JotCast | Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 5/10/21

Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 5/10/21

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Ben Clemens

3:35

feyereisen for me, i'm not sold

nick

3:35

Would you drop Josh Bell or hold out a little longer? Other options to replace him include Grichuk, C. Taylor, Mullins, Ad. Garcia and Calhoun

Ben Clemens

3:35

Ugh, I think it's time to move on

3:36

Hate saying it, I'm in Josh Bell's book club for this month and his book pick was awesome -- the mental game of baseball

But look, it's early but his stats are realllllly bad

Jack

3:36

How worried are you about Greinke going forward? Hard to start him against most teams these day.

Ben Clemens

3:37

Not that worried

He's definitely had three bad games in a row, I won't dispute that. He had two fiarly good games before that, and decent starters have big ups and downs naturally

His velo is steady

I don't think he's awesome or anything, but I'm not even a little ready to say he's cooked

Bang bang

3:38

Has Yuli Gurriel somehow learned to take a walk at age 37 or is this just a weird month of plate discipline?

Ben Clemens

3:39

Mostly weird month, but it's a very promising sign that he's swinging less at pitches across the board

3:40

For a guy like him with an aggressive approach, I think swinging a little bit less is usually very positive. I don' think he'll keep his sudden improvement in recognition, but I buy that he might swing a bit less

Appa Yip Yip

3:41

Speaking of Grichuk, he's had hot months before but this time around he's cut his k% down below 20 and has upped his contact rate, and it seems like he's sacrificing power for contact under the assumption that he's strong enough that xbh will come if he gets the bat on the ball. Cautiously optimistic?

Ben Clemens

3:41

I'm a total sucker for Randal

You can't take my views on him without a major grain of salt

3:42

That said, yeah, I generally like it. A lot of the gains came last year, imo, and he was even improving a bit in 2019

but if he's a 10% swinging strike guy instead of a 15% swinging strike guy, the whole package is a lot more interesting, and he was already a fine fourth outfielder even with the contact hole

3:43

I dunno, maybe that's a curse, but I am willing to believe his contact rate has improved since his StL days, and if that's the case there's enough in the bat for sure

Alright, on that note, I'm going to call it a chat.

3:44

Have a great day, everyone, and pray for Jacob deGrom's health if you're a praying type, b/c pleeeease

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