JotCast | Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 5/22/23

Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 5/22/23

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Ben Clemens

3:28

c'mon man

3:29

Muncy is a noted umpire bully, too!

3:30

I checked out umpire scorecards and naturally, there was no net bias in the series

Maybe he just needed to vent to get the loss out of his system, but there's pretty clearly nothing there on the merits

and if there were, maybe more catchers should take up bullying (they shoudln't, it doesn't work)

Appa Yip Yip

3:30

Speaking of umps, do you favour a completely automated zone, or the challenge system they're using in AAA?

Ben Clemens

3:30

Challenge system by a mile

It's so fun in tennis

3:31

and I think that it fits better with how baseball works

Lightning round time before I leave

Farhandrew Zaidman

3:31

Isn't it crazy that the offensive environment for the PCL is wild and we just...accept that running a 5.00 ERA in AAA is actually good down there?

Ben Clemens

3:31

Yeah it's crazy, I go to the odd PCL game b/c I live in the area and I have to remind myself of that every time

bosoxforlife

3:31

A comment on prospects. Mookie Betts was the best player on the field when I watched him at Greenville, Salem, Portland and Pawtucket but the scouts just couldn't get their minds around the fact that this little guy could be sooooo good and ignored his obvious power at the lower levels. Never have I seen the anti-small guy bias so apparent.

Ben Clemens

3:31

Carson Cistulli agrees with you

Farhandrew Zaidman

3:31

Turns out Dustin May was pitching through soreness during his rehab...which begs the question....why was he pitching through soreness in rehab?? lol.

Ben Clemens

3:31

Because baseball players are stubborn types

Guest

3:31

is mitch keller an ace now?

Ben Clemens

3:31

Nah, but I'm hopeful that he's good for real now

Guest

3:31

Sterlin Thompson top 50 prospect by the ASB?

Ben Clemens

3:32

Probably not a great sign for me that I"ve never heard of him

but uh.... pass

Guest

3:32

I have CES stashed at the moment, but with Votto starting to ramp up, should I drop him for a bat like Baty, Suzuki, Fletcher, or Wade Jr?

Ben Clemens

3:32

yeah those are good bats to get to pick up over a prospect who will maybe debut this year

must be a very shallow league, I'd stuill do it

TomBruno23

3:32

Nolan Gorman?

Ben Clemens

3:32

Yes

bosoxforlife

3:32

Cruz or De La Cruz, who do you think turns into the better SS?

Ben Clemens

3:32

DLC

Kevin

3:32

What do you imagine leading edge teams might do to take advantage of artificial intelligence capabilities?

Ben Clemens

3:33

I dunno, something with development though

Retro

3:33

Any sense of why the Braves prefer to keep trying the bullpen game thing (which isn't going well), instead of giving Dodd or Soroka a chance to join the rotation? Is the option limit making itself felt in Dodd's case?

Ben Clemens

3:33

Yeah seems reasonable

Sonny

3:33

The all-time record for HRs hit by a pitcher is 38, with rule changes it seems like Ohtani is the only thing standing between Wes Ferrell and the one true unbreakable sports record.

Ben Clemens

3:33

Agreed

And on that note, thank you for chatting with me today, everyone, and I'm sorry if I didn't get to your question

There were an absolute ton of good ones today and I couldn't hit them all

Have a great week. I'll be back on some non-Monday day next week b/c of Memorial Day

3:34

Ooh, and I'm going to Wrigley for the first time this week with my dad (also his first time somehow despite his growing up in STL)

Gonna be awesome, can't wait to talk about it

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