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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 4/22/24

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Jason N

2:24

You’re hearing it here first: Jackson Merrill > Yamamoto and anyone else named Jackson for RoY.

Ben Clemens

2:24

Gimme Jared Jones

Bob

2:24

Judge has looked atrocious this year. It's early and SSS, but are you worried. He's a big guy and the decline could be fast like it was for Stanton.

Ben Clemens

2:24

I mean, definitely not worried

2:25

When you look so atrocious that Yankees fans are calling you atrocious and yet you're an above average hitter by wRC+ while underperforming your batted ball quality, I say give it a few months

Karth

2:25

Whomps. Per. Whiff. Between that and SEAGER, we are living in a golden age of new fun stats. Thank you!

Ben Clemens

2:25

I mean, I'm not gonna argue with that, SEAGER is obviously a lot fancier and has more bells and whistles

mine is just dividing two numbers

Nate

2:25

are you worried about Ragans after his clunker on Saturday

Ben Clemens

2:25

nope!

Colton

2:26

Do you know if/when we're going to get any public bat speed data on Savant?

Ben Clemens

2:26

I believe they said sometime this year

I'm very excited

Baltimoron

2:26

The Marlins projection went up after their start?

Ben Clemens

2:27

Huh? No, not at all

we had them at 80.7 wins projected preseason, 72.7 now

BEEBDS

2:27

Oli doesn't have long for STL, does he?

Ben Clemens

2:27

Either they're gonna get hot, or they're gonna fire him I think

2:28

It's so ugly there

Adam

2:28

Lets say the Twins continue to really underperform .. With Jhoan Duran set to come back this week, is he a under the radar trade candidate ?? Would love the O's to get a guy like that who is controllable. Mayo for Duran ?

Ben Clemens

2:28

I think the Twins would jump all over themselves to make that deal

I don't think it'd necessarily be an awful deal for the O's, they have the whole issue of too many players for the major league roster

2:29

but that's a great prospect to get for a reliever

even a really good reliever

Greg

2:29

Am I nuts for thinking that the Padres should just give Eguy Rosario some run at 3B and stop trying to recycle Tyler Wade and/or force Graham Pauley too soon?

Ben Clemens

2:29

I'm with you

Eguy has been one of my guys for a while

I think he was on one of my fringe five knockoff 'hitters I like' lists

Elly Go Boom

2:29

Odds that Elly De La Crus is just on a hot streak? or is this sustainable, demonstrated growth in his plate approach

Ben Clemens

2:30

No I've been told that it's bad to like Elly

Every time I write about him doing something fun the scold police show up