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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 5/11/20

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Ben Clemens

3:27

Well who's going to have a better batting line?

A pitcher hitting facing a batter?

Or a batter hitting facing a pitcher?

Michael

3:27

I would take Lindor's bat over Javi, plus a switch hitter would help for pitching matchups

Ben Clemens

3:27

Yeah. I agree with this I think. So the two frontrunners now are Lindor and Betts

3:28

I mean, should we just be taking Trout? I don't know how many grounders there'll be in this world

Derek

3:28

Can't we just have one cloned player play all other 8 positions and then let the pitcher pitch and only hit once?

Ben Clemens

3:28

This would be my preference

I hate hypotheticals that just end in 'oh Ohtani then'

Jonesy Whales

3:28

I do know Javy Báez was the Cubs emergency catcher at one point

Ben Clemens

3:28

Now THAT I would love to see

Let's make it happen

You know Javy would be up for it, he's fun like that.

Jonesy Whales

3:29

He caught for Berrios, actually https://www.espn.com/video/clip/_/id/29003145

Ben Clemens

3:29

His backhand pick is actually really nice

That's coo

3:30

cool*

Can't imagine many stars would be interested in doing that

It's not like Berrios is throwing 80 or anything either

Michael

3:30

Ohtani could play corner outfield, 1b, P then you get a middle infield/centerfield type

Ben Clemens

3:30

Yeah I'm coming around to Derek's formulation of this question

Every position except pitching

3:31

And everyone gets, let's say, the 2019 Padres pitching staff

Fine, but not great.

Danny Almonte’s fastball

3:31

Rick Ankiel. Only need 1

Ben Clemens

3:31

I think I might take Ohtani over Ankiel, though I'd love to see what would have become of Ankiel if he didn't get the yips

Derek

3:32

Maybe what Ankiel needed to calm his yips was for Ankiel to be catching him!

Ben Clemens

3:32

He'd know what was going through his head

But I don't know if that's good or bad

Michael

3:32

For this hypothetical, are we only using those 9 and you have to use them as fielder, starters and relief pitchers. Like a little league team that only 9 players showed up for?

Ben Clemens

3:32

I think we've settled on you pick one guy to play 8 positions

No backup fielders

But the pitching is handled by the 2019 Padres

3:33

Just because making someone be the pitcher does weird stuff I believe

Danny Almonte’s fastball

3:33

arrieta the 2nd half of his Cy Young season was pretty MJ-like

Ben Clemens

3:33

I don't quite remember it that way, to be honest. Even when he was going off I remember thinking 'this doesn't feel sustainable'

I mean, it *was* sustainable, I was wrong

3:34

But MJ, or 99 Pedro -- it was just happening, and we were along for the ride.

No disrespect to Arrieta, incredible season, and it just didn't quite feel that way to me.

Sam

3:34

How short would the season need to be for every team to have roughly (within 3% of the next closest team) playoff odds?

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