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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 6/28/21

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Ben Clemens

2:13

He's not peak Rizzo, so it depends on the league.... like in Ottoneu I'd drop him and try to re-auction him probably?

But he's still a good hitter

Even if the shape isn't really what you want from your fantasy 1B

Appa Yip Yip

2:13

Are teams on the west coast actually going to play games in this liquid fire stew?

Ben Clemens

2:14

I mean, they had an open-roof stadium in Texas for many years

It got absurdly hot there

2:15

I don't think they're going to play many day games, but I don't think they will just write everything off

The Mariners are on the road until July 2, by which point the high is only supposed to be 82

And it's a nice chilly 56 in my neighborhood of SF right now, though the microclimates are weird

So it hasn't spread down the coast

Now minor league teams, yeah

They might cancel games

ralphd627

2:16

Conforto for Berrios straight up, who says no?

Ben Clemens

2:16

The Twins, b/c they don' want to acquire someone who will leave after this year

When they're explicitly trying to punt the year for future returns

Twins Fan

2:16

What do you think about a Berrios for Pearson/Gore/Baz swap? Are those 3 about equivalent for you or would you prefer one over the other 2?

Ben Clemens

2:16

I think Berrios for Pearson makes a lot of sense, don't think the Rays would be interested in moving Baz, ditto for the Padres and Gore

2:17

I would order them Gore/Baz/(drop)/Pearson

But I think Pearson is probably a fair return

Mitch

2:17

Rank the following teams in order of who SHOULD be buying at the deadline (basically which current rosters you believe in the most): Cardinals, Reds, Phillies, Nationals

Ben Clemens

2:17

Reds, Nats, Phillies, Cards

2:18

The Cardinals needed their pitching to be good this year and it's been a tire fire

This is just not a fixable thing

Their offense is not good enough to make up for bad pitching. The offense has been underperforming too, but I dunno.... even if they're good, they won't be THAT good

skwalla