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Ben Clemens FanGrpahs Chat - 6/10/24

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2:16

A few chats ago someone asked what other sports you enjoy watching, and you said, IIRC, tennis because of the drama between two individuals for four hours. I watched a lot of Roland Garros these last two weeks and agree. My question is, if you could watch a pitcher/hitter match up as if it were a tennis match, meaning one pitcher and one hitter for 100 pitches (specifics can be discussed later), who would you like to see? My vote: DeGrom v Bonds which seems chalky.

Ben Clemens

2:16

Oh man, what a match yesterday

I missed the women's final, but it turns out that was fine b/c Swiatek is just too good

but the men's final was great

2:17

deGrom is half of mine for sure

Bonds is pretty exciting as a foil

I never got to see Willie Mays play so he's probably my pick though

or maybe you do one per era

imagine Koufax/Mays on one channel, Maddux/Bonds on another, deGrom/Soto on a third

Nick Gonzales

2:17

Am I on a hot streak or have I figured some things out?

Ben Clemens

2:17

por que no los dos?

2:18

I'm forever gonna be a Gonzales truther b/c the first college baseball model I ever made thought he was the best hitter in a generation (yes, my park factors might have been off)

2:20

I think that he's on an unsustainable contact hot streak, but that his approach of elevating to maximize his contact is gonna work great

and that there's room for him to improve his chase rate a little, which makes me think a tailwind in walks and favorable counts could offset a babip slide

Nate

2:20

Fantastic improvements to the player pages - pass along the praise to the rest of the staff!

Ben Clemens

2:20

I've let them know

2:21

and yeah it's great!

Princess Leia

2:21

help us Obi-Wan Clemonobi, you're our only hope!

Well, except for Aaron Judge... I traded Berrios and M. Harris for him when he was still in that slump.

Ben Clemens

2:21

juice!

Jeremy

2:21

Seems like teams that are winning often stick with replacement-level veterans for a long time. I'm thinking of Nick Castellanos on the Phillies for instance, or Martin Maldonado with the Astros. Should winning teams be quicker to cut bait on replacement-level veterans? Or would the marginal gain in not-especially-valuable wins not be worth the potential clubhouse disruption?

Ben Clemens

2:21

This is a really hard question

2:22

I think that in general teams would probably be better off if they moved on faster than they actually do, but less quickly than fans think they should

The reason for that is that a false positive here hurts more

like, moving someone when they weren't actually cooked

MagicOriole

2:22

Is Mike Elias the best GM in MLB? If not, who is?

Ben Clemens

2:22

I have to give it to Alex Anthopoulos

2:23

I mean, full respect to Elias

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I've written a TON about O's decision making in the past two years becuase they've had a lot of interesting decisions

and while Elias and co probably started out as being a little too conservative, long-term-focused, and unwilling to ever trade prospects to improve, they've come around admirably

obviously, their dev/acquisition team is incredible as well

2:24

so I have him charging up the rankings. But it's just hard to knock what the Braves keep doing

Guest

2:24

Why wouldn't there be baseball in 50 years?

Ben Clemens

2:24

I mean, I don't have a specific answer, but 50 years is a long time

Tigers fan

2:24

Tatis Jr. has been looking better lately...do you think he ever gets back to 2021 form?

Ben Clemens

2:24

I think it is definitely doable

the guy is just a spectacular athlete

2:25

i don't think he's capable of those power numbers, because I don't think anyone is capable of those power numbers on a projected basis

but in terms of being a dynamic hitter with a 150-area wRC+ and excellent defense/baserunning to go along with it, yes

Smiling Politely

2:25

Is it realistic to presume that Alonso might be passable in a corner OF and therefore have a lot more TV to contenders?

Ben Clemens

2:25

No

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