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

Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 5/1/23

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Ben Clemens

2:58

I associate him with the Cards b/c I"m a cards fan, and then the Phillies b/c he was in the Rolen trade, but he was a Tiger longest of all

and he was good at all three spots, what a legend

Prince Valium

2:58

Is the batted ball data regarding Machado really that concerning to where you think he's not just having a slow start with the introduction of the pitch clock?

Ben Clemens

2:58

Well it was already down last year

2:59

I'm not paying too much attention to the counting or rate stats at this point in the season but he's just putting up a longer track record now of not impacting the ball like he did at his peak

Don't think he's bad or anything, but I think that he's probably not the same hitter that he was at his peak

Chip

2:59

If you're Vegas doesn't Fisher's management of the team give you pause? Who's to say he's not going to just drop into town and put a terrible product on the field there too?

Ben Clemens

2:59

I am clearly the wrong audience for this, because I'd already be suspicious of ANY team looking to move to my city

but yeah, absolutely

3:00

the A's are such a joke of a franchise, and it's gotten so ugly and memed, that I'm sure there are decision makers in Vegas that are worried

trophy

2

I think they'll get more of a pass than they deserve because Oakland also lost the Raiders and Warriors in recent years

But c'mon, a baseball team not being able to hack it in the Bay Area, and a baseball team that repeatedly did hack it in the Bay Area until current management took over?

Izzy

3:01

It's now May... any worries about the two young CFs in Detroit and Miami? Chisholm seems like he's going to be a platoon player... his overall line is bad, but his righty splits are good. Will Greene ever be useful?

Ben Clemens

3:02

I'm optimistic about Jazz tbh. He's figured out the outfield more quickly than I expected, and stayed above watter with his bat while doing so. His overall line is ugly, and those strikeouts are definitely a worry, but I thought this had a chance of just being an absolute disaster

3:03

As for Greene, yeah, I'm now pretty worried. He can't get the ball off the ground at all, and you can't make it work with his stirkeout and walk rates if that's the case

Coliseum BART station

3:03

Oakland lost the Warriors and Raiders in part because of issues at the Coliseum (the basketball arena was on the same site) You can't separate the 3 decisions completely.

Ben Clemens

3:03

That's what I'm saying, I think that will give the A's some cover from other cities when the city says 'uh why did you fail in Oakland?'

if you can say 'the Warriors, the freaking warriors, failed across the street from us'

that's a pretty decent argument

3:04

Even if it misses a lot of the point and the Warriors moved 15 miles away instead of across state lines

Guest

3:04

So Rockies position players are at -1.9 fWAR already this season; will they set a record for most negative fWAR every by a team?

Ben Clemens

3:05

Sadly I don't think they will. I say sadly b/c that'd be funny. But man, what a bummer

ForstBeanes

3:05

Dubs moved because Lacob wanted that sweetsweet techbro money. New digs are noticeably quieter.

trophy

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Pat

3:05

But, the Warriors didn't "fail" did they? They were successful & just moved across the Bay, into a Taj Mahal arena. That's different than what the A's have done.

Ben Clemens

3:05

Oh I'm in agreement on both of these

3:06

I'm just saying what Fisher's pitch will be

Also I've never been to the new Warriors arena but it feels extremely dry and corporate from the outside

that tech bro juice is no joke, though

laughing

1

I did hear someone talking about their Series C funding as they walked past me on the street

Yo-Yo

3:07

What's your least favorite chore? I hate packing my laundry up and taking it to a laudry mat to wash.

Ben Clemens

3:07

It varies for me, but probably folding clothes

Kermit

3:07

Are you as confused as I am about the Rays sending Taj back to AAA?

crying

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Ben Clemens

3:07

Yeah, not sure I get it

although he got shelled by Memphis, lol

Guest

3:08

These teams will first make the playoffs in the following order: Orioles, Reds, Pirates, Tigers, As (after moving to Vegas), Rockies. How close to correct do you think that list is?

Ben Clemens

3:08

Ooh, fun one

3:09

I'm gonna go O's, Pirates, Tigers, A's, Reds, Rockies

trophy

1

I really just do not believe in what the Reds are doing

and I dunno, maybe that's just me being optimistic about the A's getting sold, but I went to a home A's playoff game in 2020

They've proven us wrong before

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