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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 5/15/23

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Ben Clemens

3:11

I think Pivetta will get more rope

3:12

Just b/c he's younger and the stuff doesn't look like it is declining in the same way

Matt

3:12

How long will Kershaw continue to Kershaw?

Ben Clemens

3:12

until morale improves

He's a marvel

3:14

the guys who have better ERA's than him are players from the era where baseball wwas barely real

I think he will continue to miss intermittent time with injury, and continue to be one of the best to ever do it when he pitches

Farhandrew Zaidman

3:14

Follow up to the DBacks question....Gallen has got to be on the short list for an extension, right?

Ben Clemens

3:14

If he'd take one

3:15

He's going to be a DBack until 2025, so I assume he'd take a reasonable extension

but yeah, is he the best pitcher in baseball right now? he might be

Twins Wins

3:15

Is there any sort of stat/study on team scoring standard deviation or variance? The Twins offense looks ok from a runs/game stat but often they score 0,1, or 5+ but not enough games with 3 or 4 runs. Consistency has to be better than all or nothing, otherwise wasting too many pitching gems

Ben Clemens

3:15

No but you've piqued my interest, and now I'm curious about how to research it

SH, Jr.

3:16

“Guardians should consolidate,” says everyone — but besides the SP they’d clearly never move, does any combination of that C+/B- SS/2B prospect depth actually net a move-the-needle big leaguer?

Ben Clemens

3:16

definitely not

they keep doing the opposite, you know?

and that's because teams don't want to trade a dime for two nickels

unless you're the Guardians

so they don't have any willing trade partners, they need another Guardians

Guest

3:17

middle eastern takeout from where?

Ben Clemens

3:17

a place here called Beit Rima, I suggest them

Guest

3:17

What do you expect from Sale the rest of the year? His starts so far seem very good or very poor--no middle ground.

Ben Clemens

3:17

I said recently in a chat that I thought he was just bad now, and I stand corrected

I think that you're right that his starts are going to continue to be hot and cold, but the highs are going to be very high

3:18

He seems to have his fastball back, which is realllllly impotant

bosoxforlife

3:18

Every pitcher should take a reasonable extension but not team should ever offer one over 4/80

Ben Clemens

3:18

I don't completely agree with this but I agree with the sentiment

Jason N

3:18

I read the Padres have the highest rate in MLB of watching strikes. They’ve become passive while trying to be patient. Is this easily correctable in-season?

Ben Clemens

3:18

No, I think that's a pretty hard in-season fix to be honest

I think they can preach aggression in general but some of it is just the way the team is built

Like, Soto is a great hitter who watches a lot of strikes

I don't think you're gonna get his down

3:19

Trent Grisham.... okay maybe he should swing more

Farhandrew Zaidman

3:19

Do you play OOTP? Any hot takes for orgs that you think would produce fun long term saves?

Ben Clemens