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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 6/5/23

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RTJ

2:34

Had a discussion with a friend last week about batter splits versus right- and left-handed pitching. Why do some players have worse (more different) splits than "average"? Is it an approach issue, is it something that is innate? For someone like Pete Alonso who has relatively similar results versus both sides - does it mean he underperforms against lefties or overperforms against righties or neither it's just random?

Ben Clemens

2:35

I think it's probably a mixture of the two

2:36

as to the first question

I'm sure that some of it is innate, and that some of ti changes

2:38

Sorry for my slow response time today, by the way

I am feelnig a bit under the weather and just moving slowly

sad

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Jazzy

2:38

I get that Ohtani is Ohtani, but am I crazy in thinking that Wander Franco (currently +2500 at my local sportsbook) could end up taking home the AL MVP as the best player on what might be a historically great team in a loaded division?

Ben Clemens

2:38

You are not, that seems very reasonable to me

Broken Bat

2:39

2 guys getting it done.. Keller of Buc’s and Eflin of Rays. Tossing away salaries, who would you want for 2024-2025?

Ben Clemens

2:39

Ooof..... probably Eflin, but I'm maybe too down on Keller

Farhan

2:39

What is a reasonable expectation on return for a Joey Bart trade?

Ben Clemens

2:39

depth and lottery tickets I think

sharps

2:40

Are the Nationals out-performing expectations or did I just think they were going to be utter trash?

Ben Clemens

2:40

I think they are, yeah

Pat

2:40

Speaking of Baez, his K% is down around 18%, but, he has turned into a Larry Bowa type power hitter..ISO is at .090..Is this a case of Detroit trying to help him, but, only making things worse by taking him away from what he does well?

Ben Clemens

2:40

I definitely think that

2:41

Maybe with a side of aging, but Baez has always been really good at making the most out of bad swings

2:42

so taking away the bad swings doesn't help him as much as it helps many plyaers

JC

2:42

This whole chat: what are your thoughts on X? Answer: eh, I'm not worried.

Ben Clemens

2:42

People worry too much!

love

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2:43

I think that there are appropriate amounts of worries but like

'Francisco Lindor is awful'

no he's not

like, c'mon, we all know he's not

VitalGonzoGore

2:43

Not random on splits imo. The way hitters see the ball. Not just the LHP or RHP. Also release point can affect this greatly. All batters see the ball differently

Ben Clemens

2:44

Oh it's very clearly not random for pitchers

release point and arsenal matter a ton

since hitters by definition see a ton of different types of pitchers, though, theirs can be harder to parse

I agree that it's not all random

But I do think that it takes a long time to tease out signal from noise

trophy

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because there really is a lot of noise

Captainjameshook

2:44

No q just a thanks for the taverns rec. Smash hit after we figured out what we were doing

Ben Clemens

2:45

I'm really glad you like it!

Remains one of my favorite games

tongue

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Phil

2:45

Who ARE you worried about Ben this season?

Ben Clemens

2:47

Ooh, fun one. Javy Baez I'd say, for sure

plenty of pitchers

I"m willing to believe pitchers are getting worse much more quickly than hitters

2:48

Trout, just because I'm afraid that time is catching up to him

tongue

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RMR

2:50

With De La Crurz and CES crushing AAA and Votto on the mend, what would your Reds infield look like on July 1st?

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