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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 2/20/24

Ben Clemens

12:04

Hey everyone, welcome to the chat

Let's get going

Too Many Mooks

12:04

Francisco Alvarez reportedly nearing an extension with the Mets. Guess the terms! Go!

Ben Clemens

12:04

Ooh, this is a fun one

12:05

Man catcher extensions are so hard

12:06

I'm gonna say he gets 7/90 plus a bunch of club option years

liam

12:06

i am against using public money for privately owned stadiums, but on the other hand i live in chicago and the new white sox stadium renderings look sick and i would like to see it built so i can attend. how do i reconcile these two stances

Ben Clemens

12:06

I think that it's okay to say that you'd be willing to pay for a public stadium

I totally get that it's a bad investment

but eh, I've made bad investments in my life

I just think people need to be more honest about it

12:07

"We're going to charge everyone in Chicagoland 1000 dollars so the Sox can play in a pretty stadium" might pass

SASR

12:07

Everyone knows the question with Mo Baller is "Can he stick at catcher?" Do you think he would have a tougher time than most adjusting to 1B? Is he definitely a DH if he doesn't stay behind the dish?

Ben Clemens

12:07

I do, just because of his height

I'm thinking of how Luis Arraez looked at first

which is to say, not great

ProspectWeek

12:08

Sadtrombone had a good point re Barrosa’s milb park factors, was that part of your analysis on your 5 hitters article? And do you think Moises can stick behind the dish? He looks like mid 30s Bartolo already…

Ben Clemens

12:08

I do account for park factors, but I'll admit that I'm not super confident in how they work

12:09

that said, given the batted ball data for Barrosa and Hernaiz, I'm not particularly worried

it's not like they're Nick Allen up there

12:10

Honestly wow I'm looking at Nick Allen's power numbers in AAA and maybe Hernaiz is a little closer to that than I'm willing to admit

he was actually squaring the ball up pretty frequently in the minors

while still being abysmal in the majors

12:11

and I'm not really the kind of talent evaluator who can tell you if Ballesteros can stick

but if he does, oh baby

Tim

12:11

Liam Hendriks to Boston…thoughts?

Ben Clemens

12:11

Love it

ProspectWeek

12:11

Anyone you’re particularly high on in the top 100? Did Xavier Edwards pop for you at all in your under the radar hitters?

Ben Clemens

12:11

He really did not

12:12

the model liked him just okay

it really wants some power by Triple-A

and he has true bottom-shelf power

dallas

12:12

Of the following (after down years) who do you think is most likely to be at least a league average SP- Quinn Priester, Luis Ortiz, or Roansy Contreras?

Ben Clemens

12:12

this is very much a guess but Ortiz

dave

12:12

Am I crazy to think in the current MLB playoff structure I'd rather be a 2 seed than a 1 seed? Just looking at the DS round, a large majority of the time isn't the winner between the top two WC teams going to be a tougher matchup than the winner between the worst division winner and worst WC team?

Ben Clemens

12:13

So, yes. But you'd far rather be a 1 seed than a 3 seed

ProspectWeek

12:13

I like both Barrosa and Hernaiz to be clear, just think the offense might be quite a bit worse than you’d hope for, at least initially. Interesting on Edwards, Roboscout at BA LOVES Edwards and I think has some similar eval methods to yours!

Ben Clemens

12:13

Yeah, I agree that their offense might be lower than you expect

12:14

I am taking a risk in picking guys like that who are semi-real prospecdts

normally in this article I've gone way down the ladder to people no one has heard of

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