JotCast | Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 8/24/20

Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 8/24/20

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Ben Clemens

3:05

Maybe they'll pull a Roenis Elias and swap him for someone interesting because of the saves

3:06

Lol wow Hunter Strickland was in that trade too

Because when you're looking for postseason relievers, why not add someone synonymous with postseason relief appearances

Sure, he's always allowing dingers in those appearances, but at that price, you have to accept some blemishes

Those Damn Yankees

3:06

Are you on board with a free Mike Ford campaign? Vomit has been beast but with all their injuries I felt like Ford should’ve gotten more of a shot.

Ben Clemens

3:07

Including this one because of the lovely autocorrect

But yeah, I'd like to see more of Ford

Billy Beane

3:07

How's your air right now? I've been sitting AQI of 150+. Related question, what % of people outside California know what an AQI is?

Ben Clemens

3:08

Yikes-a

That is not great

I learned what it was only recently, because I only moved here last year and fires were not bad last summer (or well, they were bad, but not on a relative scale)

3:09

I drove home from southern CA yesterday (Big Bear Lake, to be specific) and the amount of smoke I saw from the highway was ludicrous

We also got rerouted because of evacuations

These fires are seriously bad

Chris

3:09

Ben can we talk about Kyle Lewis!!

Ben Clemens

3:09

We already did earlier

But here's more

He's awesome I want to see more of him

big mac

3:10

#Freebrendanrodgers!

Ben Clemens

3:10

#free(genericrockiesprospect) is always true

But yeah guys what the heck

I'm reminded of the only rule is it has to work

When Ben and Sam were trying to change something about the team

And when they were winning, the manager didn't want to do it because it was messing with success

3:11

And when they were losing, he didn't wnat to do it becaues it was admitting defeat

That's the Rockies with giving playing time to their best players

Derek

3:11

I really wanted Dick Monfort to prove us all to be idiots for not interpolating enough :(

Ben Clemens

3:11

Me too!

Those Damn Yankees

3:12

Any surprises on the swinging strike leader list? I was initially surprised by Dobnak and Freeland until I realized they’re half that of Bieber and deGrom at the top and there could very well only be 50 qualified pitchers this year.

Ben Clemens

3:12

I'm not sure about surprises, but I love seeing Gausman on there

I'm happy he seems to have found a way to make things work

MB

3:13

Re: WS pitchers: Cleveland made it to extras of game 7 with Josh Tomlin as their second-best healthy starter (their best one was Corey Kluber but still)

Derek

3:13

Royals had maybe 1 B+/A- pitcher when they won!

Go Astros

3:13

Hi Ben, I know you're not an MD, but are you optimistic about Yordan's long term performance outlook after surgery and recovery? I believe Cargo and Machado had patellar tendon injuries and bounced back ok

Ben Clemens

3:13

I am optimistic for sure

I don't see any reason to lower your long-term outlook on him

Joe

3:13

Dustin May has been great, the stuff is elite, but is there any particular reason he doesn’t get more whiffs?

Ben Clemens

3:14

I think a lot of it just comes down to the pitch mix

He was never a huge strikeout guy in the minors either

3:15

Pitches that move vertically seem to miss bats more than pitches that move horizontally

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