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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 2/6/23

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Ben Clemens

2:37

They should be absolutely terrified. Every time Framber throws, he's at risk of an arm injury that could cause him to miss the entire season

Note: that's because he's a pitcher. I don't think his workload was particularly worrisome last year, any more so than it is for any pitcher

Colton

2:38

Hi Ben, hope you're doing well today! What do you make, if anything, of Suwinski's home/road splits?

Ben Clemens

2:38

I make nothing of them, basically

Jason Adam

2:38

3 plus pitches in 2022, do Rays stretch me out as a starter? I throw strikes and 95mph FBs. Rays had me ditch my fourth pitch

Ben Clemens

2:38

I'm not seeing it

Old Hoss

2:39

Best names in pro baseball right now? Top 3?

Ben Clemens

2:39

Oooooh I haven't seen a good all-name team in a while

This is extremely down to personal preference, obviously

I love Seranthony Dominguez, very pleasing to say

2:40

Lars Nootbaar is a personal favorite, particularly since he's trademarked Noot Baars as an energy bar

2:41

Last on my list is a guy who I just like b/c he was a hyped Cards prospect for me, but Elehuris Montero, just such a pleasing first name to say

Chief Keefe

2:41

Stone Garrett is up there

Guest

2:42

Best name is Skye Bolt, and it's not even close

Chief Keefe

2:42

And of course, Richard Lovelady

Good names

2:42

Bobby Miller is a sleeper for me, also PabloLopez

DeJong and DeRestless

2:42

Not sure if he's still in the league, but Archimedes Caminero is one of the best names ever

Ben

2:42

You believe Lars Nootbaar will be better than Dansby Swanson in 2023?

Ben Clemens

2:43

Yeah, I do, or at least that it's <50%. Heck, this is not as wild of a take as it sounds. Depth Charts projects Nootbaar for 3.5 WAR/600 and Swanson for 3.8 WAR/600

2:44

And uh, whoops, that should say >50%

Liz

2:44

Jazz Chisholm Jr. is high on the name tier list

Henry

2:44

Aristides Aquino!

Lou Perltzman

2:44

We're all used to it now but Mike Trout is a funny name

Broken Bat

2:44

barrel % or exit velo. What is more important?

Ben Clemens

2:45

Alex Sonty asked me about the stability of barrel rate as well, and I need to look into it. Basically I'd say both are important but if you're looking for guys who might get better, I'd pay more attention to exit velo and if you're looking for confirmation that a currently good hitter is doing the right stuff rather than just getting lucky, I'd look at barrel rate

Joe Don

2:45

Sorry if you’ve already answered - where does one find a specific player’s EV>95%?

Ben Clemens

2:45

It's hard to do!

In the comments from the EV article today, there's a link to a website Chris Clegg maintains that does it

Also, I just threw a google doc online with it, which I'll link here

2:46

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UtyQ_m7FI1X-R7uUbsYrlFEtvOuV2S...

Insert Witty Name Here

2:46

A few years ago I made a spreadsheet of the cheapest and most nutrient dense ingredients to try and find the optimal meal. Not sure how it ended up after inflation happened, but I did learn that nutritional yeast is vastly underrated.

Ben Clemens

2:47

Nutritional yeast is wildly underrated. Not just for that, but because it's like a cheat code for texture in sauces

Eh?

2:47

How about worst baseball names? James Outman and Scott Blewett have to be at the top of the list.

Ben Clemens

2:47

Bob Walk

Homer Bailey

Tim

2:47