JotCast | Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 2/10/2020

Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 2/10/2020

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Mountie Votto

2:42

Which Reds OF ends the year with the most WAR?

Ben Clemens

2:42

Castellanos

Runner up Aquino

(not second-most WAR, second-most-likely ot have the most. he's volatile)

Eric

2:42

Since you brought up StratoMatic, I was thinking about how Eloy and Lux's cards would be valued over time too.

Ben Clemens

2:43

Ah sadly I've stopped playing over the years. Before the days of tons of analysis and copious internet baseball, I would just play all summer.

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Nathan

2:43

Do you see the reds making a trade with any of their plentiful outfield depth, Senzel, Winkler, Aquino etc?

Ben Clemens

2:43

I don't mind trading Senzel if they can extract good value for him, but I don't think they need to be in a rush to do it.

2:44

Things work themselves out. If Aquino is bad Aquino, then Senzel might be necessary to get enough righty hitting out there at times.

Steve

2:44

I get what you see about the Red Sox but I also potential for this going really badly. Sale misses part of the season, JBJ continues the downward sprial, JDM starts to show a little age, starting rotation ends up being a dumpster fire and just general bad vibe around team with Cora firing and Betts trade.

Ben Clemens

2:44

Oh yeah tehre are extreme chicken and beer risks here.

Is that what it was? the unpopular clubhouse Red Sox team.

2:45

If Sale isn't healthy, look out!

But if he is, then they're underrated

They're just quite volatile, basically

Pong

2:45

Thoughts on Tauchman? Was thinking the Yanks might trust him a little bit more. Was last year by far as good as it gets or could he be relevant again.

Ben Clemens

2:45

I will say both?

Last year will probably be as good as it gets.

And yet, he could be a lot worse and still be relevant.

2:46

What a pickup by the Yankees.

2:47

I think he'll also get a ton of PT with Hicks out, because Gardner as everyday-ish centerfielder is probably not a stable situation. And if he establishes himself in that time, then it becomes Hicks/Tauch/Judge when Hicks returns.

vin scully is a religious figure

2:47

Biaded but undervisited opinion: isn't the Pollock/Pederson LF combo among the most wildly productive among all LF in baseball? There's who, Acuna? and then who else beats that (in projected production, injuries notwithstanding)

Ben Clemens

2:47

Yeah it's good! That's why I'd do it, basically. It's expensive, but that's mostly sunk cost. I'd put that duo behind Juan Soto, of course.

and Acuna if he plays left.

2:48

After that: uh, maybe you could see a Pham/Naylor platoon in San Diego? Or at least, I could see the Padres' LF outperforming if Naylor is the one getting the bench reps.

But yeah it's really good.

Steve

2:48

As a Twins fan I love it but it is a joke for a team like the Indians to not really be trying to contend when you have Lindor plus the great players on cheap contracts like Clevinger, Ramirez and Beiber.

Ben Clemens

2:49

It's truly sad. Lindor is in that Mookie Betts category where even if you don't like the team he's on, you love him.

Bieber's 'Not Justin' player's weekend jersey is a national treasure.

Clevinger is fun too.

JRam is fun, I enjoy Luplow, etc. etc.

And yeah the Indians front office just makes it sad to watch the whole team

2:50

b/c you just think man, wish they would try to supplement this core

Mountie Votto

2:50

With Galvis being a potential plus-plus defender with some pop, shouldn't catcher be the main priority in Cincy? Not that there's really much out there, but it seems like a SS upgrade is more of a "nice to have" rather than a "need to have"

Ben Clemens

2:50

Preaching to the choir here, my friend.

When I did the biggest holes on contenders series, I had catcher as the Reds' weakness.

2:51

Their real weakness is that they don't have an outright star player, so they can't afford to hvae any holes

(position player, that is, Castillo might be headed towards being a star)

But I think catcher is their weakest spot.

2:52

If Tyler Stephenson is ahead of schedule, then the Reds start looking like the best team in the NL central, I think

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