JotCast | Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 6/28/21

Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 6/28/21

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Ben Clemens

3:30

I think the Brewers will

mike sixel

3:30

I'd think Buxton isn't signing any kind of deal until he is healthy next year, at which point the Twins probably won't pay him what he wants.....what do you do with Buxton? I know you said you can't trade him for value.....but you also can't sign him long term (as he'll want to be paid like an elite player)....

Ben Clemens

3:31

I think I'd just let him play out the string, if he mashes great, and keep trying to convince him to stay

If he's the MVP (or something near that) next year, you got your value

If not, well, you probably still got as much value as you could have traded him for

It's always nice to perpetual-motion-machine it like the Rays, but it's not always possible

Appa Yip Yip

3:31

Re: coaching philosophy, Pete Walker is developing a big reputation north of the border and one of the things players say about him is that for like, the whole first month he just watches them pitch and asks them questions about what they like to do before he even begins to suggest stuff so he can get a feel for who they are as pitchers and people.

Ben Clemens

3:31

This sounds like a great ideA!

3:32

My best bosses have all been like this

Guest

3:33

Hiura turned it around? I mean, I know it's way too early to make an actual judgement, but what does your gut say?

Ben Clemens

3:33

My gut says no, but my heart says yes

And they're near each other, so that's confusing

3:34

I haven' watched much of him since he's been back up though

Guest

3:34

re: Yankee philosophy being too cookie cutter/one size fits all, it def sounded like that was the case at least a few years ago with Sonny Gray "being told to pitch like Tanaka". He was quite good when he got there and then the next year he fell off a cliff due to what he felt was the Yankees tinkering with his pitch mix too much. I can fully believe the Yankees are perhaps too big, and org changes are like turning a cruise liner around. The Rays are a speedboat.

Ben Clemens

3:34

I could totally see that

And with that, like a small row boat, I'm going to quietly slip away in the night

Thanks for chatting, everyone, and I hope I managed to answer at least some of your questions. See you the week after next, as I'm traveling next Monday. Have a great day, and week, and so on!

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