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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 9/21/20

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Ben Clemens

2:38

On the other hand: there are so many teams in the AL actively not trying that it's not that surprising

2:39

The Angels were our best hope this year

2:40

And I dunno what happened to them

Marko from Tropoja

2:40

Is it fair to say Seager has a higher floor but Bellinger has a higher ceiling? Do you think LAD extends the former?

Ben Clemens

2:40

I'm not good at floors and ceilings

To me they're both high-floor

Because they both play premium defensive positions

2:41

I'd argue that Bellinger's production would be lumpier b/c it's more whiffs and more homers

But Seager has more homers this year and almost as many strikeouts soooooo

But yes, I think they'll extend Seager

I'd try to if I were them, at least

Beeks

2:41

Josh Hader's sub-par performance in 2020: a hiccup in a weird, shortened season or cause for concern going forward?

Ben Clemens

2:41

Can it be both?

2:42

It's definitely very hiccup-y

for a while he hadn't allowed any hits!

2:43

But if I were the Brewers, I'd always have been concerned about Hader's walks. Last year was his only year with a good walk rate

That's not a death sentence or anything

But if there's any concern with Hader it's just his control

His zone rate this year is way down and that's scary

But also, something you sign up for when you have Hader on your team

Derek

2:44

Astudillo is forever going to have a double digit strikeout rate on his stats page if the Twins don't call him back up this week :(

Ben Clemens

2:44

That's true, but he'd also have his first 0.0% walk rate

And I'd argue that that's a truer representation of the Astudillo life than the strikeouts

Astudillo is a contact standout, but where he's REALLY a standout is swing rate

And 0 walks makes that clear

2:45

I just wish he had a single HBP

To really highlight the absurdity

(it's only 16 PA so it's absurd either way but whatever)

LeMahieu

2:45

They're gonna keep me, right? They have to.

Ben Clemens

2:45

I think so actually

It sounds weird but he seems like a key part of the team now

2:46

And it's not like they have no money

Appa Yip Yip

2:46

Alejandro Kirk is here to fulfil the promise of Williams Astudillo

Ben Clemens

2:46

I mean, yeah, but nahhhhhh

He's David Fletcher, not Astudillo

That's probably a better promise, btw

2:47

Fletcher is a much better plyaer than Astudillo I think

But Kirk is patient and good at contact

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