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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 9/15/20

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SteelThunder

1:09

Do you think that Touki Toussiant should be made into a reliever, he's been sheeled so far, seems to lose control in later innings

Ben Clemens

1:09

Eric made an excellent point about this on our FanGraphs Live broadcast last night

1:10

He's worried that the Braves are stunting pitcher development by using so many options

And gaming service time by bouncing guys up and down

I could totally see it

But yes at the same time, I think he might be at his best as a short-burst gyuy

James

1:11

When did the Dodgers suddenly become a 'boring' team? Do you mean boring as in, they're not new to winning and so that's not as exciting a team newer to winning? Dustin May, Walker Buehler, the best pitcher of his generation, Mookie frickin Betts! How is that boring?

Ben Clemens

1:11

Oh yes I specifically meant boring as a pick

Because they're the favorites

The Dodgers are a blast to watch

And Joe Davis is great

Guest

1:12

Kieboom got a 60 in the prospect rankings before this year. Now Nats fans seem ready to sell low on him after less than a year. Worked out well with Giolito- for the White Sox.

Ben Clemens

1:12

Gio was a realllly weird case

Where his entire delivery had to be completely overhauled

Appa Yip Yip

1:13

Montoyo's bullpen usage is fine, mostly because the Jays bullpen has been really good so it's easy but the dude calls for a LOT of sacrifice bunts.

Ben Clemens

1:13

Ah, a man after my own heart

I like a bunt more than the numbers would dictate

One moment please, I need a coffee refill

Jon

1:15

When is the next Fangraphs live stream?

Ben Clemens

1:15

TBD

But probably next week

We are going to do some self-scouting on this one to see what we can improve

Kiermaier's Piercing Green Eyes

1:15

Replace "fun" with "good" for the Red Sox. Going into last offseason, there's no reason that a team with such stars should have looked at TB and concluded that it was impossible to compete with Morton/Snell/Glasnow and the neverending carousel of 2 WAR players. Baseball is a game about marginal wins, not marginal tax rates.

Ben Clemens

1:16

I do think that if the Sox knew Sale would get hurt

Maybe they'd try to go low for a year anyway?

But yeah

Heck I picked them to make the postseason before this year!

(in the expanded playoffs)

1:16

Is Freeman the MVP favorite right now? Should he be?

Ben Clemens

1:17

I mean, no, it's Tatis