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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 7/13/26

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Ben Clemens

2:59

well, I think I might argue that players who genearte a lot of their value via defense are properly valued lower, because it's easier to find defense for cheap than it is to find transcendent offense for cheap

but also, Pages is in the 50

Bacterun

2:59

A request for next years trade value game. Give us a certain number of custom selectable matchups, as long as this wouldnt break the model. I'm pretty happy with my top 20 but would like to reorder some of it and its difficult to get the correct match ups to do this.

Ben Clemens

3:00

that's fun, I'll mention it, haven't thought off the top of my head about how feasible that is

thaalderman

3:01

Re: the 1B daylight play. I'd guess that the perceived risk of messing it up plays into teams' calculations. Airmail the throw to 2B and the CF is there to back it up, and the runner might not even take 3B since they're moving back to the base. Airmail the throw to 1B, and the ball is bouncing around in RF foul territory while the runner moves into scoring position, or possibly even takes 3B too.

Ben Clemens

3:01

yeah good point

I tend to agree iwth this

bosoxforlife

3:01

It has been almost 100 games and the ABS system is firmly established. My number takeaway has been the dramatic improvement in the umpiring. I used to fear, and expect, to see a hitter getting rung up on a pitch well outside the zone and that isn't the case this year and the 3-0 pitch isn't an automatic strike anymore either. Now just add a couple more challenges.

Ben Clemens

3:01

concur, and missed this aerlier but just wanted to add it here now

Yeah, ABS turns out to be pretty much loved

I don't think that's particularly surprising. but i'm glad to see it

3:02

okay guys, this was a very dense hour of chatting but I have a lot of staring at player pages and tables of contract data to get done

and Roman Anthony

hoo boy, how do you rate Roman Anthony

anyway, I'm off to figure that out

have a wonderful week

3:03