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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 5/24/21

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Ben Clemens

3:19

Helped that Logan Gilbert was called up the same day too

LFC Mike

3:19

If the Rays don’t bring up Brujan after S2. Could it turn into a real brouhaha?

Ben Clemens

3:19

heyyyyyyyy

But uh, yes, I'm sure people will raise a stink about it and baseball will do nothing about it

3:20

Also the PA won't care

So, depends on your definition

Dipoto

3:22

How many at bats does a struggling prospect get before they feel they need to head back down to the minors for more seasoning?

Ben Clemens

3:22

I have truly no idea, and it's a really interesting question

Guest

3:24

Do you see Tatis Jr. turning his defense around this season?

Ben Clemens

3:24

I'm partially stalling for time, but that's silly -- I'm not gonna come up with a good answer for you during this chat.

Sorry, didn't mean to fire anohter question in there

Just got overly happy hitting go

3:25

I don't know what to make of Tatis's defense. It's the errors again, but they're BAD again

3:26

I thikn they'll straighten themselves out, but I'm iffy on whether that's this year

I will say that error rate on chances is not stable at all, and his range and arm are still good

Dipoto

3:26

Does 10/350 get it done for Corey Seager in the offseason?

Ben Clemens

3:26

I think so, I think less might do it

Appa Yip Yip

3:27

Bo Bichette was making a ton of errors at the start of the season, but he's largely cleaned them up. Do you think he can stick at short, or is a move to 2b in his future?

Ben Clemens

3:27

I think he'll end up at second, though not this year and maybe not next

I'm less confident in that than I was when he came up, though, so I wouldn't say it's settled science by any means

Kiermaier's Piercing Green Eyes

3:28

Well here's a fun new entry in the Rays' stadium/ownership saga.
https://www.tampabay.com/news/st-petersburg/2021/05/24/tampa-bay-rays-...

Ben Clemens

3:28

Oh man, the drama never ends in the Gulf Coast

I thikn now that people got mad at me for calling the Rays "Tampa", I'm going to be very conservative with my nomenclature and just say "Gulf Coast" or "Greater Florida" when I refer to them

3:29

Don't want to name the wrong city, so just don't name a city, easy!

Thrifty

3:29

Seager, Story, or Correa?

Ben Clemens

3:30

I'll take Seager of that group, then the other two in a tie. Both great, though

All three great, I mean, but Story and Correa are both great despite, in my estimation, not being as good as Seager

Guest

3:31

Over under on no hitters ROS?

Ben Clemens

3:31

4.5

I wanted to set it really high

But eh, air's heating up, summer is better for offense, and the league might whoopsie the supply of baseballs over the All Star break like they did in 2015

Appa Yip Yip

3:32

Baseball teams should be required to be named after where they actually play. St Pete Rays. Anaheim Angels. Cobb County Barves. Don't let the billionaires leech off a city's cache while simultaneously reaping the cost savings of not playing there.

Ben Clemens

3:32

Dunedin Blue Jays, my friend :)

Steve Nebraska

3:32

Another cpoy nomination had to be Ohtani, no?

Ben Clemens

3:32

Yeah again, not gonna matter, but I think he'd probably count. His is weird b/c he didn't EXACTLY miss 2020 with injury

Chris

3:33

What do you think about the reports that the mets are kicking the tires on kyle seager?