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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 2/8/21

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Fancy

2:54

What would you rather have. 8 Mookie Betts type player in your line up or 8 trout type players

Ben Clemens

2:55

8 Mookies because I think he could play the infield better

Migos

2:55

When the Yankees decided to bring Kluber and Taillon aboard, was it just a crap shoot in terms of counting on their health? Or did the presence of Cressey, who'd worked with Klubot, and any other due diligence and medical knowledge matter?

Ben Clemens

2:55

I think it's a little bit of both

2:56

They absolutely did plenty of due diligence, and probably have a much better handle on it than our public knowledge

On the other hand, it's still a crapshoot

If you say this guy has a 57% chance of being healthy, and I think it's 34%, well, they're both still crapshoots

Dee Arby

2:56

I want to write about a different sport, but my writing is usually stream of consciousness. Would you have any advice on how to structure an article better for mass consumption?

Ben Clemens

2:57

This will feel like a cop out, but my best advice would just be to keep writing, keep writing, keep writing

I'm a stream of consciousness person by nature, but writing hundreds and hundreds of articles has slowly smoothed down the processes in my head to where it feels a little less that way

BarryBondsJuicedForOurSins

2:58

Think LaRussa lets Moncada and co. run a bit more than they have?

Ben Clemens

2:58

I do

Guest

2:58

It doesn't seem like the Mets really truly want to keep putting Nimmo in CF- I think they would have loved it if Lagares stayed healthy, or Broxton or Marisnick clicked, or if Springer had signed. It just seems like not a lot of good options have been available. And those who are have not turned out to be slam dunks- if they'd signed Cain or Pollock, they still would have probably ended up trotting out Nimmo at times

Ben Clemens

2:58

Yeah, totally fair

There are other spots where the Mets have chosen to shoehorn in poor defense

CF hasn't really been one of them

2:59

It's just that because they do so much Dom-in-left and JD-at-third'ing, fans' weariness is high before Nimmo even takes the field

Ben Affleck

2:59

BEN. AFFLECK?

Moonlight Graham

2:59

Would you rather have 8 Zobrists and field everywhere somewhat competently or 8 prime Pujols and mash?

Ben Clemens

2:59

Pujols, unless you mean scaled to equal talent

3:00

Like prime Pujols is an inner-circle HoF'er, prime Zobrist was an All Star

MikeM

3:00

It appears the Yankees strategy with SParting pitching this year is to grab as many high ceiling guys as possible with the hopes they hit on one or more of them. The team is good enough to make the playoffs even with the injury uncertainty and their downfall the last few years was lack of high end SP. I think its a sound strategy from them.

Yanks

3:00

I think the Yankees are maybe hoping not so much for a ton of innings out of those guys but to have two guys out of the nonCole to give good October innings so it's not, like, Happ. So in a way, I am not super optimistic about their ability to all be good all year, but more optimistic about the chance that at least two of the many nonColes could be great for 50 innings in Sept-Oct

Ben Clemens

3:01

I agree with this, but I also think they could just get a little lucky and have Kluber and Sevy be reasonably durable

Boone Logan

3:01

Should mlb have a pitch clock akin to the 24-second shot clock in the NBA?

Ben Clemens

3:01

I'm pro-pitch clock but I'd want to talk to Triple-A pitchers about it before actually implementing it

45 blows billygoats

3:02

With so much to prove, who do you thinks rises to the top of the STL OF now they all have opportunity?

Ben Clemens

3:02

Carlson, I suppose

But I think that all three of them will be average or better players this year

Mr. Fister

3:02

Dayton Moore should be fired simply for letting Nicky Lopez play on an MLB team. Hopefully Hanser Alberto shuttles him off to the bench/minors/little league where he belongs.

Ben Clemens

3:02

I've seen Nicky Lopez play live exactly once, in the AFL

He hit a laser-beam homer to right

I bought in

And yeah, I can't prove it, but I think he's hit zero homers since then

Mr. Byrnes

3:03

Robles vs Pache, rest of career (offense and defense, real life value)?

Ben Clemens

3:03

I'll take Pache, but they're close