JotCast | Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 7/13/20

Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 7/13/20

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Ben Clemens

3:12

Nice thanks

You think I'm joking, but I'm looking forward to poking around in this when I finish my PPR

Dan

3:12

I wish MLB would take this season as an opportunity to get more stars in the playoffs. Let's teams make trades where the MLB players involved revert back automatically at the end of the year

Ben Clemens

3:12

I mean, the CBA would have something to say about that

3:13

And I'm 100% sure that Mike Trout isn't interested in packing up and moving to, let's say, Tampa, in the middle of a pandemic, to play for a team he's never cared about with players he won't play with again

Seems like a player safety nightmare

Guest

3:13

last note i saw said brenday mckay wasnt in camp, any idea if its covid or something else? What do you think the rays do w him this yr?

Ben Clemens

3:13

I do not know, and I'm not gonna speculate about COVID, but I think he's basically a pitcher only for them this year

Don't think the bat plays

Though it could in the future

But he's a valauble piece as a pitcher only

Nick

3:14

If MLB expands to Charlotte, where would you send the AAA Knights? Or does it not matter because COVID is going to kill MiLB anyway?

Ben Clemens

3:15

That's a good question. I'll be greedy and send them to Chattanooga, which is itself an up-and-coming city, though presumably not great on the baseball revenue front given the Lookouts were going to be contracted

I had a birthday party at a Lookouts game, so don't think I'm even close to partial

Acuña Moncada

3:16

Do the zips projections in the power rankings count for expected handedness breakdown? The Rays & Nationals ranking feels light considering their platoon situation should boost their hitters‘ wRC+ 10-20 points

Ben Clemens

3:16

This sounds like a question for Dan, but basically I'd assume no?

I'm very comfortable with the idea that platooning is too difficult to capture in our projections

dave in slc

3:17

I drafted carlson for my nl only team and really hope you are right. and hope he is up from the start or by week 2 or i lose him and will be sad

Ben Clemens

3:17

I mean I don't actually know if he's ready

But I really hope he is, and I think the Cards are generally pretty aggressive around prospect promotion

3:18

So if they think he's ready I think there's a good chance he plays almost the entire year

3:19

Looks like the polling was pretty conclusive, by the way, 65% of people would watch streamed sim games and 15% were just snooping

Only 20% said no

We're a biased sample of course, but yeah, sounds like people are into it on the whole

Roy

3:20

Over under 17 home runs for league leader this year

Ben Clemens

3:20

Oh snap over

Is that where the prop bet line actually is?

That's our highest projection, and realized highs should beat projections every time

Roy

3:20

nah, I pulled that out of thin air

Ben Clemens

3:21

Ah gotcha

Yeah I'd guess it should be around 22 or so

tom

3:21

Does Jo Adell break camp in the starting lineup for the Angels?

Ben Clemens

3:21

I don't think so

3:22

I don't hate Brian Goodwin

and I don't think they're benching Upton just yet

Curious

3:23

I appreciate your honesty and introspection, though I'm not sure that "everybody loves a pile-on" is a great rationalization... anyway, I really do appreciate your willingness to engage!

Ben Clemens

3:23

Hey, I aim to be open and honest

And as a heads up

Boy are my writeups about the Mets gonna annoy you for left field and DH lol

I do not love the way they added about 75 DH-only bats

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