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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 10/25/21

Ben Clemens

2:02

Hey everyone, welcome to the chat. I assume there are plenty of postseason questions, but I'm going to talk free agency a little bit as well, and maybe some Great British Bake Off (great season this year), board games, whatever people come up with. Mostly baseball still though!

Cole

2:02

Rank the following 5 hitters by how many total dollars they'll get in free agency: Rizzo, Canha, Conforto, Belt, C. Taylor

Ben Clemens

2:02

Oh no, you won't get me to release these rankings early. Our top 50 free agents piece is coming out about a week after the season ends, and it will have you covered. The crowdsourcing that comes first should be starting soon, in fact.

Tal

2:02

Fill in the blank: Corey Seager is a top _ shortstop if he can keep his defense near average.

Ben Clemens

2:03

5? There are a lot of great shortstops in baseball today

White Sox Fan

2:03

Would it be crazy to consider trading Jose Abreu? With natural replacements already big league ready (Vaughn/Sheets), that $ could surely be used more wisely, no?

Ben Clemens

2:03

It would be crazy, yes

2:04

A) everyone on the team loves Abreu

b) Vaughn and Sheets not only aren't as good as Abreu, they played plenty this year despite all of them being on the team. Depth is good

2:05

c)I like Vaughn, but he hit .235/.309/.396 this year (94 wRC+). Sheets hit far better, but he did it in 179 PA. His career minor-league line is worse than Abreu's major league line in 2021

This is getting wayyyy too cute

Tacoby Bellsbury

2:05

Christmas is two months away. Who you got -- Santa, or the Supply Chain Gremlins?

Ben Clemens

2:05

This is a good reminder to everyone to order your presents early

2:06

My Halloween costume (David Rose, it's lazy but easy) is taking far longer to arrive than I expected

AstrosSuckLOL

2:06

Are the Asstros still cheating? Surprised they could add so much velocity on Luis Garcia between games 3 and 6, something definitely smells funky in that bullpen.

Ben Clemens

2:06

Ugh, what a tired narrative

Here's all I'm going to say on this one: if you can find a way to just add 3 mph, wouldn't you do it earlier in the playoffs? Stop it

James

2:06

Are Series umps chosen by merit or randomness?

Ben Clemens

2:06

Merit

Mark

2:07

If you Are the Giants, what

Ben Clemens

2:07

So, there's more to this question

But I really liked this phrasing

Mark

2:07

If you are the Giants, what are your priorities this off-season? Posey? Belt? Bryant? Resign the half your pitching staff that are free agents or look for new reclamation projects?

Ben Clemens

2:07

They're gonna pick up Posey's option, so there's that

My priorities would be Bryant, and then pitching

Belt is great, and if they can fit him in I'd do it in a heartbeat

2:08

But LaMonte Wade can provide an okay approximation of what he does, whereas the other pieces are harder to replace

Zach

2:08

Do you find the current narrative of the Dodgers demise as a elite ball club next year to be greatly overexaggerated? Even with all of their free agents isn't there roster still top 3 in baseball?

Ben Clemens

2:08

Oh yeah it's wild

If we drafted WS winners next year

Without knowing anything about the offseason

The Dodgers are a windmill slam first pick

Cream

2:08

Do you think the outcome of this series has major implications for where Freddie is playing next year?

Ben Clemens

2:08

2:09

short answer, but c'mon

He's either committed to staying in Atlanta, or he's not

I don't think finishing the job will change that either way

Multiphasic

2:09

I have so many questions about Freya.

Like, to what degree is her accent Yorkie, to what degree is it posh, and and to what degree is it Kardashian?

And: how do you emotionally balance how grating Vocal Freya is compared to the doofy affable George with the fact that she clearly baked circles around him, including the last episode? Even if she was wobbly-ish, that was some Flores checked-swing horsehockey.

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