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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 10/3/22

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BASEBALL

3:00

What matchup would serve as the most intriguing WS matchup?

Ben Clemens

3:00

hmm.... what about Guardians/Mets. Let's get a referendum on the Lindor trade once and for all

and also the biggest-spending team vs. its inverse, a team mostly made up of veterans vs a pile of youngsters, power pitching against speed and defense

Overly Optimistic Angels Fan

3:01

Speaking of Zobrist, has there ever been a concerted effort to develop a "Zobrist adjustment" for multi-positional players' WAR? Maybe just giving them the highest positional adjustment of all the positions they can play?

Ben Clemens

3:02

Eh, we've definitely discussed it. One difficult thing is that WAR is a context-neutral statistic, which is a big feature

but your multi-positional value is context-dependent

More important than the actual positional adjustments is that your team can shoehorn in lineups with their best players more often

3:03

that's an extremely difficult thing to value in the abstract

asnbrv

3:03

How much do you think LAD's insane team BABIP against of 0.255 is their pure skill level?

Ben Clemens

3:03

Not all of it but a decent chunk. They throw a ton of pitches that look, from the data I've perused, like they limit BABIP

Sweeping sliders and their big-running sinkers both fit that mold

3:04

They're very good at defensive positioning, with and without shifts

There's no inherent law of nature that says a team can't figure out a way to limit BABIP, and if someone did it, it certainly would be the Dodgers

Kauffmann...

3:05

Vinnie Pasquantino in any other ballpark = perennial all star player?

Ben Clemens

3:05

Sure feels that way! Kaufman is awful for him

David

3:05

Why is there no discussion about Albert Pujols using some form of PED’s? He’s posting better numbers than he did a decade ago. In what world does someone’s eye sight, quick twitch muscles and explosive athleticism improve in their early 40’s?

Ben Clemens

3:05

Because accusing any player having a good year of using PED's sounds tiresome and unproductive

Wireless Joe Jackson

3:06

NL still featuring five players with less than a half-WAR separation. In my mind that's close enough to really entertain MVP arguments not strictly based on production. Any initial thoughts?

Ben Clemens

3:06

I think Goldschmidt's overall offensive excellence and role in winning the division for a team that really needed its stars to perform gives him an edge, but I could see a similar argument for Machado. I think the Dodgers, Realmuto, and Arenado are all deserving candidates who just fall short

James

3:06

Why do you think Jim Crane seems to be pushing James Click out? Has a 105 win team ever fired their GM?

Ben Clemens

3:06

I honestly have no idea

It's very strange

And no

Christian

3:07

Mariners/Mets WS so we can remind NY who won the Julio trade

Ben Clemens

3:07

The Kelenic trade, presumably

Mariners anybody would be fun

Mariners Padres, with Andres Munoz winning MVP?

or Austin Nola MVP!!

John B

3:08

Was Correas deal a good decision? If his goal was 10/325 and he's banked 35, will he beat the 10/325 number overall?

Ben Clemens

3:08

I think he will

Not by a ton, but I think he will

Liek you said, counting his 2022 earnings

i read fangraphs

3:08

Mariners anybody would not be fun because that likely means the Blue Jays losing in the first round which would make me sad

Ben Clemens

3:08

Blue Jays anybody would also be fun

Basically let's get rid of the Cardinals, Dodgers, Braves, Yankees, and Astros.... any other pairing would be kinda fun to me

also all of these would be fun to me because I love baseball

3:09

But I'm probably a bad person to ask

It's literally my job

BASEBALL

3:09

Are people sleeping on the Padres this postseason?

Ben Clemens

3:09

I don't think so. They're a tough out, and part of the stakes of the Mets/Braves series was that the winner didn't hvae to play the Padres in the WC round

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