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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 9/15/20

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Zach

12:52

Didn't know a 133 wRC+ was considered bad @guy who said Bellinger had a bad second half last year

Ben Clemens

12:52

Haha yeah I mean, 'bad' by his standards

But I agree, he was not outright bad

Big Joey

12:52

Who gets more Holds and Saves the rest of the way? Soto (DET) or Wisler (MIN)?

Ben Clemens

12:52

Hmmmmmm

12:53

I'm goin to say Wisler but I don't really konw a great way to project this so I'm just spitballing

Isolated Thinker

12:53

Would you say the level of excitement throughout the industry and with the fans is much lower than normal? Are people even watching games at close to normal levels? I just cannot envision there being elevated national interest in the postseason.

Ben Clemens

12:53

Not sure exactly what you mean by industry here, but from a fan standpoint I think that's definitely the case

Anecdotally the stacking of so many sports has meant my friends are less focused on baseball than they would be normally

12:54

I haven't seen any broadcast numbers but I'd expect them to be down. I think postseason interest will be closer to normal just b/c the NBA and NHL will be over by then

Isolated Thinker

12:54

By industry I meant writers, media, etc

Ben Clemens

12:54

Ah yeah - I think we're at a normal leve, though some of that of course is that it's our job to

Chris

12:55

Is it time to admit that SD is just better than LA at this point?

Ben Clemens

12:55

I don't think that's really how it works. I still like the Dodgers over the Padres to make the WS

SteelThunder

12:55

What do you think about the Davey question in general, bad management for someone the guys love and motivates them?

Ben Clemens

12:56

I think that the motivation aspect of management is realllllly important

Significantly undervalued

I think where the problem comes is when they consistently can't figure out the on-field stuff

Most managers, I think, tend to improve over time at that

Dusty looks downright modern, and Davey was doing good stuff with the bullpen in the playoffs last year

SteelThunder

12:57

Davey makes such bad bullpen decisions though... costing the Nats so many games, if you notice they;ve losts o many games by a few in late innings

Ben Clemens

12:57

Yeah he continues to frustrate at times

I do think that some of that is that they've just been snakebitten in the pen

But basically if I were a front office I'd take the guy who motivates the team and try to make the rest work

Guest

12:57

Hi, my name is FirstName BunchofNumbers and I love to contribute to the popularity of my favourite sport by arguing against cool things, like "pimping" home runs and exciting young Black and Latino talent. I also cannot understand why baseball's popularity might be declining among younger viewers.

Steve O

12:58

Would you have traded two of Schmidt, Deivi, Frazier for Lynn or Clevinger?

Ben Clemens

12:58

I don't think so? The actual cost wasn't that high, for exmaple

Western Dave

12:58

Lost Cities card game is for 2 people but can be played with 4 if you have 2 sets. It's a great game. Was Ketel Marte hurt all season? Will his power come back at all (no necessarily to 2019 levels)?

Ben Clemens

12:58

Lost Cities is great!

One of my all-time favorite two player games

As an added bonus you can make it work with a deck of cards if you really need to

Chris

12:59

On the Red Sox issue, we don't follow teams to see how they perform as money-making corporations. We want to see great players on the field!

Ben Clemens

12:59

That's certainly my view of it, but I am aware that some people don't think that way.

Just don't expect me to do some ridiculous both-sides-ism and present that as my view

Or some view that I find to be equally valid

Because I don't

Steve O

1:00

Andy Martino, an SNY reporter said that was the asking price for Clevinger and Lynn

Ben Clemens

1:00

Oh interesting

I think I would probably not pay that, haha

But I'm high on Deivi

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