JotCast | Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 3/31/25

Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 3/31/25

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Ben Clemens

3:09

Like, MJ Melendez's most frequent spot in the batting order last year was 5th

don't love that!

3:10

I truly am horrified to type this but Maikel Garcia's most frequent spot was leadoff

laughing

1

Sure, those guys might still be on the team. But at least they're the bottom third of the order this year instead of batting first and fifth

Sam

3:11

what are your thoughts on the rangers pitching staff? they seem divisive like they could be solid or bad...they lack depth for me but I guess if they're healthy they could be good

Ben Clemens

3:11

Yeah, I think that they're going to break, basically. I think that Patrick Corbin is going to throw a ton of innings for them

3:12

And that's never what you want to hear

Love Corbin's story, not sure I want him on my big league playoff contender

joeesav

3:12

gimme the over in this Balt Bost gm

Ben Clemens

3:12

yeah, I was so busy questioning Newcomb that I forgot to question Cade Povich

Mr. Fister

3:12

Okay, that makes me feel slightly better, but if Kyle Isbel is still on this team in 26, I'm going to be massively disappointed.

Ben Clemens

3:12

I left Isbel out because his most frequent lineup spot in 2024 was .... 9th

but yeah

3:13

I think that two things are true: the Royals understand that their lineup did not have enough juice to make this work sustainably

and the Royals still don't have enough juice to make this work sustainably even after making some improvements

Christian

3:13

Bubic looking solid in his return to the starting rotation.

Ben Clemens

3:13

they're not booing

alright, on that note, I'm going to do a quick lightning round and then call it a chat. I've got baseball to watch!

Guest

3:14

Andres Giminez was hitting the ball noticeably harder this spring and now already has 2 home runs and a double. At what point does quality of contact start being signal rather than noise?

Ben Clemens

3:14

Arbitrarily, after 15 games. Focus particularly on barrel rate ,because that's the kind of power that most stably plays

Idiotic Failson

3:14

Of the guys still on the FA market, Robertson is the most perplexing. Every contender could use a guy like him in the bullpen. Will we see him sign mid season, or is he done?

Ben Clemens

3:14

I think there's a chance he's done of his own volition

obviously he COULD have taken a deal if he wanted to, if all he cared about was pitching

wheelhouse

3:14

different yankee than is getting a lot of attention after the weekend: rodon threw like 25% four seam fastballs on opening day. how does the more kitchen sink approach impact your estimation of him now and future

Ben Clemens

3:14

it does not. let's see a few more starts

Mike Lommler

3:14

You can choose one pitcher to gift Roki Sasaki's splitter/split-change/whatever the heck that thing is. Who do you choose, and why?

Ben Clemens

3:15

Mason Miller b/c that'd be fun

Dan'l

3:15

What's your favorite '25 early-season over-reaction?

Ben Clemens

3:15

torpedo bats in general

Alec

3:15

Baez's nickname has been updated to La Basura

Ben Clemens

3:15

oof

Kwah

3:15

Over/Under on # MLB innings tossed by relief pitcher Joey Gallo in next 4 years? Is it higher than 1 (one) IP ?

Ben Clemens

3:15

It's 0.5, but I think I'd take the over

J

3:15

I just want to throw out that the Phillies booth just said that not many players do a better job coming in on fly balls than Nick Castellanos, which might be the most delusional take I've ever heard

laughing

2

Ben Clemens

3:15

just depends on lots of the qualitifers used there

is it like, relative to other skills?

3:16

relative to John Kruk's little league team?

Sam

3:16

Early thoughts on Altuve in LF so far? it's been interesting to say the least haha

Ben Clemens

3:16

small man big wall make ben laugh

laughing

2

RetireNutting

3:16

Even with Skenes, it feels like there's a chance the Pirates are this year's White Sox

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