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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 6/5/23

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Ben Clemens

2:51

It really depends on who is willing and or able to move to the outfield

But I think I'd want McLain 2b, DLC ss, Steer 3b, and I guess India DH/OF/etc

2:52

Votto is just really an awkward thing, like, ideally I'd want CES at first

but it's just so tough to bench Votto

hopefully India plays a mean LF/RF

and then it all works

petey bienel

2:52

dom smith's iso is at pete gray levels. seriously. gray .043, smith .038.

Ben Clemens

2:53

Yeah, poor Dom, but power hitting is just not his thing

Phil

2:53

Re: Afraid of trout in the sense he's no longer a true talent 175 WRC+ player and just a normal great hitter?

Ben Clemens

2:53

Exactly this

Guest

2:53

Odds the Phillies pick up Scott Kingery’s options?

Ben Clemens

2:54

I think it's just 0

They're 14, 15, 16

like, nah

Guest2

2:54

How much do you think the Rangers offense is going to regress after this ridiculous start?

Ben Clemens

2:54

For what it's worth, we project them to have the 8th-best offense the rest of the way

2:55

maybe 7th, really, depending on park effects

so they're not the braves/dodgers/astros/jays, but in the nexts tier

Appa Yip Yip

2:55

Do you ever think about how we'd talk about Mookie Betts if he didn't play in the era or Trout and then Ohtani?

Ben Clemens

2:55

I sure do

Mookie is so great

He's probably underrated

2:56

in that people talk about the dodgers as a team with a bunch of stars, instead of a team with Mookie Betts and then some stars

Ben

2:56

How was Wrigley?

Ben Clemens

2:56

It was cold! And really, really fun

wally whitehurst

2:56

what's your reaction if edwin diaz makes it back this season?

Ben Clemens

2:56

I'll just be amazed and happy

Guest

2:56

what do you make of Masataka Yoshida's hot start, do you think it's sustainable or that his defense will get better

Ben Clemens

2:57

I am a little skeptical that his defense is suddenly gonna get great, but maybe better than it is now?

Fenway LF is a great place to hide him anyway

I do believe in his offense though

Crane

2:57

How difficult is it to trade a player with a player option? Like is the return lower than expected or can you put in something like cash considerations if the player ends the season on the IL/picks up the player option due to regression?

Ben Clemens

2:58

I do think that PTBNL stuff happens fairly often. I also think it's a lot easier to trade players with player options in the offseason, when there's time to talk to the player about it first

Arenado had an opt out when he got traded, and they basically negotiated a new contract before doing the deal

You can't exactly do that on July 29

Also, it's easier if the option is either certain to get picked up or certain to get declined, of course

Danny

2:59

The Os are an enigma. Seems like the standard take is Mullins+Adley+bullpen+luck=profit, but there has to be more going on. It looks like the starting pitching has been a lot better than advertised, though still not exactly trustworthy. No?

Ben Clemens

2:59

Yeah, I think that they've shown the abililty to get a lot out of their pitching

And yeah, great hitters

Anon21

2:59

Soroka sent back to AAA after two poor starts. Do you think he's going to figure it out, learn his new mechanics, and get back to being a respectable rotation option, or is the beginning of the end?

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