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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 7/10/23

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3:14

Yes to expansion. Now, with more playoff (wild card) teams and a more balanced schedule, how about moving back to four divisions again, so there's none of this .500 team winning a division crap.

Ben Clemens

3:15

iiiiinteresting

I don't think baseball would go for it. I think you might have a point, though

Appa Yip Yip

3:16

"everybody has a down year" is one of the most frustrating things about baseball, because on the one hand there's a decent chance they rebound, on the other y tho

Ben Clemens

3:16

Yeah it's really agonizing when it's your team's guy, too

Brian

3:16

To be fair, Elly really stole Brian Anderson's soul

KC Pain

3:17

Drew Waters hot streak or actually, maybe, just possibly, things starting to click? Ive watched him slide down year after year from I believe a top 25 or so prospect at one point. Still only 24, but would love your opinion as I never saw him play in minors and just have him here in KC.

Ben Clemens

3:17

So, I'm probably the wrong person to ask on this, because I never understood why he didn't work out

But sure why not, let's go

Adam

3:18

Is a backup infielder and a LH Reliever all the Braves need at the deadline?

Ben Clemens

3:18

I might be interested in a starter but more or less yeah

The starter would just be icing on the cake

Appa Yip Yip

3:19

If you are buying a single piece of fruit (or small amount of tiny fruit like grapes) to snack on, do you go high variance like a peach or a plum where if you hit it will be transcendent but if you miss it will be mealy and flavourless, or do you go low variance like a kiwi or a banana where you get what you expect to get but there's no real chance of tasting heaven?

Ben Clemens

3:19

Oh man, this is an excellent question

I tend to go low variance for breakfast fruits and, well, I just think blackberries are the best fruit, so I go blackberries for snacking fruits

3:20

but if they aren't available, I go low variance for choice

Dan

3:20

If a full time mlb DH showed up to a rec league and told everyone he was a shortstop would he be the best defender in the league?

Ben Clemens

3:20

Almost certainly

Mayyyyyyyybe if he's lefty no?

But c'mon, his actions would just be so much cleaner than your rec league shortstop's

He's spent 20 years or whatever playing baseball full time

You think he doesn't goof around throwing a ball?

Dan

3:21

Is everyone in baseball got hot for a month would the zero sum nature make the starts look the same or would pitchers and hitters literally all being at the top of their game at the same time produce distorted results?

Ben Clemens

3:21

Okay, I'm gonna make this the last question of the day because it's fun, but I'm gonna think about it for a bit before answering

3:22

So, I think it would really flatter the stars

Particularly younger stars

My thinking is that they're the ones with the truly transcendent skills

3:23

I really like hte question though, and I do think that for the most part the starts would look the same

BUt I think it would tilt towards starts

stars*

bosoxforlife

3:23

The peach question was great. My percentage of awful peaches was higher than the Braves winning percentage so i am now a grape and honeycrisp apple fan.

Ben Clemens

3:24

Yeah honestly I should have ended on that question, it's a great one

Honeycrisps (and their various offshoots, I like pink ladies) are a huge advancement in apple technology

and i support that option as well

Thanks for chatting with me today, everyone, and enjoy the derby

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