JotCast | Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 4/15/24

Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 4/15/24

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Max Meyer

2:45

2.12 ERA in three starts and now I'm in AAA. Injury fill in to start the season or not, what the heck, Miami front office?

Ben Clemens

2:45

Yeah it's ugly

hey

2:45

Would you rather stick with a boring guy like Sean Manaea or give someone like Edward Cabrera a chance in fantasy?

Ben Clemens

2:45

I'd just run with Manaea

I think he's less boring than you make him out to be

he's acdtually been striking dudes out for a while now

Okra

2:45

Is Chourio up too soon? Looks a little over matched at the plate. Or is it better to let him develop at the MLB level?

Ben Clemens

2:45

mmmmm

I agree with you

2:46

I think that given the contract, it'd be kinda tricky to send him back down, which is the risk you take when you sign a deal like that

he definitely looks like he's having trouble picking up spin at the major league level

Jordan lyles

2:47

i feel violated. Are Chad innings eaters just not respected at FG?

laughing

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Ben Clemens

2:47

buddy, we have the foremost Lance Lynn fan on the planet writing for us

trophy

1

and I get all excited about Tyler Anderson every year

Tommy

2:47

What are your thoughts on Blake Perkins and his start? Does the hot start change how you view him?

Ben Clemens

2:50

I don't think so, I haven't dug in particularly deep but I am looking now

and yeah, nothing's really changed I don't think

Chip

2:50

Does Michael know you are comparing Lance Lynn to Jordan Lyles?

Ben Clemens

2:50

Haha I think he has a bat signal that goes up whenever Lynn gets mentioned

2:51

but I get a pass because I too love Lance Lynn

Junk Wax

2:51

Are you a baseball card collector? If so, what are some of your best cards?

Ben Clemens

2:51

I'm not. I have just one card that I cherish

Ozzie Smith signed card that I got from a card show in town when I was a kid

GA Blood

2:53

3 starts in, are you still feeling irrationally optimistic about Jared Jones?

Ben Clemens

2:53

I think at this point it might just be rational

2:54

I like watching the away broadcasts of his games

the announcers are just like, what the hell is going on here

Tacoby Bellsbury

2:54

How much predictive value is there in rehab starts/semi-rehab starts? Jordan Montgomery got rocked in Tacoma over the weekend.

Ben Clemens

2:54

basically none

like sometimes they are helpful

and sometimes the pitcher was working on something specific

and it's really hard to know from teh outside

Sharp

2:54

Responding to the person about Skenes, there’s a reason Strider didn’t even spend a full season in the minors. Use those bullets in the big leagues.

Ben Clemens

2:54

AGain, I agree!

Guest

2:54

If you could watch only a single sport for the rest of your life, and it couldn't be baseball, what would you choose?

Ben Clemens

2:54

tennis

2:55

I love tennis

football and basketball are at least somewhat in the running but there's just something about watching two really good tennis players square off

the psychological aspect of the sport is also great. I think it gets at what I like about batter/pitcher duels too

TomBruno23

2:55

Wife and I took our daughters to the Cards HOF on Election Day (school district is always off) and Ozzie was there taping Cardinal Insider. We were the only patrons in the museum and after he taped he came over shot the s a bit (we did the Go Crazy call together) and took pics with the kids. Run into him from time to time around town and it never gets old, "Oh yeah there is the greatest defensive SS of all time no big deal..."

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