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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 6/16/25

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Ben Clemens

3:08

I said it's all a guess

3:09

it's possible that yeah he's just figured it all out

I think it's reasonable to worry that maybe he hasn't

Just Fowl

3:09

Do the Red Sox need to find a new position for Kristian Campbell? Currently tied for last place in OAA for second basemen @-7. Once Bregman is back, Story and Mayer make up the best MI defense for the team. They already pulled the plug on trying him at 1B, and there are two, maybe three better CFers on the team.

Ben Clemens

3:09

I honestly don't get why Campbell isn't learning first

yeah he is NOT good at second

and that really matches with the scouting report, too

3:10

to add to the Ohtani thing, b/c I realize I came off kinda dismissive:

yeah like.... he has, before, hit and pitched very well at the same time

3:11

he has not, generally speaking, done it consistently for long periods of time. I never want to bet against Ohtani but I also think that unease is warranted. Like, maybe he's a 160 wRC+ hitter instead of 180?

Tony Mansolino

3:11

Should we trade O'Hearn even if we're ~5GB at the deadline? At least to re-stock prospects, and maybe flip them in the offseason for pitching?

Ben Clemens

3:11

The flip here should be to Boston, right?

3:12

Only, lol, good luck!

um, I think that trading O'Hearn is reasonable, but I think that the recent deadlines have shown that hte market for 1b/DH bats, particularly platoon bats, is not robust

3:13

I am guessing the O's will do it b/c the Elias/Mejdal braintrust isn't one to pass up getting some future value

but I think it's gonna be for less than you hope

Bosoxforlife

3:13

I watch every game and Campbell, at this time, does not look like a major league player on either side of the ball, but it is the defense, or total lack of it, that stands out.

Ben Clemens

3:13

Yeah, haha, well said

Honestly I can see it at the plate even though he's not producing

but I cannot see it in the field. He looks bad out there. lost

Wirefan

3:14

Is part of the reason the RedSox are playing Campbell and Rafaela full time while playing Mayer and Anthony part time is the former 2 have signed ectensions?

Ben Clemens

3:14

I dunno, that feels maybe a little leading, but I do think it's a key reason they both started the year in the majors

and maybe that leads into the latter

Mike Elias

3:15

What should I learn from this Devers saga? Be nice to players? Don't value my roster 4 years from now over today? Maybe buy Gunnar Henderson a plane and a house??

Ben Clemens

3:15

I mean, honestly I don't think Elias would do this

3:16

his errors, in my opinion (debatable, I mean, he's a much better baseball executive than I am, but my job is to opine), are that he's very focused on winning every trade

not that he's trying to get rid of his best players ever

he's actually too attached, it seems to me, if anything

Okra

3:17

T or F : the Devers trade crashed Fangaphs?

Ben Clemens

3:17

it kind of feels that way to me, lol

I don't know, Cloudflare itself doesn't seem overrun

3:18

unlike last week

MyBloodyBallantine