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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 3/11/24

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Ben Clemens

2:37

It's definitely not nuts

their defensive outfield is such a logjam

Kiermaier's Piercing Green Eyes

2:37

Where between the Montgomery Biscuits and the Rocket City Trash Pandas should the line have been drawn on team names?

Ben Clemens

2:38

Much closer to trash pandas I think

Montgomery Biscuits is one of the best names in the minors

you can't draw the line too close to that and end up with the delightful diversity of minor league names

Sodo Mojo

2:38

If you haven't played Splendor Duel yet you should the rare time a game improves when they make a two person edition.

Ben Clemens

2:38

I haven't, but I will look into it for sure

I played a ton of Cascadia last week with my wife (we were in the woods so it felt appropriate) and man, it's great as two player

harry

2:39

How are you feeling about Alec Burleson? Do you buy his good peripherals from last year? Does Donovan get any playing time in the outfield ahead of him?

Ben Clemens

2:39

It pains me b/c Burly was a success of some of my minor league data scouting, but I don't think it's working

2:40

sure, his xwOBA was better than his wOBA, but he wasn't making impact contact at the rate I'd hope for with his defensive skills

and he wasn't walking enough to make up for it

deBride

2:40

As an 18 year old in A ball Dwight Gooden threw 191 IP with 10 CG and 6 SHO racking up an even 300 K and 112 BB in the process. No question, that's just freaking insane. Then again I guess 1983 is over 40 years ago now so...

Ben Clemens

2:40

lol

that's great

Matt Damon

2:40

MATT. DAMON.

Ben Clemens

2:40

Now this one I'm pretty sure is multiple people

laughing

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deBride

2:40

How many more innings will Jacob deGrom throw?

Ben Clemens

2:40

In his career? I'm a relentless deGrom optimist so I'm gonna say 500

Dmx

2:40

Whist is alot like bridge. Both a ton of fun!

Ben Clemens

2:40

there you have it

Nats Fan

2:41

How much of a darkhorse is the Tigers?

Colton

2:41

That's fair, I just don't think they're getting anywhere close to the production they got from Gray and Maeda down the stretch with a combination of Desclafani, Paddack and Varland and they still have some questions in production from a lot of guys in their offense in my opinion. Guess we'll see how it plays out over the next couple month! But I definitely think the Tigers are sleepers for that division.

Ben Clemens

2:41

They're definitely my second choice to win the division

2:42

a quick look at gambling markets has them in the +350 to +400 region, so like 20-25% area. We have them at 18%. I think I like them more in the 30% range, so I guess that makes them dark horses

bosoxforlife

2:42

Watching Brandon Crawford in anything but a Giants uniform is something I never wanted to see, like Dewey Evans spending a year with the Orioles after he was washed up. It was not a pretty sight.

Ben Clemens

2:42

It's going to be very strange. Crawford grew up around here evne

I cannot tell you how many delightful old ladies I've seen wearing Crawford gear and absolutely ignoring the rest of the Giants to root for him

Guest

2:42

in 2021, deGrom was heading for a season which would have surpassed Gibson in 1968 in terms of ERA+

Ben Clemens

2:43

You don't have to tell me that

Matt Damon

2:43

ONE. PERSON.

SINCE. 2018.

SINCE. ENO. SARRIS.

laughing

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Ben Clemens

2:43

Well then

Can't argue with that

todd

2:43

JD Davis released and SFG doesn't need to pay salary? How does that work, I thought it was agreed upon already.

Ben Clemens

2:43

So, his salary was not a contract, it was decided in arbitration

2:45

The way this works is kinda weird

and I'm going to do my best to explain it. Arb contracts don't lock in until Opening Day. Until then, it'is something like 30 days of pay guaranteed (45 if it's very close to the season)

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