JotCast | Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 5/6/24

Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 5/6/24

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Ben Clemens

2:49

There are downsides to each thing you trade away, like you said. But given how many core positions they already have locked down, you can play for upside in the remaining positions

they have seemingly 4 good options everywhere

might as well take some risk and try to get a high roll

Guest

2:50

Jim Edmonds is a really grating broadcaster

Ben Clemens

2:50

I don't like criticizing broadcasters

No one's really getting much out of this

But I have to say, I was having a worse time watching the Cards this weekend b/c of the booth

2:51

Edmonds talking about the texts he was getting from a mom of one of his kids' friends was probably the highlight for me! That's not a great sign

Sad Marlins Fan

2:51

I think Bendix is the guy to fix this given his past history. They revamped everything developmentally this past offseason. Do you think he can fix this like i do?

Ben Clemens

2:51

I have no idea

Like, let's be real, I'd never heard of Peter Bendix a year ago

2:52

As I wrote in my Arraez trade analysis, if the plan is to turn into the Rays, well a)good luck and b)probably smart to have a Rays guy do it

it's amazing that the opening day payroll has been lower than in Jeffrey Loria's last year

every single year of the new ownership group

2:53

like.... we all made fun of how stingy Loria was, and there's been huge inflation in the interim

and it's not like they're spending through the nose off the field. Maybe they'll start, but they haven't been

Tommy

2:53

Do you think that if things don't improve that the dbacks send carroll back down when thomas returns? Mccarthy has been playing pretty well

Ben Clemens

2:53

I mean.... no?

what?

Judge

2:55

Two XBH on 97 mph Skubal pitches. Slight change to stance. Hey maybe he's still good!

Ben Clemens

2:55

love when people decide Aaron Judge is bad because he doesn't mash for a few weeks

KC Pain

2:55

Is there a player who has managed to change your opinion of him so far this season?

Ben Clemens

2:55

Here are 8!

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/stock-rising-four-players-im-higher-on-aft...

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/stock-falling-four-players-im-lower-on-aft...

laughing

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Pat

2:55

Kim Ng leaving Florida was kind of controversial. They wanted to demote her after they made the playoffs, but, does the Marlins start take some of the shine off of her? As the first female GM, she's tough to judge due to the noise.

Ben Clemens

2:56

I mean, no, if anything it adds shine

like, the place was a wreck

she made the playoffs with this organizational sinkhole

then she got out when the writing was on the wall

I thought that she made some tactical missteps (basically I don't' think Josh Bell was a good acquisition) but as often as not, I was wrong on those views

2:57

and I think that going all in for a playoff spot last year made sense given that building sustainably around their existing core wasn't possible

I didn't like the Arraez/Lopez trade, though, not a fan of that one at all

bosoxforlife

2:58

Is this the season the Rays finally stop outplaying their projections by 20 games?

Ben Clemens

2:58

Feels like it, huh?

I don't have anything constructive to add to that

The Rays are just so hard to figure out that I don't think I have any smart comments to add

like, if it stops working, it won't be for a reason that I can easily identify

Appa Yip Yip

2:58

Everyone's looking at the Jays and being like, ooohhh they could trade Vlad or Bo at the deadline, and I'm just over here saying they could trade Kevin Gausman at the deadline.

Ben Clemens

2:59

I'm half with you

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