JotCast | Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 5/1/23

Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 5/1/23

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Ben Clemens

2:50

I'm gonna go Soto by a hair over Tatis Jr.

I'm honestly pretty down on Machado, his batted ball data scares me

2:51

Soto is second on the team in batting WAR so far, surprisingly

bosoxforlife

2:51

I hope you are gloating over your colleagues about Arozarena.

Ben Clemens

2:51

Oh definitely not

We all love to watch him play

Everyone loves to watch him play!

It's just like a collective win when someone that aggressive is really fun

Tom

2:52

What do you think of Bellinger's start - a complete reversal in k rate back to levels not seen since his great years, but without the elite power he's always shown? The discrepancy between his barrel rate and hard hit rate makes me wonder how sustainable the output is...how long does he keep the k rate down and keep 'hittin em where they aint' ?

Ben Clemens

2:52

I think he's going to be able to hit homers or avoid k's, one of the two

And honestly, given how he looked in LA, I kind of like him doing what he's doing right now and just riding the occasional hot streaks of batted ball luck

Below the Rim

2:52

Casas or Torkelson, who do you think is most likely to end up living up to their prospect hype?

Ben Clemens

2:52

Tork for me, but I've always been low on Casas so take that into consideration

2:53

I'm not sure that my evaluation of Casas was ex-ante right, but he certainly hasn't given me much reason to change it

Ray

2:53

Are you buying the break out from Yandy Diaz

Ben Clemens

2:53

Nah, but I'm buying that he's a good hitter

Guest

2:53

Are the As really just going to be a 35-win team for the next 3.5 years before they move to Las Vegas? I can't imagine that would be good for baseball overall.

Ben Clemens

2:53

It would be truly disastrous

2:54

I know that the league doesn't really step in in situations like this b/c its purpose is to enrich owners

but this is ugly and a bad look for baseball

Will the A's even secure the bag from Vegas? What if they don't?

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Scorcese

2:54

Is Joey Gallo back to being a legit 35 HR threat? His BB rate is up, K rate is down.

Ben Clemens

2:54

Count me in yeah

Guest

2:55

Pirates vs. Rays this week: World Series matchup, amirite?

Ben Clemens

2:55

I really hope so, that would be an awesome world series

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Tom

2:55

Yennier Cano or peak Gagne?

Ben Clemens

2:55

Too close to call

Commander Keen

2:55

What do you make of Justin Steele? His last 20 starts have been fantastic, but a Spencer Strider and survive with two pitches...

Ben Clemens

2:55

I'm generally in but haven't done a deep dive

there are so many dang baseball players

bosoxforlife

2:55

Brandon Crawford and Placido Polanco are my two most underappreciated players of my fandom.

Ben Clemens

2:56

I LOVED Polanco when he was on the Cardinals, and I assume Phillies fans did as well

I didn't know anything at all about how to value baseball players then

I was just a fan

But he was always such a glue guy, I thought he was amazing, never understood why people didn't give him more credit

Maybe they did, but living in Tennessee as a Cards fan you are only exposed to so much

ForstBeanes

2:57

Fisher walked away from Oakland over $88M in offsite infrastructure financing.

He wants Vegas to give him money because he has no liquidity without selling.

Ben Clemens

2:57

That sounds correct to me

Pat

2:57

Tigers fans loved Placido Polanco most of all!

Ben Clemens

2:57

Good call

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