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

Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 6/3/22

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chilly

1:17

RE: ROY is harris advanced enough offensively to jump into that mix or is he just a stopgap til they come up with something better? his def at least looks ready

Ben Clemens

1:18

I don't really know enough about his bat to give you a solid answer there. But the barrier to entry is low! The NL ROY has just been a mixture of underperformance and injury so far

Romulus

1:18

Can you help me figure out who Luis Castillo is? Seems to vacillate between near-ace and back-end innings eater.

Ben Clemens

1:19

I think his actual level is somewhere in between, obviously, but that's not exactly the most helpful comment. I'd say that he might just be a change of scenery guy at this point

The Reds seem to have good pitching develpoment... but they don't seem to be getting the most out of Castillo

Might be time to hear a different voice

Teddy

1:19

Yordan and 'Stros. 6 years $115M.

Ben Clemens

1:20

Tune in Monday for me to write about the Yordan extension and tell you why he's better than you think even if you think he's good

RJD

1:20

Best 1-2 in baseball Nestor-Taillon? Only team with multiple top 10 in fWAR; yankees 3 is not bad, some guy named Gerrit Cole (10th currently)

Ben Clemens

1:20

Bring Back DeSpaniel Hair!

1:20

J-Rod deserves some play for ROY

Ben Clemens

1:21

He does. I don't think that race is over and done with by any means

It's kind of the opposite of teh NL

Joe

1:21

Do you expect Seiya to adjust when he returns from the IL? After such a hot start he fell really hard

Ben Clemens

1:21

I do, because he looks to me like someone who is making adjustments a lot out there, but yeah, the drop was almost as big as the build up

Bring Back DeSpaniel Hair!

1:22

Please stop telling people about Yordan! I drafted him in the seventh frickin round this year and I want to keep it that way

Ben Clemens

1:22

I think that contract has ended your odds

Of doing that again

Board Game Enjoyer

1:22

If you like 6 Nimmt, I highly suggest Skull King. Mixes the "will my card do what I want it to" feeling with copious amounts of pirate talk. Also screwing over your friends.

Ben Clemens

1:22

I'll add that to the list for next time, I like that style of game

Insert Witty Name Here

1:22

Me and the wife are hyphenating our child’s name. We didn’t like choosing one or the other either, so why not both?

sam m

1:22

re: lastnames my partner and I have thought of a joint lastname BhucClellan I suppose

Ben Clemens

1:22

That's a possibility, or something totally new

1:23

A friend of mine's brother changed his last name from Brown to Phoenix when he got married, I kinda liked that

Guest

1:23

Do you think this Astros core of Tucker/Alvarez/Pena + Javier/Garcia/Uruiqudy/Valdez + Lee coming through, is maybe better than the past one?

Ben Clemens

1:24

It's honestly kinda close

Yeah I think it's better

or like, if people pan out as I expect, I think it'll be better

1:25

Yordan is a better hitter than anyone in that last generation, I think

perhaps not a better all around player, Correa, Springer, and Altuve all provided more defensive value by a lot

but man he is such a good hitter

Tucker is Springer-ish, and there's much more pitching this time around

Teddy

1:25

Should Astros explore 1B options?

Ben Clemens

1:26

They should. I'm not convinced there's much out there unless Votto wants to move, but getting a first baseman would be nice

peanut-gallery

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I don't think they will do it unless they're getting a huge upgrade

The team loves Yuli

But life comes at you pretty fast sometimes

Drew

1:26

What about Gore doe NL ROY? Kid has been dealing.

Ben Clemens

1:27

Yeah if he keeps it up throw him in there too. He might actually lead the group in WAR

chilly

1:28

is yordan for fields more lopsided than tatis for shields? lad usu doesnt make those types of mistakes

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