JotCast | Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 8/12/24

Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 8/12/24

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Ben Clemens

2:50

yeah this is it, I think

not a bad player, but not a star

Greg

2:50

Even when we consider that Corbin was at his peak when he signed doesn't he still look like the Sesame Street member of that high salaried group ("one of these things is not like the others...")?

Ben Clemens

2:51

oh totally

that was at the peak of the Nats deciding they were gonna win now

and it worked, to a T

but I think even when that deal was signed everyone was like wow, Patrick Corbin, huh?

mrdxol

2:51

re cleveland 'beating up on the white sox': they actually have *not* done that! they're 5-5 vs CHW, w/ run differential of just +3. KC and MIN are both 12-1 against the Sox. Chicago's weirdo competitiveness vs the guardians is arguably what's keeping the ALC race close.

Ben Clemens

2:51

wow that's wild

I didn't bother to look it up b/c I mean, White Sox

I guess that's the flipside of their crazy RISP stuff

2:52

all kinds of weird stuff is happening in Cleveland this year

bosoxforlife

2:52

Have you noticed that the NL is in danger of not having a qualifying hitter above .300. As of today only Arraez at .306 and Ozuna at .301 are above it.

Ben Clemens

2:52

omg I did not

the thing that is really surprising to me about this isn't that Ohtani has slipped below .300

(he's at .298)

2:53

or that Betts (and Yelich!) aren't qualified anymore b/c of injury

it's that Luis Arraez is hitting .306

man he's been sneaky bad on the Padres

DBacks Heater

2:53

Is there a scarier offense than the DBacks at this point? I know that the NYY have Judge/Soto, but the DBacks' numbers over the past few months have been insane

Ben Clemens

2:54

mmmmm.... I'm more afraid of the Orioles and Yankees, particularly with Christian Walker out

the DBacks offense has been awesome though

2:55

who knew that Eugenio Suarez would be a league average hitter via an 88 wRC+ first half and 155 second half

instead of like, 102/102

Carroll has picked it back up, McCarthy on a heater, etc.

Farhandrew Zaidman

2:55

NL Cy Young is Sale's to lose, yeah?

Ben Clemens

2:55

yeah

2:56

in factd!

we have a predictor

https://www.fangraphs.com/projections/cy-young

it both looks at season-to-date and projected rest of season

Guardcore Clevelander

2:57

RE: Arraez, he's been playing through a torn thumb ligament. Probably badly affecting his swing.

Greg

2:57

Looks more like Arraez has been sneaky bad all season, no? He's hit about the same as he did in Miami.

Ben Clemens

2:57

yeah but the story in Miami was 'wow what a slow start'

and then he went to SD and bam, fixed it

but turns out that was just a blip

Guest

2:57

Is Chapman opting out this off season? He's kinda quietly having a great year and there's not a lot of 3B available this off season.

Ben Clemens

2:57

100% likelihood

that said, I think there's a good chance that he and the Giants work something out in terms of an extension/replacement

Hunter

2:57

Does Skubal take any penalty in the AL Cy Young against Burnes and probably Lugo being in the playoffs?

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