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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 6/7/21

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Ben Clemens

3:00

For sure

3:01

Though it's not super common; I think my idea generation is worse than my execution of ideas so I'm not often sitting on way too many articles

Guest

3:03

Do you think the 4 AL East teams will stay competitive with each other all year or will someone fall out of the race?

Ben Clemens

3:03

I think they'll all stay competitive

Guest

3:04

Do the AL East and NL West take all the wild card spots?

Ben Clemens

3:04

Yes

I think that's just yes

Alright, I'm gonna do a 5-ish minute lightning round and then I have to run

King Coffee

3:04

Any guess on how Zach Thompson will fare in his debut today?

Ben Clemens

3:05

wait there are two?

very confusing

Uh: pretty well!

Dalton Wilcox

3:05

What kind of trade Value does Ian Happ have? Under control through 2024

Ben Clemens

3:05

Not much. Control is less valuable if it's control of a medium player

Cole

3:05

Lets say the Nats hold on to Scherzer. Out of all the other SPs who are at least 'reasonably' available, who would be your favorite target for a team in need at the deadline?

Ben Clemens

3:07

Danny Duffy maybe? Depends on if he comes back healthy

Guest

3:07

Dumb question maybe but why wouldn’t the Yanks try to have Chapman start? He throws fastball, breaking ball, and offspeed, so is it just a stamina thing?

Ben Clemens

3:07

Stamina thing

Appa Yip Yip

3:07

Is DJ LeMahieu the biggest casualty of the dejuiced ball?

Ben Clemens

3:07

Right up there, for sure

Appa Yip Yip

3:07

What pitcher gets hurt the most by losing access to sticky stuff?

Ben Clemens

3:07

No idea, but it probably isn't Bauer. He was a completely reasonable pitcher before

John b

3:07

TLR: doing a good job, meh, or bad job?

Ben Clemens

3:08

Bad job tactically, which just doesn't matter that much

Can't say how he's doing internally but it sure seems like the players hate him and like, that's bad!

Guest

3:08

Re: Chapman: didn't the Reds try him as a starter with lackluster results?

Ben Clemens

3:08

He was a starter in the minors and then he was just so ridic as a closer that they went with it

Rod

3:08

Who you got? Prime Kershaw or prime DeGrom?

Ben Clemens

3:08

Depends on what you m ean by prime

I'll take deGrom if we can pick a single year, but Kershaw's long run of it is wiiiiiild

namiki

3:08

I read the article about the slider, but regarding the up and down movement of the slider, isn't the speed of the ball affecting it?
It seems to produce a better effect to RISE a slow slider and DROP a fast slider.

Ben Clemens

3:09

That seems reasonable, and I need to do some multi-dimensional analysis stuff on it to have a better answer for you

Cito's Mustache

3:09

Have you noticed any sudden spin rate drops from anyone since news of sticky stuff suspensions broke? Things that make you go hmm.

Ben Clemens

3:09

Bauer and Cole have had the biggest drops that I've noticed

Brad

3:09

Fixing the baseball issue: How about let the pitchers use the sticky stuff, let the batters juice back up and let's see what happens.....