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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 3/14/22

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Ben Clemens

3:28

I think it's a net good for Mariners fans though

3:29

I support the front office having high expectations whenever possible

Joe shlabotnik

3:29

Bell / Soto / Cruz - over under 80 homers

Ben Clemens

3:29

Our projection is way over (98) so I'll take the over

3:30

if you said 95.... I think I'd still take the over

Soto is just gonna blow up for 55 one day

Outside Animals

3:30

I would love to have an post season retrospective of moves that seemed obvious at the time that didn't happen. And a comparison towards what teams actually did.

Ben Clemens

3:30

When I'm not tirelessly writing about all these moves I'm probably gonna do that

I want to write about that and a retrospective of the Braves' new stadium

3:31

JC Bradbury did a very interesting study of it and I just haven't had time to write about it/interview him about it given the rush of baseball news

For the Joke

3:31

Phillies sign Castellanos and play him at third.

Ben Clemens

3:31

Castellanos could go all Bane-in-Dark-Knight-Rises on Bohm

You think defensive miscues at third are your ally?

You adopted being bad at third base

I was born in it

Sabey Sabes

3:32

Nice breakdown on the Twins-Yanks swap. If this doesn't yield Trevor Story for Minnesota ... what the heck are they doing?

Ben Clemens

3:32

Yeah I think that this trade is going to look AWFUL for them if they don't turn aroudn and spend the money

Honestly I'd prefer they didn't make the trade and still spent the money

But, if it's one or the other

Derek

3:32

What about a team of Juan Sotos on offense and Alec Bohms on defense?

Ben Clemens

3:32

Yiiiiikes I think I'd be more worried there

But they still get to have 9 Soto's

Insert Witty Name Here

3:32

As a Phillies fan, I don’t know whether to laugh or cry at that joke. But I’m also worried Dombrowski is asking Casty’s agent about his positional flexibility.

Ben Clemens

3:33

Look, I'll cheer you up

If the Phillies signed Castellanos, he'd be one of the better left field options

There's no CHANCE they'd talk to him about the infield

unless it was first because Hoskins somehow got dealt

What if the A's would take back Hoskins as part of the Chapman return?

Broken Bat

3:34

Did the new CBA do anything to help the MILB players? I get they are not part of the union, but still, what could they have done to really help the future of baseball?

Ben Clemens

3:34

One thing that I think is big in the new CBA is that players on the 40 man but not in the majors get paid more

But generally speaking, there wasn't a lot about the minors in the CBA

3:35

Not giving the commissioner unilateral power to cut roster sizes was good, I guess?

Insert Witty Name Here

3:35

Damn that does cheer me up. Love Hoskins, but I think Chapman and his defense is a huge upgrade right?

Ben Clemens

3:35

Oh hugely so

I don't know if they're actually doing that.... but there's no world where the Phillies sign Castellanos and then he ends up in the infield

Or sorry, at third

The Ghost of Bobby Thigpen

3:35

Here is something I always wondered about players with No Trade Clauses.

Let's say, you're Robinson Cano. The Mets tell you that you will receive almost zero playing time. Would you be more receptive of accepting a trade if you're reasonably sure that you will receive more playing time? Or do you just say screw it, and make them release you?

Ben Clemens

3:36

I think that in situations like that, playing time and pride both play a big role

But generally speaking you can find a way to make it work

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