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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 4/13/20

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Ben Clemens

3:15

Dan's projected standings thing had them actually gaining a little from the new divisions:

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/projecting-the-cactus-grapefruit-league-st...

And heck, having a DH probably helps them.

Hide one of Castellanos or Winker there, for example.

So yes

I'd say yes.

I think the Reds are just good overall though.

Misspeleed

3:15

Albuquerque

Ben Clemens

3:16

Ooh, strong contender!

I write it much less often than I write cincy, which is a limiting factor, but dang look at all them vowels.

Mountie Votto

3:17

Definitely hide Castellanos at DH. Winker is passable in LF, it's just that they tried to put him in CF for some reason and that was an abject disaster

Ben Clemens

3:17

I kiiiiind of buy Mike Petriello's take that Castellanos isn't as disastrous as we think in the field, and that a lot of his issue was a learning curve.

https://www.mlb.com/news/nicholas-castellanos-improving-outfield

3:19

If that's the case, then you can kinda slot either in there. But either way, they built their team with more bats than can play, so an extra hitting position would be great. I already liked their construction because it was so redundant, but this would be a good way to get more talent on the field.

Misspeleed

3:20

The PHI/CHC 23-22 game also has Dave Kingman's HR. Quite probable the longest in MLB history. Gotta know Wrigly, but OMG, three houses NORTH OF Waveland!

Ben Clemens

3:20

Jeez it seems like this game had everything.

blue

3:20

Rank: K. Wong, K. Newman, S. Castro

Ben Clemens

3:20

Is this for fantasy, or real life?

blue

3:20

fantasy

Ben Clemens

3:21

In fantasy I think they're all really close.

You can use our handy auction calculator if you just want a rough cut of things:

3:22

https://www.fangraphs.com/auctiontool.aspx?type=2B&proj=steamer&pos=2,...

It has Newman>Wong>Castro but all in a very close tier to where it doesn't matter much.

That said, I think I'd lean towards Castro, because he's been going much later in drafts and you're not giving much up there.

3:23

Think he gets enough playing time to make it worth it, and that Nats lineup should score some runs.

But it's not soooooo good that he's batting 8th or anything.

in fact:

RotoWire News: Manager Dave Martinez indicated Wednesday that Castro is the most likely candidate to open the season as the Nationals' No. 3 hitter, Jesse Dougherty of The Washington Post reports. (3/11/2020)

like, nice!

Sammi from a Brooklyn Park Bench

3:24

Was having a discussion with my brother about steroids in baseball last night when he reminded me of a news clip in where Brett Boones says to the camera that he thinks steroids are OK if done responsibly. I vividly remember that interview and was like, wtf? I haven't been able to locate it on the interwebs. Any suggestions?

Ben Clemens

3:24

Hm, I don't remember this

3:25

Yeah, I dunno how you'd go about finding it.

Sorry!

2-D

3:25

For the Matt Holliday slide;

Ben Clemens

3:25

Lol

Worth a watch

Jeff

3:26

Re the Florida/Arizona plan how bout just go with no divisions have the top seven teams in both Florida and Arizona while playing teams in close proximity?

Ben Clemens

3:26

Hm, not sure I quite understand this, but yeah, I think it's totally defensible to go away from divisions

BASEBALL SZN

3:27

A constant in Dan's chats are updates about his seemingly ever-growing number of cats. Are there any pets in the Clemens household?

Ben Clemens

3:27

Oh my, there is one pet.

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