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

Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 5/15/23

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not good bob

2:55

Any reason to believe in the Giants back-end starters? Stripling and Manaea have been just... not great

Ben Clemens

2:55

Manaea looks awful

He's pitched in three games I've been to this year and I just do NOT see it

Hugh Duffy

2:56

Which of these mid teams is the most fraudulent right now: Marlins, Cubs, Padres, Blue Jays, Tigers, or Angels?

Ben Clemens

2:56

Hmmm... I'd say the Marlins

I'm not against any of these teams really

but the marlins are inept on offense with Luis Arraez playing at his absolute peak

he's not gonna get BETTER from here, you know?

A Boy Named Yu

2:57

What's wrong with Seiya? Had high hopes for him this year. Lingering effects from injury? Lack of proper spring training?

Ben Clemens

2:57

I wish I knew. I am perpetually in on Seiya and he's been perpetually meh

Jake

2:57

Similar to Jrod, what’s happening with Jose Ramirez? Took him #1 over Judge, concerns?

Ben Clemens

2:57

Nah, not worried

I think he's been a little unlucky with his contac quality but as far as I can tell the skill is still there

2:58

I dunno if he's ever gonna match his 2020 stat line but I feel like he'll be 30% above average as a hitter at least

with his typical very good defense

nice player

the guy who asks the lunch question

2:58

What's wrong with Seiya's 110 wrc+?

Ben Clemens

2:58

we just want more!

CAL

2:58

Ben - I am planning multiple bachelor parties this summer (short road trips to smaller outdoorsy towns with breweries and such). Both grooms are noted non-planners and non-committal (save for the commitment of a marriage), but this can cause issues with planning a weekend with 5-10 people that involves doing things. Any advice?

Ben Clemens

2:58

Oh boy, this sounds hard

2:59

It sure does create issues, and I think I might fall into the same camp, I hate committing to things in my personal life because it just adds to responsibilities that I already hvae

I would say that my biggest advice is to bear the pain and counter their lack of commitment by over-planning

so research more activities than you think you'll need, find 3 restaurants instead of 2, that kind of thing

Love Is A Battenfield

3:00

In a 12T H2H 5x5, who is the more valuable fantasy asset ROS, Mateo or Matt McLain?

Ben Clemens

3:00

Another great name!

Hmmm.... I think I'd take Mateo just b/c I feel better about him getting full-time PT

playing time is just really important

jm

3:00

Is 3-2 considered a hitter's count simply because of the walk rate? From what I understand, hitters treat it like any other 2-strike counts, i.e., the swings are quite defensive.

Ben Clemens

3:00

basically because of the walk rate, yeah

3:01

so if you look at hitter production by oucnt

count*

Which you can do with our splits tool, go fangraphs

3:02

wOBA after a 3-2 count is .371, which is much higher than overall league wOBA

YOu are right, ISO is down, reflective of defensive swings

but walks are just up 20 percentage points, that makes up for a lot of problems

A Boy Named Yu

3:03

To the guy planning the bachelor parties, just start setting plans for the majority, and if others can make it, great. If not, oh well. With that many people, the chances of pleasing everyone or making the schedules work are limited.

Ben Clemens

3:03

Good point

Guest

3:03

if you do an update to the apple tv stats article PLEASE ask Meg and Ben to get that company's CEO back on the podcast again. I appreciate her willingness to be open and state her case, but that was a hilarious episode of EW

Ben Clemens

3:03

I think that they would liek that too, but I think that she's probably not coming back

that was really a surreal interview

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