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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 5/22/23

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Marsh

3:21

On April 16th, Noah Davis, P, of the Rockies narrowly avoided a comebacker. It was hit straight at his head, but he turned around and ducked. The ball hit the *edge of his hat* on the back of his head and knocked his hat off without actually hitting him in the head.

It's the most incredibly, as in unbelievable, thing I've ever seen on a baseball field, and I think about it all the time. How was this not the Main Story of Baseball?

Ben Clemens

3:21

It was really wild

I totally agree with you

I mean, I've seen some unbelievable things. But I'm surprised it didn't get more play

Rex Manning Day

3:21

Judge's barrel %, hard hit %, average EV, LD%, and FB% are all higher than last year. He's got a higher K%, but he's swinging less at outside pitches and more in-zone pitches. He's got a dang .757 xSLG. I guess my question is, lol?

Ben Clemens

3:21

Turns out he's good!

Guest

3:21

How deep will the Cleveland system be after their big starters debut this season (Bibee, Allen, Williams)? Do they still have prospect capital to make a move for a RF or C?

Ben Clemens

3:22

I think it's still reasonably deep, but like, they're not doing it!

Guardians fans always think they will cash in their chips and consolidate

and they never, ever, ever do

The reason that they build sustainably competitive teams is because they are good at identifying depth pieces and trade for volume

Eventually I'll be wrong predicting them to always trade for bulk rather than consolidate

But I've been predicting this for three years and haven't been wrong yet

Appa Yip Yip

3:23

Is time in the midst of its inevitable victory over George Springer, or is there something else going on?

Ben Clemens

3:23

Probably a bit of both, I'd be worried that he's playing slightly hurt

Guest

3:23

What do you think about Richard Bleier's R/L splits switching this drastically so far this year? Could still be small sample size, but it's strange to see both have changes this drastic at the same time.

Ben Clemens

3:24

I find it completely uncompelling, to be honest

He's faced 31 lefties

They're running a .391 babip against him

I"m certainly worried that he's bad now, though

he seems like he might be bad now

Braves Fan