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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 3/5/24

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NL Central

12:56

You can make a case for any team here to win the division. Who do you see battling for the division title when the smoke clears?

Ben Clemens

12:57

I think it's a Cards/Brewers race right down to the wire with the Cubs falling just short

I think the Brewers are meaningfully underrated

Red Sox fan

12:57

Red Sox Montgomery???

Ben Clemens

12:57

Feels likely

Alex

12:57

Do you have a Mariners breakout candidate this year that you like?

Ben Clemens

12:57

Luis Urias for life

though I see he's already hurt, wonderful

Okra

12:57

Teams seem to be using bulk relievers more regularly and only 23 guys threw over 180 innings last year. Since innings are being spread to more guys wouldn't it be better to experiment more with 6 man rotations to give guys more rest and see if you get higher quality innings out of them?

Ben Clemens

12:57

for teams who have six viable starters, sure

but uh

Guest

12:58

For long term, would you rather have Brendan Donovan on your team, or one of: Luis Campusano, or Logan O'Hoppe?

Ben Clemens

12:58

I think I'd take O'Hoppe by a hair over Donovan, but it's extremely dependent on team construction

I don't have Campusano in the same tier

Zombie One-Legged Bill Veeck

12:58

Do you think having the old park dimensions would have made any meaningful difference to last year's O's team?

Ben Clemens

12:58

My guess is no but I haven't done a deep dive

12:59

Okay everyone, thank you for participating in this high-speed chat. I'm now going to get out of pajamas and go on a long dog walk, my normal 10 a.m. activity, but I'm going to do so after a ton of baseball brain exercise, so thank you very much for making this a fun and snappy chat