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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 5/6/24

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Ben Clemens

2:31

he wasn't blocking the plate, however the rule is exactly written

Mets

2:31

The expected Alonso huge decline here? The exit velo and hard hit rates are putrid.

Ben Clemens

2:31

I did not expect the declin to happen this wya

2:32

but man, what a bad beat

Herrs 100RBI Season

2:32

I really thought that the Cards' Operation: BULK INNINGS offseason was going to result in me watching a lot of 7-5 or 8-6 Cardinal victories but ummmm....yeah

Ben Clemens

2:32

well you got one side of the line right

bosoxforlife

2:32

Are you concerned that the overall batting average has slipped below .240?

Ben Clemens

2:32

Yeah. Hits are fun

More hits please

Colton

2:32

Speaking of players only playing one position for their career, Brandon Crawford has 1 inning as a pitcher and other than that has only played SS lol

Ben Clemens

2:32

I was at that game!

It was amazing

2:33

Literally we were walking out and the usher told us we had to come back to watch

they were up 12 or something, I wanted to beat the rush to the muni, but it was worth it

The Ghost of Wade Boggs

2:33

Fun note on Home Run Baker - during his career, he hit more Triples than Home Runs.

Ron

2:33

What's your confidence in two very slow starting OFs hitting better....soon....Casty and Nootbar? Thanks Ben

Ben Clemens

2:33

I'm done on Castellanos

like, the last time he was good was 2021

that's just over

2:34

Nootbaar gets a lot more rope b/c the last time he was good was last year

I'm worried, though

Pitchers have just started flooding the zone, and he hasn't made the adjustment to increase his aggression

he's just in 1-2 counts every AB it seems like after three takes

2:35

and he's not a high enough contact guy to make that work

like, he has power. but he needs to punish teams for not respecting it or he might as well not

Kevin

2:35

Isn't firing the manager the ultimate vibes adjustment...

Ben Clemens

2:35

It is, but you can always go partway

Doing something to shake people up has value, I think, even if the EV is around 0

b/c like, if things continue the way they are, it's a bad outcome

2:36

introduce some variance into your life

Herrs 100RBI Season

2:36

I think the Giants kept trying to add an elite/elite FA while being too reliant on adding an elite/elite FA. Other situations seemed better/likelier for those players.

Ben Clemens

2:36

Yeah I pretty much agree

Maddoning

2:36

Shota Imanaga has more wins (5) than walks (4). That's not gonna hold of course, but how good is this guy?

Ben Clemens

2:36

He's great

It's going to be wild trying to sort out the NL RoY race this year

2:37

Imanaga, Jared Jones, Yamamoto, and that's just the pitchers