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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 2/5/24

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Ben Clemens

2:34

who might also say no

K DOT

2:34

All of what you said about the Twins makes it even more infuriating that they don't spend

Ben Clemens

2:34

Oh totally

DisgruntledClevelander

2:34

It's kind of hard to pick anything but the Tigers for that given how little the Guardians have done this offseason. Dead even by their standards.

Ben Clemens

2:34

Truly amazing how little the Guardians have done

wheelhouse

2:34

what do you think of volpe going into year 2? think people aren't really engaging with how bad he was in year 1 even by rookie standards, but not sure how much improvement to expect. feels like anyone projecting him for a leap is setting themselves up to be underwhelmed

Ben Clemens

2:36

I don't really agree with this; I think that the streakiness of his season made it feel worse than it was. I also feel good about his defense, which makes it a lot easier to tolerate some weakness offensively

2:37

Projection systems have him as roughly an average hitter this year largely thanks to some improvements in strikeout rate, which makes sense to me

and as a 3 win player give or take

a lot of that will come down to non-hitting parts of his game for sure

Caleigh

2:37

Do the Yankees circle back to Snell or are they done for now?

Ben Clemens

2:37

I think they're done

2:38

Do you trust the year to year walk of defensive metrics for infielders more than outfielders given the higher number of chances?

Ben Clemens

2:38

not really

I think that outfield chances are a lot easier to measure

I also think that defensive metrics are just going to be unavoidably noisy

even if you could measure what happened on the field with perfect precision, the variation in skill and type of chance is meaningful

Willy Adames

2:38

Am I on the block? Who’s gettin’ me and for what?

Ben Clemens

2:38

I'm kinda uncertain on this one

2:39

sure, trading Burnes signals that the Brewers are looking to the future

but they've always operated with one foot in the now and one in tomorrow

and the return for Adames would likely not be much higher than the comp pick they're presumably getting for a QO

hard for me to imagine that their long-term interests are served by trading him for not much, they still do need to make the playoffs this year

Constanza's Licked Bat

2:40

It's the year 2050. The icecaps have melted, and dozens of former cities are now underwater.

Which members of the 2024 Atlanta Braves are in the Hall of Fame?

Ben Clemens

2:40

Ooh good question

2:41

I've got: Acuna, Harris II, Strider, Riley

Obviously Acuna is a good bet, the rest are kinda crapshoots imo

Tacoby Bellsbury

2:41

Which team's lack of spending is most infuriating?

Ben Clemens

2:42

It WAS the Orioles