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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 6/13/22

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Ben Clemens

2:54

He throws it a decent amount, and it really isn't missing any bats

2:55

It's so hard to be good when your primary pitch has a 94% contact rate against it

I think he's better than his stats, but basically he's just throwing a pitch up there and saying hit it

and batters are

Guest

2:55

The Blue Jays have an upcoming problem. There are three great catchers, and only one catcher on the team. What do they do?

Ben Clemens

2:56

These problems work themselves out. Kirk will get some DH time, Moreno can play in AAA intermittently if he needs to, and hey, Jansen's hurt right now

2:58

If Moreno pans out at the major league level, they may end up trading Jansen. But for now, using Kirk as a sometime DH, sometime catcher, and maybe sometime 1b (he hasn't done it yet this year but I could see it)

Seems like a fine enough plan to me. Having too much catching is a situation that never lasts long

Kevin

2:58

Is MJ Melendez's bat good enough to play in the outfield?

Ben Clemens

2:58

imo, not longterm

It's just a waste to play him there rather than letting him catch

Salvy is kinda heading towards DH anyway

2:59

Alright, the queue is completely empty, so I'm gonna call it a chat. Thanks for hanging out with me today, and hey, for once, I don't have to say that I left a ton of questions unanswered and can get to it next week

I answered them all!

Except for this last one:

Derek

2:59

How is/are your Ottoneu season/s going?

Ben Clemens

2:59

badly! 4-14 in the FG staff league. But I'm getting sharper, I really punted the first few weeks with bad management

Have a great week everyone

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