JotCast | Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 3/11/24

Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 3/11/24

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Ben Clemens

2:53

Two different messages from the same person, because I forgot to reply to the first

uh, yeah, I think the Reds are interesting and under-regarded

Max

2:53

Does it bother you as much as it does me when an article says something like "the Dodgers spent a billion dollars during the offseason."? They didn't spend a billion dollars, they committed to spending an amount of money over a fairly long period of time. very different.

Ben Clemens

2:53

Hmmmmmmmmm

I mean, it hadn't bothered me

and I agree it's silly

but I don't think I'll get up past marginally annoyed about it

there are just far dumber things that the baseball media do

2:54

even counting me in that group

Andrew

2:54

What do you expect from Yainer Diaz in 2024? I'm skeptical of him having an .850-ish OPS again if he never walks, but he is potentially a huge offensive upgrade at C (Maldy was awful).

Ben Clemens

2:54

I think he's going to be a borderline top 10 catcher right away

Refugee

2:54

+1 for null hypothesis

Patrick Dubuque at BP recently published an article that concluded no form of doubles is predictable year-to-year. It's not a sexy outcome, but it's real research!

Ben Clemens

2:55

We do a decent amount of that here. I like to think that Meg's leadership has given us a lot more confidence to write stuff that is interesting even if the conclusions are disappointing

Order in the Court

2:55

So Aaron Judge is being shut down for a couple of days because, according to Boone, he is "mid-spring beat up", yet this comes not long after Judge himself said his toe will have to be managed for the rest of his career. Do you think it's the toe that flared up? Could this be more serious than it seems? Boy, not a great day for Yankee news.

Ben Clemens

2:55

Yeah, definitely seems worrisome to me

Tacoby Bellsbury

2:55

Joey Gallo probably had a 25 hit tool and most definitely was a major-league regular. 80 game power and 70 defense covers up a whole lot of sins.

Ben Clemens

2:55

Yeah, he's a good example

KG

2:55

Is Kevin Goldstein still with the Twins front office? His insight into the inner workings of teams was always a fun read here. Do you all keep in touch?

Ben Clemens

2:55

He is, and I do talk to him from time to time. Probably most frequently about White Lotus, if I'm being honest with you

2:56

or sometimes after I write a nice/mean article about the Twins he will be mock elated/annoyed

bosoxforlife

2:56

Ortiz and Ramirez or Judge and Soto. Who do want?

Ben Clemens

2:56

I'm a hopeless Juan Soto fan so Soto and Judge

but man, it's tough

RTJ

2:56

that's like when I buy take-out with my credit card. I didn't spend $40, I agreed to spend $40 in a month or so in return for food right now

Ben Clemens

2:56

Lol that's one way of looking at it for sure

but I think it's more like a mortgage almost

you didn't spend 400k on that house

2:57

you agreed to pay back 400k over a long time

and yes, 400k, what am i, living in the past?

BenZo

2:57

Baby Zobrist needs at least a ring or CS MVP

J

2:57

Baby Zobrist = Craig Counsell?

Ben Clemens

2:57

bang

Greg

2:57

Fair to say that J.D. Davis's agent dropped the ball here? Losing that guarantee seems like too much risk to take on just to fight over a mere $350K in arb.

Ben Clemens

2:57

Yeah. Like, I didn't realize the way this worked exactly, but I am not a major league agent

I'm actually not sure whether it's worth the risk

350k is not nothing

2:58

Like, is this happening to 5% of players who go to arb? No

but if they didn't talk about the risks and rewards, it's not great

The 6ix

2:58

Is there any research on the in-season performance of pitchers who report a dead arm or some general arm soreness in spring?

Ben Clemens

2:58

No but I'd be interested in reading it if there were

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