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

Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 8/3/20

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Ben Clemens

2:59

It took me so long to accept Aaron Bummer as being good

I am a little worried that I've now overcorrected

3:00

But it's truly ridiculous that his name is Bummer

DeepLeft

3:00

What is Houston going to do with Cristian Javier, since he's much too good to sit. Will he take Josh Jame's slot in the starting rotation, or will he be used if Pressly can't fill for Ozuna?

Ben Clemens

3:00

I think they'll find a way to get him enough innings

Long relief stints, spot starts, w/e

Probably some of column A, and alllllll of column B

To quote the genie in Aladdin

kumar rocker

3:00

i can't wait to begin my mlb career with the pittsburgh pirates!

Ben Clemens

3:01

FUBAR for Kumar got obscured by this weird year

But yeah!

RMR

3:01

Senzel breakout in progress? K rate drastically improved (which the data backs up) and he's hitting the ball a lot harder.

Ben Clemens

3:01

Honestly I haven't even looked?

Let's see, live!

Chase rate is way down, that's great

3:02

Z-contact is way up, that's great

First strike rate of 77.3% lol super small sample

3:03

I mean, maybe a breakout in progress? He has a lot of doubles without exactly crushing the ball

But also he's seen 64 pitches

In 22 PA

So the best answer is that it's way too soon for anything to stabilize

Be hopeful, but be wary

Sirras

3:03

Are the Marlins as close as we're going to come to a Ship of Theseus team?

Ben Clemens

3:03

This refers to what I've always heard of as the Car Talk problem

If you replace every single part of your 1994 Honda Civis

3:04

Is it still the same Civic?

And yes

Not happening any other way

Your Name Here

3:05

Do you buy Senzatela's breakout? He seems to have finally found consistent breaking pitches, and dominated an excellent Padres lineup at Coors yesterday.

Ben Clemens

3:05

A little bit

Caught a decent amount of this game yday, he was throwing harder and also his slider looked slide-y

3:06

I don't know if I'd say he completely dominated them or anything, he only struck out six, but he looked quite good

Isolated Thinker

3:06

It's the same Civic if the replaced parts come from within the Honda organization.

Ben Clemens

3:06

What if they acquire some parts off of waivers from Toyota?

Matt

3:06

best way to get prospect coverage this year from alternate sites?

Ben Clemens

3:07

Literally no idea, sorry

I was wondering this myself over the weekend

I'd say read Eric

Becaues he's pretty hooked up

He hears things

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