JotCast | Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 6/3/22

Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 6/3/22

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Ben Clemens

12:50

Akin, maybe? That's who I would try first

Sports Fan

12:50

Ben. I am a big sports fan and have friends that are sports fans. How soon can MLB put my company on its broadcasts to show off our newest stats.

Ben Clemens

12:50

Immediately!

Well, it depends, do you have some nebulous connections to in-game wagers?

If so, immediately!

Marty McFlyball

12:50

Tiny sample size theater - are you intriqued by Matt Carpenter's new flyball swing?

Ben Clemens

12:50

Yes! Particularly in Yankee Stadium

12:51

Those Triple-A numbers even looked real

Joe

12:51

Looks like Caleb Kilian might debut tomorrow in the cubs double header. I know cubs fans are excited because he is the first real pitching prospect they have had. But he also seems to have changed and added more velo. Is he going to be a top of the rotation guy or a 4/5?

Ben Clemens

12:51

I am wayyyyyy into Kilian

Saw him in Fall League, he looked great, the velo was there too

I think he is a potential Pablo Lopez type

Where you aren't wowed by any one thing but he just shoves

Insert Witty Name Here

12:52

who’s responsible for the content of teams announcers? The league or the individual team? Im starting to get annoyed by some announcers spending the whole broadcast complaining about how the game is played. Someone needs to realize that’s not a great way to keep fans.

Ben Clemens

12:52

Mostly the individual team or their RSN

There's some shared responsibility there. But in essence, they're team employees

Blake

12:52

I didn't think Rafael Montero was more than a salary dump throw-in in the Graveman trade. But here he is in June with a 0.44 ERA. Real or fool's gold?

Ben Clemens

12:52

I'll take a (small) victory lap here, I thought Montero was a great get for the Astros, since the Mariners DFA'ed him and then threw him in for free

12:53

I totally believe. Why wouldn't you? His career stats are still really good. He's not this good but he's an above-average reliever imo

Zonk

12:53

Christopher Morel.....flash in the pan, or is this real?

Ben Clemens

12:53

Eh, little of both

Martin Perez

12:53

Can you explain how I’ve been so good??? And whether it has any chance of continuing

Ben Clemens

12:53

I absolutely cannot

sam m

12:53

are you a brad Thompson enjoyer on the cards broadcast? I think he and Dan's chemistry is pretty alright

Ben Clemens

12:53

He's grown on me

Insert Witty Name Here

12:53

If you had a child and named him or her after a ball player, who would it be?

Ben Clemens

12:53

Oh, I like this question

12:54

Ozzie Smith is my favorite player of all time but that's not really a name I'm in love with for my kid

How about Curtis?

Granderson is my wife's favorite player of all time, he's just an awesome dude, and I like the name

Cortes

12:54

Almost boring that he keeps doing this but he's really pitching this well. Not 1.5 good but still.

Ben Clemens

12:54

It's not boring but it's shocking that I kinda expect it

12:55

I don't think he'll keep it up but when you find one of these sum-more-than-parts guys I feel like they tend to keep it going

Unscientific in the extreme, but that's just the kind of answers you're getting in today's speed chat

Appa Yip Yip

12:55

What is wrong with José Berríos? Can u fix him pls?

Ben Clemens

12:55

So you're saying I shouldn't have picked him to win the Cy Young?

That one didn't age well, to say the least

The Real Ben Clemens

12:56

Re: the thing about announcers complaining: if I had a nickel for every time Rex Hudler talks about the Royals needing to bunt, pitch to contact, and hit dinky opposite field singles I would have enough money to buy the team and hire a GM that's not Dayton Moore

Ben Clemens

12:56

Not every broadcast does this, but the ones that do really stick with you, you know?

The Real Ben Clemens

12:56

this impostor Ben doesn't even know my real chat schedule

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