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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 3/13/23

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omar moreno

2:52

does James outman start in cf for Dodgers?

Ben Clemens

2:52

hot wbc take: Trayce Thompson is now Mike Trout

2:53

freaky friday style

I was at the SABR analytics conference this weekend and saw the presentation on expanded bat speed tracking

Trayce is top 10 in mlb in swing speed, wth

2:54

Soto is having quite the WBC

Appa Yip Yip

2:54

Why would we talk about the systemic and wide use of steroids when we can, instead, pillory a few individuals we didn't like anyways and pat ourselves on the back?

Ben Clemens

2:54

Exactly

A Boy Named Yu

2:55

Not a baseball question, but wondering if you have an opinion on the Bears draft pick trade. Certainly seems like a great deal for the Bears, IF you are convinced Fields is the answer. I'm not so sure....

Ben Clemens

2:55

I'd do it if I were the Bears

lot of picks and players

I'm not really an NFL expert though

2:56

but my Panthers fan friend (Eric) hated it and my Bears fan friends loved it

ryan

2:56

Is Trayce like actually good now? Obviously last year he ran a .374 babip which is ... unlikely to continue. But is he a viable major leaguer now?

Ben Clemens

2:56

I think it depends on what 'actually good' means

2:57

I thikn he's a viable league average type hitter with power/K stylings

tracks with his delightfully high swing speed, for example

That offense and acceptable outfield defense will play

Not all star level play, but play

Rickey H.

2:58

Do you think a time comes soon when Albies & Acuma realize how badly they were taken advantage of by the Braves? (Reminds me somewhat of music industry contracts from the 80's.) If so, could that lead to internal problems within the team -- especially as there are now teammates actually getting paid.

Ben Clemens

2:58

Albies more so than Acuna imo

but yeah, I'm sure there is already friction between him and the front office

I think that's fair, too

The Royals tore up Salvy's deal and gave him more money

I kinda doubt the Braves would do that, but there's precedent

2:59

Alright, I'm gonna keep chatting until the end of the 9th in the wbc game and then call it a day

A Boy Named Yu

2:59

Are the Cubs gonna roll with Adrian Sampson because it's the easiest decision to make or go with Wesneski or Assad, the bolder options?

Ben Clemens

3:00

I'd be interested in trying Assad as a multi-inning reliever

did you see him last night???

He looked electric

I think it won't matter who they start wtih, though. They're all gonna get chances

3:00

It's not even just that the WBC is hard to watch - it's hard to even to access the box scores! On the MLB app it has to open a separate browser, and you can't just get scores directly through google. This is something insanely easy to fix that makes me less interested in the series.

Ben Clemens

3:00

100% concur

Like, make this easy

We want to have pageantry and meaningful baseball in March

The players clearly want to as well

ryan

3:01

Rate the likelyhood of each option. Jurickson Profar becomes a) a Ranger (30th LF depth chart), b) a Brave (29th), c) a Mariner (24th), d) a White Sock (29th in RF), e) a free agent for a maddeningly long time, f) other team/Japan/etc.

Ben Clemens

3:01

Ooh, good question

3:02

Let's go: A, E, B, D, F, C

Let's say...

3:02

...a second pickoff attempt is made. Next pitch the runner on 1st takes off for 2B too soon and the pitcher throws to second, which is now the third pickoff attempt. Batter is caught in a rundown and makes it back to first safely. Does he get awarded 2B anyway?

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