Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 6/12/23

2:01Ben Clemens: Hey everyone, welcome to the chat
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2:01Ben Clemens: There’s a hearth alarm going off in my constructing, so if my solutions appear to be these of somebody coping with a shrill sound in his ear, my apologies
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2:01Ben Clemens: Let’s get began
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2:01yankees: Olney reported that Judge is nearly positively out till post-ASB. All of the veterans are toast, and if the rookies ever quantity to something, it appears to be like unlikely it’ll be this yr. Talk me off the ledge
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2:02Ben Clemens: Here’s my counter-pitch: the group is 38-29
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2:03Ben Clemens: Rizzo and Torres have been simply superb. Nine video games over .500 is a pretty big tailwind
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2:03Ben Clemens: Are they gonna win the ALE? Probably not
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2:04Ben Clemens: Are they in a superb place to win a wild card? For positive, which makes Judge’s damage really feel much less scary
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2:04PHX: Padres and Diamondbacks have the identical BaseRuns report. What’s the final analytical consensus on underneath/ over-performance in opposition to all these issues in a single season? Just luck/noise? Roster building/managerial decisions play a task? “That’s baseball” ?
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2:04Ben Clemens: Slightly little bit of all three
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2:04Ben Clemens: Definitely comes out within the wash within the very future, however like John Maynard Keynes mentioned, in the long term we’re all lifeless
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2:05Jon: One factor to contemplate when selecting an enlargement group: Nashville has this large drawback the place individuals activate their blinkers and depart it on for the following 2 miles after they’ve already modified lanes.
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2:05Ben Clemens: As a local Tennesseean (ish, my mother and father moved there after I was 2), I utterly agree with this criticism
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2:05Ben Clemens: it’s maddening
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2:05Greg: Why a lot dislike of place gamers pitching?
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2:05Ben Clemens: Because it’s depressing
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2:05Ben Clemens: I'm certainly not alone on this
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2:06Ben Clemens: When it stops being a deal with and begins being ‘oh, we’re down 7 runs, guess it’s time to show this into a totally completely different recreation’ each dang time, it will get actually irritating
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2:07Ben Clemens: I’m nonetheless into bizarre exceptions like Pujols pitching, however Hanser Alberto has made 12 appearnces prior to now two years
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2:07Jon: How does xERA think about walks and strikeouts?
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2:07Ben Clemens: It counts them as their linear weights (xERA is only a mapping of xwOBA onto ERA)
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2:07Ben Clemens: so it treats them the identical means because the wOBA method does
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2:07Joe Don: For this Rangers fan, the just-concluded sequence vs.Tampa was deflating. Do you suppose Texas could make the post-season with this roster? If not, what would you modify?
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2:08Ben Clemens: I do… and I’d say {that a} three-game sequence that wasn’t a sweep ought to by no means be that deflating
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2:08Hot take?: Josh Naylor is an  _________ first basemen
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2:08Ben Clemens: I actually don’t perceive the immediate right here
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2:08Ben Clemens: like sure, that is true, josh naylor is a primary baseman
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2:09Ben Clemens: I don’t suppose he’s significantly notable in any path
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2:0920longyears: Regarding Ke’Bryan Hayes, and the way air EV has elevated whereas floor EV has decreased – may an effort to alter strategy and launch angle be behind that knowledge? His common LA is up roughly 7 levels from final yr. (As at all times, thanks for the 5 Things column, btw.)
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2:09Ben Clemens: For positive, it positively appears to be like intentional
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2:09Chip: Concerned about Vinnie P’s damage?
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2:09Ben Clemens: Yeah, I feel so, simply because I don’t know precisely what it means
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2:10Ben Clemens: shoulder instability sounds very ominous
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2:10Jenny: Using your crystal ball, what do you anticipate the following couple of years to appears to be like like for Scherzer and Verlander? Continued elite efficiency, gradual slide from elite to good, steep decline to mediocrity or retirement as quickly as their expertise begin to slip?
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2:10Ben Clemens: gradual slide
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2:10Ben Clemens: I don’t have a robust view on this both means
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2:10Didace: Watched the Nats play the Braves this weekend. I feel that Acuna child is beginning to determine the hitting factor.
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2:11Ben Clemens: He’s fairly good huh?
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2:11Chip: Hey Ben – I do know you will have given Fangraphs Audio updates earlier than however I wished to reiterate for the many people who are actually misplaced with no map on Friday mornings that it might be actually nice to get it again.
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2:11Ben Clemens: We’d like to have it again and certainly will in some unspecified time in the future. I wish to end my backstories!
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2:11Farhandrew Zaidman: Really sucks to see all of the downsizing over at The Athletic. I hope all these gifted writers discover greener pastures (hey, Fangraphs is fairly green-themed today…)
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2:12Ben Clemens: Yeah, it’s actually unhappy. I don’t know what to say except for that. As a author, I clearly dislike seeing writers lose jobs. As a baseball fan, I dislike it much more
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2:12Guest: If a participant’s Hard% is persistently excessive, does it matter as a lot what their batted ball distribution is (GB%,LD%,FB%)?
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2:13Ben Clemens: hard-hit grounders have produced a .385 batting common, .423 slugging share, .355 wOBA this yr
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2:13Ben Clemens: hard-hit fly balls and pop ups have gone for a .444 batting common, 1.591 slugging share, .808 wOBA
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2:14Ben Clemens: smashing the ball is best than not smashing the ball. however regardless of how onerous you hit it, grounders simply are’nt getting the job finished
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2:14J. Fisher: let’s say I theoretically hypothetically assemble the pitching employees with place gamers, possibly 5 brandon crawford clones, would that be a greater pitching employees than the present Athletics one?
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2:14Ben Clemens: It’s actually enjoyable to dunk on the A’s, however I don’t suppose so
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2:16Ben Clemens: I dunno, I used to be gonna write extra about that, however I feel that's sufficient evaluation
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2:16Insert Witty Name Here: I've an previous man yelling at cloud argument, and would love your tackle it.  While I respect (actually) how superior metrics have superior our data of the sport, I really feel prefer it’s come at a value of the romantic enjoyment of the sport.  Reading Fangraphs has completely elevated my intelligence (and pockets for fantasy functions), nonetheless, the shortage of romantic narratives within the Roger Angell wordplay has decreased my enjoyment of the sport.  It’s not an issue that ruins my day or something, however it’s one thing I’ve ruminated on for the higher a part of the previous few years.  What do you suppose?
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2:18Ben Clemens: I’m in a difficult spot right here. I typically agree with you on this — I feel that the little enjoyable components of baseball are underrated and make for nice writing
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2:18Ben Clemens: I additionally suppose that focusing purely on the GM’s view of the sport obscures plenty of what makes me like baseball as a fan
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2:19Ben Clemens: That mentioned, I feel that FanGraphs isn’t actually the place it was, say, 5-10 years in the past
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2:19Ben Clemens: I feel that there’s much more consideration given to baseball from a perspective aside from ‘can we put ourselves in the shoes of a GM’ than there was
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2:21Ben Clemens: that’s to not say I’m going to cease writing articles about projections and whether or not a contract is smart and all of that kind of stuff
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2:21Ben Clemens: But I positively suppose that we on the web site have gotten higher at dealing with the stability of offering that perspective with out being WAR robots
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2:21Stroman: Feels like together with peripherals suggesting regression and the decide out making him a rental, the cubs actually shouldn’t anticipate to get a lot on the deadline for Stroman proper?
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2:22Ben Clemens: Yeah, I feel that that is just about proper
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2:23Ben Clemens: I’m undecided what the tip take care of decide out vs extension will probably be
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2:24Ben Clemens: But it clearly makes groups rather less interested by buying him for the stretch run +
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2:24bosoxforlife: The A’s have received 5 straight???? Can the Royals be even worse?
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2:25Ben Clemens: No, the A’s are nonetheless worse. But you need to really feel prettttty pissed off in case you’re the Brewers. Swept at dwelling by a group that’s going to set data for futility? Ouch
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2:25RTJ: T/F: The last-place AL East group can have a greater report than the first-place AL Central group on the finish of the yr.
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2:26Ben Clemens: False, however it’s going to be shut
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2:26RTJ: As a non-White Sox fan however a fan of nice tales, the Hendricks elbow damage is a punch to the intestine
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2:26Ben Clemens: Yeah, I utterly agree
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2:27Owen Miller: How sustainable is my efficiency? What is my line like on the finish of the season?
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2:28Ben Clemens: I’d say not very, to be trustworthy. A ton of Miller’s offensive worth is coming from a .363 BABIP and there’s nothing to counsel that he’ll be capable to maintain that
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2:29Ben Clemens: below-average iso, doesn’t stroll a lot, isn’t an excessive low strikeout man; I really feel like an inexpensive expectation is a 90-100 wRC+
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2:29JK: If we assume batting ball statistics dont change, to what extent is a rise in Ok charge OK if it comes with a correlating improve in stroll charge? And vica versa, to what extent is a lower in stroll charge okay if it comes with a correlating lower in Ok charge? I.E. – its alright to strike out an extra 7.5% if it comes with an extra 4% improve in stroll charge, and its alright to stroll 7.5% much less in case you strike out 4% much less.
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2:29Ben Clemens: it form of relies upon who you're
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2:29Ben Clemens: the extra highly effective you're on contact, the much less you have to be keen to simply accept these tradeoffs, and so forth
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2:30Kevin D: Does Lucas Giolito get traded earlier than the deadline? He’s not coming again to the White Sox, proper?
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2:30Mike M: Is anyone keen to commerce the Dodgers a beginning pitcher?  And what would the Dodgers be keen to surrender to get a beginning pitcher?
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2:30Ben Clemens: Let’s make a deal
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2:31Ben Clemens: I feel that Giolito is unquestionably going to be on the transfer. The Sox are out of it, and he appears to be like, if not wonderful, at the least like an inexpensive mid-rotation pitcher
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2:32Ben Clemens: I’d additionally think about that groups who're barely extra analytically savvy than the White Sox would possibly suppose they will get extra out of his changeup
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2:32Travis: Gunnar Henderson quietly has hit his most optimistic projection after a gradual begin. No questions right here – simply that we’re nonetheless early, and a 2 week scorching streak can deliver up a season line.
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2:33Ben Clemens: and what a scorching streak
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2:34Nate: I’m not depressing when Shohei Ohtani is pitching.  Or is he a pitcher that the Angels additionally enable to bat?  I’m additionally not depressing when he’s hitting.
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2:34Ben Clemens: Haha clearly Ohtanie doesn't rely on this
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2:34Matt: It feels just like the Phillies at all times have a west coast journey able to take the wind out of their sails each time they've a profitable streak
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2:35Ben Clemens: Spoken like a fan of, effectively, most baseball groups, however I completely know the sensation
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2:35Sir Poops: Who would you slightly have ROS in a vacuum? Vlad/Dansby or Turner/Gilbert/Naylor
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2:36Ben Clemens: I don't suppose that any of them would do effectively in a vacuum
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2:36Ben Clemens: onerous to breathe in there
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2:37Ben Clemens: however uh, assuming it’s Trea Turner to make this really feel even, I feel I’d favor vlad and dansby nonetheless
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2:37Luke: Is there something you are able to do in your half to make the Giants cease having bullpen video games? Wouldn’t you agree that it’s a horrible technique?
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2:37Ben Clemens: I went to yday’s recreation and was disillusioned by the sheer anonymity of the relievers
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2:38Ben Clemens: I went with my mother and my spouse, and I like dropping in little anecdotes about numerous individuals. It’s kinda robust when the anecdotes are all “this guy is a reliever that I’ve heard of at least a few times”
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2:38Ben Clemens: though the lady sitting subsequent to us talked about that her dad was the pitching coach for Taylor and Tyler Rogers in highschool
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2:38Ben Clemens: in order that was a superb one!
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2:39broten: Considering how horrific Cleveland catchers have been (see: Zunino’s day on Saturday, or Cam Gallagher’s eye watering wrc+), is there something in addition to tremendous 2 cutoff that's realistically holding them again from calling up Bo Naylor? The AGM went on about some drivel re:protection and management, however he would most actually be an improve proper now or he wouldn’t even be a prospect.
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2:39Ben Clemens: yeah…. I are inclined to agree
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2:40Ben Clemens: but additionally, Cleveland has a means of working that's designed in the beginning to maintain prices low whereas placing up an inexpensive report within the ALC
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2:41Ben Clemens: ignoring speedy group want and making choices designed round cash saving is a big a part of that plan
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2:41Nate: What is the origin of the rule the place the catcher has to throw to first on a dropped third strike?  Did you see that it value a highschool group a state championship?
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2:41Ben Clemens: I did see that, it was fairly brutal
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2:42Ben Clemens: Let me see if I can dig it up
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2:43Ben Clemens: good article about one among these video games, for instance
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2:43Trea Turner: Am I nonetheless a high 3 choose ROS?
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2:43Ben Clemens: not for me, however I’m not ceaselessly recompiling draft boards or something
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2:44Michael Scott: Snitker will get plenty of warmth from Braves followers resulting from leaving the SP in TTO, simply to tug them after 1 out and, ceaselessly, a number of runs allowed (like on Sunday).  Are FOs reluctant to become involved in such repeated tactical errors, or is there a protracted recreation many followers are lacking?
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2:46Ben Clemens: I feel that entrance workplaces are reluctant to become involved BECAUSE the advantages are small relative to the lengthy recreation advantages
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2:46Ben Clemens: that are principally pitcher confidence, bullpen position certainty, relaxation, issues like that
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2:46Joe Bell: whats up Ben? Signed in to get my day by day fangraphs repair and noticed you had been stay. Hope you’re doing effectively. “Wires down and we are in reversal”
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2:47Ben Clemens: slightly triparty repo banter to start out your week off proper. Hey Joe!
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2:47Farhandrew Zaidman: I’ve been attempting to manifest Adames and Burnes to the Dodgers for AAA bats and AA arms for a while now. Too a lot sense to not do.
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2:47Ben Clemens: I don’t suppose that the Brewers are interested by making that commerce, significantly the Adames a part of it
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2:48Ben Clemens: like, they’re most likely gonna find yourself buying and selling Burnes
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2:48Ben Clemens: Adames is gonna be there for a bit and isn't the form of participant that feels simply replaceable to me
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2:49Steve O: The Red Sox would compete for first in what number of divisions? I’ll say 3. The AL West is shut, however enjoying the A’s, Mariners, and Angels 36 occasions is sweet work if you will get it.
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2:49Ben Clemens: Yeah, I feel two is true, however I may see three in case you’re feeling optimistic
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2:49Guest: Is a hitter who's succeeding with a low Z-Swing% (Yoshida, Arozarena) prone to get even higher as soon as they begin swinging at extra pitches within the zone?
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2:50Ben Clemens: it’s a kind of hip bone related to the knee bone kind offers the place it’s onerous to think about the cascading penalties
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2:50Cards Nightmare: Considering Helsley’s forearm pressure introduced simply now, at what level do they significantly think about shifting a few of their expiring guys? Will they wait till the bitter finish? Do the shake issues up now?
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2:50Ben Clemens: I feel they could be procuring these guys alread
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2:51Ben Clemens: I don’t suppose Helsley’s damage goes to maneuver the needle that a lot, however it’s June and so they’re 8 video games out, a wild card isn’t prone to save them both
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2:51M Olson: Why does he bat 2nd? I do know new age lineup configuration has guys hitting in spots they’ve by no means finished earlier than, however he's putting out greater than anybody. That’s not a typical 2 hitter. I suppose it’s an if it ain’t broke, don’t repair it scenario?
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2:52Ben Clemens: “have your best hitter bat second” is the technique that will get an analytics seal of approval, however Acuna makes sufficient sense as a leadoff hitter that “bat your second-best hitter second” is extra like what the Braves needs to be doing
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2:53Ben Clemens: it appears to me like htey have 4 or 5 guys who may possibly rely as that, so it’s onerous for me to be too upset so long as a kind of guys hits second
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2:53Ben Clemens: possibly you can transfer olson all the way down to 4th and bat riley or murphy 2nd or one thing? appears like a really marginal improve, if it even is one, although
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2:53bosoxforlife: People appear to be stunned that the D’Backs are enjoying so effectively. Isn’t that what is meant to occur once you add a ture celebrity to the center of your order and Is Carroll going to develop into the following Fred Lynn?
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2:53Ben Clemens: Shout out to Meg, who picked them as a giant shock within the NL west earlier than the yr
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2:54Ben Clemens: Carroll is superior, and Gallen is having a dream season
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2:54Ben Clemens: I'll say that I’m stunned by how effectively they’re doing anyway, although
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2:54Ben Clemens: Even with Gallen, this isn't a superb pitching employees, and I don’t actually consider plenty of the hitting performances (non-Carroll division, Carroll is nice)
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2:55Guy Who Asks The Multiple Choice Question: What is the very best kind of hog?

a) Hedgehogb) Groundhogc) Puck hog

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2:55Ben Clemens: ball hog, I suppose, so C?
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2:55Didace: Tactical errors by the supervisor are solely obvious wanting again. How many occasions does the pitcher get by means of the inning with no runs and save an inning for the bullpen?  You can’t handle backwards.
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2:56Ben Clemens: I do agree that tactical errors are over-diagnosed. I disagree that they're solely obvious wanting again
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2:56Sad Fan: Are the Mariners toast? Basically everybody on the offensive facet besides Kelenic has to various ranges regressed, disillusioned, or fell flat on their face.
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2:57Ben Clemens: No, however solely as a result of the Astros haven’t torn the duvet off the ball. Catching one group that’s means out in entrance (Rangers) is simpler than catching two
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2:57Ben Clemens: that mentioned, they should get shifting NOW in the event that they’re gonna do it
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2:57John b: How do you're feeling about ” openers ” and the way do you suppose MLB thinks about openers?
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2:58Ben Clemens: I feel that if Rob Manfred may reply you actually, he’d say he hates openers
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2:58Ben Clemens: whether or not or not they’re good technique, they’re terrible theater
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2:58Farhandrew Zaidman: Follow up on Adames – he’s an UFA after 2024, and appears primed to get a kind of mega SS offers (possibly Javy Baez because the baseline). Is there something within the Brewers’ historical past that signifies they're even mildly interested by that?
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2:59Ben Clemens: Perhaps not, however I feel they’ll do their greatest to increase him, and I feel that the identical can not be mentioned about Burnes after his arbitration debacle
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2:59Re: low z-swing hitters: True or False, Nootbaar is admittedly only a fancy Voegelbach?  They’re each close to the underside of the league in z-swing (min 140 PAs to get vogey in there), hitting a ton of grounders.  Pitchers are responding to Nootbaar by giving him an enormous improve on zone%, whereas he’s simply swinging much less.  Can we simply admit that Nootbaar is passive as an alternative of affected person, similar to vogelbach?
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3:02Ben Clemens: I’m clearly biased as a giant Nootbaar fan, however I don’t actually see it. Vogelbach hasn’t posted a zone swing charge as excessive as nootbaar’s new decrease charge prior to now 5 years. He’s additionally a a lot decrease contact man than Nootbaar. Plus, in case you’re gonna stroll due to your strategy, I’d slightly have Nootbaar on the basepaths than Vogey
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3:02Ben Clemens: after which there’s the matter of defensive worth
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3:02Ben Clemens: that mentioned, I agree that he may use a bit extra aggression in his recreation
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3:03Ben Clemens: this yr has been onerous to evaluate as a result of he retains getting injured, and actually the batted ball knowledge appears to be like fairly good nonetheless
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3:03Ben Clemens: however I’d wish to see him hunt pitches to drive extra ceaselessly
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3:03broten: As nice as Brito has seemed within the minors, are the Guards going to remorse letting Nolan Jones go? He has hit 2/3 of the homers hit by the whole Cleveland OF this season in like 3 weeks.
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3:03Ben Clemens: I feel so, if just for positional causes
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3:04John b: If you're the GM of one of many many groups that would win a wild card (however not a Division) would you go for it or reload?  It appears profitable the division is the one purpose I'd purchase
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3:04Ben Clemens: I’d go for it however I’m a go for it form of man
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3:04coors lightyear: do the crimson sox have good beginning pitching
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3:04Ben Clemens: I don’t suppose so
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3:04Ben Clemens: I don’t suppose they’re terrible, precisely
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3:05Ben Clemens: But they don’t have anybody I feel is great (Bello possibly?) and so they’re additionally not significantly deep
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3:05Hildebeast: Is Vlad Guerrero Jr actually this unfortunate? Looking at his stats over the course of his profession it’s getting trickier to consider he’s going to be the following Miguel Cabrera.
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3:06Ben Clemens: I feel the argument that Vlad is getting unfortunate this yr particularly is simple to make
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3:06Ben Clemens: principally he acquired again to his batted ball type of 2021, hitting the ball within the air extra ceaselessly and nonetheless making onerous contact, however that arduous contact has discovered a ton of gloves to date
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3:06Ben Clemens: it’s not like he’s a profession xwOBA underperformer or one thing; he made plenty of the adjustments I’m positive the Jays had been hoping he’d make, and hasn’t been paid off for them
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3:07Ben Clemens: I’m a skeptic of any specific participant being the following Miggy, simply because he’s a primary poll corridor of famer
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3:07Ben Clemens: however I'd be inspired by Vlad’s begin if I had been a Jays fan
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3:07Ben Clemens: the worrisome factor with him in 2022 was whether or not he would be capable to return to getting the ball within the air to make his prodigious contact and energy play up
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3:07Jason N: Looking for a recreation advice I can do on household evening.  4-6 gamers which may embrace a 12 and 14 yr previous, and a few senior residents.  What you bought?
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3:08Ben Clemens: I’m an enormous fan of Oh Hell
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3:08Ben Clemens: nice recreation for a large mixture of age ranges
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3:08John b: Corbin Carroll as ROY and MVP.  Odds?
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3:08Ben Clemens: Presumably this is identical as the percentages of Carroll profitable MVP
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3:09Ben Clemens: Through a fast perusal of some betting websites, that’s one thing like 20:1
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3:09Steve E.: So will the Pirates take Dylan Crews?
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3:10Ben Clemens: Presumably, although that isn’t my space of experience
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3:10Farhandrew Zaidman: Would both the Dodgers or the Red Sox agree to an entire swap of their respective former gamers? For posterity, it might be Mookie & JD for Duggie, Kiké, JT, Kenley and Chris Martin.
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3:10Ben Clemens: I imply…. the Dodgers would say no
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3:11Ben Clemens: Mookie Betts is superb
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3:11Jose: What odds would you placed on there being a 40-40 participant this yr
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3:11Ben Clemens: longer than I’d anticipated coming into the yr
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3:12Ben Clemens: we’re speaking Carroll, Acuna, mayyyybe Julio and Arozarena?
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3:12Ben Clemens: BWJ I suppose, however I don’t suppose he’s hitting 40 bombs
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3:12Ben Clemens: I suppose I’d say 8%?
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3:13Ben Clemens: Just ballparking it
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3:13Dan the Man McGRAWWWW: Lots of people wish to harp on the Yankees for not signing Profar in free company however he wasn’t the answer.  Who do they commerce for on the deadline?
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3:13Dan the Man McGRAWWWW: Could Soto be traded?
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3:13Ben Clemens: Combo of two questions
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3:13Ben Clemens: I feel there’s a 0% probability of Soto getting traded
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3:13Ben Clemens: you'll be able to’t quit the haul they did for him after which flip round and flip him
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3:14Ben Clemens: As for who the Yankees will attempt to commerce for within the outfield
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3:14Ben Clemens: Cody Bellinger is smart to me if the Cubs are promoting
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3:14Ben Clemens: Teoscar Hernandez, possibly?
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3:15Ben Clemens: There aren’t plenty of groups a)with good outfielders and b)promoting
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3:15Ben Clemens: hey, in the event that they wish to take care of the Cardinals once more, how about Tyler O’Neill
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3:15Ben Clemens: it’s a reasonably skinny market on the market, although
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3:16Adam: The Twins trades for Mahle and Lopez look terrible .. Add within the Arraez deal, is the entrance workplace on the hotseat?
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3:16Ben Clemens: Actually yeah the Mahle commerce appears to be like fairly tough
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3:17Ben Clemens: Arraez/Lopez hasn’t been that massive of a spot in WAR, regardless of the fawning protection of Arraez… Arraez is each good and tremendously enjoyable, and I feel that we within the media over-lean in the direction of the tremendously enjoyable half at occasions
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3:18Ben Clemens: Jose Salas has not seemed nice, although, which does take the wind out of my sails a bit
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3:18Ben Clemens: however byron chourio is tearing the doorways off the complicated league in a strong 13-PA pattern
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3:19Ben Clemens: I dunno, I really feel just like the Mahle commerce is the type that comes again to hang-out you for a very long time
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3:19Ben Clemens: and the Arraez commerce simply isn’t
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3:19Crawford: Why’d they let him pitch after they had been profitable? Seems so dangerous!
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3:19Ben Clemens: Because they had been up 10 and it’s enjoyable
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3:19Ben Clemens: Kapler even mentioned he’d have been prepared to usher in an actual pitcher if the sport began to teeter
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3:20Ok Newman: Is he the odd man out as soon as the group is wholesome? Chances they may attempt to flip Senzel if he comes again and continues to be productive?
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3:20Ben Clemens: man, Kevin Newman is having a sneakily okay yr for a man who I simply actually don’t purchase into
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3:20Ben Clemens: 87 wRC+! 10 factors larger than his profession common
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3:21Ben Clemens: Okay, the hearth alarm concern is getting worse right here, so I’m gonna name it a day and go purchase some ear plugs or one thing
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3:21Ben Clemens: Have an incredible day everybody, and I’ll speak to you once more subsequent week
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