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

Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 8/24/20

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Ben Clemens

3:38

It's so weird to not have home field in a three-game baseball series where theoretically one team is way better than the other

So okay, maybe they should do the one I'm talking about, lower seed needs to win two straight

That would be a WAY more lopsided series than three games with homefield but I hate how even 1-8 matchups are anyway

guest

3:39

Re: Dom Smith- he's played part of 4 seasons and still has only 550 career AB. And 31 HR, and 37 2B, for a guy who didn't have enough power for the position.

Ben Clemens

3:39

Yeah he's just been much better, over his career, than prospect evaluators thought

Despite limited opportunities to shine

Derek

3:40

MLB(PA) has given no indication of keeping this playoff format beyond this season right?

Ben Clemens

3:40

None I've seen, at least

I hope that's the case

Jon

3:40

Nationals easily say no to that. Yaz is not on that level

cool

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Ben Clemens

3:41

I think I'd trade Kieboom for him straight up, but I could see people not doing that. Yaz gives more value right now, less value in the future

3:42

He's under team control a long time despite being 30

But I could just be valuing the hot hand too much

I just think it's not a hot hand, that he's truly chnaged his projections

jake

3:42

marcus semien... what happened to him? was last year a fluke?

Ben Clemens

3:42

Well, yeah kind of

He's not that good I don't think?

3:43

But I don't think he's this bad either

Projection systems thought he'd have a .344 wOBA before the season, already pretty far back toward the mean from 2019

3:44

They've lowered their rest-of-season projections even more now

To the mid 320's it looks like

But I think expecting him to repeat 2019 was way too optimistic

Scott

3:44

What do you think the FA market will be like for Kirby Yates this year? He went from being arguably the best reliever in baseball last year to absolutely lost for 4.1 innings before losing the rest of his season to injury. I feel bad for him, this was his chance at a big pay day and I think he might have lost it.

Ben Clemens

3:44

Yeah it's gonna be rough

He might be on a Blake Treinen deal next year

3:45

It doesn't help that every team is going to be a skinflint this offseason

Spending money is never popular but it's going to be especially unfashionable after a year without fans

On that note, I'm going to call it a day and go back to figuring out whether you'd rather save your closer for the tenth inning now

BASEBALL SZN

3:45

Joining the chat very late so this may have been answered already, but what's new in Bens' Land of Board Games?

Ben Clemens

3:45

Ooh

3:46

One last answer here first, then

Got Wingspan a few weeks ago

Love it

And with that, I'm out

Have a great day, everyone

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