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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 6/12/23

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Ben Clemens

2:33

and what a hot streak

Nate

2:34

I'm not miserable when Shohei Ohtani is pitching. Or is he a pitcher that the Angels also allow to bat? I'm also not miserable when he's hitting.

Ben Clemens

2:34

Haha obviously Ohtanie does not count in this

Matt

2:34

It feels like the Phillies always have a west coast trip ready to take the wind out of their sails every time they have a winning streak

Ben Clemens

2:35

Spoken like a fan of, well, most baseball teams, but I totally know the feeling

Sir Poops

2:35

Who would you rather have ROS in a vacuum? Vlad/Dansby or Turner/Gilbert/Naylor

Ben Clemens

2:36

I do not think that any of them would do well in a vacuum

hard to breathe in there

2:37

but uh, assuming it's Trea Turner to make this feel even, I think I'd prefer vlad and dansby still

Luke

2:37

Is there anything you can do on your part to make the Giants stop having bullpen games? Wouldn't you agree that it's a terrible strategy?

Ben Clemens

2:37

I went to yday's game and was disappointed by the sheer anonymity of the relievers

2:38

I went with my mom and my wife, and I love dropping in little anecdotes about various people. It's kinda tough when the anecdotes are all "this guy is a reliever that I've heard of at least a few times"

although the woman sitting next to us mentioned that her dad was the pitching coach for Taylor and Tyler Rogers in high school

so that was a good one!

broten

2:39

Considering how horrific Cleveland catchers have been (see: Zunino’s day on Saturday, or Cam Gallagher’s eye watering wrc+), is there anything besides super 2 cutoff that is realistically holding them back from calling up Bo Naylor? The AGM went on about some drivel re:defense and leadership, but he would most certainly be an upgrade right now or he wouldn’t even be a prospect.

Ben Clemens

2:39

yeah.... I tend to agree

2:40

but also, Cleveland has a way of operating that is designed first and foremost to keep costs low while putting up a reasonable record in the ALC

2:41

ignoring immediate team need and making decisions designed around money saving is a huge part of that plan

Nate

2:41

What is the origin of the rule where the catcher has to throw to first on a dropped third strike? Did you see that it cost a high school team a state championship?

Ben Clemens

2:41

I did see that, it was pretty brutal

2:42

Let me see if I can dig it up

https://www.mlb.com/news/dropped-third-strike-strangest-baseball-rule

2:43

good article about one of these games, for example

Trea Turner

2:43

Am I still a top 3 pick ROS?

Ben Clemens

2:43

not for me, but I'm not frequently recompiling draft boards or anything

Michael Scott

2:44

Snitker gets a lot of heat from Braves fans due to leaving the SP in TTO, just to pull them after 1 out and, frequently, several runs allowed (like on Sunday). Are FOs reluctant to get involved in such repeated tactical errors, or is there a long game many fans are missing?

Ben Clemens

2:46

I think that front offices are reluctant to get involved BECAUSE the benefits are small relative to the long game benefits

which are basically pitcher confidence, bullpen role certainty, rest, things like that

Joe Bell

2:46

whats up Ben? Signed in to get my daily fangraphs fix and saw you were live. Hope you’re doing well. “Wires down and we are in reversal”

Ben Clemens

2:47

a little triparty repo banter to start your week off right. Hey Joe!

Farhandrew Zaidman

2:47

I've been trying to manifest Adames and Burnes to the Dodgers for AAA bats and AA arms for some time now. Too much sense not to do.

Ben Clemens

2:47

I don't think that the Brewers are interested in making that trade, particularly the Adames part of it

2:48

like, they're probably gonna end up trading Burnes

Adames is gonna be there for a bit and is not the kind of player that feels easily replaceable to me

Steve O

2:49

The Red Sox would compete for first in how many divisions? I'll say 3. The AL West is close, but playing the A's, Mariners, and Angels 36 times is good work if you can get it.

Ben Clemens

2:49

Yeah, I think two is right, but I could see three if you're feeling optimistic

Guest

2:49

Is a hitter who is succeeding with a low Z-Swing% (Yoshida, Arozarena) likely to get even better once they start swinging at more pitches in the zone?

Ben Clemens

2:50

it's one of those hip bone connected to the knee bone type deals where it's hard to think of the cascading consequences

Cards Nightmare

2:50

Considering Helsley’s forearm strain announced just now, at what point do they seriously consider moving some of their expiring guys? Will they wait until the bitter end? Do the shake things up now?

Ben Clemens

2:50

I think they might be shopping those guys alread

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