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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 6/2/25

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Ben Clemens

3:00

well then it's the Rays trade tree, I assume, but yeah

3:01

that would be fun for sure

AL Central Casting

3:01

Was that Twins win on Friday night the comeback of the year so far? Down by three with two outs against Andres Munoz?!

Ben Clemens

3:01

It was thrilling

3:02

man, great closers are great, but I also love watching them get beaten

the difficulty of being a fan of baseball as a whole rather than a specific team

Scoreboard415

3:02

Apologies if you’ve done this already, but have you considered writing a piece about your transition to baseball writer from the corporate industry? As someone in tech, I would love to learn about the trade-offs you made.

Ben Clemens

3:02

ehhhh.... offseason fare maybe? or on a personal blog maybe? it feels too navel-gazey for FanGraphs

yankeesfan123

3:02

are there any glatring flaws with the yanks after the dodgers siers

Ben Clemens

3:02

yeah, they only have a single Aaron Judge

3:03

but I don't really think so? I mean, they looked good

the Dodgers look good too

loving the current Trent Grisham, fwiw

spaceman

3:03

you can win an argument about literally anything with a red sox fan just by saying "mookie is going into the hall as a dodger" it might be cruel but it is devastatingly effective and they will forget everything they were just talking about.

Ben Clemens

3:03

Okay that made me laugh

12 to 6

3:03

kim's performance so far is enabling the dodgers to be more optional with their infield defense, and maybe give mookie an extra few days on the il (and a couple more super size meals to put weight back on). given his near gold-glove level defense, you'd have to assume the pitching staff is pushing a bit for kim to be a fullish time mi, no?

Ben Clemens

3:04

I think so. You can see the Dodgers like dfense - look at how long Miguel Rojas has been around, on a team that has 75 MVP's

and how much he's played!

so I think that Kim taking over that role seems entirely believable

3:05

Alright everyone, thanks a lot for the chat, I've gotta go get to writing about the Diamondbacks now

and their..... unsettled rotation, let's say

Have a wonderful week, and thanks for the great questions today

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