JotCast | Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 1/4/21

Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 1/4/21

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Ben Clemens

3:10

He's not tradeable unless the Cubs eat the money and lol

asypta

3:10

If the A's were to offer Khris Davis to the Orioles for Chris Davis, and no money were to change hands, would the O's take the deal?

Ben Clemens

3:11

Takin a look at the contracts. Khris is getting $17 mm this year, Chris $23 million

Oh boy, Chris is under contract for 2 years

Uh, yes

The O's would happily take that deal

3:12

It looks like their yearly cash is similar

$17 both years for Chris despite a higher cap hit

But shaving off a year and ending up with a guy who can play in the majors? They'd do that

Roman

3:12

Less interesting team - Rockies or Rangers?

Ben Clemens

3:13

Rangers. The Rockies are always interesting for what they don't do

That's not to say that it's a good kind of interesting

They seem to be playing a different game than the rest of the league, though, and that's interesting

Al

3:14

Is Freddie Freeman on an HoF path?

Ben Clemens

3:14

He's a little short

That's not to sya that he cna't make it

A Beltre-ian 30s would easily do it

And even something short of that could work

Shannon

3:15

Really rooting for Trey Mancini this year. Putting the disease aside for a second (which I know we can't really do), how much would you expect the year off from playing to dampen the outlook in a vacuum?

Ben Clemens

3:15

A good amount ,though less given that no one got a full year of reps in 2020

3:16

I'm really rooting for Mancini

Guest

3:16

If the Pirates tank, and tank hard, does that damage their chances of signing players in future years when they are trying to win or is their reputation in the trash so much that it doesn’t matter?

Ben Clemens

3:16

In a word, no

In several words, money talks

3:17

The Astros drew a 0.0 local TV rating during the depths of their rebuild

They made a mockery of the concept that major league teams attempt to win games

They tore it down to the studs, then tore the studs down

Free agents still take their money

They were even considered amodel organization for a second there by people who are morality agnostic

3:18

So uh, yeah, the bigger issue with the Pirates giving free agents money is that Bob Nutting won't do it

Christopher

3:18

How hot/cold is Kenley Jansen's seat as closer in LA?

Ben Clemens

3:18

Oh it's quite hot

3:19

I could see Knebel takin the job, even

Rally Cat

3:19

When I face difficult issues in life, I ask, What Would the Astros Do?

Ben Clemens

3:19

If only you could devise a system that would bang on a trash can when your boss was about to walk behind your desk so that he wouldn't see you were on FanGraphs chatting

(pre-perma-work-from-home, that is)

Moonlight Graham

3:19

Speaking of the CBA which NL contender hurts the most if the MLB takes away the universal DH in 2021?

Ben Clemens

3:20

Hm, good question. My gut is that it's one of the Mets, Dodgers, or Padres. The Padres because they have one too many bats if things work out, the Mets b/c they have a few too many positionless bats, and the Dodgers b/c Justin Turner

Matt (Oceanside)

3:20

If the Dodgers sign Bauer, does that move them back on top of the Padres via Steamer. Btw, steamer seems to undervalue both Paddock and Urias

Ben Clemens

3:21

It would, and yeah, I like both of those two more than Steamer does, though hey, over the long haul projection systems are pretty good at projecting

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