JotCast | Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 5/17/21

Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 5/17/21

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Clem Benens

2:47

a snake also does SSS

laughing

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Ben Clemens

2:47

Hard to argue with such an eloquently phrased argument

Jed Gyorko

2:48

As I prepare to manage in the MLB Draft League, am I looking at the Pujols signing and thinking damn, had I been patient I could have been the right handed 1B bench guy they signed..... or not? I hit 9 HR and had a 119 wRC+ in 43 games last year.

Ben Clemens

2:48

I'm a Jedd fan, and the Dodgers have recently acquired him!

(2019, so your mileage may very on recently)

I have to think that he wasn't interested in hanging on as an up-and-down bench guy who crushes lefties, because I think if he wanted to do that he could have found a job SOMEWHERE

SF Lindor

2:49

Lindor over/under: 99.5 wRC+ for the season

Ben Clemens

2:49

I'll take the over

Someone asked a Mets question up above that I didn't have a chance to get to, but I'll try to cover that here as well

2:50

I'm not terribly worried about Lindor's performance so far, his batted ball results have been putrid but his batted ball quality suggests that he should be okay there

2:51

It's interesting that he's swinging a lot less, and he's taking far more strikes this year than he has before, but for someone who's so good at making contact and taking walks, I don't hate that approach

I'd be more worried about McCann and Dom Smith, personally

2:52

McCann seems to have lost a TON of power on contact; 1 barrel this year in 67 batted balls is not great!

Given that he was an average performer when he had average power, seeing a loss of power doesn't feel good at all

2:53

Especially when you consider his history of not hitting for power, lol

Now, that's not the end of the world for a catcher and I thikn he's better than what he's shown so far, but I think warning lights should be flashing there

2:54

As for Dom, I'm more confident that his power will come back, but this year is a good reminder that someone who strikes out as often as he does without good walk rates has a narrow margin of error

When he's not taking extra bases, the whole package is meh

Victor Robles

2:56

How do you feel I compare to Pache? I had a 65 FV before my callup while hes sat at 60. Would you still put me over Pache for the next 5 years?

Ben Clemens

2:56

Boy, this is not an easy one, because I think both players' stars have faded

2:57

I think I'd take Pache, but it's by an extremely narrow margin

2:58

Both of them are glove-first guys, and I think that Robles is likely to end up better with the bat

In limited looks, Pache has looked transcendent to me in the outfield, though, whereas Robles has looked merely excellent

Chip

2:58

Looking for a Conforto replacement. Are you on Zimmerman's Bader bandwagon?

Ben Clemens

2:59

I think so, as long as that's 'competent at-bats and maybe the occasional OBP bump when he bats in front of the pitcher'

I too am looking for a Conforto replacement in Ottoneu

3:00

Also an Alex Kirilloff replacement, Colin Moran replacement, Wil Myers fill-in, Marco Gonzales replacement

If you have any names!

Nido Fan

3:00

I wish they hadnt paid so much for McCann cuz I want Nido to get more PT

Ben Clemens

3:00

The Mets lead the league in names that would work as finding Nemo puns

3:01

But I am not overly intrigued by Nido. I thikn he's a competent backup, which is something the Mets have excelled at producing

Chip

3:01

I have to drop Luzardo because of a roster crunch and that makes me feel sad. I won't miss him, right?

Ben Clemens

3:01

Depends on league context and so on. I don' think he's going to suddenly be an ace but he's a good pitcher and he benefits from pitching in Oakland

John b

3:02

Machado’s “slide” trending as dirty. What day you ?

Ben Clemens

3:02

If it were someone other than Machado, I'd give it less thought

It looked very dirty to me at full speed, but I'm somewhat sympathetic to the fact that he didn't necessarily have an easy way out

3:04

I'm gonna say not dirty, but that I'm not confident in that opinion at all and that I reserve the right to change my mind about it

If you haven't seen it, jomboy cut an excellent closeup:

3:05

Manny Machado in the middle of another “dirty play or not” controversy

Taylor

3:05

Would Jonathan India be asking for too much in exchange for Adames? Rays really don't have a long term option at 3B

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