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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 2/28/22

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Ben Clemens

3:12

That said a lot of the KBO teams are already at their foreign player limit

Dave

3:13

Ben, why are my allergies so bad right now?

Ben Clemens

3:13

Sign of an early spring?

or maybe you're allergic to my long rambling answers that aren't really about baseball

ben simmons’ jumper

3:14

It’s true that Yordan is DH-only but 1) everyone will need a DH now and 2) that means less injury risk now

Ben Clemens

3:14

Yeah plus he rakes

3:15

or well... your things are the pluses

(unlike your username, that's a solid minus)

The main thing about Yordan is that he's a low-strikeout high-power hitter

who takes walks

I think that's good

Guest

3:15

I thought the draft was more of a competitive balance thing rather than the owners working together to help themselves - so the Yankees don't get all the good players and win 16 of 27 World Series like they did from 1936-1962.

Ben Clemens

3:15

Baseball is no stranger to calling cost-saving competitive balance and vice versa

but yeah, it can be both!

Dan

3:15

Is the KBO limit on signing foreign players mostly a cost saving measure? If not, I can imagine them upping the limit for one year.

Ben Clemens

3:16

I'll be honest, I'm not sure and I don't think I'll be able to reserach that quickly enough to give you a good answer here

But that would be cool

And if the league follows through on their threat to start the cancellations at a month, there's going to be a space for baseball

ben simmons’ jumper

3:17

other DH thought: is there any analysis or whispers of teams figuring out how to counter the DH penalty (ie same hitters do worse when DHing than fielding)

Ben Clemens

3:17

Don't have a specific answer for you, but Jeff Zimmerman (I think?) did some research that indicated a lot of the DH penalty is really just that teams put players in DH when they're banged up

3:18

probably worth revisiting at some point

but it makes sense that the average player is feeling better on days when he's in the field vs when he's DH'ing

if you're a little banged up, well, that's why you get a day at DH

Teddy

3:18

Favorite baseball-related book/show/movie?

Ben Clemens

3:18

The Sandlot

Appa Yip Yip

3:18

If you're the Blue Jays and you can only lock up one of Vlad or Bo who do you pick and why? (Obvi they can and should do both but there's no baseball and hypotheticals are fun)

Ben Clemens

3:19

I think I'd lock up Vlad?

It's a really interesting questeion

3:20

My thinking is basically that I don't trust Bo to stick at short long-term, at least as a difference-making defender

And if he's an average third baseman in a few years, I'll take Vlad's bat by a ton

3:21

I just feel like the shape of Vlad's total contribution to the team is safer

I freely admit that this isn't the most I've thought before a take

But that's my gut instinct

Pay for the truly transcendent tools

Alright, I'm gonna call it a day here, because I need to feed my sick dog some baby food and me some human food

3:22

Have a great day, and hopefully YOU won't cancel a month's worth of baseball games today

Rob Manfred if you're reading, please don't do it.

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