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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 8/5/24

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Ben Clemens

2:39

have you seen synchronized diving? I can't do anything remotely as well as these people do the same thing, together

Fitting

2:40

Far as I can tell the best single season two player WAR total since integration is A-Rod and Griffey at 19.1. This is followed by a bunch of Bonds And Friend. There is a pretty solid chane that Judge/Soto beats this, and I honestly think it would be cool given that all the duos above them played when the two of them couldn't. (Also true of any Griffey or Bonds duo, obviously.)

Ben Clemens

2:40

yeah, very cool

Michael Baumann's article last week about this was awesome

Bill

2:40

Gotta love Summer MacIntosh, 17 years old and 3 gold medal, if we was in baseball she would have 13 more great year

Ben Clemens

2:40

Katie Ledecky having the 20 fastest times in 1500 free history is also outrageous

swimming isj ust cool

bosoxforlife

2:40

I know Bobby Witt and Aaron Judge are great and front runners for the MVP but I simply can't get enough of the continued brilliance of Jose Ramirez. The Guardians have no reason to be where they are without his almost invisible greatness. Ignore the numbers and I see a player with every quality you would want in a player including loyalty to his city.

Ben Clemens

2:40

completely agree

I write about him quite a bit and I always feel basically that way

2:41

every year in the trade value series, a few team people will be like 'JRam that high? you sure?'

and i'm like

yep!

TheJack20

2:41

If Royce is healthy (big if) where does he rank among MLB 3rd basemen? After Jose and maybe Bregman I can't find many players I'd definitively say are better.

Ben Clemens

2:41

I'd prefer Austin Riley, Devers, Matt Chapman, and Jordan Westburg. I might NOT prefer Bregman tbh

Okra

2:42

I'm really confused by the direction the Rays took at the deadline. Mostly because I think Yandy Diaz and Brandon Lowe were better players to trade away than Paredes given they weren't only moving guys if the return was great. What are your thoughts?

Ben Clemens

2:42

wrote about it last week, I didn't think they did a good job given the goals they were trying to accomplish

Derek

2:42

I'd like to shout out volleyball (indoor, though beach is also cool and probably more popular). Especially now that they're into the knockout rounds. The rhythm of buildup of tension and then momentary respite is like baseball at 50x speed

Ben Clemens

2:43

indoor gives you a baseball feel. beach is more improvisational, which I kinda like

I like that the Olympics are rare, I couldn't handle all these random sports every year

but it's really a blast b/c you know it's gonna be gone so soon

Mike Trout

2:43

Mike Trout :(

Ben Clemens

2:43

Couldn't agree more

just really sad

Matt

2:44

Any comments on the Phillies recent slide?

Ben Clemens

2:44

I dunno, they didn't really feel like the best team in baseball to me, and it's a long season

2:45

nothing feels too crazy, I'm sure they'll pull out of it

M’s Fan

2:45

a lot of draft coverage posited that m’s pick Cijntje can’t hack it as a lefty even part time because of his stuff (91-92, slurvy slider). However the m’s literally currently have lefties on the 40 man and 26 man with similar stuff (Saucedo). What’s with the scouting confidence here that Cijntje can’t hack it?

Ben Clemens

2:45

a lot of it is that scouts like to be confident

2:46

do you want to read 'in truth, the error bars on this player are extremely wide. no one thought paul skenes was the best pitcher in baseball when drafted and it turns out he is, and spencer torkelson can't hack it in the majors'

Soto

2:46

hey I'm literally having my best season over here

Ben Clemens

2:46

the Yankees are getting these two epic performances, and everyohne else is doing their best to make them not count, it's kind of amazing to watch

2:47

Benintendi has the largest contract in White Sox history. Simply amazing

Ben Clemens

2:47

No comments other than that

Robbie314