JotCast | Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 4/5/21

Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 4/5/21

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Ben Clemens

2:55

Every pitch for Ohtani yday? Put Ohtani down under pitcher, 2021 down under season, and have it group by player name and game date (this will matter more when he's made multiple starts)

You can get granular, too: here's every fastball he threw in the strike zone:

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/statcast_search?hfPT=FF%7CFT%7CFC%7CSI%...

Estevão

2:56

you could follow baseball for another lifetime and never see some of the stuff that went down in the LAD X COL opening series

Ben Clemens

2:56

That was a nuts series

The Bellinger homer/single/whatever thing is the strangest, but it was full of nonsense

johndarc

2:56

So the reputation I gather for the Yankees is that they are considered very good at developing pitching (as per Kevin Goldstein, who might know a thing or two about how the Yankees are perceived by other teams), but if you ask any Yankee fan, the team has a reputation for not being able to develop starting pitching over the years. Why is there such a disconnect between what other teams think and what the fans think? Like, the Dodgers don't seem to have this disconnect.

Ben Clemens

2:56

I really don't know the answer to this

2:57

I thikn some of it is that the Yankees don't have Clayton Kershaw and Walker Buehler on their team?

Dee Arby

2:57

Any idea why ROY Devin Williams hasn’t pitched at all yet?

Ben Clemens

2:57

I think it's game situation, honestly

2:58

Thursday, the Brewers didn't want to use him b/c they were down

And then they scored 3 in the bottom of the 9th and brought Hader in

2:59

Saturday they were down 2 runs when he would have come in, but maybe then yeah

and then Sundey they lost by a trillion

3:00

I don't think they're going to start using him in the 5th or 6th, and the games just haven't been conducive to it otherwise

Derek

3:01

Robbie Grossman had 8 walks in his first 3 games, which is wild for someone who is Robbie Grossman.

Ben Clemens

3:01

I mean, he's good at drawing walks, but yeah

That's a lot of walks

13 PA, 8 walks lol

johndarc

3:01

Right, but I guess that sort of leads to the other part of the question: why don't the Yankees have a Kershaw or Buehler type in their system? They seem to have a rep for developing ace relievers and mid/low level starters, but they never have "that guy". Maybe it's a recent change and they will soon? I know people are high on Luis Medina if he ever figures out where the plate is.

Ben Clemens

3:02

Well they have Sevy

I dunno what to say about that other than try to not get injured so much?

I think there's a lot of luck involved in drafting Kershaw, you know?

3:03

And no one doubted Buehler's stuff, they were worried about the fact that he had TJ and no one knew how he'd return

It's hard to hit on very top end starters

Look Dude

3:03

I happened to notice recently that Albert Pujols' career batting average has dropped below .300

Ben Clemens

3:03

Phenomenally sad imo

Poeple who started following baseball after 2010 are going to have the complete wrong impression of Pujols

Estevão

3:04

Tell me something. Was the Gallen trade made because Miami though it was getting more in return or simply a swap of assets with simiilar value but different age. The first option I understand the second one I really don't

Ben Clemens

3:04

I've thought about this trade a lot, and here's my general take on it

The Marlins thought that Gallen had a little more helium than was justified

Understandable: he was considered a good-not-great prospect with STL, and he really tapped into something in Miami. Like, he always was considered interesting, but not a top 100 guy

3:05

They wanted prospects of the Chisholm type; tooled-up with speed

The different age thing helps, b/c Gallen was ML ready and the Fish weren't, but I think they mainly thought they were upgrading

3:06

If you trade for a prospect as the second guy in a deal (Alcantara being the first) and can upgrade him to a guy roughly equivalent to the first guy, shoot your shot

I was lower on Chisholm than them, but I hope I'm wrong, he's very fun when he's good

Estevão

3:07

that I understand. It didn't turn out so well but the thought process remains valid

Ben Clemens

3:07

That's my guess, though I haven't talked to anyone from the team to confirm it and I doubt they'd tell me either way

Shohei Hey Whadda Ya Say?

3:08

Thoughts on David Dahl/TEX outfielders in dynasty atm?

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