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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 6/14/21

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Ben Clemens

2:59

does anyone have any studies or anecdotes or anything on this

Junior Lake

2:59

What is my father's name?

Ben Clemens

2:59

Weirdly, Trey Lake

Puster Bosey

2:59

How are the White Sox still scoring so much with half their lineup consisting of Engel, L. Garcia, Mendick, Brian Goodwin (?) etc types?

Ben Clemens

3:00

It's a wonderful question. I do tihnk Brian Goodwin is a fine player, but yeah, they have some light hitters in there. Feels like their current offensive production won't continue, but they do have a really solid core

Josh R

3:00

It would take an extremely loud fart for a batter to even hear it with fans in the stands wouldn't it?

Ben Clemens

3:00

We answer the important questions here at FanGraphs

Eric

3:00

Who do you think the biggest name is that will get traded at the deadline, and also care to make a bold prediction on where that name lands?

Ben Clemens

3:01

I think it'll be Berrios, unless you think Joey Gallo is a bigger name

And I'll just go with my Berrios to the Jays and Gallo to the Brewers calls

Robbie

3:01

Where do you think the Rays could improve the team by the Trade Deadline?

Ben Clemens

3:01

They have the best prospect in the game

He's sitting at Triple-A hitting .309/.367/.566

This isn't hard

High Cheese

3:02

Nate Pearson as an old-style two-inning fireballer sounds fun. Hasn't faced more than 21 batters in a game since 2019. How long do the Jays wait and hope for a Blake Snell type outcome (4-5 really good innings in a typical start) before doing that?

Ben Clemens

3:02

Blake Snell is the comp I think of for Pearson as well

3:03

I think they'll give him some rope this year as a starter, but that he'll likely be a reliever if they make the playoffs

And if he shoves in the playoffs, well, he might just never go back to starting

That's unless they trade him for Berrios

Then, the Twins would give him a TON of rope as a starter

Robbie

3:03

True, but I think maybe a starting pitcher would help?

Ben Clemens

3:03

Well, that's a different question

The obvious place they can improve is with their copious Triple-A talent

3:04

What are they going to trade for a pitcher? They're not willing to trade these prospects, they're too good!

John

3:04

Off your Berrios to Jays - does a package of Austin Martin + Woods-Richardson .. would rather keep Nate Pearson if Jays

Ben Clemens

3:04

I'm realllllly high on Martin

I'd prefer to keep Martin and SWR, personally

Johnny5Alive

3:05

Mets need... things. Can they buy there way into trades? The farm doesn't have a whole lot outside the top 3

Ben Clemens

3:05

I don't actually think the Mets need any high-end pieces

They just need to get healthy and find a bunch of randos to keep the boat afloat until then

High Cheese

3:06

Where do you think Martin plays? CF with Springer in a corner, is the first arrangement to come to my mind, but I did ask the Springer DH question earlier, simply because all Jays fans keep hearing about is Springer's running.

Ben Clemens

3:07

Yeah, center or third I think

I'm down on Springer as a CF

But I think he's excellent in a corner

Specloos

3:07

Brandon Lowe to CHW trade a possibility given their 1) new hole at 2B and 2) relative struggles vs RHP?

Ben Clemens

3:08

I was thinking about this one when I wrote about Madrigal, but I don't think it tracks

Lowe is a valuable chip b/c of how long he'll be on whichever team acquires him