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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 2/20/24

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Ben Clemens

12:47

i hate saying no but no

i just do not see it

Dylan Stein

12:48

Okay, Back to Baseball, Which Jackson do you think will have a better future: Chourio, Holiday, or even Merrill if you want to

Ben Clemens

12:48

Gimme Chourio but this is a really tough question and obviously the smart money is on Holliday

Rag Doll

12:48

What do you make of the Cole Ragans hype? Most projections have him lower than the aforementioned Woo/Hunter Brown. (He's 125th on Zips.) But most fantasy-style forecasters are high on him. (For example, he’s 38 on Paul Sporer’s list.)

Ben Clemens

12:48

I am with the projections

could just see him "bouncing back" as in regressing a little here and there

and it weighing his production down

Austin Riley's HoF Plaque

12:49

Thoughts on Spencer Strider allegedly adding a curveball?

Ben Clemens

12:49

i saw the pitching ninja video of it and it looks nasty

i like the idea of adding something vertical to his arsenal

i don't think he really has the degrom ability to dominate oppo hitters with location

so doing it with a new pitch seems like the way to go

Kenny

12:50

Does Paul Skenes become the pitching prospect that everyone was calling him or do the pirates pitching staff botch him.

Ben Clemens

12:50

I think it'll work

12:51

Eli Ben-Porat has done some interesting writing on how much or little your fastball shape matters

definitely matters less when you throw as hard as Skenes

SDS

12:51

Can we all collective take a few seconds to wish Bradish's UCL to stitch back up? If we all will it together...

Ben Clemens

12:51

gotta agree with that

gach zreinke

12:51

is the river ryan hype legit (sorry forgot name last time i submitted)

Ben Clemens

12:51

I'm not really sure, if I'm being honest

Dodgers Blue

12:52

If you were forced to predict today what the O's infield layout looked like in three years, who is playing which positions?

Ben Clemens

12:53

Hmmm..... Holliday third, Henderson short, Westburg second, Mayo first, without high confidence

I'm not a great defensive scout but I think Henderson looked legit and I'm a bit skeptical of Holliday's defense (definitely not skeptical about the bat though)

12:53

Thoughts on George Kirby working on his knuckleball and wanting to throw it more in game? Could we potentially see other pitchers try to incorporate the occasional knuckleball if Kirby is successful with it?

Ben Clemens

12:54

I could see it working for Kirby, but I would caution against extrapolating from there

things that work for the pitcher with perhaps the best command in baseball might not work for Joe Average

Hal

12:54

If you had a magic wand, what's an impossible/impractical to collect but still quantifiable datapoint you'd like to learn about every prospect?

Ben Clemens

12:54

I'd like to know their mindset the day after a poor performance

oh, still quantifiable

hmmmmm

12:55

I'd like to know the differential in their effort level the day after a poor performance vs. on average

wheelhouse

12:55

nestor struck soto out 3 times in practice today. nestor back, or soto washed? i'll hang up and let you answer

Ben Clemens

12:55

haha, porque no los dos

no, I'd say Nestor back

Danny

12:55

So if the A's do wind up in a Triple A park, what happens to the AAA team that typically plays there? I can't imagine that they could work out a schedule that would allow them to share.

Ben Clemens

12:55

Legitimately no idea!

Sounds like a really good question to ask the A's

Blank Space

12:55

What does Brendan Donovan do this year? I know the Cardinals announced he'd be playing primarily 2B, but I'm still not sure how much time he gets on the field this year.

Ben Clemens

12:56

I think he's gonna end up in some kind of floating 2b/dh/backups elsewhere role

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