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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 4/10/23

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Ben Clemens

3:02

Yeah, I mean, the main way it'd help is to give him fewer plays and generally with more margin

From my amateur-ish evaluation of his problems, he seems to be most scattershot when he has to rush and put everything behind it

Mustache Mayhem

3:03

Date, marry, kill. Cease, Strider, Carpenter

Ben Clemens

3:03

Date Cease, marry Strider, kill Carpenter; sorry Matt, I'm a pitching kinda guy

I'm just Wandering

3:03

So far this season Wander Franco has a 21.9% barrel rate and 16.8 launch angle (up from 9.7 and 8.2 the past two seasons). Is it realistic to expect him to become a consistent home run threat or do you think these are more likely just early season aberrations?

Ben Clemens

3:03

I'd say early season aberrations if you made me pick one or the other, but I think he could be a 25-30 HR guy even if things cool down on the barrel front

Vandy Boys

3:03

Is Charlie Morton cooked? The command hasn’t been there so far (only 2 starts). The stuff still looks like it’s there, so I’m loath to give up without giving it another month

Ben Clemens

3:04

I'm extremely worried about this

I was worried about it already last year

Ooh, Hanser Alberto home run

I think that's a sign that it's time to end the chat

Hope your day is more like Alberto (3-run homer) than Maeda (allowed 3-run homer to Alberto) today

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