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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 2/20/24

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Ben Clemens

1:13

so it knocked him for that

Love Is A Battenfield

1:13

Can Juan Soto feast in Yankee Stadium even if he's not pulling the ball a ton?

Ben Clemens

1:13

Absolutely

he just has so much raw power and turning his occasional pulled balls into homers will still be big

1:14

he can leave the yard to every part of the park, of course

alright, gonna do a quick lightning round and call it a day

Farhandrew Zaidman

1:14

Bill James flip flopping on the presence of clutch is the equivalent of....? Ronald Reagan saying "ope my bad guys, turns out government welfare is actually awesome!"

Ben Clemens

1:14

oh yeah it's wild

bran

1:14

how far do the royals make it in 2024 before they are sellers, if at all

Ben Clemens

1:14

I think they're gonna try to go for it until June and have it not work

Insert Witty Name Here

1:14

Who’s a good fit for Kyle Tucker next offseason? I’m thinking the Phils are set for yet another 300 mil contract.

Ben Clemens

1:14

Astros

I think they'll keep Tucker and let Bregman go

Replacements Level

1:14

Re: Westburg, he's obviously overshadowed in the O's system, but do you see him working out as a solid regular?

Ben Clemens

1:14

I do

I like him

Sonny

1:14

Did Boras underrate the RSN uncertainty’s impact on spending or is it too soon to say definitively

Ben Clemens

1:14

yeah, too soon to say definitively

guest

1:15

do you have any take on the minnesota rotation? are you excited about guys like Paddack or Varland to be quality rotation guys again?

Ben Clemens

1:15

I'm excited about one of the two working out well enough

there's value in numbers

Lyle

1:15

Dynasty baseball- Would you trade Kyle Tucker for George kirby and Austin Riley?

Ben Clemens

1:15

I would b/c I'm very high on Riley

Bighen

1:15

Mets o/u 81 wins.

Ben Clemens

1:15

O by a hair

barold bondsworth

1:15

I'm trying to be cautiously optimistic about the Giants this year, but can you remember another team nominally aiming for the playoffs that had such an inexperienced rotation? Having a first year converted reliever and three rookies behind Webb seems ludicrous

Ben Clemens

1:15

I really do not

this is an ugly roster for the way they're handling things

thgey're acting like they need less improvement than they do

Colton

1:16

Piggybacking on the Morton line, the big change for him was a sustained velo spike though, if I'm remembering correctly so that's not exactly out of the question for Liberatore. But also shouldn't be leaned into either in my opinion

Ben Clemens

1:16

oh completely

I'm saying you shouldn't rule it out, 'out of the question' is strong

but yeah, short of some kind of reinvention I am not buying what Libby is selling

Tim

1:16

Out of the SD pitching prospects, who looks like the best big leaguer? Iriarte, Thorpe, Lesko all appear to have their selling points

Ben Clemens

1:16

Iriarte for me without much confidence

Benny

1:16

What are the chances this year's NL Rookie of the Year is either Yamamoto, Imanaga, or Lee vs. the field of more traditional rookies, like Winn, Marte, Crow-Armstrong, Chourio, Harrison, etc.?

Ben Clemens

1:16

I think Yamamoto is the easy answer

Farhandrew Zaidman

1:16

This time last year, Yamamoto was a 50 FV rank on the BOARD, whereas I see nowadays he's listed at 65 FV. Was he initially misevaluated, or did he really have that much projected improvement in the last 12 months?

Ben Clemens

1:17

I think it's more that we got a lot more tape on him

and it became more important to have a sharp evaluation on him when he was going to get posted

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