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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 5/24/21

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Ben Clemens

3:04

I guess the argument against is 'hey they're still competitive'

But like, are they?

Nick

3:04

Will anything of substance come from the Eric Kratz allegations?

Ben Clemens

3:05

For those who didn't see it, Kratz said everyone was stealing signs like the astros did, just less aggressively. He detailed the Rockies doing it specifically

I'll say basically no

3:06

The league is interested in moving on, and they're hardly interested in justice

Guest

3:06

Which is more interesting to you: Olympic baseball or WBC baseball? The Olympics obviously has a longer tradition, and the "Olympics" brand, so to speak, carries more gravitas; but the rosters at the WBC seem much better, with a resulting higher quality of on-field play.

Ben Clemens

3:06

WBC baseball by a mile

Mr. Fister

3:07

It IS the Mariners, so now that Trammell is hot, they'll swap him and Kelenic, and then rinse and repeat for the rest of the season. They ARE the Mariners after all.....

Didace

3:08

Currently, Tatis is the second best shortstop in the NL. Yes?

Ben Clemens

3:08

I guess Trea Turner is supposed to be first in this example? I mean, I'll take Tatis

3:09

Turner is great! Francisco Lindor is great! I think Tatis is better

Guest

3:09

Who are your picks for ROY: Garcia and Chisholm seem like the front runners at the moment.

Ben Clemens

3:10

So before the year I picked Andrew Vaughn and Dylan Carlson.

I guess for the sake of consistency, I'll stick with those

3:11

Garcia is obviously the AL leader in the clubhouse, but I just don't buy that he can keep it up. At this point I'd take Arozarena if I were re-picking

In the NL, I'd probably still pick Carlson tbh

But yeah, Jazz has been better sof ar

Nick

3:11

Which team is more disappointing: The Reds (20-25 despite have the two best hitters by wRC+ in the NL) or the Angels (20-27 despite having two of the best players in Trout and Ohtani in all of baseball)?

Ben Clemens

3:11

Angels

3:12

The Reds literally salary dumped players to the Angels this offseason

And like, yeah Winker and Castellanos have been amazing

Deeeedeeee

3:13

More likely to opt out: Arenado or Castellanos?

Ben Clemens

3:13

So, I think it's Castellanos

But I don't think either is particularly likely

Opting out in advance of this year's CBA just feels like a move no one's gonna make

Sticky Situation ;)

3:14

Choose a walk in song as a closer, any song :)

Ben Clemens

3:15

Andrew Miller came in to "When The Man Comes Around" at a Yankees game I went to once

I loved that

I know it's kinda common, but it really works

That said, that would not be my song

3:16

I would be very tempted to come in to AC/VC by Neil Cicierega:

3:17

But again, probably not actually that. Actual song would be Cold Sweat by Church of the Cosmic Skull:

'cold sweat' would also describe how my manager would feel relying on me

Steve O

3:18

JD Martinez will opt out though, right?

Ben Clemens

3:18

Ooh, this one is really close. If he hits like this all season, I guess so. Hard to imagine him getting THAT much less than 19.3 for 2022

Guest

3:18

MLB TV made the broadcast of Kelenic's debut free. Guys on Twitter were so eager to break the news of him being called up that they jumped the gun trying to be first. It's a lot more than I remember for, say, Luis Robert, who was a 60 grade, or Jo Adell (who was a 65). It feels like there was a mythology around Kelenic, partly because of the trade with the Mets, and maybe partly because he's an extremely marketable-seeming dude.

Ben Clemens

3:19

Yeah, he seems very marketable and I think baseball was eager to make his story be about the excitement of his debut rather than the Mather stuff

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