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Ben Clemens

3:15

https://x.com/MasynWinn/status/1543096300324982785

Shota

3:16

oh, huuuuuuge Manny Machado teen movie villain energy fan

Alex Bregman fits into that category as well

Sean Doolittle is obviously an all time favorite, not active so I guess he doesn't count anymore

Strider seems cool

there are a bunch!

Bosoxforlife

3:16

Francisco Lindor, Francisco Lindor, Francisco Lindor, Francisco Lindor and francisco Lindor.

Ben Clemens

3:17

yep, see, somehow I forgot him

Bosoxforlife

3:17

I was hoping to catch Skenes when I go to PNC park tomorrow night. If I am lucky tonight's game gets rained out, 80% chance, and I can see two tomorrow.

Ben Clemens

3:17

Fingers crossed. Our editor, Matt Martell, saw him for the first time last year and was just raving about it for days. I'm sad I ahven't gotten to see him in person yet

3:18

I remember the first time I saw deGrom in 2018 to this day

Guest

3:18

Years ago now Rowdy Tellez hit a home run at Fenway that statcast had as being longer than Ted Williams's. It was immediately declared to be a glitch, the only statcast glitch that whole game. I am wrapping my body in tinfoil. Did the deep state meddle with history?

Ben Clemens

3:18

well now I have a new favorite conspiracy theory

barger believer

3:18

can we get some #bargerchat #addisonbarger #bargerincharger

Ben Clemens

3:18

I like

I want to write about

Thus, I sandbag takes

Why Always Mets

3:18

Lotta Mets fans freaking out over poor results in a couple Montas rehab starts. Justified? And the larger question is how worried should you about results while on rehab?(specifically for pitchers, who are presumably more focused on stuff/command than results)

Ben Clemens

3:19

I basically ignore them completely

b/c yes, they're focused on small particular things

Dan

3:19

If you force your opponent to make a mid inning pitching change next inning you get a runner on first. More base runners, less mid inning pitching change. Rewarding good offense rather than arbitrary base runners.

Ben Clemens

3:19

love it

Eurybouttime

3:19

Excited at all for Eury Perez to return to the mound today?

Ben Clemens

3:19

Absolutely

That Guy

3:20

There’s a lot already written about players like Judge bucking the conventional wisdom of athletes of that size and stature excelling at the major league level. How much of that you think might just be selection bias? Athletes built like Judge end up in football or basketball more often than not for obvious reasons, so we never get to see more than a smattering of these tall, hulking goliaths being dedicated baseball players. Perhaps in another universe the league is overrun with Giancarlo Stanton clones and we’re making up even more juiced ball epidemics.

Ben Clemens

3:20

Loved this question but missed it earlier

I think a lot of it is selection bias, for sure

if you're that athletic and that big, you're going to get funneled into basketball, right?

every kid I knew growing up did

Adenolith

3:21

Dont know if you read Washington's comments about launch angle and exit velo in the Sunday Notes column, but it struck me that there must be either be a pretty large disconnect between Wash and the LAA analytics dept (both purpose and execution), or there isnt an analytics dept. Is this still pretty common between front offices and managers?

Ben Clemens

3:22

I did, and yeah, I also read the comments section with popcorn in hand

I thought that was a really interesting interview, and I think it showed that the Angels front office hasn't done a good job in communication, because if I got to talk to someone every day for years, as a numbers person who likes signing players like Zach Neto and Jo Adell, and didn't convince my manager that they had real skills not including slap hitting that I wanted to nurture

3:23

well.... what was I doing with all those conversations?

I refuse to believe that Ron Washington is incapable of learning or changing. He's clearly a bright guy and clearly a good teacher

3:24

this quote in particular:

See what I’m saying? Because, why? The industry has allowed it. The industry don’t care if you hit a buck-98 if you hit 25 or 30 out. If I could hit 30 home runs and get paid, and they don’t care about average, then I’m going to go for the home run.

like, the Angels front office is a part of 'the industry'. They do not seem to be trying to impress that upon the guy they trust as a steward of their players. That feels poor ot me

3:25

Alright, I'm gonna do a lightning round because you guys have absolutely been killing it with the questions today

I need to go eat lunch but there are SO many good ones left

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