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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 6/3/2024

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Ben Clemens

3:06

I mean it saddens me to say this, I'm a big McNeil guy and I loved that he had m ultiple cardboard cutouts of his dog in the outfield in 2020 so he could always look for her

but why would a plyaoff contender proactively add Jeff McNeil?

If he were free, I'd take him, of course

3:07

I think he's an above average hitter despite a rough first half, he's probably like a 110-ish wRC+ guy

but he's not a great second baseman, and he's not free

he's under contract through 2026

just feels like a very weird trade chip

Mariano Duncan

3:07

What are your thoughts on Luis Gil? Will the Yankees leave him in the rotation all year?

Ben Clemens

3:08

At this point I think they have to

like, he has to fail, you know what I mean?

if he fails, if he hits a big bump in the road, sure

but you can't remove him from the rotation when he's pitching like this

SomeGuy

3:08

What pitchers should the Guards target. Is Trevor Williams a viable get for reinforcements? At the very least he'd be better than Carrasco or Allen (who I totally called would suck).

Ben Clemens

3:08

yeah, or what about in-division rival Erick Fedde

Inning limits

3:09

What do teams usually do with guys who reach their internal inning limit? Move them to the 'pen? Shut them down a la Strasburg in 2012? What do you think the White Sox would do with Crochet considering it will come early?

Ben Clemens

3:09

I think they'll shut him down

but I kind of think they're hoping someone will trade for him and make it that team's problem

J

3:09

Soto is swinging more often on 0-0 counts (7%, a career high and up from 6% last season). In general he's swinging much more when ahead of the count than usual (15.7%, a career high and up from 12.8% last year). People will point to Judge but I think the more obvious explanation is simply that he's trying to do more damage in hitter's counts. Obviously it's working.

cool

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RTJ

3:10

I'm so sad about Spencer Torkelson. Is there any hope left?

Ben Clemens

3:10

Some? Surely

I do not have a ton left!

it's just been a while at this point

Manfred

3:10

Doesn’t MLB changing the balls every year make it harder to compare year to

Ben Clemens

3:10

oh 100%

Cursed laser show

3:10

Kutter Crawford is regressing to the mean, but it’s a #2 maybe #3 or more #4 maybe #3 starter? And for the next 3 seasons would you rather have him or Bello?

Ben Clemens

3:10

I think it's like a 3/4 thing

3:11

I'd take Bello, obviously Crawford has been better but I like Bello's arsenal a lot

damane

3:11

Does Matos get sent down for one of the rehabbing Giants OFs (Slater, Conforto)? Dude has a .350 OPS in his last 14 games. I think Heliot Ramos has earned a lot of leeway with the team seeing how well he's done lately.

Ben Clemens

3:12

I think it's extremely unlikely. I agree that he's gotten ice cold but he is by far the most legit CF on the team with Lee out for the year, which matters a lot in SF

I think Fitzgerald probably gets sent down first

3:13

with Slater back, they have the righty bat/CF capable slot covered

jeez, this team is injured, just looking at roster resource now

bosoxforlife

3:14

It is looking like Luis Arraez is going to set a record that will never be approached by winning the batting title for 3 consecutive years on 3 different teams, unless he wins again next year and the year after and the.............

wheelhouse

3:14

the yankees' lineup is going to be substantially thinned out at the end of the season, with torres, rizzo, verdugo, and obviously soto coming off the books. i'm assuming their general plan is to go all out to re-sign soto but will let the rest walk, but i still can't see them starting rookies at >=3 positions next season. i'd think a trade is more likely than a FA signing for said budget reasons, so who around the league could you see them targeting for corner IF?

Ben Clemens

3:14

lot of pieces need to finish moving around before we know who's even going to be on the market, but I do agree with your general conclusion

They're gonna back the truck up for Soto and I don't think they'll retain Rizzo or Verdugo

3:15

I could see Torres? Not totally clear there, depends on his market

Guest

3:16

Gleyber QO

Ben Clemens

3:16

Well right... but what happens next?

anyway... I think they go the bargain veteran route at 1b

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