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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 8/28/23

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Ben Clemens

2:57

if nothing else, each other division has either a New York or LA team in it

Dusty Runtz

2:57

If you were Ohtani’s agent? Wouldn’t you make him get TJS now? The longer he waits, the more money it will likely cost him

Shohei

2:57

Why doesn’t Ohtani shut it down for the year?

Ben Clemens

2:58

Dude loves baseball, in my opinion

C-Low

2:58

The injury to Felix is much more damaging in the playoffs where he can pitch every game than the regular season. How do the Os cope with such a loss?

Guest

2:58

Thoughts on giving Hall a chance at the closer job and keeping rest of bullpen rolls in place. Has the stuff and mentality if not the experience.

Ben Clemens

2:58

I'm kind of interested in letting Hall give it a try, that sounds fun

but yeah, this one hurts. I think they just have to hope the bullpen holds up, like what else can you really do?

Jake Marogersnik

2:59

Re team spending and market size, its not really down to TV viewers in a meaningful way, the people who own these teams are among the richest people in the world, they could spend if they wanted to. Detroit used to run a tax breaking payroll because Mike Illitch felt like spending the money, I don't think the market was that bigger a decade ago

Ben Clemens

2:59

Sure, owners CAN do that

but like, on average they don't

the AL Central played bigger when Ilitch was doing that

there's definitely some correlation in coastal teams being owned by richer owners, I won't argue that

HappyFunBall

3:00

Bryan Woo ... the skills are tremendous but with an innings cap looming large I have trouble starting guys who I don't think will go deep enough to earn a QS. Do you think he's going to be allowed to approach 100 pitches in an outing at all the rest of the year? Not just his own IP limits are in question, but thinking specifically about SEA not wanting to aggravate his injury

Ben Clemens

3:00

Yeah, I think they're going to treat him with kid gloves

very tough from a fantasy perspective

Buster Olney

3:00

Who is the best historical comp to Kim Ha-seong?

Ben Clemens

3:00

I'm actually partial to Baseball Reference's similarity scores for him, Brian Dozier but with better defense

Billy

3:01

How do you feel about teams using the threat of moving to get more tax dollars for stadiums? After the A’s, it seems like Milwaukee, Tampa, Baltimore, and potentially Anaheim could all use threats to move their teams in the upcoming years. Do you see cities like Portland, Nashville, Salt Lake City, Charlotte, etc being used as leverage for new stadiums before they get expansion teams?

Ben Clemens

3:01

I don't like it, haha

I think it's pretty gross, and I'm not gonna lie, I am enjoying how poorly this is all going for John Fisher

I hope the Vegas project brings him nothing but vexation

3:02

the Milwaukee shakedown is also really frustrating

I don't know what to say; I think this is a real downside of baseball, I don't like it, and yet I still like the sport in spite of all the money they're extracting from local and state governments

Farhandrew Zaidman

3:02

Don't look now but the Dodgers are on a 100 win pace...

Ben Clemens

3:02

always bet on the dodgers

3:03

i mean, unless we're talking 'To win the World Series'

KC Pain

3:03

Slade Cecconi good SW name?

or his wingman Blade Tidwell? (Meant to he one big SW question but fat fingered on phone)

Ben Clemens

3:03

Oh man, these are both excellent Star Wars names

Slade Cecconi was Poe Dameron's wingman 100%

3:04

Alright, we've hit the one hour mark and I have to go finish writing about how the Rangers are falling apart. Have a great day, everyone, and hey, the Rangers are falling apart

Read all about it here tomorrow

Lake Meade

3:04

Don't worry, y'all, I'm taking John Fisher down with me.

Ben Clemens

3:04

Fine one last comment :)

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