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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 6/14/21

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Norm

3:33

Does Giancarlo count as a surprising possible HOFer?

Ben Clemens

3:33

He was another option I considered

i think he'd be less surprising than Longoria, but not sure what other people think

Guest

3:34

Batters are allowed to use adhesive batting gloves and pine tar to grip and manipulate the bat to improve their batting outcomes. Pitchers are not allowed to use pine tar (or whatever else) to improve their grip. Would a pitcher be allowed to wear a batting glove when throwing to enhance their grip? If not....why? What would be different?

Ben Clemens

3:34

Oh.... because it's not the same?

That's why it would be different

Like, what?

There are specifically rules about this

Batters can spit on their hands, pitchers can't

Why? Because it's legislated into the game

Robbie

3:34

Do you think Merrill Kelly could be a realistic under the radar piece for a team to add this trade season for back end rotation help? FIP 1 run lower than ERA.

Ben Clemens

3:35

Yeah, for sure. I don't think he'd fetch much but he'd get something back and the DBacks are out of it

Alright everyone, sorry about the uneven quality of my responses today, I was ravenous and eating lunch, and now I need to go walk my dog

Ruby says hi to everyone, and I will talk to all of you next week. Have a great day!

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