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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 7/27/26

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Ben Clemens

2:27

as in, don't give up your FV60+'s

and tehre's not really an obvious player available at this deadline that would lead to an overreach

2:28

now, if Elly De La Cruz is unexpectedly available or sometihng? Let's re-evaluate

but nothing about Breslow's tenure makes me think he'll sell Arias in a desperate attempt to compete this year. He lets the numbers guide him (in my opinion) too much at times, but the numbers say 'keep Arias'

Reds Enjoyer

2:28

My apologies if you mentioned this at some point during the trade value series but in your preparations/discussions while making the list did you get any sense of how much, if at all, teams value ABS ability for catchers? Specifically thinking about the market for Tyler Stephenson and his absolutely superb ABS skills...

Ben Clemens

2:29

it came up zero times

I'm not sure whether that's because they don't value it at all, because I didn't mention it, because they don't think it's a real thing, because none of the catchers I had on there were great at the system....

anyway, no, didn't hear anything about it

rgberthelot

2:29

Do you think the Braves give Fuentes another chance in the rotation in 2027, or does the imminent free agency of Raisel Iglesias anchor him in the pen?

Ben Clemens

2:29

I think that he's going to get a chance in the rotation

but I'm increasingly thinking he'll end up as a high leverage reliever

Phillip Denny

2:30

Not for nothing, but reports are last deadline the Red Sox offered Tolle and Arias for Joe Ryan and the Twins said no....if you believe the reports.

Ben Clemens

2:31

boy, good thing they missed on that one! both of those guys have been arrow straight up since then

we had them both as 50 FV's at our right around the deadline update last year

and since then they've gone nova

dadbauer

2:31

Do you think GMs are approaching the trade deadline based on their assumptions of what the next CBA will bring, or based on the current one and hoping for the best?

Ben Clemens

2:31

If there were a big-ticket star (Corey Seager is mayyyyybe someone in the right ballpark) moving, I think people would have to think long and hard about how to conceptualize his contract in next year's CBA

2:32

like, I don't think a cap is all that likely. But a cap-like substance seems more likely

and a change in the way that teams think about deals seems possible

if it's like 1 year, 2 years? eh, no biggie. but longer deals would probably just have trouble getting moved at this deadline because it's kind of a both-sides-worry situation

if you're trading the guy with a big deal, what, you're gonna take a discount because of some potential CBA changes you don't even know anything about?