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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 8/4/25

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Guest

2:12

What/who is your favorite style of bad player?

Ben Clemens

2:13

oh, babip-y speed guys

like man I love Jung Hoo Lee's slap hitting ways

I had Luis Arraez on a trade value top 50 once!

i think guys who ocmpletely subvert the normal way the game works are fun

Victoria

2:14

What is your least favorite style of good player?

Ben Clemens

2:14

high-K high-BB closers

unless they throw a unicorn pitch

2:14

For rest of season - do you think Luis Gil or Nestor Cortes are worth hanging on to?

Ben Clemens

2:15

really depends on who your alternatives are but I think the opportunity is there for both. format-dependent and roster-dependent but playing time is a positive factor for both and I'd be happy to roster either in my current Ottoneu team

Guest

2:15

Do elite defenders add or subtract from each other? As in, would an elite SS and 3B take away opportunities from each other, lowering their value?

Ben Clemens

2:16

I would assume so, but then you've got the fact that maybe the team leans more into sinkerballers with those two guys

I haven't really done the math on this one and I think it'd be quite hard to actually do

Brian

2:16

Since he was the inspiration for the 5 Things column, I have to say that Zach’s “Mets Corner” is delightful

Ben Clemens

2:17

I'm not a big podcast guy these days b/c I don't commute and don't wear headphones when I walk my dog, so I didn't know what this was and had to look it up

cool! love it

2:17

If your goal was to build the most fun and entertaining bad team, who'd be at the top of your list for players to get? And I mean entertaining in a good way, not watching a car crash entertaining.

Ben Clemens

2:17

Arraez for SURE

oh, maybe Nestor Cortes and some super weird pitchers too

PUJOLS5

2:17

You mentioned watching cut up starts on Savant. What search do you use to get that?

Ben Clemens

2:17

just put in the pitcher and the game date

2:18

and then watch all their pitches in sequence