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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 9/13/21

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Ben Clemens

3:01

One moment again, everyone. David Appelman with some HOT alternate-reality playoff odds that I'm going to put into my Blue Jays article

3:05

Sorry about that again!

3:06

But now we know that if the Yankees had been a little better, the Jays would still be on the outside looking in despite their crazy-hot run

Mariners Fan

3:06

Give me hope the Mariners break the 20 year long playoff drought this year. PLLEEASSEE.

Ben Clemens

3:07

I don't think it's likely, but it's definitely in the realm of possibliity. And it's all because they added Abraham Toro, who I'd call the goat if his last name didn't mean bull, which is a different animal

The Mariners making the playoffs would be the ultimate 'let's root for this team' bandwagon

Sorry, jays

Tom

3:07

SS for Cardinals next season is ____?

Ben Clemens

3:07

Paul DeJong

3:08

Sorry to disappoint

Luke

3:08

Benintendi with POW honors means he's back or more a result of him playing two of the worst teams in baseball?

Ben Clemens

3:08

I'd say a little bit of both?

You do get to play bad teams

3:09

That's a part of baseball that counts towards your statistics

But his season line is what it is, and that's pretty uninspiring

3:10

Do I think he's a stud? Nah

I think he's a bulk-tier outfielder who can be a useful player if you need some average position players

Totally useful guy to have on your team!

Probably not gonna win an MVP award

Appa Yip Yip

3:10

Every time someone mentions Abraham Toro I think about Verlander's no-no where he's hugging everyone then yells out "where the f is Toro?!?!" Bc of a huge catch he made.

Ben Clemens

3:11

Incredible, I now want to go find that video

3:11

Would you compare Julio Rodriguez's ascent to either Soto or Acuna's fast climb to the Majors?

Ben Clemens

3:12

Well, not Soto. Soto's ascent was just absurd

He barely had 100 PA in 2017, none above A ball

Then he was a 4 WAR player in the majors in 2018 lol

3:14

But yeah, fast rise like Acuna

sorry Canadian

3:14

Thoroughly enjoying reliving the Jays recent stretch via your article. I can't remember my password to comment there, but just letting you know they played 4 games against Baltimore (scored 3 in game 1, so 47 total). Sorry to use this space!

Ben Clemens

3:14

Yeah, that should hvae said three-game stretch

But who wants to focus on their one loss

When we can see them sock dingers! And score a trillion runs

corvette corvette

3:14

the athletics look to me like a team at the end of their rope; probably might finish below 90 wins this year with no real difference makers in their farm system and a massive arbitration class with most of their (remaining) core members looming. which of chapman / olson / bassitt / manaea likely gets traded this winter to protect fisher's wallet + how long before they're looking at a mass sell-off of players on the cusp of free agency (those 4 core members + frankie montas and maybe even laureano)

Ben Clemens

3:14

I frequently see the end of the A's

3:15

I've been bad at being accurate

That said... I see doom in the A's future

It's feeling very tenuous here in the Bay (well, there in the East Bay, I live in SF)

They have always done a great job making rotations and bullpens out of whole cloth but they're really putting that to the test right now

"Where's Toro?"

3:16

It was because Toro hit a homer in the 9th to break a 0-0 tie.

Ben Clemens

3:17

At last, the answer to the question we just came up with

Farhandrew Zaidman

3:17

Ignoring whoever comes second in the West, are the Cardinals the spookiest potential NL wild card team to face in the division series? This year screams Cardinals NLDS devil magic to me.

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