Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat – 8/28/23

Ben Clemens: Hey everyone, welcome to the chat

Ben Clemens: Busy day so I’m gonna goal for an hour of targeted chatting

Rick Dugo 3000: Trevor Story putting out in 1/3 of his crimson sox at bats and having not been an above common hitter since 2020 is okay proper?

Ben Clemens: Truthfully I’m not *that* nervous in regards to the starting of his 2023, he hasn’t performed shortly and that is as a lot about shaking the rust off as the rest

Ben Clemens: to the extent that it issues, he additionally has 48 PA of hitting the duvet off the ball in his rehab video games, he simply hasn’t performed that a lot but. I’d give it extra time

Ben Clemens: the broader query of whether or not he’s an above common hitter? I imply, we’ve got him projected for a 100 wRC+ the remainder of the yr, and I think about the following few years will appear like that as effectively

Ben Clemens: That’s okay, I feel? That’s form of what I count on from Story. However he’s not Corey Seager, ?

CAL: Hey Ben – has baseball ever had a extra bummer week of participant information (i.e. not a lockout) than final week? I can’t consider something prior to now 20 years.

Ben Clemens: I feel if you happen to exclude gamers dying, sure

John Bowker Appreciator: Hey Ben – Why isn’t WPA extra closely factored into MVP discussions? I absolutely perceive that it’s not a predictive measure of success (I’m not a “clutch gene” truther), however aren’t we making an attempt discover who WAS probably the most useful over the yr anyhow? It appears to me like we should always care in regards to the contexts of the participant’s at bats and their contributions to the groups success in an effort to perceive the worth that they introduced.

Ben Clemens: I’m with you!

Lunch Angle: I’m interested in experiences that Strasburg will proceed to obtain everything of his contracted wage even after retirement. I’m all for participant rights however.. evidently by selecting to retire reasonably proceed a fruitless rehab, Strasburg just isn’t fulfilling the phrases of his contract. And if he isn’t honoring his contract, why do the Nats need to? Is that this the usual for gamers retiring whereas on contract, or do you suppose that is one thing particular to Strasburg’s contract language or scenario?

Ben Clemens: I’m assuming that the 2 sides got here to some form of settlement about this

Ben Clemens: I don’t know the wording of his contract however this isn’t the usual. Pondering again to Prince Fielder, who was in the same scenario, he by no means formally retired regardless of not with the ability to play for some insurance coverage and wage causes

Benny: If a time traveler advised you in the beginning of the season, that on the finish of August, all 3 of the Yankees, Mets, and Cardinals could be in final place, what would your response have been?

Ben Clemens: I feel I’d be least shocked by the Yankees simply b/c the AL East is actually powerful, no apparent weak hyperlink

Ben Clemens: however yeah, I’d be extremely shocked

Visitor: Un-fun truth for the Angels: You can make a whole beginning lineup out of their place gamers on the IL, and the one factor even barely out of the unusual could be Urshela within the center infield.

Unhappy Yankees Loser: Would love your ideas on Rodon and Severino for the unhappy yanks. Their stuff appears to be like nasty and so they seem principally wholesome, what do you suppose that’s making them so ineffective? Is it a Yankee pitching philosophy drawback? Is it in Rodon’s case only a wretched case of unhealthy luck?

Ben Clemens: It actually appears to be like like unhealthy luck to me, notably from Rodon. After I watch him pitch I don’t suppose ‘oh this man is washed’ or something

Ben Clemens: I’m so much much less satisfied about Severino. His absolute incapacity to overlook bats is a large crimson flag imo

Ben Clemens: it principally boils right down to his slider, and it’s breaking much less and drawing a ton much less chases, and likewise hitters are making way more contact after they do swing

Ben Clemens: only a actually unhealthy omen

Mike M: Mookie is now the Vegas odds favourite to win NL MVP.  You agree?  Leads NL in fWAR, bWAR, OPS, SLG.  Big positional flexibility.  Nice smile.

Ben Clemens: He’d get my vote proper now by a hair

Ben Clemens: The tear he’s been on for the previous, I don’t know, half season, has simply been insane

Ben Clemens: He’s by no means had energy numbers like this in his profession, and it’s a adorned profession

Ben Clemens: what are you able to do however marvel

marginal utility participant: Has there been any work finished on measuring hitter efficiency primarily based on the standard of pitcher they’re going through?

You’d count on a hitters wRC+ vs “unhealthy pitchers” (nevertheless you want to outline that) to be greater than after they face “good pitchers”. However I wouldn’t count on the speed of efficiency drop to be constant in any respect throughout MLB hitters.

For instance, anecdotally, I view Paul Goldschmidt to (clearly) be an excellent hitter in opposition to poor-mediocre RHPs and principally any LHP, however it actually appears to me he struggles greater than most nice RHHs when going through “elite” RHPs (like Nola, Wheeler, Woodruff, Scherzer). This particular instance could possibly be affirmation bias on my finish, however I really feel like there’s something to some gamers being “good in opposition to the most effective”

Ben Clemens: I checked out this as soon as however I’m having hassle discovering the article now, I suppose that’s the draw back of writing so ceaselessly about random subjects

Ben Clemens: There’s an anticipated performnace drop, and from what I bear in mind, having a special drop in a single yr wasn’t notably predictive of the following, however I’m gonna do some extra analysis and get again to you, probably in article kind

Sodo Mojo: Given the price and early outcomes does this years free agent class go down as the most costly per win?

Ben Clemens: It appears unlikely, simply because Albert Pujols exists

Byron Denniston: When will the insane chorus {that a} younger man ought to “simply get TJ surgical procedure out of the way in which” go away? This yr has been horrific for that overrated, archaic drugs! It had it’s day, nonetheless has it’s moments, however we will do higher

Ben Clemens: “simply get TJ” has at all times been form of loopy to me

Ben Clemens: like…. it’s main surgical procedure. folks don’t at all times come again. generally they get TJ once more

SP: Assume I noticed final week that you just’re out on Keibert – is that this due to his poor protection? Offensively, it looks like manufacturing is catching up quickly to consistency/high quality of contact.

Ben Clemens: Yeah protection primarily. No matter you consider his offense, I don’t suppose it’d play effectively at first base. And his protection is ‘perhaps he ought to simply play first’ stage

Ben Clemens: I’m not enamored by the offensive manufacturing, simply because it’s actually reliant on softly hit line drives

Ben Clemens: Like, his high quality of contact just isn’t nice! He’s under common in laborious hit price, barrel price, common exit velocity

Ben Clemens: He does MAKE a whole lot of it, however he’s actually gradual, so grounders aren’t nice. He wants line drives to make it click on

Ben Clemens: it simply doesn’t sound like a profile I would like from a foul defensive catcher

SP: Do you ever play Marvel legendary? If that’s the case, what are your ideas?

Ben Clemens: I performed it early on in my grownup board recreation journey, as in when my spouse and I walked right into a retailer and have been like ‘suggest us some video games;

Ben Clemens: Beloved it, performed a ton, I feel that deckbuilders like which are tremendous enjoyable. We’ve moved on, however we play a whole lot of equally styled video games. Aeon’s Finish might be my favourite of the style

Princess Leia: Assist us Obi-wan Clemon-obi, You’re our solely hope!

Princess Leia: Roll with CES, Ke’Bryan Hayes, or Candelario in a factors league this week?

Ben Clemens: This was the total message in Star Wars, kinda tousled that they minimize it off quick

Ben Clemens: additionally this can be a good unfold of Star Wars sounding names. Jeimer Candelario may completely be a smuggler in Mos Eisley

Ben Clemens: Let’s see. I would truly go outdoors hte field and take Ke’Bryan

Ben Clemens: The opposite two have powerful pitching slates, whereas he will get the Royals and the unhealthy a part of the Cardinals rotation (Hudson, Drew Rom, Wainwright)

Ben Clemens: He’s been main off, too, so a number of alternatives in opposition to these terrible pitchers

Ben Clemens: (I’m assuming that is weekly rosters)

Derek: Don’t look now, however Ke’Bryan Hayes is raking! And his underlying metrics appear to assist the outcomes! Is he lastly “figuring it out”?

Ben Clemens: Oh, I’m wanting now

Ben Clemens: I’m at all times wanting, I can’t assist it

Ben Clemens: I’m certain I’ll get sucked in once more subsequent yr

Nick: With Strasburg’s retirement, I’ve been excited about how everybody was freaking out about how he had a *changeup* that would high 90. We’ve at all times had elite changeup specialists however by no means ones that threw them that onerous. Was he the primary of his sort in that regard? He feels just like the harbinger of pitch gifs.

Ben Clemens: My preliminary intuition was Felix

Ben Clemens: and looking out again at it, he averaged 89.2 on his changeup in 2009

Ben Clemens: and hey, now that I take a look at it, Strasburg by no means truly topped 90 in common velo, although clearly he threw fairly a number of of them that onerous

Ben Clemens: so yeah, I’ll say Felix barely predated him, however that each did so much to place the pitch GIF period on the map

Bryzzo: I’m nonetheless very unhappy about Shohei. What do you imagine to be the most definitely consequence for his rest-of-career pitching? If he was a relieve like Kerry Wooden, how does that work with the DH? Are you able to DH after which come into the sport in a while from the bullpen?

Ben Clemens: I feel that warming up could be actually tough, and also you’d need to lose the DH, however there’s no rule in opposition to it particularly. I feel I’d choose to have him play outfield if he wasn’t going to start out, although. Hey, it labored for Babe Ruth

bosoxforlife: The Mets at the moment are comfortably ensconced in final place. It is vitally seldom that something drops to its 1% likelihood however this has to return awfully shut. The story of the season is definitely the whole disintegration of so many extremely rated groups. Even a $10 parlay on the Mets, Cardinals, Padres and Yankees all ending under .500 would have set one up for all times.

Ben Clemens: Yeah, the story is much less ‘topsy-turvy standings’ than ‘some good groups have been BAD’

Ben Clemens: AGain, the Yankees didn’t utterly disintegrate, they’re in final place with a greater file than the Guardians, however nonetheless a really disappointing yr

Ben Clemens: The opposite three? Hindenburgian

Insert Witty Identify Right here: Meals ?: how typically do you stick to what you want vs making one thing new which will or might not be good? Comply with up query, how do I inform my companion to make meals that don’t use our complete provide of cookware that I’ve to wash afterward?

Ben Clemens: Ah, now THIS is a query that’s in my wheelhouse

Ben Clemens: I strive new issues so much after I’m cooking for 2, and nearly completely previous requirements after I’m cooking for one

Ben Clemens: As for cookware, I don’t thoughts that a lot, I’m a clear as you go sort. The massive adjustment for me has been shopping for a whole lot of bowls in order that I don’t need to IMMEDIATELY clear one thing to be used later in a recipe

Visitor: Additionally price stating re: “Strasburg isn’t honoring his contract” that the accidents have taken a toll on him to the purpose the place even fundamental on a regular basis duties are painful for him, so it’s not precisely an apples-to-apples argument.

Ben Clemens: Yeah I imply, he’s not in a position to play

Ben Clemens: nobody is disputing that

Ben Clemens: the query is simply whether or not he’s obligated to maintain faking the motions in an effort to get his cash, and I feel it’s affordable for crew and participant to determine that the correct reply is not any

Jrod: Am I placing myself in consideration for AL mvp votes?

Visitor: Why is Nootbaar’s damage described as an stomach?

Ben Clemens: as a result of we will’t say that he received hit within the noots

mmddyyyy: Is there a systemic cause the central divisions are weak?

Ben Clemens: The very best argument I’ve is a geographical one

Ben Clemens: The most important cities and thus budgets are inclined to congregate on the coasts

Ben Clemens: That’s notably true since Texas has two groups which are each within the “west”

Ben Clemens: as an alternative of the central; Houston is just about due south of Kansas Metropolis, for instance

Ben Clemens: however actually, what it comes right down to is that rust belt cities don’t spend like New York/LA/SF/Texas

Ben Clemens: I feel that’s an enormous structural problem

J: When’s the final time an MLB season has been this stunning? I feel there are going to be exceedingly few pre-season predictions that received even 7 of 10 playoff groups appropriate, relying on how issues shake out this subsequent month.

Ben Clemens: This feels like an excellent query to reply with our playoff odds, so I’m most likely going to jot down one thing about this on the finish of the yr

Ben Clemens: however it additionally offers me an opportunity to take a look at my very own predictions. I received: BAL, HOU, MIN, SEA, TBR, LAD, ATL, and probably the Giants

Ben Clemens: so like…. yeah not nice

Ben Clemens: randomly sampling another person, Dan Szymborski received: ATL, LAD, MIL, HOU, TBR, SEA, and perhaps TOR

Ben Clemens: I really feel like the actual surprises haven’t been the misses — yeah nearly everybody had the Playing cards Mets and Padres making it, however it’s not like there are THAT many different surprises

Ben Clemens: however simply how badly these have missed

Ben Clemens: nobody picked any of these groups to complete the place they did within the division

Colton: Cardinals mentioned they have been going to be in play for 3 SP’s this offseason, one in every of which being the Nola, Urias or Snell. For a crew that’s by no means went out and spent large in free company this can be a little bit of a crimson flag for my part as a result of it alerts desperation to me and that they actually don’t know the place the crew goes. Do you may have any opinions about this assertion and the state of the crew shifting ahead?

Ben Clemens: I feel they need to go be in play for 3 beginning pitchers

Ben Clemens: if you happen to made me choose two weaknesses of the present Cardinals regime, it’d be creating pitching and understanding when they should push the finances to make up for inside weak spot

Ben Clemens: The ’16-’19 Cardinals have been notable as a result of they’d some good homegrown gamers, and the crew did NOTHING to assist them in free company

Ben Clemens: so I feel this can be a welcome change. Like, clearly their pitching is unhealthy

Ben Clemens: I don’t suppose sticking their heads within the sand this winter would make me MORE assured in them

mmddyyyy: Would the commerce deadline go in another way the yr earlier than an enlargement crew/draft?

Ben Clemens: It might for certain, however how a lot in another way would rely on the timing of roster safety. Principally groups which have actually stuffed rosters would extra aggressively attempt to consolidate, as a result of they know a whole lot of the gamers they’re buying and selling would get taken in an enlargement draft in any other case

Trout: Sean Murphy’s second half wRC+ is decrease than any of his particular person months. How is that?

Ben Clemens: It’s as a result of halves don’t break up evenly by months, they cut up on the All Star break. Murphy hit .444/.524/1.111 in six pre-ASB video games in July, goodness

Ben Clemens: After which .105/.227/.132 the remainder of July, whoops

Ben Clemens: that’s a heck of a one-month turnaroudn although

Mike: Does the service time assemble nonetheless work in at this time’s MLB, particularly because it pertains to relievers who’re shuffled forwards and backwards, pitch three innings to save lots of a bullpen after which return down instantly?

Ben Clemens: No, it’s fairly detrimental to pitchers notably, such as you mentioned

Ben Clemens: I feel that’s unlikely to get bargained away meaningfully, although. THe system doesn’t worth relievers a lot if you happen to use them that manner, so groups are simply gonna maintain doing it. It’s value efficient and likewise simply efficient

Baseball Thinker: Re. marginal utility participant query. I’ve at all times been interested in a “energy of schedule” sort metric. Could be attention-grabbing to see, over a season lengthy, who confronted the “best” and “hardest” pitchers. Similar for a profession too!

Ben Clemens: Yeah this might be actually cool, I feel

Wither Wander: I’m a bit shocked that FanGraphs hasn’t had any items in regards to the troubling experiences behind the absence of one of many recreation’s greatest names and brightest begins from one in every of its finest groups. I at all times recognize how FanGraphs handles tough issues thoughtfully and with care, so when ought to we count on to learn extra in regards to the Wander Franco transfer to the restricted listing, right here?

Ben Clemens: In all probability when there’s something on the file about it, however don’t take my phrase for it

Ben Clemens: That’s simply after I’d really feel snug discussing it

mmddyyyy: Are participant brokers paid when the contract is signed or paid? Pondering of Strasburg’s case

Ben Clemens: They’re paid as a share of every verify the participant receives

mmddyyyy: Do you get extra questions on gamers who’re struggling or gamers who’re succeeding?

Ben Clemens: Succeeding, however solely by a hair

Ben Clemens: I used to maintain monitor of it, truly, as a result of I used to be actually curious

Visitor: Much more un-fun truth re: injured lists: Should you checked out each LA groups’ ILs and likewise included “pitching Ohtani”, not solely is that sufficient for a full crew, however it is perhaps sufficient to win the AL Central itself.  On no account would it not be excellent (again of the rotation and bullpen look shaky, 3B is middling, LF depends so much on Adell lastly turning it round), however that wouldn’t be a simple crew to face both.

Ben Clemens: ‘win the AL central’, so that you’re saying they’d be about nearly as good because the precise Angels have been this yr

Kirk: Mariners? Mariners.

Body Body go Away: The entire sudden the AL West is loaded with younger catching expertise that may hit. Which AL West catcher do you are taking subsequent 3 years?

Ben Clemens: I feel I’d do the unwise factor and guess on Diaz’s upside

Ben Clemens: I feel the share choose is Heim, with O’Hoppe subsequent

Freddie Freeman: Possibilities I set the fashionable period doubles file? I’ve 50 and it’s not even Sept 1

Ben Clemens: I’m wanting this file up proper now

Ben Clemens: 59 by 2000 Todd Helton, wow

Ben Clemens: ZiPS truly tasks him to tie the file

Ben Clemens: that’s wonderful

Ben Clemens: I feel there’s a 40% probability of you setting it, I may see the Dodgers sitting him

Greedo: Oona goota Candelario?

Ben Clemens: flows proper off the tongue

mmddyyyy: Is the listing of stuff you appreciated this week a residing doc or is it born each Thursday evening?

Ben Clemens: It’s extra the previous than the latter for certain, and it’s often finished Thursday afternoon

Ben Clemens: I simply maintain a notes doc in my telephone, and each time I see a play I like, I write it down

Ben Clemens: then I take a look at these, choose a number of favorites, and go over what I’m pondering with Meg

Ben Clemens: generally I’m a number of quick, or two of them don’t play effectively collectively, and we’ve got to improvise – I’d say 10% or so are instructed by her reasonably than me. However for probably the most half, I do know what I’m going to be writing baout earlier than Thursday morning

Random Reality Generator: If Anthony Rendon was solely being paid per homerun on his present contract he would have made $6,047,619.05 batting lefthanded.

Jason N: I feel Todd Worrell had a 90mph changeup

Ben Clemens: Eh, I feel starters doing it feels a little bit totally different, plus now a whole lot of guys do it. However yeah, I guess a number of the large stuff relievers of the 80s and 90s would have a discipline day with Pitching Ninja

v2micca: How does Wheeler have half a recreation lead on Strider in fWAR?  They’ve almost the identical variety of innings pitched, and Strider edges Wheeler in xERA, FIP, and xFIP.  I do know park elements and crew protection play a roll, however it looks like these shouldn’t be giving this a lot of a result in Wheeler.

Ben Clemens: So, xERA and xFIP aren’t elements of WAR, simply FIP

Ben Clemens: so Strider has a decrease FIP, however in a better pitcher’s park. Then we add a further transformation, we rely infield pop ups the identical as strikeouts

Ben Clemens: You don’t see this in our FIP, however it accrues to WAR

Ben Clemens: as a result of an infield come out is simply an out

Ben Clemens: Wheeler has 10 further on Strider, in order that’s like 10K’s per our method

Ben Clemens: it’s an try to account for the batted balls the place there’s no luck concerned, they’re simply outs each time

Ben Clemens: truly, the park elements are kinda the identical now that I’m wanting

Ben Clemens: so it’s simply that and the 5 further innings

Sodo Mojo: I’m guessing prime Randy Johnson Change Up was over 90

RAH: I simply wished to say how joyful I’m that the Orioles are having a pregame ceremony in September to honor Adam Jones and retire him as an Oriole… this after listening to over the previous few years that the connection between Jones and the O’s was rocky and he wasn’t invited to totally different O’s alumni occasions.

Ben Clemens: Completely agree, I actually get pleasure from Adam Jones and the extra he’s round, the happier I’m

Alf: Is there a possible different to TJ? Clearly no person desires to get surgical procedure as a primary possibility. Are you saying that medical doctors/groups are too fast to suggest TJ?

Ben Clemens: No, I (and the questioner) have been particularly speaking a few pressure of youth coaches/baseball thinkers who say “everybody will get TJ, may as effectively simply get it out of the way in which”

Ben Clemens: I imply, nothing they’re saying is smart

Ben Clemens: nobody does this, and nobody considers it critically

Ben Clemens: it’s only a factor folks say to impress a response

Appa Yip Yip: My favorite second from the HR Derby was when JD Martinez was giving Mookie a pep discuss and telling him to simply pull the s*** out of the ball within the air and Mookie mentioned, “I don’t know the way” what a participant.

Ben Clemens: ah yeah that was nice

Ben Clemens: it’ll be humorous when he out-homers each different Derby participant

Ben Clemens: It appears to be like like he’s solely trailing Alonso proper now

Joe: remark received minimize or one thing. In a world the place groups adopted markets, the one groups presently within the MLB from the Centrals could be the Chicago groups. American sports activities want to determine a option to get groups within the precise high 20 markets.

Ben Clemens: Yeah… I imply, or have extra income sharing and mroe enlargement

MLB parity: If you’d like parity in MLB, shrink TV markets of the east/west groups. Add groups to Charlotte, Sacramento, Portland, perhaps even San Antonio.

Ben Clemens: Notably the South, Michael Baumann had an award-winning article about this

Appa Yip Yip: The noots shot thus far up into his abdomen they rattled round like pinballs and bruised his abs

Ben Clemens: that sounds terrible

That Man: Serious about the Angels shedding Trout and Ohtani’s pitching in the identical day – are you able to consider a time that crew misplaced extra WAR in at some point? I don’t suppose I can.

Ben Clemens: It’d need to be a crew shedding an excellent participant early within the season. However on a per-game foundation, nope

Getting bored with it: At what level do you say “F it”. and END a commerce dialog that’s getting….tiresome?

Ben Clemens: Oh man, I do that manner too simply

Ben Clemens: In fantasy, I imply

Ben Clemens: if I’m not having fun with myself, I don’t need to maintain doing it

Ben Clemens: I feel that’s a totally affordable response at any level. the purpose of a recreation is to have enjoyable, and the marginal acquire or loss from haggling over the finer factors of a commerce simply isn’t going to be that prime

Ben Clemens: simply give a final and ultimate supply and transfer on if nothing is there

Kretin: Okay, bizarre query for you. The place do Gamers maintain their cash? Like, do they use common banking accounts like us or is there some form of particular account to retailer these hundreds of thousands? Or do they maintain it in funding accounts?

Ben Clemens: I’m not a participant accountant, however I’ve a reasonably good thought of the overall mechanics

Ben Clemens: There’s no particular account; if you happen to bear in mind the entire Silicon Valley Financial institution ruckus, a whole lot of what prompted that run is that there AREN’T particular accounts for in case you have some huge cash, and in reality having some huge cash in a single checking account implies that cash isn’t insured

Ben Clemens: so the accountable factor to do is cut up the cash you retain within the financial institution throughout a large swath of accounts, every underneath the FDIC restrict

Ben Clemens: After which yea, a ton of the cash goes to be in funding accounts of varied sorts. Athletes appear to favor venture-style investments, and personal markets basically, so I might assume that some portion of their cash is tied up in share certificates of varied sorts in non-traded corporations. However then they most likely hvae a ton in mutual funds and ETF’s, at Constancy or one thing comparable

KC Ache: Will we’ve got a knuckleball starter within the subsequent 5 years or is that artwork useless?

Pat: How far again does the “factor you want” go? Aside from the EDLC throw to nab Carroll on the plate, the most effective factor I noticed this weekend was Parker Meadows walk-off together with his household within the stands on Friday Evening.

Ben Clemens: There’s undoubtedly no laborious cutoff

Ben Clemens: Kim hasn’t faked a 3-0 bunt in weeks

Ben Clemens: I simply felt like writing about it

Ben Clemens: amazingly, I’ve one thing from that recreation, even from that INNING, written down, and it’s not Meadows

Ben Clemens: it was Miggy turning again the clock and breaking Ryan Pressly’s chokehold on the inning with some old-fashioned singles hitting

Pat: Joe is improper. Detroit is clearly a high 20 market

Ben Clemens: I haven’t appeared up markets not too long ago, however I imagine you

Ben Clemens: I feel the purpose is only a braod structural one, the particulars I’m not completely certain of however the two central divisions undoubtedly hvae the smallest common market sizes

Ben Clemens: if nothing else, one another division has both a New York or LA crew in it

Dusty Runtz: Should you have been Ohtani’s agent? Wouldn’t you make him get TJS now? The longer he waits, the more cash it can possible value him

Shohei: Why doesn’t Ohtani shut it down for the yr?

Ben Clemens: Dude loves baseball, for my part

C-Low: The damage to Felix is far more damaging within the playoffs the place he can pitch each recreation than the common season. How do the Os deal with such a loss?

Visitor: Ideas on giving Corridor an opportunity on the nearer job and maintaining remainder of bullpen rolls in place. Has the stuff and mentality if not the expertise.

Ben Clemens: I’m form of thinking about letting Corridor give it a strive, that sounds enjoyable

Ben Clemens: however yeah, this one hurts. I feel they simply need to hope the bullpen holds up, like what else can you actually do?

Jake Marogersnik: Re crew spending and market measurement, its probably not right down to TV viewers in a significant manner, the individuals who personal these groups are among the many richest folks on this planet, they may spend in the event that they wished to. Detroit used to run a tax breaking payroll as a result of Mike Illitch felt like spending the cash, I don’t suppose the market was that greater a decade in the past

Ben Clemens: Certain, house owners CAN try this

Ben Clemens: however like, on common they don’t

Ben Clemens: the AL Central performed greater when Ilitch was doing that

Ben Clemens: there’s undoubtedly some correlation in coastal groups being owned by richer house owners, I received’t argue that

HappyFunBall: Bryan Woo … the abilities are super however with an innings cap looming massive I’ve hassle beginning guys who I don’t suppose will go deep sufficient to earn a QS. Do you suppose he’s going to be allowed to strategy 100 pitches in an outing in any respect the remainder of the yr?  Not simply his personal IP limits are in query, however pondering particularly about SEA not eager to worsen his damage

Ben Clemens: Yeah, I feel they’re going to deal with him with child gloves

Ben Clemens: very powerful from a fantasy perspective

Buster Olney: Who’s the most effective historic comp to Kim Ha-seong?

Ben Clemens: I’m truly keen on Baseball Reference’s similarity scores for him, Brian Dozier however with higher protection

Billy: How do you’re feeling about groups utilizing the specter of shifting to get extra tax {dollars} for stadiums? After the A’s, it looks like Milwaukee, Tampa, Baltimore, and probably Anaheim may all use threats to maneuver their groups within the upcoming years. Do you see cities like Portland, Nashville, Salt Lake Metropolis, Charlotte, and many others getting used as leverage for brand spanking new stadiums earlier than they get enlargement groups?

Ben Clemens: I don’t prefer it, haha

Ben Clemens: I feel it’s fairly gross, and I’m not gonna lie, I’m having fun with how poorly that is all going for John Fisher

Ben Clemens: I hope the Vegas venture brings him nothing however vexation

Ben Clemens: the Milwaukee shakedown can also be actually irritating

Ben Clemens: I don’t know what to say; I feel this can be a actual draw back of baseball, I don’t prefer it, and but I nonetheless like the game despite all the cash they’re extracting from native and state governments

Farhandrew Zaidman: Don’t look now however the Dodgers are on a 100 win tempo…

Ben Clemens: at all times guess on the dodgers

Ben Clemens: i imply, until we’re speaking ‘To win the World Collection’

KC Ache: Slade Cecconi good SW title?

KC Ache: or his wingman Blade Tidwell?  (Meant to he one large SW query however fats fingered on telephone)

Ben Clemens: Oh man, these are each glorious Star Wars names

Ben Clemens: Slade Cecconi was Poe Dameron’s wingman 100%

Ben Clemens: Alright, we’ve hit the one hour mark and I’ve to go end writing about how the Rangers are falling aside. Have an excellent day, everybody, and hey, the Rangers are falling aside

Ben Clemens: Learn all about it right here tomorrow

Lake Meade: Don’t fear, y’all, I’m taking John Fisher down with me.

Ben Clemens: High quality one final remark