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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 8/25/25

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victoria

3:27

is someone going to give Aroldis 2/30 this winter? How do teams determine how to value that guy?

Ben Clemens

3:27

i mean, probalby right?

3:28

you close your eyes, live with the wildness and the chance that he's just going to eventually be too old, and say that every year he's one of the best relievers so why not keep rolling the dice?

Ben Rice

3:28

Am I major league worthy catcher? Or are the Yanks just kinda desperate

Ben Clemens

3:28

remains to be seen, but I think they're very smart to try to find out

DeWallet

3:28

Do you think Stl will bring up Wetherholt in the last month for the proverbial cup of coffee?

Ben Clemens

3:28

they should

I think it' sjust a good organizational move, honestly

you never know when the transition to the big leagues will be particularly jarring, so why not get it out of the way in a low-stakes time?

Alec

3:29

re: announcers, can certainly say as a Tigers fan the combo of Benetti/Dirks paired with Dickerson on the radio greatly enhances the broadcast experience compared to previous announcers

Ben Clemens

3:29

oh man, I was watching the Tigers this weekend and after an Andy Ibanez homer, Benetti dropped "AI just keeps getting better! So lifelike"

i just about spit out my soda

3:30

everyone is different, of course, but I couldn't imagine watching baseball without announcers

Re: Cap/Floor

3:30

I feel like it's gotta be a nonstarter. Pirates/A's type owners won't accept having to pay double their current payroll with no additional handouts, Dodgers/Yankees/even Cubs/Phillies type owners won't pay more tens of millions of dollars of handouts to lose any big-market advantage they have.

Ben Clemens

3:30

oh I concur sadly

I think it's a great ideal system. I think it's almost certainly unworkable because of the ownership divisions and because of the difficulty of revenue verification

the PA would be divided about this too, for sure

b/c of the visceral negative reaction to a salary cap

Alec

3:30

my personal favorite was dropping an Arrested Development reference after Jackson Jobe ended the inning with a strikeout with "an illusion by Jobe!"

Ben Clemens

3:31

oh man, I didn't hear that one but c'mon

so good

Kirk

3:31

I am a Mariners fan with a close friend that travels a lot and the Mariners are absurdly good when he travels. I just asked if he wrote into this chat and he did not. So there are two Mariners fans who need to get out of the country ASAP.

Ben Clemens

3:31

let's rent them a cabin in Canada

alright, this has been a nice leisurely hour and a half, and we talked some great baseball, but I have to go get the stove hot

my actual stove, no trades, don't worry

3:32

have a great day everyone. no chat next week because it'll be labor day, so instead of my semi-informed opinions, ask the nearest person to you what they think instead. how much worse could it be?

but seriously, thank you so much for chatting, I always have a great time doing this. Let's do it again sometime soon.

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