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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 1/5/26

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Ben Clemens

3:12

super hyped, had a ton of fun going last year

last time*

Phil

3:12

You're judged against Cy Young in terms of the general definition of a Hall of Famer. You're judged against your peers for the purpose of determining what specifically a HOFer looks like at any given point in time. At least, to me!

Ben Clemens

3:12

I concur as well

Phil

3:12

As a Somervillean (Mass., not NJ), I think overall opinions on Breslow and Henry are mixed, but I do think we were less mad about Devers than the national writers think. Conflating Devers and Betts, as was done by some writers, was overstating the case.

Ben Clemens

3:13

yeah. I agree with this. I really like Devers but c'mon, my wife is always mad at me for how great I think Mookie is and I'm not a Sox or Dodgers fan

obviously he's a whole different tier

Dr. Curvegood

3:13

Is there a credible argument that any team not in the top 6-7 payrolls is spending plenty?

Ben Clemens

3:13

yeah, but not many of them

Devers

3:13

Is a salary cap inevitable?

Ben Clemens

3:13

no, but I think a cap/floor system is likely in the long run

David Wright Brothers

3:13

Do you get the sense that the TBR will change their modus operandi at all with new ownership?

Ben Clemens

3:13

Prospects

3:13

Are Dodgers prospects overrated because they haven’t had the Urias, Seager, Belinger type success lately or are they more impressive considering LA usually drafts last from winning records and tax penalties?

Ben Clemens

3:13

the latter, imo

also they trade a lot of their prospects, respect

3:14

okay, have a wonderful day everyone, let's do this again next week.

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