JotCast | Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 8/17/20

Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 8/17/20

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Ben Clemens

3:16

Spencer Howard, maybe, or Bohm, though I think BOhm might be light?

I've bought in on Yaz

Not that he's Mike Trout, but that he's a plus-bat guy who can handle center who is basically free

He'll never hit free agency

I think that's actually true, I doubt he still is active when he reaches free agency

Greene

3:17

Better odds that Blackmon hits over .400 or someone (who qualifies for the batting title) hits under .140?

Ben Clemens

3:18

I think it's hits under .140

Particularly because the guys doing it right now will keep getting playing time

(Evan White, Eugenio Suarez, Gary Sanchez)

brad

3:18

Random thought sort of related to Charlie Blackmon, what's the longest stretch of PAs a player has maintained a .500 average over? Any idea?

Ben Clemens

3:18

Jay looked into various forms of this last week, I believe:

3:19

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/charlie-blackmon-is-chasing-500-for-now/

Roger

3:19

What is more likely: one of Betts or Tatis wins the NL MVP? Anyone else in the NL wins the NL MVP?

Ben Clemens

3:19

THe first by far

SO much of the season has already happened

And Betts was probably already a front-runner before the season

GSon

3:19

If social distancing and mask wearing (PPE) protocols were followed (and the so claimed by Plesac and Clevinger), then there was no endangerment. The demotion to Lake Country (The Alternate Training site for the Indians) would be only punishment with the collateral loss of service time and it's fiscal punishment.. The MLBPA would clearly want that to NOT happen...

Ben Clemens

3:19

I'm not party to all the exact details

But the Indians have said, per Passan, that both Clevinger and Plesac were caught in various lies

3:20

Which lowers my ability to believe the rest of what they said significantly

And I mean, 'no endangerment' is clearly not right

I'm going to be socially isolating when I get back to SF (I'm in southern California right now)

Because people out and about here wear masks a lot less frequently than they do in the city

I'm doing my part, but that's not zero risk, you know?

Hector

3:20

Does David Fletcher have a few 4.5+ WAR seasons in his career?

Ben Clemens

3:20

Gosh I hope so

David Fletcher is so fun

It's just great for baseball that he exists

AFan

3:21

One would think that that the Indians might be forced to trade one or both of Clevinger/Plesac, which might bring them decent pieces, in the OF, for example, but it would surely decimate their starting pitching edge for years. Thoughts ?

Ben Clemens

3:21

I think that they will end up trading Clevinger, to be honest

He's closer to free agency so more expensive

3:22

And yeah, it's going to push back their competitive window

But they seem like a team who loves pushing back their competitive window

So it's hardly a stretch

Bambino

3:22

What does it say about a team who trades for either of the indian pitchers who broke protocol?

Ben Clemens

3:22

You can take the optimistic side and say it shows they think their locker room has the right leaders to control them

Challenge trades like that happen from time to time

3:23

I think that's absolutely what hte team will say

But if they don't clear it with the veterans in the locker room first, uh, it might be messy

brad

3:23

That piece looks at most hits to start the season, I'm more curious about how long over any stretch .500 has happened, but not sure how to tease the info out of leaderboards.

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