Cubs? His market is low right now and he has minor league options still. No need to force a trade right now.

Ben Clemens

3:14

Yeah I thikn I'd keep him and just see what happens

HOF

3:14

Excluding roid stuff, was there someone whose career you thought was definitely going to take them to the HOF but then they fell apart too early?

Ben Clemens

3:15

Ian Kinsler

Stanton, really

Carl Crawford probably doesn't cross the line for me, I never really thought he'd be a hall of famer

3:16

on the pitching side, Chris Sale stands out to me

and this isn't quite the same category but Ben Sheets

FV

3:16

Regarding Madrigal, don't all players take a couple of years to recover from wrist injuries and regain their offense?

Ben Clemens

3:17

It varies, but yeah, I'd give him a bit of a pass, though he was already displaying concerning ML issues pre-injury

FV

3:17

Better career: Vaughn or Tork?

Ben Clemens

3:17

Vaughn for me but I think that's a minority opinion

Pkpkpk

3:17

Which 2021-2022 free agent do you think lost the most money compared to what he would have gotten as a 2022-2023 free agent? I'm assuming Correa because of the wonky ankle stuff but I keep coming back to Dansby Swanson somehow getting more money than Freddie Freeman

Ben Clemens

3:18

yeah it's Correa. I think Dansby got more than he would have in the previous year, and that Freeman got less than he would have this year, but not by enough to offset Correa's drop if that makes sense

Gabe

3:18

Thoughts on Nolan Gorman, long-term?

Ben Clemens

3:18

I dunno, I'm kinda skeptical

All my statistical models have always been iffy, for whatever that's worth (not much)

and then I never completely bought in to the eye test with him

3:19

It just feels like he needs a lot of things to go right to be a seriously positive contributor given the shape of the Cards roster

maybe they trade him, and he plays third somehwere and gets more time to develop

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