JotCast | Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 9/15/20

Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 9/15/20

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Ben Clemens

12:13

Keep pushing him further down the lineup, sure

And if he totally breaks, sure

But he's been a lot less embarrassing than I would have expected and he STILL somehow keeps being good in the clutch

12:14

I get that it's not predictive

But I think that could be detrimental to chemistry for sure

One of the greatest players of all time, keeps helping your team win, and you just stop playing him?

Seems more like an offseason move

Joshua

12:14

With Starlin Castro coming back for the Nats next year, it seems Carter Kieboom could be an odd man out with Luis Garcia at 2nd. If the Nats decide to deal Kieboom, what type of package do you think they could get in return. Would Kieboom and Wil Crowe be enough to land Marco Gonzalez? Thanks.

Ben Clemens

12:14

Wow, I think that is way too much for Marco

12:15

But I might just have the wrong opinion of him

12:16

Yeah I wonder if this is just me having the wrong view of Marco, rather than of Kieboom

Derek

12:16

"Pujols should keep starting" is almost a hotter take than "Nelson Cruz is a bum"

Ben Clemens

12:17

Against lefties, which is the way they're increasingly leaning, would you rather play Walsh?

It'd be one thing if they still had LaStella

Haha also I like how I now think Cruz is a bum :)

12:18

I will say that Cruz led to the Twins' only run last night

Because the White Sox inexplicably intentionally walked him to surrender the platoon advantage

And Jorge Polanco followed with an RBI single

Braves4Life

12:18

What does Christian Yelich need to do to be a productive hitter again?

Chip Chipperson

12:18

Any thoughts on why Christian Yelich has played so cruddy this season? Do you expect him to bounce back next year with MVP-type numbers?

Ben Clemens

12:19

Lots of Yelich questions in here, and I'll try to give a brief answer, though to be honest I'm semi considering making this a whole article so I'm not going to give away all the goods

12:20

I'm not *that* worried about Yelich yet, but I do find it really interesting how quickly in-season projection systems have come down on him

12:21

If I had to diagnose something quickly, I'd say he's just gotten too passive?

But he's also running career-worst contact numbers, I don't know what to think about that

I do not expect him to bounce back to MVP-type numbers, but I think it's foolish to expect anyone other than Mike Trout to put up MVP numbers

Okay maybe Mookie too

I expect him to be good though!

And if things break right, MVP numbers

Giodude

12:22

More surprising disappointing season: Bellinger or Yelich? Given Bellinger's bad second half of 2019, has to be Yelich, right?

Ben Clemens

12:22

Agreed

Reds fan

12:22

Is Trevor Bauer just as much in the NL Cy Young running?

Ben Clemens

12:22

Yeah, I should have listed him as well

Just an oversight

I think he and Burnes are clearly 3-4 after Darvish and deGrom right now

Guest

12:23

Mo Vaughn would have allowed more than three inside the park homers if he played left field.

Ben Clemens

12:23

Touche

v2micca

12:23

For a board game suggestion, Western Legends from Kolossal Games. 2 to 6 players, though the sweet spot is 4 players in my oppinion. Its kind of sandbox table-top game where you and the other players take control of a Historical Western Legend and trying to gain the most Legendary status. You can play as a Marshall or an Outlaw (though some legends obviously lend themselves more one way than the other)
Cincinatti appeared to go all in this off season and it just hasn't really worked. Is it time for them to at least partially blow it up and start over?

Phillip Mamoufwifarts

12:23

Have you played the Bloodborne card/board game? The video game is my favorite and I was surprised how well the card game captured the feeling of playing it.

Ben Clemens

12:23

I have not played either of these but they both sound cool

12:24

I do love a good western

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