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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 2/6/23

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3:15

Lars Nootbaar #1 on the trade value list this year?

Ben Clemens

3:15

Let's just say he'll very likely be top 50

3:16

and well, he probably should be. Excellent breakout 2022, under team control for forever, peripherals look great and projection systems are bought in

Scouting Stats

3:16

Will minor league TrackMan data ever go public? And if you think so, when?

Ben Clemens

3:16

I don't think it will

I just don't see why anyone would be incentivized to do it

North Side Sam

3:16

Do you see any hope of the Pirates remotely achieving a .500 season this year, or will it more of the same from this ownership/organization?

Ben Clemens

3:17

This year? I mean, it's not out of the question, but it's unlikely

Farhandrew Zaidman

3:17

This is a very niche question but I'd just like for you to tell me that the Dodgers' positional core of Kemp/Ethier/Loney/Martin/Furcal was not good enough to compete for a championship in the late 2000s.

Ben Clemens

3:17

Mmmmm.... I can't say for certain, I was definitely way less into the numbers then than now, but I always felt like if that team put it all together they would have been a problem

Appa Yip Yip

3:18

In just a few short weeks spring training will begin and then about a week after that we'll all remember how long and boring spring training is. Baseball.

Ben Clemens

3:18

Yeah, spring training is neat and I'm glad it happens but also, not a ton happens during it?

its like getting hyped over NFL training camp or something

3:19

It's a great sign of baseball being back soon but I'm ont gonna be watching 5 hours of spring training games every dya

Uncle Spike

3:19

I'll be in Scottsdale in early March. Best park to see a spring training game?

Ben Clemens

3:19

I'm not the expert on this, but I've loved Salt River when I've been to AZ to watch fall league

Carson

3:19

Is there anything to be said for the huge difference in Joe Kelly's ERA (6.08) and FIP (3.06)?

Ben Clemens

3:22

Eh, it was 37 innings and a hilarious amount of bad luck. He had a .382 BABIP against, somehow only one unearned run so almost all the runs he allowed counted for ERA, and he had a comically low strand rate, which means that almost everyone who got on base scored

3:23

Anyway, on that Joe Kelly related note, I'm gonna call it a chat and go reheat some kung pao chickpeas

Have a great week everyone, and I'll talk to you again next Monday

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