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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 6/5/23

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Ben Clemens

2:20

I've tried making a few versions of this and never quite gotten to one I'm happy with

2:21

I think that Dan occasionally shows some zK% type stats

2:22

the problem is that there's a lot of difficulty generalizing because behaviors change based on the count

Yo-Yo

2:23

Good afternoon, Ben! A couple of STL Q's for you. What will STL do with Wainwright if he continues to be smashed (only hitting 85 mph at the end of his last start), and does Jordan Walker refusing to change his swing change your evaluation of him? He's over 60% grounders and still looks terrible in the outfield.

Ben Clemens

2:24

I mean, they're gonna call Wainwright their ace and let him keep going

He's Adam Wainwright!

As for Walker, my evaluation hasn't changed much

i mean, he was mashing through the minors last year with the same swing

2:25

He's 21

let's take a breath

I was against him being up to start the year, though, and I don't completely understand why the team is so insistent on making him help this year

2:26

like, it's fine if your 21 year old mega prospectd isn't immediately major league ready

Geoff

2:26

regarding JBJ - the only reason he was signed was because Drew Waters was hurt preseason, and the only reason he's on the team now is because Kyle Isbel is currently hurt. There are a lot of reasons to clown on the Royals but this isn't one of them imo

Ben Clemens

2:27

I would have rather played a lot of other maybes than JBJ

if I'm the no-hope Royals

2:28

like, I totally understand the idea of signing competent veterans so that your squad is not a disater

disaster*

liked the Greinke signing and so on

I don't put that in the same group

Sirras

2:28

Played Terra Mystica for the first time with my Monday night game group last week. Very fun, very strategic. The asymmetrical play styles help keep things interesting!

Ben Clemens

2:29

I have never played, but I'd really like to

I've heard it's very fun

Liam

2:29

pirates have never won the nlc :(

Ben Clemens

2:29

Oh wow, I guess they won long enough ago that it was the NLE then

Thomas

2:29

If you are the Dbacks, what do you do about the Starting Pitching situation? They probably need 1-2 more decent arms, but they really need to see what they have in their glut of pitching prospects

Ben Clemens

2:29

I'd give the prospects more run

I agree

2:31

I think that yhou have to find out what you have, particularly with pitchers

sometimes they just click right off the bat

Bruce

2:32

Farhan stated that SF Giants will be aggressive during the trade deadline. Isn’t it a little early to state this for a team under 500 and seems to be a pretty flawed team?

Ben Clemens

2:32

Respectfully: who cares

actions speak louder than wores

words*

why not say that and give the team confidence?

Steve E.

2:33

Re Francisco Lindor: Any theories or applicable analytics to explain the crash? He's ... awful.

Ben Clemens

2:33

take a breath, Steve