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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 4/19/22

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Ben Clemens

2:44

Best wishes on a speedy return to him

Benny and the Mets

2:44

Ray was pretty cold in his first start… he spoke about it after the game. I’m waaaay in the camp of short spring sucks for pitchers

Ben Clemens

2:45

Yeah, I have a much higher 'oh I'm skeptical' threshold this year on kind of everyone

I don't know how badly a short spring affects everyone, but I think that it has clearly affected some pitchers to start out

Morbo

2:45

Non Dodgers team most likely to win 100+ games. My money is on the Blue Jays (apparently I like to play projections on Dark Souls mode)

Ben Clemens

2:45

Chaos mode: the Giants

2:46

Actual pick mode: the White Sox

that division hasn't looked bad, but it's the most likely to collapse imo

and they have some good players

I'm not THAT high on the White Sox but I think opposition matters a lot when you're tlaking about winning 100

and the ALE is stacked

Farhandrew Zaidman

2:47

How did the fiction that the Dodgers and Braves are rivals start? I listened to the Atlanta broadcast last night and they mentioned the "rivalry" at least 5 times....I don't know any Dodger fans who consider the Braves rivals.

Ben Clemens

2:47

I think it's just the Jansen/Freeman stuff

I would not consider them real rivals at all

cylan darlson

2:48

do you think gorman should be in the bigs or is extra seasoning needed/fine?

Ben Clemens

2:48

I think it's fine

2:49

I'm high on his potential, but I don't think he's obviously the starter in the bigs right now over Edman

he's striking out more than a third of the time so far in a tiny sample

And I definitely want him playing every dya

so unless Edman is on the shelf, I'd keep Gorman in the minors for a bit

If Edman goes down, though, or Arenado, I'd definitely be comfortable bringing him up

Derek

2:49

Braves-Dodgers also have had a couple playoff series recently with some pretty dramatic games... I think it's fine (and fun) for them to be "rivals" at the moment! Not like anyone will confuse it for Yankees-Red Sox

Ben Clemens

2:50

Yeah if it's a 'rivalry' fine

It's not a real rivalry, but they've run into each other quite a bit lately

I doubt the players on either team (or either side's fans) have deep-seated hate for the other side or anything

Max H

2:50

Julio or Kelenic for this season and long term?

Ben Clemens

2:50

Julio for both

2:51

I've never quite been in on Kelenic

I mean I don't think he's BAD

but I was just the low person on the hype I think?

RTJ

2:51

Should MLB make a rule that helps runners if they leave the base for a split second (e.g., after a steal and their foot pops up for a split second) that can really only be seen via Replay? Does that violate the spirit of replay?

Ben Clemens

2:51

I'd get rid of that rule for sure

2:52

Create a safe zone above the base -- if you've already touched the base, and one of your body parts is still above it, you're still 'on the base'

It's just a silly side effect of replay that no one actually wants

Boston Yellow Sox

2:52

The Red Sox are 8-2 when they wear the City Connect yellow jerseys. Time for a rebrand?

Ben Clemens

2:52

Hot take: I don't actually hate them

I know a lot of people dislike them

I like them as a change of pace only, to be clear

2:53

The actual Red Sox jerseys are still good

namiki

2:53

Do you think the trend of replacing pitchers during ongoing no-hitters will continue, as it did with Kershaw and Darvish?
(I believe it will continue, in part because of the increased visibility of TTOP)

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