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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 9/18/23

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Ben Clemens

2:48

I haven't really heard much about any of those teams pulling out of a tailspin either

It's just, eh, boring

Billies beans, beef, and beer

2:48

With the expanded playoffs and lack of sellers at the trade deadline, we need mlb expansion. Also the gap between training at the highest levels is shrinking

Ben Clemens

2:48

Yeah, I completely agree with this

LindaKN

2:48

do you think the royals will ever be good enough to exploit the fact that they have a pennies on the dollar Bobby Witt Jr.? He’s so good but they’re so bad

Ben Clemens

2:48

I do not

They're just too bad

Guest

2:49

Do you think there's a chance Wyatt Langford gets called up in the next week or two? Could be a bench asset in the playoffs

Ben Clemens

2:49

I do, and that feels wild

but they're clearly paving the path for it

Rays fan

2:50

Stadium situation on the way to being settled. Do you think the next mlb expansion teams have a shot at winning early like vegas golden knights?

Ben Clemens

2:50

It really depends on the way they set up the expansion draft

my guess is that expansion teams are going to be just okay in baseball, organizations are just so big and dev time is so long compared to other sports

2:51

but hockey is the closest to baseball in that sense so maybe!

I just haven't given much thought to it

2:51

Just want to throw out that David Ross has several seasons with a wRC+ higher than Yainer’s this season so maybe we pump the breaks a little.

Ben Clemens

2:51

Nope, let's enshrine him now

Ohtani 2024

2:51

He takes a deal with an early opt out, right? Seems like he could sign for more after he comes back from TJS

Ben Clemens

2:51

I mean, I wouldn't

2:52

there's just not much difference between 400 million and 500 million to me

Tstats

2:52

Game clock has sped up games, does this mean we can revoke the 3 batter rule?

Ben Clemens

2:52

I mean.... I don't see why

mid-inning pitching changes suck

Oddball Herrera

2:53

An argument against MLB expansion: isn't talent already thin? There are already 4-5 teams that are jokes from day 1 of each season

Ben Clemens

2:53

I think that has a lot to do with those teams not putting in a legit effort

the amount of nasty relief arms is a big argument in favor of expansion to me

Logan Davis

2:54

Yesterday I discovered Cal Raleigh is 25th in WAR for position players, 3rd among catchers, and ahead of Adley. So I went back and checked and he wasn't on the Trade Value list anywhere, even as an honorable mention! Is this just a hot streak? Or is the industry not as high on him?

Ben Clemens

2:54

Little bit of both, little bit of me being too low, little bit of a distrust of catcher value that is so heavily reliant on framing

2:55

let's just say that I'm not short on Mariners fans who are taking a look at this list when I"m building it

I think that his age also plays a role, but yeah, I'd have him on there if I did it again

Tank for WC3

2:55

Jays, Rangers and Mariners would all prefer the Twins to the Rays/O's, right? Would any NL WC team want to play the Phils over MIL?

Ben Clemens

2:55

I mean, maybe the last day of the season?

but it's pretty important to actually make the playoffs

bosoxforlife

2:56

Ohtani can't get $400 million if he is just a DH, can he?

Ben Clemens

2:56

If he were only ever going to DH again, no

but presumably he's planning on returning to two-way play after rehabbing from injury. I'm really curious to see what his market will be like and also terrified to project a contract for him

$100 million isn’t much

2:56

Must be nice to be Ben Clemens rich.

Ben Clemens

2:56

I mean, contingent on you already having 400 million dollars, 100 million dollars is not much

going from 0 to 100 million is obviously huge

2:57

How do you think the free agent pitching market plays out? Ohtani’s not a big factor, Urias should be done, Nola has not been himself, and Snell’s peripherals are not close to his ERA. Feels like someone like Giolito is going to do much better than most people would expect just because of lack of supply.

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