JotCast | Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 4/24/23

Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 4/24/23

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Didace

2:47

Pace of Game - Saturday my wife said, "That game seemed to take a long time". Game time was 3:09. Life is good.

Ben Clemens

2:47

Totally agree

2:48

I really like it. I'm going to a game tomorrow with three friends who are not really baseball fans

I think they're going to be blown away

Morbo

2:48

I don't think I've ever seen an Oriole in the wild

trophy

2

Blue Jays are super striking. Really all 3 are beautiful birds

Ben Clemens

2:48

Alright, let's do a poll. There are a lot of good opinions in the chat

Which bird is most impressive to see in the wild?

Oriole (50.5% | 55 votes)

Blue Jay (28.4% | 31 votes)

Cardinal (21.1% | 23 votes)

Total Votes: 109

Sparkle Motion

2:48

Why do the Rockies hate their own prospects so much? Montero only gets 50 ABs before being sent down, Nolan Jones gets the Quad A shuttle treatment despite a 1.228 OPS in the minors. Granted these guys aren't Top 10 can't miss prospects but the Rockies aren't exactly trying to compete either.

Ben Clemens

2:49

Hey, they're letting Tovar go

In general, as Dan Szymborski points out over and over, the only thing you can be sure of with the Rockies is that they'll make confusing decisions

party

2

ben

2:50

Hi ben! would you flip eovalid for kyle bradish in fantasy? Eovaldi would be much more expensive next year salary wise

Ben Clemens

2:50

I would, seems like it's enough extra future value

Appa Yip Yip

2:50

Re: Pearson, how do you feel about getting a leverage reliever from a 1st round pick? Underwhelming, or regular whelming?

Ben Clemens

2:50

Whelming, I think

Jorge McIlroy

2:50

Will Castillo be an AL Cy Young contender

yawn

1

tongue

1

Ben Clemens

2:50

I... what? Yes? Am I missing something here?

Board Game Content

2:51

I was able to play some Secret Hitler and Dune Imperium this weekend, both games are a good time. Have you played anything fun recently?

love

1

Ben Clemens

2:51

Oh, I have a great one for you. I had some free time yesterday afternoon and went over to my friend's place to play a two-player game.

2:52

He actually made this game: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/193103/ameritocracy

It was super fun, and I managed to assemble a combo deck where I parlayed a bunch of $1000-a-plate fundraising dinners into buying some favorable campaign headlinse and winning

Loving it

ben

2:52

what are your thoughts on kyle muller? he looks iffy and his stuff numbers don't seem to have much ceiling at all

Ben Clemens

2:53

I haven't done a ton of digging into Muller, but I watched him yesterday because I wanted to watch dG and did not come away impressed

Young pitchders are always hard to handicap because they could be a few adjustments away from the big time at any point, but yeah, not buying it just yet

Dan

2:53

Will the A's moving change the profitable and/or attendance of Angles Dodger or Giants?

Ben Clemens

2:53

Gonna be good for the Giants

Inaccessible Rail

2:53

What really would make sense is for New York to get a third team, but I imagine the Mets and Yankees would never allow that to happen.

Ben Clemens

2:54

Yeah, agreed on both counts

Las Vegas AAAA's

2:54

Can someone sue Oakland's ownership for its blatant unabashed negligence at running this team? They clearly turned the team into crap intentionally to blackmail the city into forking over money for Howard Terminal. Owners are absolute scum

Ben Clemens

2:55

I mean, who? won't happen.

ben

2:55

thoughts on moving a. kirk at catcher since he's not getting the most playing time. Or should i just hold since most catchers have tough consistent playing time.

Ben Clemens

2:55

I'm holding, but yeah, catcher playing time is just a pain

Tx

2:55

thoughts on the rangers? who needs to go from hot start to consistent really good player to continue this winning?

Ben Clemens

2:55

Let's say Jonah Heim

2:56

really any few of their bats panning out would do it, but he seems like an obvious choic

Jack Flaherty

2:56

Does yesterday start change your opinion!

Ben Clemens

2:56

I need more

Trade deadline

2:56

Not a lot of expiring all-stars on clear deadline sellers. Will this be a sellers market?

Ben Clemens

2:56

I think so? I haven't done a huge deep dive into it but given how barren the free agency market is gonna be, the same will likely be true for trade deadline rentals

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