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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 6/15/26

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Ben Clemens

2:40

I think he's probably got another 'wow, Aaron Nola turned back the clock' stretch in him

but that he's near the end of the road

Cube Jockey

2:40

Do you think baseball is/will be better having two parks that are such outliers in terms of how they play and influence stats? In a perfect world would you rather not have teams in Denver and Vegas?

Ben Clemens

2:40

So, this version of Vegas was no good

they just didn't do enough

2:41

but a version of Vegas that is temperature-controlled, that has proper dimensiosn for major leaguers to play, that the league has done extensive studies on? I'm in

For example, if the permanent Vegas ballpark plays like Sacramento, I'd be perfectly happy with that

high offense, but not 23-9 high offense

the ghost of tyler chatwoods control

2:41

When do you think Kade Anderson gets the call? I know the Ms have too many starters as it is but he is having one of the most dominant pitching seasons of all time. 37.7% K-BB. OOPSY is spitting out a 2.67 ERA projection for him as a starter. If they want to limit his innings they could use him in multi inning relief in the majors.

Ben Clemens

2:41

fascinating questin

2:42

His Doulbe-A numbers are just ludicrous

2:43

but yeah, they really do have a lot of starters. I am skeptical that they're going to put Anderson in a relief role even if it makes sense from a short-term roster optimization puzzle

but maybe this is the answer to the question about controllable pitching. If you can give up a really good controllable hitter, maybe you can have George Kirby or something. Or Miller? Maybe that's where controllable pitching lives

SPArn

2:43

Verlander "towards the end there,"?! The Tigers are bringing him back as we speak for the pre-trade deadline push!

Ben Clemens

2:43

perhaps it should be 'towards the end here'

I had a lot of fun watching him in SF last year. but he's a #4 or #5 now

cosmichero

2:44

With the Vegas park, will fans and voters correctly understand this park factor? Or should I bet everything on nick kurtz mvps starting in 2029?

Ben Clemens

2:44

well.... I think it'll be understood correctly ENOUGH, at least

probably not perfectly

but we get that colorado exists, so parks can be crazy

dirtypuer

2:45

i think it's kinda awesome to have a few bouncy house ballparks

Ben Clemens

2:45

Yeah. I think I agree. just not TOO bouncy

I actually even like having the occasional game in a dumb park

the Mexico City series was sooooo fun, my wife brings it up years later

'remember when that game was like 20-20?'

SPArn

2:45

I'm still catching up, 20 mins back so you may have already addressed. But - the Knicks? The Knicks!

Ben Clemens

2:45

no I haven't

and wow, what a fun series to watch

2:46

I need to respond to another one about this

Ray Darwin

2:46

How do you feel about all the large blown leads in the NBA (Spurs seemingly can't hold 20+ point leads) and NHL (4-goal lead blown by the Knights) finals? Sloppy play or just exciting good play?

Ben Clemens

2:46

so, the NBA ones, I didn't love them. The Spurs were just choking, you know?

hockey for whatever reason feels more earned to me

I watched that game too and it was amazing

whereas the Spurs were just like 'oh we're up by 10? time to dribble it off my foot'

2:48

I'm sure they'll be back better than ever but that was a rough end of the year

Philip Christy

2:48

Yeah, I guess "outlier performances" is a good rule of thumb too. We def want Miz in there whether or not he ever gets to the Hall. I guess my bigger point was that we want the best players in the game; the Ildemaro Vargas's are great stories, but the All Star Game should be for the Ketel Martes, even if they aren't destroying it in the first half of the given season.

Ben Clemens

2:48

Yeah. I think that's the right way to splice things

a guy with a 150 wRC+ doing it by hitting a little better? eh

Ben Rice? I mean, I want to see him

Alex Remington

2:48

*Another* Atlanta question. Dom Smith and Jorge Mateo are both quietly having really nice years as role players, years after their top prospect status faded. Is this more like a one-year blip a la Zach McKinstry? Or is this more like they finally found a part-time role that suits them perfectly, like Matt Diaz in Atlanta, and they may be able to remain productive at close to this level for years to come?

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