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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 4/3/23

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X Gonna Give it you

2:45

Just to add. Jarlin Susana was also a big part of Washington - Soto trade. It was a huge haul. Two former top 10 prospects plus a now top 10 and two more now top 100 (Susana and Hassel). As a Padres fan, I cant see how the Padres didnt overpay. Itll all be worth it if we can win WS in next two years.

Ben Clemens

2:45

See, there were so many prospects that I left out a super legit one

Oaktown Blues

2:45

Tyler Soderstrom's EVs at Reno yesterday: 96, 99, 104, 105, 114. Think the A's will try to keep him at AAA for a full year or will that not be possible to justify?

Ben Clemens

2:46

They will not be able to do it. They might move him to first base, and they might push him to July to do some Wander Franco esque don't even hit the super 2 shenanigans, but there's no way they can keep him down the whoooooole time

Joe

2:46

The Orioles defense was little league level in Boston despite being pretty good last year. How long before that kind of struggle becomes an actual thing to monitor?

Ben Clemens

2:46

I'll probably give it a month

2:47

Ask and ye shall be rewarded, by the way. Appelman says xStats will be back momentarily

2:48

What a guy

shortstop

2:48

Different broadcasts are incorporating the pitch clock in the score bug differently. What's your preferred way? I like it better when it's not showed until the clock hits 10. I really don't like how Bally puts it on top of the baserunner graphic.

Ben Clemens

2:48

I'm a fan of the ones that don't kick in until 10 seconds left, agreed

I haven't settled on my favorite one yet, I"m going to let them all breathe for a bit and see what sticks with me

Not Mike

2:49

Giancarlo Stanton's HR ball from yesterday was spotted this morning cruising at 35,000 feet westbound over the Pacific Ocean.

Ben Clemens

2:49

Goodness GRACIOUS he hit that hard

bosoxforlife

2:51

Please define the difference between a splitter and a ghost fork ball?

Ben Clemens

2:52

So, a ghost fork ball is one where the pitcher has an amazing glove with a picture of a ghost holding a fork

2:53

More specifically, they were talking about it a lot on the Mets broadcast this weekend actually. I think the grip is just exaggerated slightly from your standard split change, which results in the sharp downward motion he gets on it

Mostly it's just a)slight variation on splitter b)pitch names are sweeter in Japan

Well-Beered Englishman

2:53

The only problem with the new pace is now if I get distracted for a second I might actually miss something cool. Baseball was getting so slow I was reading a book between pitches last year. It's definitely been an adjustment to watching more actively.

Ben Clemens

2:54

This has completely been the case for me. I've had a bad habit of checking my phone between pitches, and it's not completely cured, which means I'm missing more action than I should

Weekend Hack

2:54

RE: JP Crawford and your note in positional power rankings that you don't get the M's fans interest in one of the big SS.. not being interested in Trea Turner because Crawford seems silly

Ben Clemens

2:55

Nothing wrong with being interested, but I think the M's did their shopping in-season by extending Castillo. Like, obviously, things would have been better if they got TUrner, I just don't think it's the end of the world to leave Crawford there. Starting pitching depth was more pressing in my opinion

Guest

2:55

You think Brendan Donovan's power surge is legit (like 15-20 homers, nothing insane)?
4 barrels this year (had 11 all of last year)
New career best Max EV by 2 mph

Brendan Donovan

2:55

Brendan. Donovan.

Ben Clemens

2:55

I think 10-15, though maybe that's just my inherent conservatism

Tom

2:55

I know we won the WS and I'm forever grateful, but from the outside it seems that the Nats scouting and player development is well behind the rest of the league. It feels like the shine has worn off Rizzo. Even the return for Soto feels questionable (not to mention the return for Scherzer / Turner). Thoughts?

Ben Clemens

2:56

I have this discussion fairly often, because I went to college in Virginia and so have a TON of friends who are Nats fans. I think that their development has consistently been behind the curve for a little bit, but I'm not convinced on the scouting side. They've done pretty well in trades overall, and it's definitely too soon to say on the Soto return

2:57

But I didn't feel like they got fleeced, I thought they did a good job commanding a premium for how good Soto is. I put him in my top 10 trade value list and got a LOT of pushback from the bean counters of the world who said BUT THE SURPLUS VALUE

And then they got a return commensurate with his spot on that list

2023 Stats

2:57

How long does it take for Fangraphs to display 2023 stats? They still aren't on any player pages. Is this punishment all a lesson about not buying into small samples???

Ben Clemens

2:57

I think that was just a little hiccup, they appear to be back for me

Andrew

2:57

Thoughts on Jack Flaherty? He seems to lack the out pitch to get strike 3 anymore

Ben Clemens

2:57

Yeah I am WORRIED

2:58

Small sample size, don't overreact, so on so forth, but his slider was not getting chases, and that's kinda his only move

It's 3mph slower, not great bob

bosoxforlife

2:58

There have been a couple of times that I have been stunned, amazed, shocked at how quickly the games were moving along and, I LOVED IT!

Ben Clemens

2:59

Concur

Tstats

2:59

MiggyV => Barry Bonds? Volpe more steals than Ricky? What is your favorite overreaction from the weekend?

Ben Clemens

2:59

Ooh. Brendan Donovan power hitter is a good one, but as a card-carrying member of the Miguel Vargas fan club, I'm with you

He's really fun

He's so confident at the plate. I don't think that's predicdtive or anything, but it's fun as hell to watch

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