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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 9/21/20

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Ben Clemens

2:57

But the variance actually makes it more fun

I'm Len, not Ben

2:58

Would you take a chance on Skubal's 2 start this week?

Ben Clemens

2:59

Eh..... no?

Really hurts that one is @MIN

Otherwise I'd be more interested

Derek

3:00

It's crazy to me how this feels like such an unexpected, bounce back kind of year for Kershaw when, like, the dude's ERA was basically exactly 3 last season which counted as "bad" for him. He's so good!

Ben Clemens

3:00

Yeah it's wild

He was just so good at peak that him merely being a top 20 pitcher feels like a disaster

I think the postseason struggles also make it feel like a disaster

Guest

3:01

Is there anything more emblematic of the White Sox OF defense than Jimenez standing perfectly still while Roberts runs over to left field to catch a fly ball?

Ben Clemens

3:01

There is!

It's Eloy falling into a net to allow an inside-the-parker to Christian Yelich

A Potato

3:02

When would you expect MLB to make decisions on how stuff like draft order and service time will be handled (if they haven't already)?

Ben Clemens

3:02

Service time is done, it's being prorated

So if you were in the bigs for 50/70 days, you'd just multiply 50/70 times the normal 189(I think) day year

To figure out how many days of service time you get for this year

3:03

Draft order, I think they'll just use the standings

If this season didn' go 60 games I was less sure

But that seems like a fine compromise to me

Kiermaier's Piercing Green Eyes

3:03

The Rays having 12 different players record a save is the wildest short season counting stat.

Ben Clemens

3:03

That's a really good one

I forgot about that but like, jeeeeez

Tanaka

3:03

What do I get on the market or as an extension?

Ben Clemens

3:03

Maybe 3/60?

3:04

It's a weird profile

Tanaka is 31, and he's been consistently okay

There are teams who could use that

John Levin

3:04

I for one look forward to decades of conversation about every HOF candidate having been stripped of 2-5 WAR by the pandemic season. Same for any and all milestones. Really don't think I've quite wrapped my head around how much this will change the history and how we evaluate careers.

Ben Clemens

3:04

As Jay Jaffe pointed out to me, more players than you think throughout history have missed time

3:05

There was a strike in 94, a strike in 81, various wars

I think it will matter less than you think

And we'll forget about it in 20 years

I'm Len, not Ben