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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 4/12/21

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Ben Clemens

3:39

They do keep getting away with it

Rich

3:40

Vladdy, Jr...top 5 in MLB ranks in a bunch of categories. thoughts?

Ben Clemens

3:40

Yeah, we talked about it a little earlier on, I want to believe

Need to do a deeper dive to be sure, feels good so far though

3:41

He has to be the hardest-to-acquire player in fantasy right now

Guest

3:41

Is Akil Baddoo a legitimate fantasy asset this year?

Ben Clemens

3:41

I'm actually gonna say yes, largely on the hope that he'll get some steals

Guest

3:41

Best part of the Harper incident was how could anyone think not being as good as Acuna is an insult? Like telling Wheeler he'll never be as good as Maddux.

Ben Clemens

3:42

Yeah I don't even think Harper was all that upset by the heckling lol

Harry

3:42

Cubs had a guy in the bleachers for many years called Johnny Woo-Woo. Want to guess why? I think he started the whole thing back in the 70s.

Ben Clemens

3:42

My midwestern theory confirmed!

Maggie25

3:42

Let's also remove wooing in the sense of romance from stadiums. No more jumbotron engagements!

David

3:42

As a keeper league Vlady owner, this offseason I basically told the guy wanting to trade for him that Acuna was the only way to get him. He said no. Cool by me.

Ben Clemens

3:43

Yeah, basically this

I wouldn't give up Vladdy either! If I got him and then he did the thing I wanted, bam, I did it

Babyfarts

3:43

How legit is Plesac? Top 25 dynasty arm?

Ben Clemens

3:43

Boy, 25 is high. Top 40, 25 might be a bridge too far for me

Billy

3:44

Brent Honeywell looked great and immediately gets sent down. I 'think' I kind of get why, but really I don't. Even if you are being careful with his arm, your seriously telling me the Rays have better 8/9 options than him throwing a couple of innings twice a week in the bullpen?

Ben Clemens

3:44

I think they must just have needed the arm (they activated Trevor Richards)

BringBackDeSpanielHair

3:44

is Domonic Smith a better hitter than Polar Bear Pete?

Ben Clemens

3:44

Yes

3:45

Worse nickname, though, by default

Biscuit Pants

3:45

How do I find Ohtani's pitching stats on his playing stats?

Ben Clemens

3:45

Just below where it says 'season stats', there are toggles for batting or pitching

It defaults to batting being in green, click on pitching and his stats should show up

3:46

It might be confirmation bias, but I feel like hitters are less patient on getaway days. Have you seen any research on this?

Ben Clemens

3:46

No but sounds like fun if you could get a good filter for getaway days

Appa Yip Yip

3:46

If you look at Vlad's swing decisions right now they are absurd. He's spitting on everything out of the zone.

Ben Clemens

3:46

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/visuals/swing-take?playerId=665489&play...

3:47

Per Savant, he's great in the chase zone, acceptable in shadow

3:48

But that chase zone swing rate is amazing

Alright, on this note

I'm gonna call it a chat

3:49

I'm super hungry, and I can smell the chicken sausage and veggies I'm cooking

too delicious to ignore

Thanks very much for hanging out with me today everyone, and I'll catch you next week

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