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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 3/31/25

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SABR nerd

2:58

Will you be at the SABR convention in Texas this summer?

Ben Clemens

2:58

When is it?

Idiotic Failson

2:59

The White Sox have 8 runs and the only one of those guys I have on a fantasy team is Robert - who only has a walk. Baseball makes me so mad sometimes.

Ben Clemens

3:00

Fantasy baseball, what a delight

That feeling of 'oh the team put up 10, let's open it up and get happy' turning into 'wait my guy was 1-5 with a single?' is unmatched

Kwah

3:01

I haven't seen it yet on the internet, so I think Fangraphs should be the first to publish an edited image of the end of THERE WILL BE BLOOD (2007) depicting Plainview as, like, Paul Goldschmidt, using a torpedo bat / bowling pin to bash a MLB pitcher's face pasted onto Paul Dano's body. But in a nonviolent, uncontroversial way.

Ben Clemens

3:01

This sounds like a prompt you'd give AI that returns nonsense

Beisbolcats

3:01

Be honest, how many contenders would still have Baez on their roster?

Ben Clemens

3:01

you know, I feel like many would if he were willing to be a bench guy

3:02

which he clearly seems to be, at least form the outside looking in

question man

3:02

i'll say it — the red sox are getting too cutter-happy

Ben Clemens

3:02

Kutter-happy*

Newcomb is out of the first, 4-0 Birds

TugMcGrawFan1996

3:02

Every ERA estimator disagrees on Bowden Francis. His FIP and xFIP said he greatly overperformed last year. His xERA said he got what he deserved. His SIERA says something in between. Over/under on a 3.5 ERA this year?

Ben Clemens

3:03

I'll take the over, not by a ton but I think that's just a good bet for anyone with his track record

great interview with him up today, by the way. David Laurila recently talked to him

Bosoxforlife

3:03

It is ridiculously early to really know anything but I don't like the vibes the Brewers and the Twins are sending out.

Ben Clemens

3:03

Well that is definitely true

Okra

3:03

Who are you more frustrated with for not trading from their position player excess ... Boston or Baltimore?

Ben Clemens

3:03

Baltimore. The Red Sox going out and getting Crochet makes me feel a lot better

Izzy

3:04

If Jazz stays healthy, does he have the power to go 40/40?

Ben Clemens

3:04

Yeah, I don't think it's a base case but he has the power for sure

I think the thing holding him back when he's healthy is less power and more deploying it in good spots

I also think the Yankees are probably a good place for him given that. Lots of dudes there who solved this riddle and turned into great players

Guest

3:05

Michael A Taylor 2 run shot against paddack, now beginning to doubt if Paddack can survive a bullpen move

Ben Clemens

3:05

Good for MAT

one of the true good guys in baseball from everything i've heard about him

Doug

3:05

Mouncastle to the Padres in late April or mid May?

Ben Clemens

3:05

I think he isn't washed enough to be a Pads backup

we're talking Martin Maldonado here

Yuli Gurriel somehow

Guest

3:06

Idk seems to me like the solution to hitters moving the sweet spot closer to the handle of the bat is to just start pitching those guys outside.

Ben Clemens

3:06

Right, there are counter-moves and people have been using these bats for years without breaking the game

Mike

3:06

Any thoughts on Wilyer Abreu's playing time projections? He was above 85th percentile in avg. EV, hard hit%, swing speed last year, and plays great defense, but is projected for under 500 PAs. Mainly due to the impending call up of Roman Anthony & platoon splits?

Ben Clemens

3:07

yeah it's those two things. I think that it's a projection in flux, more so than our average, both because his error bars are still wide and the players coming up are too

3:08

it's also really tough to figure out how it all works with Yoshida, the Red Sox have a lot of lefties to juggle

Chip

3:08

Really impressive how Luke Jackson led the Oregon Ducks to the NCAA Tournament in the early aughts and is now the Rangers closer.

Mr. Fister

3:08

Are the Royals just going to continue with this Russian Roulette of having a complete black hole of a 6-9 in their lineup every year, just in the name of having good CF defense? At this point, I'd rather watch a better lineup with a Vinnie P. patrolling CF than this gaggle of no-stick having softies

And it would be really entertaining to watch Vinnie play CF

Ben Clemens

3:08

I feel like it's better this year than last year, at least

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