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

Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 5/17/21

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Ben Clemens

3:21

no one slides halfway between first and second like that, and particularly not into someone's legs

He's lucky Edman wasn't hurt

But that was a realllllly tough situation

Life after COL

3:21

How should we evaluate pitchers that COL should trade away. Marquez, Gray, Gomber, and Freeland...

Next COL GM

3:22

Taking stock on what I can sell. Story = top 80-100 player

Ben Clemens

3:23

Story is higher than that, but his pending free agency means the return will be light

3:25

I think that Freeland, Gray, and Marquez will be sought after in trade

In the opposite order I just named them, whoops

Gomber would return not much of anything. I like the guy a lot, but fifth starters don't yield much in trade generally

Scherzer

3:25

You say your out on the Nats. What do you think Scherzer, Hand, Hudson, and the other belvy of FAs would bring back in trades? They have something like 14(!!) expiring contracts that could be moved if they were out of it.

Ben Clemens

3:26

I wouldn't trade Scherzer. I hate these trades of pending FA's when they're absolute team legends for teams that have been successful

Let him pitch the rest of the season in Nats Park and sell tickets

And they'll do the crazy graphic of his two eyes every time there are two strikes, etc. etc., it's a great time

3:27

The other guys would all return interesting prospects. Hudson looks rejuvenated in limited innings this year. Hand's velo has rebounded from last year's dire numbers, but it's still low. I'm not a buyer but I'm sure several teams would be.

Aaron

3:28

While I agree with your take on Scherzer, it seems inevitable that he'll be traded. The Nats stink and other teams will want him to the degree the Nats will likely pull the trigger on a deal. Scherzer must be at 10/5 though, right?

Ben Clemens

3:28

He is

I hope they keep him, I agree with you t hat they might not

bighen

3:29

I thought the Mets needed to add a bat before all of this but now it seems pretty certain, how just how early can they start to look? They are running out AAA lineup at this point.

Ben Clemens

3:29

They can look literally right this minute

Teams wait too long to acquire replacements

The Mets have been ravaged by injury

Despite their actually good depth for the first time in a while, it's looking dire

They should be out asking on everyone right now

Derek

3:29

Played any good board/video games lately?

Ben Clemens

3:29

Oh yes yes yes

I have a game that I badly want to recommend to anyone who likes history

3:30

Watergate, a two-player asymmetrical board game

One of you plays Nixon, the other plays the WaPo editorial board

Nixon tries to silence sources and destroy evidence, the editors try to flip sources and get to the evidence first

It's a blast

3:32

Also, Point Salad

3:33

It's a really quick-playing draft game that plays like 2-5 maybe?

You either draft salad ingredients or salad recipes

The recipes let you score points for the ingredients, the ingredients let you complete recipes

I love drafting games and it's an excellent example

I dunno

3:33

Good luck with the comments on that game recommendation

Ben Clemens

3:33

Haha look, I'm definitely not saying "Go become Richard Nixon"

But it's a fun game

In the same vein as Twilight Struggle but far lighter

BringBackDeSpanielHair

3:34

Love the Gant article. Did he set the record?

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