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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 4/26/21

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Ben Clemens

2:23

He's not a soft tosser, but he has soft tosser skills

2:24

Rogers is more of a traditional stuff-first guy

I think he's got a shot at it, but he'll need to improve his command

2:25

I like the fastball, and I love the changeup -- lefties with plus changeups are one of my favorite archetypes

Guest

2:25

is there any value in “punting” games (using all your worst relievers when you’re already down 3+). My hunch this is one of the reasons why the Brewers always seem to outperform their Pythag: their better relievers always seem available in close games.

Ben Clemens

2:25

I definitely think that there is

It's a tough thing to quantify, though worth trying to do

But teams don't usually win when they're down 3

Gregg

2:26

Interesting point on average EV; are there any other stats where the average is the wrong number to use?

Ben Clemens

2:26

Launch angle

That's the one that most springs to mind

Anything where production isn't linear and monotonic

I'm actually not sure whether the word there is monotonous, but I mean the mathematical definition of monotone

Always either increasing or decreasing

LFC Mike

2:27

Hi Ben. Is Blake Snell who he really is going to be? 5 IP maybe 6 occasionally if he doesn't nibble too much and elevate his pitch count? 5 starts and 5.1 is his longest outing and he had the debacle against Pittsburgh. He was 5 IP guy at Tampa last year... granted they do things their way plus the late start for Covid....maybe pass on last year. Weren't the Padres expecting a little more?

Ben Clemens

2:27

Mike, let me tell you about something that will go up on FG soon

I looked into which pitchers do best at holding their velocity late into games

17 pitchers this year have thrown harder late than early

Blake Snell..... is not one of those

2:28

Blake Snell is among the league leaders in LOSING fastball velocity as the game goes on

I think that it is reasonable to short-leash him given that

Aaron

2:28

Padres-Dodgers really delivered the goods. Both teams reasonable could have won every game. What was your favorite part of the series?

2:28

LAD and SD play 19 games this season. If our hearts can survive through these games so we live to see the end of the season, how many wins will each team get in the season series?

James

2:29

Padres fans call it a rivalry. Dodgers fans insist that it isn’t. Whatever you label it, if you’re a baseball fan LA-SD games are 100% must watch television holy hell. They have delivered 7 out of 7 times so far.

Ben Clemens

2:29

It's been a minute since we talked about this series, so I just want to bring it up again

It was absolutely amazing!

I've watched five of the seven games so far, and they're riveting

Both teams are so dense with fun players, too

2:30

My wife is a big baseball fan but more of a team fan than league fan, so she knows, eh, 50% of the players on each team

And she keeps asking me when they'll play agian so we can watch more

That's a good sign

2:31

It's just been a blast

Appa Yip Yip

2:31

Like they valued Bridich over Arenado, then just ... Gave them BOTH away???

Ben Clemens

2:31

To be fair they didn't give Bridich away

In that no one would take him

Kevin Cash

2:32

SEE GUYS I WAS RIGHT

Connor

2:32

There’s no way Steve Cohen and friends spent 341 million bucks on a guy who can’t hit breaking balls, right...?

Ben Clemens

2:32

That's correct, ther'es no way

75 plate appearances, people

2:33

Lindor has had worse stretches than this in, let's see

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