JotCast | Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 8/26/24

Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 8/26/24

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Ben Clemens

1:51

You know what, I'm feeling chatty today, so let's start early

Also, I want to get a prompt in here in case anyone has some questions: I went to Saberseminar for the first time this weekend and I thought it was amazing

1:52

Here's the list of speakers and presentations: https://www.saberseminar.com/schedule/

If you guys are interested in hearing about some of these, or discussing them, I'd love to talk about them, I took pretty decent notes when I was in the auditorium

Princess Leia

1:52

No need to help us Obi-Wan Clemonobi! Aaron Judge is our only hope!

Ben Clemens

1:52

He's so good

JT

1:52

Has Marcus Stroman's time as a fantasy relevant SP come to an end? (Say 12 team mixed leagues)

Ben Clemens

1:52

Yeah I think so

GA Blood

1:52

Which player would you rather have for the next 5 years (not considering contract): Willy Adames or Anthony Volpe?

Ben Clemens

1:52

Adames, but honestly it's close

1:54

This is slightly old now but the last time I got Dan to run 5-year ZiPS, Adames was at 20.77 and Volpe at 20.02

I think I like Adames by a bit mroe than that but I do think it's close

Unfair

1:54

Is it cruel to make Patrick Corbin pitch to Soto and Judge?

Ben Clemens

1:54

That's how the Nats are trying to court Soto

Let Crews debut, and say 'hey Corbin will be gone next year and we'll find a way to let you hit against him'

Tucker. Gunnar. Witt.

1:55

Judge will outlast any and all temporary WAR leaders

Ben Clemens

1:55

yeah

I'm with you

Pirate

1:55

Is there any hope left for your boy Ke'Bryan Hayes?

Ben Clemens

1:55

ugh, I have to say no

the evidence that he is not gonna start hitting the ball in the air is just too great now

still not unplayable i don't think, his defense is just that good

but like.... he's not gonna be a plus hitter despite some individually good tools

Guest

1:56

Any plans/interest for doing another round of TV/radio broadcast crowdsource rankings?

Ben Clemens

1:56

We talked about this over the weekend, I'm undecided

LSU Dude

1:56

Do college stats need to adjust more for park effect or opponent caliber? Are there clear tiers between conferences?

Ben Clemens

1:56

Yes, and teams do

Ron Swanson

1:56

How in the holy sam hell are they measuring trunk rotational velocity difference between practice and games? I would read an encyclopedia about this one:

Effect of Trunk Rotational Velocity on Fastball Velocity Changes Between Practice and Game Settings

Ben Clemens

1:56

That one was amazing

1:57

it was by an Auburn coach/sports scientist, and basically they have a markerless tracking system on the mound there, Kinatrax. So they had guys throw some practice pitches and also some in-game pitches

They found that trunk rotational speed has a clearer translation to velo in practice than in games. in games adrenaline seems to pick up and non-trunk motions seem to make up for any slowdown in trunk, whereas in practice it's a really clear passthrough

really cool talk, one of my favorites

Fangraphs Audio Misser

1:57

In a recent chat you mentioned that y’all aren’t doing the Fangraphs Audio podcast anymore. Any plans to restart it? EW is obviously wonderful, but it was fun hearing from the other Fangraphs writers each week.

Ben Clemens

1:58

It's on the list. I also loved doing FanGraphs audio

JT

1:58

Who is the best prospect who's likely to debut this year?

Ben Clemens

1:58

Until about three hours from now, Dylan Crews

1:59

after that, uh.... maybe the Sox bring up Colson Montgomery for a cup of coffee?

Sirras

1:59

What is the most exciting play in baseball and why is it the triple?

Ben Clemens

1:59

oh man, hot take: it's the barehanded third base charge

triples are great, obviously

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