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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 8/10/20

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Ben Clemens

3:05

Jesus, I think

Sonny

3:06

Charlie Blackmon is hitting .458

Ben Clemens

3:06

And it's somehow still not interesting!

Coors plus BABIP is such a weird cocktail

Chris Antonetti

3:06

Which bat can I trade for

Ben Clemens

3:06

I'm honestly kind of at a loss for an answer here

I don't think there are going to be all that many bats moving

Morbo

3:08

The A's are killing it. How ironic would it be if Billy Beane finally wins that world series this year?

Ben Clemens

3:08

My dog is a newly minted A's fan ever since they allowed animal cutouts in the stands

So I am also an A's fan now, at least a bandwagon-y one

and let me tell you, it's a blast

3:09

It would be peak 'my stuff doesn't work in the playoffs' for it to work this year

As Metsy as it getsy

3:09

Coincidence that Stroman announces his opt out shortly after he accrues enough service time to reach FA or is it just peak Mets?

John

3:09

Stroman is reportedly opting out, any idea if he will be still be a free agent after this season if that’s true?

Ben Clemens

3:09

He will be a free agent after this year, according to several sources

I kinda get it, he was barely going to get to pitch

3:10

He might not have gotten to, period, even if he rehabbed the whole time

3:11

Seems like a spot where you're saying I can get money for rehabbing on one hand, but on the other hand give up that money to rehab on your own and away from a potential COVID hotbed

I think it's an entirely defensible position

Derek

3:11

Seems like a bit of a loophole, but is there any reason Stroman wouldn't have chosen to wait for enough service time for FA to opt out?

Ben Clemens

3:11

Nah, he should be an FA, and I think that's why he waited until now

Which makes sense to me

Aaron

3:11

I generally agree that it serves the best players to wait on extensions, but San Diego has a long history (albeit different ownerships) of letting their best players get away. Let's assume the current ownership group wants to lock Tatis in now and he is aggreable, what would you expect the terms to look like?

Ben Clemens

3:12

Okay if they need to make him say yes, then you're starting with the Acuna offer and tacking on money

So that was 8/100 with two options I believe

3:13

With the options being 17 million

Uh, so maybe 8/130 with 25 million options?

3:14

8/150?

It sounds high but Tatis has more service time

I'm just spitballing though

As Metsy as it getsy

3:14

Btw to clarify, totally get it for Stroman and support him, but Jesus the Mets are just snake bitten. This type of stuff just doesn’t happen to anybody else.

Ben Clemens

3:14

Yeah I mean the Mets-y part of it was the calf tear I think

Because they've been really snakebitten by injuries

3:15

But yeah, rough. Also rough for me, b/c I love to see him pitch

But mostly for the Mets!

Dayton Moore

3:15

should I trade jorge soler and plan for the future or try to make the playoffs this year?

Ben Clemens

3:16

Go for it, I think, b/c you can trade him this offseason

WIthout losing all that much value

Derek

3:16

What on earth are the Diamondbacks doing with Varsho? Call him up, make a huge deal of it and then give him a grand total of... 10 PAs in his first week and a half?

Ben Clemens

3:16

What are they doing overall? I don't have the answers for you

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