JotCast | Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 8/10/20

Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 8/10/20

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Gil

2:09

deGrom is clearly one of the finest to ever do it but is he good enough that you would take him over Seaver in a all-time Mets pitcher discussion? Do we need more longevity for that? Also, fun fact: The Mets had a .438 winning percentage in games deGrom started during his back to back Cy Young years!

Ben Clemens

2:10

Are you digging through my pile of article ideas?

(I was considering writing about this, probably when we haev more of the season in the bag)

2:11

I think I'd still take Seaver

But it's close

cool

1

If deGrom shoves this year and next, easy dg

Trevor

2:11

If I want to easily find and download PITCH f/x data (or data similar to it) for every single pitch last year, how would I do that?

Ben Clemens

2:11

Lot of tricky words in here

So, you could just go to baseball savant

Here's their search:

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/statcast_search

2:12

It's got pretty much everything on every pitch

BUT

it has batch download limits

I think you need to cut it up into two-week chunks or something

Chris

2:12

Kyle Lewis still looks good!!

Lookin for a Scoop

2:12

Feel good story of the season so far?

Ben Clemens

2:12

Kyle Lewis

Derek

2:12

Hey it turns out firing a couple guys doesn't magically fix an organization's culture problems which have nothing-nope-absolutely-nothing-at-all to do with the owner of said organization!

Ben Clemens

2:12

I mean, I didn't say it.

Derek here did

But uh, yeah, shocking

Bosoxforlife

2:13

How do the Cardinals play 60 games, and if they play 45 does going by percentage to determine the (playoffs?)seem as absurd to you as it does to me?

Ben Clemens

2:13

It seems silly to me

But so does this whole season

2:14

And so does a 16-team playoff

I think I'll live with it, because I'd rather them do this than try to jam those games in

And they can't exactly have them just forfeit the season but keep playing

Gibson

2:14

If you are in the Tigers FO, do you call up Mize and/or others to go for at least a playoff run or do you stick with the long-term plan?

Ben Clemens

2:14

I would 100% call them up

That said, I'm probably too present-oriented to work in a front office

2:15

I want the fun now, and I assume I wouldn't be employed there in six years anyway

I think they will probably not

And they had a pretty easy schedule, which might make them a little more skeptical that they're good

But I wish they would

Rasmussen

2:16

Does MLB go straight with the draft order or do something weird next year?

Ben Clemens

2:16

I think they'll go straight draft order, dunno what else they could do?

Curious

2:16

Most projection systems use 60/30/10% percent weights for each of the last 3 seasons. Do you think these weights will change next year with 2020 only being 60 games long?

Ben Clemens

2:17

Missed this one earlier, but this is interesting

Yes for sure

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