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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 7/20/20

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Big Bird

3:05

the athletic chats aren't as good because it's not anonymous so you can't "play" different characters

Guest

3:05

Is Mrs. Clemens a member of Fangraphs? Come on now, don't be a freeloader!

Ben Clemens

3:05

Not only is she, but she's always wearing her FanGraphs t-shirt when we have our family zoom calls

Step up, people who aren't blood related to me!

Adam

3:06

With the shortened season and likely lower gap between starter and reliever innings, is this year our best chance to see a reliever lead the league in pitching WAR?

Ben Clemens

3:06

Yes

100% yes

Also to win Cy Young, win MVP, etc

I wanted to pick Kirby Yates for NL Cy Young actually

Before reality struck and I picked deGrom

My Name

3:06

The more you talk about it, the more it seems like you have issues with the Mets DH depth chart as it was provided to you-- but you proceeded to use it to talk crap about the team anyway. You seem like a good dude, just doing your jorb, but yeah.

Ben Clemens

3:06

I mean that's not quite right either

It's like, if that is the Mets depth chart

I think they're doing it wrong

3:07

Jason does a pretty good job of gathering information from team sources

As well as beat reporters

And that's his best estimate

We can't really know if the team will follow what it told the beat guys or what anonymous people in front offices told people in other front offices and so on

But yeah

If that's the Mets' situation

thumbs down

3:08

If it's all Cespedes and Davis, I'm into it

viceroy

3:08

Whats going to happen with Kwang-hyun Kim

Ben Clemens

3:08

I think he's going to get 5 or so starts and a bundle of relief appearances and be awesome

3:09

I think he's the.... fourth-best pitcher on the Cardinals?

Maybe third

Unclear where I'd rank him relative to Mikolas

(and then I have Flare 1 CMart 2)

Guest

3:09

lolmets (fans) are SOOOO mad at you and jay

Ben Clemens

3:09

GSon

3:10

Do you take at least a half day of vacation celebrate the Bobby Bonilla Check day?

Ben Clemens

3:10

I do not. However, tomorrow is forced-divestment-from-old-job's-comp-pool day for me

So I'm absolutely going to celebrate that

Nittanychris

3:10

Can Jose Martinez hit well enough to force Tampa to not platoon him?

Ben Clemens

3:10

Yes

Will he? Nah

3:11

I was not a big believer in Jose in St. Louis

Even when he was Mister Statcast

His best shot for the Rays to give him PT against righties is a lefty getting hurt

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