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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 11/15/22

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Josh

3:05

Do you think Leon has a chance to really be the guy in the future for the Astros?

Ben Clemens

3:05

A chance? Sure. I will say that 2022 wasn't super encouraging in that regard, though

3:06

I thought he'd do better in Triple-A

2-D

3:06

Which player in the Rule 5 draft would you take based solely on their name? Blaze Alexander? Yohendrick Pinango? Warming Bernabel? Nerwilian Cedeno? Prelander Berroa? Milkar Perez?

Ben Clemens

3:06

Warming Bernabel

Always a big fan of that name

Gabriel

3:06

Do you think Tyler Anderson sustains his level of success wherever he goes? Always tough to tell if guys like that who got helped by a really smart FO can make it work in an entirely different context.

Ben Clemens

3:06

I do; I think that he was kind of sneakily good in 2021 already

3:07

And that really accelerated in 2022

I'm actually writing about him as we speak

Well, fine, I took a break for this chat -- but it's coming out tomorrow

Matty Arnie

3:07

6/125 for Woodruff and 6/200 for Burnes, tempting enough for either to forego FA?

Ben Clemens

3:07

I think I'd take that if I were Burnes and turn it down if I were Woodruff. That said, I don't think the Brewers will offer either

They seem to be in cost reduction mode still

Belli Flop

3:08

What the hell happened to the Tigers' rebuild? Too reliant on pitching or just an "it is what it is" situation?

Ben Clemens

3:08

Yeah, little bit of both

It's not like their young exciting hitters have been great either

3:09

They had a pretty poor outcome across the board this year young player wise, the veterans they brought in didn't make up for it, and I assume they'll just hope to not hit those bad outcomes again next year

Matt (Oceanside)

3:09

Let's say the Dodgers non-tender Bellinger and the deal they supposedly have given Kershaw is about 20 mil. Luxury payroll is a wash with those two moves and would be around 180 million. So with 53 million to spend (because it seems like they want to stay under the tax threshold this year), what do they do? If Anderson accepts the qualifying offer and they resign JT at a reduced rate (like 10 mil), that's 23 million left - doesn't seem like enough to get offensive impact to replace or maintain Trea Turner. My prediction: They actually resign Trea, non-tender Belli, and either sign Kodai Senga, or role with Tyler Anderson if he takes the qual? What say you?

Ben Clemens

3:09

I think the Bellinger non-tender is likely, as is the Kershaw re-signing

3:10

I think they will keep both Turners and probably miss out on Anderson, I think he's gonna turn down the QO

and yeah, either sign Senga (I have no clue here, but maybe!) or do another Dodgers-y dip into interesting starters who could rebuild their value

Your name

3:10

What realistic moves can the Phillies make in the offseason to strengthen the team?

Ben Clemens

3:10

Sign Taylor Rogers for the bullpen

3:12

I'm gonna go get started on lunch. Thanks everyone for keeping the chat queue overflowing even in the middle of November. I couldn't remotely get to all the questions that were asked, which I did not expect. Let's do this again in two weeks -- Thanksgiving week is for going to Mexico, in my case at least

Have a great day, everyone

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