JotCast | Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 5/15/23

Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 5/15/23

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Ben Clemens

2:18

Ooh, two good Tigers questions

2:19

I'm a pretty big fan of Trent Grisham's absurd mustache

as for trading E Rod, he's an awkward trade piece because he's partially a rental, unless he gets hurt, then he's on your cap forever

(he has an opt out after this year)

2:20

that makes it an especially tough in-season trade; deals where opt outs get voided or pre-exercised or whatnot tend to happen in the offseason when there's more time for all of that

2:21

With that said, I think the best fit is probably the Cardinals, but also the win-now teams with thin rotations, like the Mets and Padres. It's hard for me to imagine them getting a huge haul for him, but if you're St. Louis, would you trade Ivan Herrera for him? Probably, and maybe some throw ins too

2:22

I'm not really sure what the Padres have left to trade, or I'd come up with an example for them too

Shaq_drizzle

2:22

Hot take: Taylor Walls is the 2nd best SS in baseball behind Wander Franco.

Ben Clemens

2:22

Walls is a pretty amazing story this year

where did all this power come from!!!

now to be fair, he has unbelievably bad raw batted ball data for someone with a .300 ISO

2:23

But it's a great reminder not to overreact to either cold or hot streaks

Walls had a 70 wRC+ through two seasons in the majors and then put up 110 PA of a 167

I think he's probably a roughly average hitter, probably below because he does not have good sustainable pop, but a plus defender

2:24

I guess that puts him solidly in the top 20 shortstops in baseball, sorry to not have a spicier reaction

Appa Yip Yip

2:24

After watching both the Jays and Braves try their damnedest to lose last night, what's your favourite "neither team deserves to win" game you've seen recently?

Ben Clemens

2:25

It's this game

I am saving one thing from this game for a five things i liked article

but even excluding that, the play where matt olson dropped a pop up, but then threw out bo bichette (who hit the pop up) b/c he lazed out of the box and then inexplicably tried to stretch it to a double

Just, incredible!

Ben Clemens GPT

2:26

Can you think of another recent example of a player like Abreu, with a decade long track record of well above average performance, falling off a cliff without an injury related performance decline? Is there hope for a rebound?

Ben Clemens

2:26

Boy, I was wrong on this one, because I looked into Abreu's 2022 in the offseason and didn't see a lot of red flags

i think there's hope for a rebound because he's gone through power-light periods before and generally just hits enough line drives to make it work, but I have low confidence. If I'm the Astros, I'm looking at contingency plans

Guy Who Asks The Multiple Choice Question

2:26

On which island did the Cubs have their Spring Training from 1922 - 1951?

a) Maui
b) Catalina Island
c) Oahu
d) Bermuda

Ben Clemens

2:27

I'm gonna say Catalina, because they seem like a wine mixer kinda team

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Jimmy

2:27

Any thoughts on the Rays looking to move Luis Patiño to the pen? We’ve had so much trouble there this year, as well as getting him to stick as a starter, that it feels like it ought to be an obvious solution right?

Ben Clemens

2:27

I would have moved Patino to the pen a while ago

I understand the upside play in letting him keep trying, but it just doesn't look like it's gonna happen

Izzy

2:27

Follow up to Greene... just saw a stat about Yelich and those big Milwaukee years being a product of the happy fun ball with a mix of Miller Park... Is non great Yelich a good comp for Greene?

Ben Clemens

2:27

Yeah, I can buy that

2:28

Green has more natural pop, I think, but less plate discipline

Sharps

2:28

Can you recommend more plays that can be used as gifs like the nut shot/tag out?

Ben Clemens

2:28

I'm here to help

If I think of any, I'll let you know. That one was brutal

marginal utility player

2:28

Chris Stratton has a 2.80 ERA and 2.52 FIP since the Cardinals acquired him, yet the team refuses to use him in high leverage roles. What gives?

Ben Clemens

2:28

I think this comes down to the fact that they have a lot of relievers they like

For all the Cards' starting rotation woes, they have some good bullpen arms

I agree, though, Stratton seems excellent

bosoxforlife

2:29

Ben, I am confused, please help me. The Mariners recently called up a prospect named Bryce Miller who was getting lit up every time out in the minors, so what does he do, just throws 3 almost unbelievable games in the majors. I have been watching baseball for 75+ years and it always throws me another curve.

Ben Clemens

2:29

Bryce Miller fascinates me

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