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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 8/30/21

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Ben Clemens

2:00

Hey everybody, welcome to the chat.

We've got some real dreamers here, despite how late it is in the year, so let's start with a truly optimistic question

Mike

2:00

Will Edward Olivares get regular AB's during September? It'd be nice to see what he can do with some consistent playing time.

Ben Clemens

2:02

It's hard to imagine a player getting more jerked around than Olivares has been on the Royals. He's the very definition of up-and-down.

He's crushed it in Triple-A, and I'd like to see him get some time SOMEWHERE

DH, RF, LF, whatever

2:03

Are you really gaining much by letting Hunter Dozier get 500 PA?

But I don't know, the Royals haven't shown any desire to get him run, so I continue to think they won't

barney gumble

2:03

will the rays non-tender glasnow so they don't have to pay for his rehab? if so, who do you think scoops him up?

Ben Clemens

2:03

I've been wondering what will happen here for quite a while

I do not think that the Rays will non-tender him, but I do think they might look to trade him

2:04

'do you think glasnow has positive value to tampa' is a question I've asked a lot of people on slack

And yeah, even if they trade him, I think non-tendering him is just a waste of resources, not a very Rays move

Laffy Jaffe Taffy

2:05

Rank the following Bens in order of coolness: Franklin, Clemens, Bernanke, Big Ben, and Affleck.

Ben Clemens

2:05

I've met Ben Bernanke!

He is much cooler than me. Immaculately groomed beard.

2:06

I just wanted to bring that tidbit up. I'm otherwise dodging the question, I'm obviously less cool than any of these Ben's

Finnegan's SSW

2:06

When a player has a hole in their swing as big as Patrick Wisdom's (7th best xWOBA on pitches in the middle third of the zone, dead last on pitches in the top third of the zone), what prevents pitchers from exploiting it even more frequently than they are? Is it just that pitching is really hard?

Ben Clemens

2:06

A lot of it is that pitching is really hard. I do think scouting reports get more insistent as a player really proves it, too

2:07

It's one thing when it's Patrick Wisdom, some dude who the Cubs called up who hit five bombs last week

You might gloss over that scouting report

But the more established he gets, the more I think pitchers (and catchers, more to the point) will try to work around it

Dayton Moore

2:07

Chances my outfield looks entirely different next year?

Ben Clemens

2:08

Depends on what you mean by entirely. I think Benintendi will still be there for sure, and Michael A. Taylor seems like a very Royals guy (having a totally fine season, wonderful signing)

And Dozier has a deal!

But I think starting those three again makes little sense

If you're saying will 3/3 change? No

2/3? I think the over/under is 1.5

Ben Cherington

2:09

Ben Bernanke is in no way a cool guy. A well groomed beard doesn't make up for wanting to eliminate the social safety net or pretending like the deficit is an actual important thing to worry about.

Ben Clemens

2:09

Wild that you weren't included in the coolness rankings

In fairness to Bernanke, lots of economists over time have worried about deficits, though I agree with you that their worries are misguided

brad penny for your thoughts

2:10

have you considered that if you were one of Roger's kids, your name would be Ken?

Ben Clemens

2:11

I think it would be Kben, with the K silent

Steven

2:11

Is the Giants bullpen that ranks 24th in K%, but 3rd is RA9 one we should trust down the stretch?

Ben Clemens

2:11

Uh... somewhere in between those two

I like a lot of what they're doing

2:12

Lowest walk rate in the league, very few homers allowed

They're top 5 in FIP, for example

But I think they're more of the 10th-best bullpen than a top 3 outfit

Zach

2:13

Is someone going to write about Bryce Harper soon? Besides the stretch he was playing hurt from getting hit in the face/wrist, he's been 2015 level good.

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