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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 9/21/20

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Ben Clemens

2:47

Astudillo is about never taking

2:48

Kirk has taken 10 of the 11 first pitches he's seen

Chris

2:49

Your thoughts on NL Rookie of the Year?

Ben Clemens

2:49

My thoughts are that I need to come up with some better Sixto puns

Because he's ROY for me and I want a snappy headline

Curtis

2:49

What was the most unusual individual game stat or stat line you can remember from this year?

Ben Clemens

2:49

I'm writing about this one for tomorrow, but maybe Rafael Marchan hitting a homer

After not ever hitting one before

Appa Yip Yip

2:50

Are we sleeping on Lourdes Gurriel Jr a little bit because he gets forgotten behind Bo, Vlad, Biggio, and the ascendant Teoscar? He's a top 30 outfielder by WAR this year with a 120 wrc+ in the big leagues.

Ben Clemens

2:50

Now this is a take I can get behind. I'd take Lourdes over Teoscar right now, and I think he's closer to the next tier up than people think

2:51

His skillset is a classic underrated profile

Good at everything

without a carrying tool

But hey, he just performs

Derek

2:52

Idk how to make it baseball-y but 25 or Sixto 4 is right there

Ben Clemens

2:52

Or a list of seven pitchers doing interesting things, Sixto One, Half Dozen of the Others

There are options

I just haven't settled on one to love yet

Larry Jones

2:52

Can you expand on Sixto over Croenenworth?

Ben Clemens

2:52

I wouldn't fault anyone for picking Cronenworth, and I love seeing him do so well, he's a Lourdes type as well

2:53

Though I wish he would pitch in a big league game!

I just think that Sixto's level beats Cronenworth's accumulation of stats. Sixto has had 6 starts, Cronenworth 175 PA

2:54

If Sixto had made 8 starts, I think we'd think he was ahead

2:55

And for this weird super-short season I care more about level than duration

if that makes sense

Just personal preference on the vote

Flappy Cheeks

2:55

Will Realmuto and Harper play enough games this week to warrant being in my championship week lineup? Sure would be nice to know before lineups lock.

Ben Clemens

2:55

I'd be scared about Realmuto

I'm less clear on Harper

But uh, yeah, that's rough!

No longer 2016

2:55

Are the days of elite Kris Bryant over? It’s been a while since he’s had anything approaching an MVP season.

Ben Clemens

2:55

More to come on this (from someone else, not me) later in the week

But I'm worried

Marko from Tropoja

2:56

Is 3/75 with incentives a realistic extension for Kershaw this offseason? Thinking that could be light given what Strasburg got.

Ben Clemens

2:56

Too light imo

I think he'll get closer to 4/110 or something

He's really good and not as old as we think

Curtis

2:56

Are there any fantasy leagues that you're aware of where you draft the Team's position i.e Dodgers SS, Twins 1B and you get the stats from whoever plays that position during the week, etc.? or is it too hard to compile for those that play multiple positions (or is it just lame?)

Ben Clemens

2:57

I did this in fantasy football one year and honestly it was just silly

The injury aspect of fantasy is super lame

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