JotCast | Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 3/9/26

Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 3/9/26

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Ben Clemens

2:50

what kind of visualizations do you want in your wildest realizable dreams?

The next crop of lab tools is in development

2:51

the one I'm most excited about is Paired Pitches, which lets you see how pitches play off of each other at different locations in and out of the zone

but there's space for a lot more

what do you wish we had?

and while questions fill up about that, let's answer some nonsense

Guest

2:51

Who on FG staff would make the best Traitor? The best Faithful?

Ben Clemens

2:51

I think that Davy would make a great faithful. He's very earnest and very effective at conveying what he's feeling

2:52

i feel like a big liability as a faithful is people not believing you or your actions being sketchy

2:53

a Traitor? I mean, the easy choice is Dan. He likes to play the villain. But I'm gonna say Meg, actually. I think that keeping a ton of stuff in your head straight is one of the hardest skills of being a traitor. It was the downfall of a few people this year. Meg has the highest cognitive load of anyone keeping the site functioning and releasing articles regularly, so I think she'd be the best at that particular skill

Phil

2:53

One of the EW team previews mentioned Jeff Sullivan and Dave Camerom being involved in a trade. How active is the FG alumni network? Curious how often this happens without getting reported.

Ben Clemens

2:53

I'm guessing, of course. But I make a poitn of chatting up FG alums wherever I can, particularly at the winter meetings

Jeff in Jersey

2:54

is it more or less entertaining to see the USA UBC team win by smaller margins than expected?

Ben Clemens

2:54

i think more. I have to be honest with you, the round robin phase of the WBC is not wildly compelling to me compared to the knockout rounds when the good teams play

so making the round robin games better? strict upside

Houzer

2:54

So the Tigers are learning that Parker Meadows prob isn't even a stop-gap solution to Max Clark .. and maybe Max Clark is still a few years away from getting here. Is it crazy to throw a package at San Diego for Tatis that is headlined bye Clark?

Ben Clemens

2:55

and fine, this one: hilariously crazy and I don't think this makes much sense at all

I don't think it's enough, I don't think the Padres are trading Tatis, I don't think the Tigers are acting like they want to pay someone as much money as Tatis

small e

2:55

How can the Red Sox get Masataka Yoshida to believe the entire season is the WBC?

Ben Clemens

2:55

hypnosis

Kelly

2:55

Hey Ben, I have a few questions. First off, how dare you?

Ben Clemens

2:56

this was actually the first question I got today - I just didn't have a great place to put it until now

I guess my response is: make me stop, then

Klubot3000

2:57

Please tell me you've seen Teo Davidov? Is the two-forehand style going to sweep the tennis world??

Ben Clemens

2:57

.... it is not

but I love it

I have to say, learning to hit a two-handed backhand a few years ago made me wonder why more people don't at least try a two-handed forehand

Marc K

2:58

Just read your Brewers article. Superb. Have you read about or seen the new kick change that Kyle Harrison developed over the off season? It's been devastating and his overall stuff has been great (I think he had 8 Ks in 3 innings yesterday). If this is real it may make that Durbin trade look pretty good.

Ben Clemens

2:58

I knew he developed it. He sure had a fip-a-palooza of a game, huh? 8k, 2BB, HR

Guest

2:58

reading your Brewers article now-- assuming you were putting it together for a while, but did you see Kyle Harrison this weekend? Does his 8 ks in 4 IP change your calculus at all on that trade?

Ben Clemens

2:58

I mean, of course it doesn't

that's not how one spring trianing start works

2:59

but like I said.... the reason this trade makes sense or doesn't make sense in the end has to do with stuff I can't see

the Brewers make a lot of these trades where some not immediately evident skill makes them like a dude a lot

is Harrison that guy? Definitely could be. Obviously the tools are loud

3:00

I wrote this last year about how to think about the trajectory of post-hype sleeper pitchers:

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/how-quickly-should-you-change-your-mind-ab...

3:01

adding new pitches is interesting for sure. keeps the range of outcomes wide. would you be happy if he turned into fellow post-hype sleeper Quinn Priester? Probably still yes

Oaktown Blues

3:01

Leo De Vries for Eury Perez: who says no?

Ben Clemens

3:01

oooooooooh

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