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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 3/11/24

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Ben Clemens

2:45

so the new CBA got rid of that rule for players who don't go to a hearing

2:46

but Davis went to a hearing, which means that his salary doesn't guarantee until opening day

birds birds birds

2:46

So anyone who goes to arbitration can be released and not be paid?? Wow, talk about a massive threat to the player if they don't agree to the club's arbitration offer.

Ben Clemens

2:46

yeah....

Magoo

2:46

Biggio quietly turning his career around? I see a late blooming Ben Zobrist developing, very valuable to a contending club.

Ben Clemens

2:47

I've been a big Biggio guy for a long time

so I'm in!

Dylan

2:47

Thoughts on Astros chances on remaining a pennant contender in 2024.

Ben Clemens

2:47

Yes

Derek

2:47

Are you playing Ottoneu this year again? If so, how is/are the team/s looking?

Ben Clemens

2:47

I am playing, but I'm not feeling amazing about my team. I'm kinda stuck in a didn't rebuild enough rut

2:48

My best players are BWJ, Semien, Alonso, Luis Robert, McLain, MH2, Will Smith.

Oh and Framber/Buehler/Bello/Ashcraft/Helsley on the other side

I just feel like I'm a little bit short on impact talent

2:48

Do you think Farhan intentionally went to a hearing on Davis for this reason? Even if he suspected SF would lose the battle of salary exchange?

Ben Clemens

2:49

I don't, this seems like too high-level of thinking for a marginal gain. They didn't know they were gonna sign Chapman

bosoxforlife

2:49

In the battle to lose the most games this year have the White Sox dropped to the level of the A's?

Ben Clemens

2:49

Yeah, I'll take the Sox under over the A's under any day, which is shocking to say

farm

2:49

Have you played Stardew Valley? How about the board game version?

Ben Clemens

2:49

No to both. That said, I walked by my local game store and they had the board game in their display case. It looks AMAZING

RTJ

2:49

The most productive starting pitcher on the Red Sox this year will be:

Ben Clemens

2:49

Bello

Michael Nelson Trout

2:49

Trout: Is he still great, or just very good?

Ben Clemens

2:49

Ugh, I think he's just very good

TomBruno23

2:50

Pitching season lines from that Gooden Era are great. Bobby Witt Jr.'s dad through 97 for Oklahoma in 1985 with 78 BB and 118 K and Texas still took him 3rd overall then after 35 AA innings with 44 BB and 39 K he opens 1986 in the MLB rotation. With predictable results.

bosoxforlife

2:50

Never forget that a player can have three 80 tools, but if the hit tool is a 30 then he isn't going to be a major league regular. Does the name Elly DeLaCruz, with 80 power, 80 speed and 80 arm, come to mind?

Ben Clemens

2:50

Hit tool is definitely the most important tool. That said, I think Elly is easily going to be a major league regular so maybe not the best exmaple

Yeah Well Hiura Towel

2:50

How often do the Yankees go for a one-year rental who's very likely to test free agency? Probably not very often

Ben Clemens

2:50

They used to fairly often

Alanis M.

2:50

my first big hit was "You Ottoneu"

Ben Clemens

2:50

and I'm here to remind you of the mess you left when you went away

2:51

is what I told Craig Edwards when I inherited his team

2:51

People gotta stop throwing out Zobrist comparisons for merely good utility players. It massively underrates someone who put up an 8.7 win season and consistently produced at an all star level.

Ben Clemens

2:51

how about Baby Zobrist

Dodgers Blue

2:51

RE Cardinals outfield nagging injury situation: you wouldn't consider signing Michael Taylor to play CF until Edman is ready - and perhaps even beyond that? You could also move Taylor over to RF and use Walker as your DH.

Ben Clemens

2:51

MAT is someone I'd sign

because he brings a different skill and would still be useful in the Cards' plans after the other guys return

so totally agreed here, and I think it's a completely different idea than Pham or Duvall

bosoxforlife

2:51

I can't shake this thought that keeps sneaking into my consciousness that the Reds are going to just sweep away the NL Central this season.

2:52

I was lucky enough to follow my childhood dream almost to the brass ring. I was good enough to make several starts on the PGA Tour but never questioned my decision even when I came up a gnat's eyelash short. My advice to every young person on this blog is Climb Every Mountain doing something you love.

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