JotCast | Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 1/31/22

Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 1/31/22

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Ben Clemens

2:29

but it just like.... his line triggers my spidey sense, is how I'd put it

Resident Vegan

2:30

its okay to let bacon and hotdogs go. If you look at the data like you look at baseball data, you’ll quickly see that eating a plant based diet is Moneyball and omnivore diets are the deadball era.

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Ben Clemens

2:30

I eat FAR less meat than I did two years ago, and I haven't really missed it

I do like meat, I don't think I'm going vegetarian anytime soon

But I don't eat much red meat at all, and I find that with the sauces I like to make (generally Asian-influenced but also herby Italian stuff)

2:31

Veggies and grains soak up the flavor really well

2:32

Also, it's inarguably healthier for you

Bob

2:32

As it stands now, do the Cardinals have the most complete, best outfield in the NL? MLB?

Ben Clemens

2:32

I think I'd prefer the Dodgers' outfield and just bet on Bellinger a bit

2:33

Also, Astros and Yankees

2:34

But the Cardinals are right there

Guest

2:34

Leiter or Davis for dynasty league?

Ben Clemens

2:34

Leither

Leiter**

I don't think guys like him come around very often

Teddy

2:34

if you were houston, would you seriously consider going after Kris Bryant (as a corner OF) and moving Tucker to center? Not a great fit, but curious how much GMs just try to go after the best players on the market (within their price range) regardless of positional fit

Ben Clemens

2:35

I would not

There are teams where I think that would make sense, but I think the Astros just have too much going on in terms of locked-in positions

They aren't really gonna move Bregman off of third or Yordan off of DH

If this was more of a flexible, shuttle-guys-through-DH situation

2:36

I think you could make it work

But I don't think you can play Tucker as an everyday CF, and I don't think there are enough rest days at 3B, 1B, DH (the other places I'd shuttle Bryant) to give Tucker time off in CF

2:37

Without Yordan, I'd say just sign the best hitter and make it work

But the cost of having a bopper like that at DH is that you need to be a little more diligent in your non-DH roster

a cost I'd be happy to pay, but a cost nonetheless

Farhandrew Zaidman

2:37

Sorry for the Dodger spam, but continuing the bullpen question: is Kenley a MUST re-sign, or better to transition to Treinen and find leverage (RH) arms elsewhere?

Ben Clemens

2:37

I'd sign Kenley

2:38

He's not a must-have, but for a team like the Dodgers, it's not that easy to improve the position-player side

or the starters side

and it's also very hard to acquire a 2021-Kenley-level reliever

Will he keep it up? Dunno

2:39

But given their budget and the difficulty they have leveraging anyone they'd sign this offseason, I think seeing if you can have an elite reliever is a nice and defensible move

Michael Toglia

2:39

I had a pretty decent AFL but yet when the Rockies prospect list came out, I went from a 40 to a 35. What gives yo?

Ben Clemens

2:40

I'm not Eric, so I'll defer to him obviously, but if you read his blurb, it's largely about his AFL performance

and how pitchers exploited his breaking ball vulnerability

2:41

Also I'm looking at his fall league stats and they were pretty blah?

And fall league is a weird place to scout the statline anyway

but a .400 slug for a power dude, that's not great

x2R

2:42

If you were a starting pitcher, what would be your arsenal?

Ben Clemens

2:42

I'm partial to a Corbin Burnes style arsenal. Cutter/sinker/slider/curve

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