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Ben Clemens FanGrpahs Chat - 6/10/24

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Ben Clemens

2:25

I hate to say it, but no

2:26

I do not buy that he could handle a corner outfield spot

a)it'd have to be left, b)I still think it'd be Hoskins-esque

Guest

2:26

What do you think has been the best free agent contract of more than 100 million? Scherzer with the Nats and Holliday with the Cardinals come to mind, but I'm sure I'm forgetting some good candidates.

Ben Clemens

2:27

those two are up there. Gerrit Cole is surely in the running. A Rod and Harper are good ones

I'm looking through a list right now

2:28

eh, there are a bunch! but Scherzer probably gets my vote for the overall best

TPham

2:28

Tell Jay Jaffe I heard what he said about me last week. I’ll be in his chat tomorrow.

Ben Clemens

2:29

Shota Imanaga

2:29

SHOTA. IMANAGA.

Phil

2:29

If players under 5'7" got an extra strike, would Altuve be the best player in baseball?

Ben Clemens

2:29

Yes

M’s Fan

2:29

Are hitters who crush off speed and breaking balls gonna become more valuable as the league moves to fewer fastballs?

Ben Clemens

2:29

A little. But I think pitchers will also move to throw those guys more fastballs, basically just specialize more

so their main edge will be that pitchers work on their fastballs less

bosoxforlife

2:29

Who is going to win the Garrett Crochet sweepstakes and how much of an overpay is it going to take?

Ben Clemens

2:30

I think the O's will end up winning it, actually, and that it'll take two good Triple-A hitters

Colton

2:30

I didn't make a model for it, but I also thought Nick Gonzales was going to be the best hitter in a generation out of college as well haha

Ben Clemens

2:30

I mean his stats were so outrageous that even when you adjust for the fact that he was hitting on the moon, they were still otherworldly

bosoxforlife

2:30

Willie's line vs. Koufax. .278/.426/.536 with 5 HR's in 97 AB's.

Ben Clemens

2:30

Yeah, don't tell me you wouldn't want to watch this

Guest

2:30

Crochet has already surpassed his career high for innings in a year, including all his time at college. Would that meaningfully reduce his trade value for a contender looking to acquire him this year?

Ben Clemens

2:30

100% yes

Jon Lester

2:32

I think my $155 mil contract turned out pretty well....

Jeremy

2:32

Re: best free agent contracts for >$100 million, Wheeler. Harper also looking good so far.

Guest

2:32

Best contract: Zack Wheeler with the Phillies?

SpicieBoy

2:32

Lmao chat title says this is the Ben Clemens Fangrpahs Chat

Ben Clemens

2:32

boy, I actually don't know if I can fix that

Guest

2:32

So, Ben… are you still worried about Jose Ramirez?

Ben Clemens

2:33

instead, i'm back to my article about how he's a marvel

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/jose-ramirez-is-a-marvel/

Guest

2:34

Skubal and Suarez are leaders for the Cy Young awards right now; who has the best chance to dethrone one of them?

Ben Clemens

2:35

Wheeler, Imanaga, Sale, Burnes, Glasnow, Gil perhaps?

someone could get hot in the second half and run away with it, even someone I didn't name

Nic

2:35

So Aaron Judge.... how is this possible? After 2022 I think we all, fairly, thought he would never do anything like that (200 > WRC+) again. And yet, here he is. Is he really this level of hitter? Is he the best since Bonds?

Ben Clemens

2:35

So, I'm doing a project for tomorrow where I graph different hitters' squared up rates by launch angle

as in, do you square up your grounders more than your fly balls, are you consistent across the board, etc.

Judge's graph is just ludicrous

2:36

it's just all squared up fast swings in the air

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