JotCast | Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 8/3/20

Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 8/3/20

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Ben Clemens

3:14

and so on

Daro

3:15

is this the real Pete Alonso? He is looking really bad.

Ben Clemens

3:15

Nah, he's better than this

11.1% hr/fb so far

crank two more dingers and we'relike, oh, he back

A cat

3:16

Could Cora’s presence have salvaged something from this season for BOS? The loss of starting pitching is the biggest factor in the team’s poor performance, but it doesn’t seem Roenicke has a feel for this roster, even though he was bench coach for Alex.

Ben Clemens

3:16

Uh

I don't think so

Their problem is not that Cora isn't convincing Devers to rake or getting the most out of the bullpen

It's that I'm actually warming up right now for my start later today

For the Red Sox

And I haven't played baseball since little league

3:17

That said I have a mean slow pitch

If they're into that

Joshua

3:17

Michael Taylor a good trade target for the Brewers?

Ben Clemens

3:17

Yeah, but I don' see the Nats letting him go

Depth is just really valuable this year if you're a contender

Derek

3:18

Do we know if the season is indeed cut short(er than 60 games) whether those standings will be used for determining draft order? I guess they'd have to, right? But if that happens, poor Marlins...

Ben Clemens

3:18

I think they'd have to

So, yup! Bad beat for them

Unlike going out partying and getting COVID

Which is, well, not a bad beat

just, playing badly and not getting rewarded

Hugh

3:19

is it too soon to call out the Red Sox for explicitly tanking this season?

Ben Clemens

3:19

Give it a week or two

But let's just say I'm not super glad I picked them to make the playoffs this year...

There's contrarian, and then there's TOO contrarian

And uh, I was the second one

Hugh

3:19

Stupid Idea: Create a "3-point line" equivalent for MLB. All home runs hit over 430+ feet count for an extra run. Thoughts?

Ben Clemens

3:19

For me, no

But for the home run derby, yes

joe kelly

3:20

*pouty face*

Ben Clemens

3:20

Loved Flaherty, who never was on the same team as Kelly, taking a gratuitous Twitter shot at him this weekend

In jest, to be fair

This is the kind of content that I want more of from baseball

Light-hearted shenanigans

Derek

3:21

If no one makes the playoffs, then are any predictions actually wrong?

Ben Clemens

3:21

Yeah but I'm not rooting for that, so

Daro

3:21

Btw, Boston should try to trade JDM. Universal DH is a thing and will probably stay.

Ben Clemens

3:22

Sure, but I don't think teams would offer all that much in return

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