JotCast | Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 6/15/26

Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 6/15/26

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Ben Clemens

3:23

oh, do they get to play at their peak?

let's say yes, and let's not count, like, Barry Bonds

Peak Strasburg for the Nats, peak Wainwright for the Cardinals, peak Buehrle (!?) for the White Sox perhaps?

basically I'm looking for a lot of aces

HappyFunBall

3:24

FWIW James Wood = Scott Boras. That means we shouldn't expect an extension.

But yeah. There's a world where the Nats open the checkbook in the offseason to get a few pitchers and become legit contenders. Abrams has two more arb years, and the time to trade him does not have to be now

Ben Clemens

3:24

yeah, Boras clients are always tough

like you COULD do it

bosoxforlife

3:24

Dewey Evans for the Red sox. Of course he should be in the HOF.

Ben Clemens

3:24

Hear me out: Johnny Pesky

Alex Remington

3:25

Peak Kenny Lofton replacing Steven Kwan IMO

Ben Clemens

3:25

Kwan's just rolling to a corner in this situation, but yeah

another good non-pitcher one

tigersfan1

3:25

If the Tigers trade Skubal, what do you think they will do otherwise at the deadline?

Ben Clemens

3:25

trade other people on short-term deals for help for next year

Alex Remington

3:25

"Gimme Bazzana" is a fantastic catchphrase. I'd love the Guardians to get an Australian punk band to record a song by that name (I nominate the Living End), make it their 2026 "O.M.G.", and ride it all the way into October. What could be better than that?

Ben Clemens

3:25

I hear "Ooh! Bazzana!" like DK Bananza

3:26

or 'what's the most home runs a bazzana could hit, Michael?' in Lucille Bluth's voice

but clearly it's just an elite name

ankoalec

3:28

replace current JV with prime JV? or put Miggy at first over Tork?

Ben Clemens

3:28

No, those guys don't count, haha

they're going to be hall of famers

Oneear

3:28

there's always money in the Bazzana stand

Eminor3rd

3:28

Peak Lincecum back to the Giants

Ben Clemens

3:28

good one

Eminor3rd

3:28

Peak Carl Crawford to the Rays. Or wait... peak Zobrist?

Ben Clemens

3:28

ooh, fun

Maurice Lepouttre

3:28

Give me the 1984 version of Chet Lemon on the Tigers - we're in desperate need of legitimate right handed hitting and better defense, Hinch can play platoon games with Gleyber and Kerry at DH

Ben Clemens

3:28

now we're cooking

LenFuego

3:28

Admit it, you miss pitchers batting. We have not seen a single Bartolo Colon miracle HR, or a surprise 3-hit game by Tom Seaver, or a funny RP hack single to win a game in the 12th inning in five years now, and you miss it. It's OK to admit.

Ben Clemens

3:29

I think that it's a net good move, even though I do miss pitchers hitting

rsimmons07

3:30

DBacks could use a peak Brandon Webb

tigersfan1

3:30

Peak Evan Longoria to the Rays, put Caminero at 2nd

Justin

3:30

Do you think the Mets would take back the nimmo/semien trade at this point, or is the difference in years left on contract enough to still make it worth it for them?

Ben Clemens

3:31

ooooooh. I think they would even if they think they're right on the back end. because it was important to be good this year and they botched that

daml91

3:31

Just a hot month or are we finally witnessing that superstar turn for the (still!) 22 year old Jackson Chourio?

Ben Clemens

3:31

It'll be easy to convince me

but I do want to see a little more

I'm ready for it, though

watertexas8445

3:31

Paul Skenes has lost a full tick off of his fastball and his ERA is up nearly a full run. Has Skenes gone from potential all-time great to a mere run of the mill All Star?

Ben Clemens

3:32

too soon to say by a mile. guys' form changes. no one is just 80/80 100% of the time. Let's see how he rebounds

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