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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 5/6/24

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Ben Clemens

3:19

er, I guess they're now a half game out of the cellar

but like.... this is when things are going good!

Nate

3:19

I was listening to your segment on EW where you mentioned requiring both the eye test and stats to line up in a small sample for you to be more inclined to believe something, so I present 2024 Salvy Perez: not a terrible framer anymore? At +1 framing runs so far, and he hasn't *looked* terrible. Any signal to this noise?

Ben Clemens

3:19

HOnestly, I haven't watched enough to say

but now I'll keep my eye out for it when I watch the Royals

Zach

3:20

Mookie hasn't homered in his last 93 PAs. However, he has only struck out 4 times and has a 167 wrc+ in that span. Has there been a shift in approach or is there any other explanation for the drought?

Ben Clemens

3:20

I think this is just how Mookie works

sometimes he gets on these heaters where he's seeing the ball big and clobbers everything

but his approach is so rock solid overall that he's a plus hitter when he's not home run binging

and then the binges really put him over the top

Oaktown Blues

3:20

Can you explain the Kendrick/Drake rap beef with a baseball analogy?

Ben Clemens

3:20

Okay i have been pondering this one for a long time

3:21

and now I'm just throwing it in the chat log so that I stop answering other questions until I can come up with an answer to it

I mean, we all get feuds, these two stars are having a disagreement about who's better

3:22

I'm biased, I'm a big Kendrick guy myself, but I think it'd be like if we got a war of words between the Yankees and Mets where the Mets were claiming to be the long-term team of the city, the true New Yorker's choice

3:23

and then the Yankees started tearing the Mets to shreds in every interview they did, like truly without remorse and exposing every detail of their inadequacy

every single time

the sheer degree of vitriol on display is staggering

I mean, any of the last 3 Kendrick songs would be a good entry in the pantheon of great rap disses

three in like four days, it's outrageous

Cursed laser show

3:24

With the information available until now, is Nick Pivetta a likely QO receiver?

Ben Clemens

3:24

I think so

bosoxforlife

3:24

I would hate it if Salvatore Perez, a great player, would be kept out of the Hall of Fame over something as nebulous as framing.

Ben Clemens

3:24

That's an interesting question. Baseball References doesn't use framing and has him pretty far short of the mark by JAWS

3:25

20 career war short, 10 peak war short, so 15 jaws short of the average HOF C

Vacuum your place

3:25

2000 Subway Series

Ben Clemens

3:25

What lyric is Roger Clemens in this analogy?

Farmer Ted (not a farmer)

3:25

"has me focusing more on K/BB stuff than ERA and FIP"

This is interesting to me. Would you be willing to elaborate on your reasoning, and what *other* metrics you lean on more right now to evaluate pitching?

Ben Clemens

3:26

It's basically that home run rate feels really variable at the moment and perhaps not likely to stick

so if you're just the same guy, only suddenly balls are carrying 15 less feet and so you're giving up .7 hr/9 instead of 1.2, what am I really learning about you

numbers all arbitrary, please don't quote them as gospel

Guest

3:26

John Means - more of a “dominated a slumping team” or a “he’s back”?

Ben Clemens

3:27

I'm leaning towards the first but only b/c I'm gonna want to see another start either way

Jimmy

3:27

With the new PPI program rewarding teams for calling up prospects, shouldn't RoY voting be confined to prospects? Seems like MLB might need a separate award (or no award) for international players who are in their first year in MLB. What do you think?

Ben Clemens

3:27

That's a very good point

do you think it should exclude the players who aren't eligible b/c they signed pre-debut extensions?

less clear

3:28

I think that most likely, the PPI will be further refined with the next CBA

both sides seem fairly happy with it so far, and it definitely creates good storylines

Oaktown Blues

3:28

Love the Kendrick/Drake analogy but hate that it means I'm rooting for the Yankees

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