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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 9/25/23

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Ben Clemens

2:54

I'd say the Dodgers except, lol

so I guess the Rays?

gotta keep trying to get that pixie dust sprinkled on your arm

Tom Waits

2:54

The Padres are the answer to a lot of WTF baseball questions over the last 25 years.

TomBruno23

2:54

In a season where the Cardinals set a franchise record for players (52) I will one day be able to tell my grandkids I saw Ryan Tepera don the Birds on the Bat in person. Goosebumps.

KC Pain

2:54

There have been some good nicknames IMO, just fallen into the trap of first name letter, last name 1zt 3. JRam, Arod, etc. Like the media w -gate for everything. Allen Craig was Wrench, Baez El Mago, Raleigh Big Dumper. We could have had ACra, JBae, and CRal.

Ben Clemens

2:54

that's true, El Mago is an all-timer imo

2:55

I also like Jose "Mal Tiempo" Abreu

tortycraig

2:55

I've said it once I'll say it a million times, the Carlson/Rogers Miami trade draws near

Ben Clemens

2:55

Yeah, this seems extremely in range

Steve O

2:55

Masataka Yoshida's season really cratered. Is he really just a 4th OF/DH type or is there more there?

Ben Clemens

2:56

I think there's more there, but probably like a great LH bat with marginal utility against lefties kinda deal

Ben

2:56

I thought the LF v SS question was about how much a player's value changes when compared to the average? So if LF represents the 30 worst players in baseball, then finding a "good" one is more valuable then in reality where the best players are more spread out.

Ben Clemens

2:56

I just think it depends on what you want WAR to do

AL Central Casting

2:56

If healthy, that 5-9 turns into Correa, Buxton, Kiriloff, Wallner (140 wRC+), and Jeffers (134 wRC+). Availability is a big caveat (especially Buxton playing the OF), but that seems like a decent bottom half of the order, no?

Ben Clemens

2:56

Ok c'mon get out of here with Buxton playing the outfield haha

he hasn't all year!

He's rehabbing at DH

it's not happening

2:58

Matt Wallner's 237 PA are doing a lot of work in making that sound great. I will agree that getting Correa back would do a lot, and Lewis though I'm kinda skeptical he's returning

but like, we aren't giving those guys much PT

and our odds are based on our PT projections

2:59

so if the question is 'will the twins be healthier than our projections', maybe?

If they are, I assume our odds will change as those guys get back in

but we have to construct teams based on their expected playing time and then just the model's projection for those guys

2:59

Which pitcher has your favorite delivery right now?

Ben Clemens

3:00

oh man.... it's a guy whose name I'm completely blanking on now

mets/dodgers up and down reliever

one minute

3:01

Jake Reed

there

Jake reed

3:01

La/ny

Ben Clemens

3:01

thank you

just watch his delivery, it's delightful and strange to me

it's like someone sawed off half of a real delivery

alright on that note, I gotta run, have a great week everyone. Lots of awesome baseball to watch

3:02

and also, if you're me, a bunch of old apple games

Stats CEO

3:02

It sure would be a shame if something happened to your precious Apple TV odds article!

Ben Clemens

3:02

on that note

cya

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