JotCast | Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 8/16/21

Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 8/16/21

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Ben Clemens

3:10

I've only played it once or twice, but it was a blast and I want to play more

Really fun theme too

Guest

3:10

Re: Cy Young: Do you think voters would be deterred from voting for Cole because of suspicions that his success was built on the use of illegal substances?

Ben Clemens

3:10

No. If he's getting first place votes, it will mean he has pitched well the rest of the year

3:11

More than half of his starts will hvae taken place post-sticky-stuff crackdown

Will there be some suspicions? Yeah of course

But if he has a strong September, it's not like you can devalue that

Mugghead

3:12

Can we expect Matt Boyd to make any kind of impact once he returns?

Ben Clemens

3:12

I'm just gonna say no, sadly

I'm not a Boyd Boy though

He has looked way better this year!

but his strikeout rate just keeps going down

Sharps

3:13

Come to DC. Check out the AAAA Washington Nationals. Visit the best board game restaurant in the country.

Ben Clemens

3:13

Talk to me about this board game restaurant

Sharps

3:14

Crossroads Tabletop Tavern. 1400+ games. Food. Local alcohol.

Ben Clemens

3:14

That sounds awesome

I'm actually going to DC for a wedding next month, but not gonna have time to check that out sadly

3:15

DC has some good local beers, my stepbrother lives in Alexandria and sometimes we bike to Port City which is always a treat

Kiermaier's Piercing Green Eyes

3:15

How crunchy is Spirit Island? The other half ****ing loves Pandemic and I've been eyeing it as our next coop game, but I know it's a big step up.

Ben Clemens

3:15

So, a really good part about it is that there are characters of differing complexity

And they're clearly marked

Sharps

3:16

It avoids alpha-gaming by keeping everyone busy, the theme is amazing. If you want to check it out, I highly recommend the app, because it is mostly out of stock :(

Ben Clemens

3:16

Yeah board games being out of stock everywhere is an annoying pandemic thing

Guest

3:16

You think Cole *will* have a good September then? His post-crackdown splits don't seem all that suggestive of an outstanding month coming up for him.

Ben Clemens

3:17

I'm not sure! He looked bad for two starts after the change, then dominant for two, then bad for two

That CGSO in Houston was awesome

Your Name

3:17

Would you rather listen to ARod call every game you watch or have to stand during every game you watch?

Ben Clemens

3:17

Have to stand

Appa Yip Yip

3:17

Ray's free agency is going to be so fascinating. He was bad quite recently, but he's also made mechanical adjustments and altered his pitch mix and it appears to be working. I wouldn't be surprised if he ended up with five years in the 90-110 range on the high end. He's only 29.

Ben Clemens

3:18

Yeah, the thing that makes me think he'll do well in free agency is that he was always SEMI wild but his awful 2020 form is easy to discount

He tried new mechanics, they didn't work at all, he scrapped them

3:19

So if you think that throwing his fastball more, dicthing two-seamers altogether, and going slider over curve is enough to improve his zone rate

And I do think that

Then you can buy in on his improvement. Maybe not that this is his true talent walk rate, but that it's way better than Past Robbie Ray

and Past Robbie Ray wasn't unplayable by any means, even with the walks

Sam

3:20

Will the qualifying offer thin Ray's market at all?

Ben Clemens

3:20

Really gonna depend on the CBA

There may not be qualifying offers!

Roger

3:20

Is it really Moreno mainly? I mean, there must be people in the Angels brain trust that realize. Hey, we have a good position player group. Let’s get some pitchers. Trade some prospects if need be (are you getting questions about marsh trades already like you were for Adell after a bad month or so btw?) Idk. I get it isn’t as easy as it may seem, and apparently they went after Cole and whoever else. But I mean c’mon. You can’t find any pitching that’s more likely to be successful than not?

Ben Clemens

3:20

It feels like that is part of it, but I think at some poit you have to look at the PD as well

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