JotCast | Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 2/6/2020

Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 2/6/2020

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Ben Clemens

12:30

I'll take him, because I think the plate discipline is going to come around enough that he'll get on base a lot more.

Benny and the Betts :(

12:30

Will Andrew Benintendi ever be what people thought he was gonna be?

Ben Clemens

12:31

Depends what people thought he was going to be.

If you mean perennial All-Star with MVP years, probably not?

But if you mean above-average regular who spikes some great seasons here and there, I'd say definitely yes.

That's what I thought about him, and he seems to be doin that quite well now.

stever20

12:32

any shot we see a Lindor or Bryant trade now?

Ben Clemens

12:32

I don't think so, basically.

12:33

I don't think that public opinion matters a ton on these things, but I've never really gotten the noise around a Bryant trade, and someone would have to bowl the Indians over for Lindor. Every day we get closer to the season, it gets less likely.

Early 2017

12:33

But people thought benintendi was better than Judge

Ben Clemens

12:33

Yeah, uh, those people were wrong then? I didn't remember that.

But that seems like it was probably as much too low on Judge as too high on Benny, no?

Charlie’s Mom

12:34

Hi Ben, thanks for the chat. Seemed like the Brewers (who turned over 40% of their 25/26 man roster) were looking for a big strike in FA a la a reunion with Grandal or a Didi signing. Obviously a big whiff there. You see any fits for a trade for them?

Ben Clemens

12:34

Yeah I very much think this was their plan, which is why I didn't like their offseason. They seem like they were betting on the slow/awful free agent market of the last few years persisting.

12:36

Who could they get? I think trades are gonna be tough for them, and I truly don't understand whether they're salary-constrained or not, but they could get Seager?

Someone up above suggested Bryce Turang for Seager, and I like that. Gotta try to win the Central this year, I think, when your team is all together and you know everyone is good right now.

Early 2017

12:36

Oh it was definitely "Judge will not be a 5 WAR guy" more than the other, yes

TomBruno23

12:36

benintendi pre 2017 was #1 on BA and MLB lists, #3 BP. Judge was #90 BA, #63 BP and #45 MLB.

Ben Clemens

12:37

Yeah, so missing on Judge makes sense. I think that Benintendi's 8 WAR in three seasons isn't really all that low for a top 10 type, and that we remember the exceptions more than the average of good prospects. But yeah, maybe I'm misremembering his hype a little

12:38

I mean, no one was right on Judge. Seems wrong to do the framing as 'judge vs benintendi'

I've told this story a lot, but a very inventive Yankees heckler was going after Benintendi when I went to Sox/Yankees G4 in the 2018 playoffs.

'Hey Benintendi, I had that haircut in third grade' being the highlight

12:39

But also 'Hey Benintendi, you were adopted' and 'Hey Benintendi, your skills aren't valued in arbitration'

So that heckler, and Benintendi, will always have a place in my heart.

Benny and the Betts :(

12:39

How would you "tier" the contenders. I would have "tier one" as the yankees and dodgers, and "tier two" as the twins, astros braves, and rays.

Ben Clemens

12:39

This sounds correct to me!

12:40

Braves maybe a smidge high

But the other three, yeah.

I think the NL east is gonna be a bloodbath

Nats, Braves, Mets all pretty close in my eyes

Dave

12:40

Would you say the Brewers are a tier below the Cubs/Reds/Cards in the NLC?

Ben Clemens

12:40

Yeah, that's my view. Four-way tossup but the Brewers are I thikn the clear worst of the bunch. And the Cardinals are *probably* the worst of the top tier.

JK

12:41

Hey Ben, first time first time. What game has been hitting your table with good frequency lately?

Ben Clemens

12:41

Gotta get my target demographic in really quickly.

I've been playing Aeon's End, Clank, and Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective recently

Oh, and Letter Jam when we have some people over.

Highly recommend all of them.

Sirras

12:41

Lot of chatter around the potential collapse of the Mets sale. Any thoughts?

Johnny5Alive

12:42

In other baseball news, whats your take on the mets sale mess? Wilpons really wanted 5 years to play with someone else's money and then got mad when he wanted to hold an event on opening day with all his rich friends announcing he would be buying the team? seems strange to me

Ben Clemens

12:42

Yeah, never assume anything with the Wilpons, I suppose. What a bizarre set of circumstances overall.

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