Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 1/6/25

2:01	Ben Clemens: Hey everybody, welcome to the chat

2:01	Ben Clemens: Being that it’s early January, I’m gonna maintain it comparatively quick immediately

2:01	Ben Clemens: Say 45 minutes or so

2:01	Ben Clemens: however let’s use that point properly

2:01	Ken: With their additions, are the A’s legit contenders for a playoff spot in 2025?

2:01	Ben Clemens: No. I feel they’re nonetheless gonna be sub-10% or so

2:02	Ben Clemens: However extra respectable than a lot of the current variations of the A’s, nonetheless

2:02	Dan Sanchez: The Orioles have starter depth however nonetheless want an ace, and the Padres, who will lose Dylan Stop subsequent 12 months, might use a younger OF bat. Would one thing like Heston Kjerstad and Dean Kremer, perhaps with a 3rd piece, get it achieved?

2:02	Ben Clemens: I feel that might get it achieved, however I don’t actually see them buying and selling Kjerstad

2:03	Ben Clemens: It’s simply incompatible with the best way they deal from their prospects; Ortiz was not precisely surplus however fairly blocked by different attention-grabbing prospects on the very least

2:03	Ben Clemens: Kjerstad feels extra prone to be an actual contributor this 12 months, which might make the commerce much less of a pure improve. that appears to me to be the best way they prefer to make offers

2:03	davealden53: I do know you suppose Eguy Rosario can have a future if he can get unblocked. Roster Useful resource now reveals him because the Padres’ DH, however this doesn’t seem to be an amazing match. Does he stay commerce bait, maybe an additional piece in a Dylan Stop deal?

2:03	Ben Clemens: I feel that’d be awkward b/c a workforce buying Stop might be a playoff contender, and that doesn’t sound like a workforce that’s going to only slam Eguy right into a beginning spot

2:05	Ben Clemens: I don’t completely hate DH for him, however i feel that AB’s shall be arduous to come back by there, so yeah, I’d like to see him in a spot the place he has common infield enjoying time

2:05	Idiotic Failson: The Yankees can’t actually be assuming DJLM shall be enjoying third once more this 12 months, can they? CAN THEY?!?!?!?

2:06	Ben Clemens: I actually suppose that they’re going to accumulate a bigger-ticket 3B nonetheless

2:06	Ben Clemens: their roster simply makes so little sense with DJLM

2:06	Ben Clemens: it’s leaving an apparent level of weak point in a winter the place a lot of their strikes appear to be about shoring up weaknesses

2:07	Dan Sanchez: What sort of contract do you suppose Framber Valdez might be subsequent 12 months? Similar age at FA as Snell (32), much less stuff however extra sturdy. 4/120? 5/140? Extra?

2:07

Ben Clemens: man, I’d be actually apprehensive about giving Framber a giant deal. That’s an actual change of opinion for me, I really feel like I used to be one of many excessive analysts on him for years, however the final 18 months or so have me questioning how he’s going to deal with a change in stuff

2:07	Ben Clemens: his fastball appears to want a really specific form to work, and when he misplaced it for some time, he was not excellent

2:08	Ben Clemens: I suppose I’d say that he’ll most likely get one thing within the vary you named, however I’d hope to not be the workforce giving it to him

2:08	Ben Clemens: I feel it’s wrong-way danger. I don’t suppose he’s prone to ship you an enormous windfall at that contract, however coming in approach low feels potential to me

2:08	davealden53: There aren’t any well being updates on Edward Cabrera and he’s projected because the #2 starter for the Marlins. Do you imagine that risk? Can he really keep wholesome and productive or is the die forged?

2:08	Ben Clemens: I don’t imagine that risk

2:09	Ben Clemens: Not that it will possibly’t occur… however I’d wager in opposition to it at affordable odds

2:09	Alby: Greatest shock of the offseason to this point?

2:09	Ben Clemens: I feel it’s the A’s turning into aggressive acquirers in beginning pitching

2:10

Ken: The A’s have lots of starters on their 40-man roster: Severino, Springs, Sears, Bido, Ginn, Estes, Spence, Basso, and Harris. Barring a commerce or damage, Severino, Springs, and Sears are locks for the rotation. However what ought to they do with the remainder of them? None of them actually have something left to show or work on within the minors. Ought to the A’s experiment with a workers of tandem starters the place two pitchers work 5 innings and 4 innings, respectively, every sport, as an alternative of the normal 5-man rotation and 8-man bullpen?

2:10	Ben Clemens: For instance!

2:11	Ben Clemens: Mmmmm, no, I don’t suppose that makes a ton of sense except they’ve buy-in from everybody. I feel extra realistically, a few of these guys are going to get harm and a few gained’t play sufficient to be within the majors.

2:11	Ben Clemens: Like, Hogan Harris is on this record. He’s 28 and each single run prevention stat was above 5.50 in sizable minor league enjoying time final 12 months

2:12	Ben Clemens: I really feel like I do know lots about baseball, and I needed to lookup who Basso was

2:12	Ben Clemens: dude was additionally getting shelled within the minors

2:13	Ben Clemens: This isn’t a ‘we have now 8 true established starters’ state of affairs, I feel that they need to simply go the conventional route and let accidents and underperformance make issues work

2:13	wmquirk: Guardians received a steal on Shane Bieber this 12 months after seeing Boyd and Morton’s contracts, amongst others. I’d suppose he needs to be gone on the deadline in the event that they aren’t positive contenders by then

2:13	Ben Clemens: I agree with you right here

2:14	Ben Clemens: I used to be very shocked to see him signal for that deal given how excited groups have been to pay potential top-end starter

2:14	Ben Clemens: That stated, I get it from his standpoint. It’s good to rehab in a state of affairs you’re conversant in, and the cash/years aren’t horrible

2:14	Ben Clemens: I feel this was a case the place the potential future earnings bump from having your rehab go properly outstrips the additional couple of dollars you may make this offseason

2:15	Oaktown Blues: Brady Basso was not getting shelled within the minors. He was in Vegas and was sufferer of an unsustainable excessive HR/FB%. His xFIP was 4.26, which is nice for that setting

2:15	Ben Clemens: do you suppose he has nothing extra to show within the minors?

2:15	Oaktown Blues: No, he has extra to show for positive

2:15	Ben Clemens: Yeah, that’s extra my level

2:15	Ben Clemens: like, that wasn’t a listing the place I’d be flabbergasted if anybody received despatched down

2:16	Ben Clemens: i’d be extra shocked if nobody did

2:16	Henry Dodger: A lot of speaking heads and followers in NYC are saying that the NYY, as presently constituted, are a greater workforce than final 12 months’s squad with Soto. I don’t see it. What do you suppose?

2:16	Ben Clemens: Yeah, I don’t actually purchase it, however I’ll say, I like their function gamers’ odds of bouncing again

2:16	Ben Clemens: like having a full season of Jazz is good

2:17	Ben Clemens: and I feel that their pitching will most likely be higher even ex-Fried

2:17	Oaktown Blues: Respect the temporary backwards and forwards, that’s what makes these chats enjoyable 🙂

2:17	Ben Clemens: and like I stated, I’m no Basso skilled

2:17	Idiotic Failson: Um, what are the Orioles doing? It appears to be like like they may blow their likelihood to maximise their window as a result of Elias is brutally danger averse in relation to their SP.

2:18	Ben Clemens: Yeah uh… I write this text yearly

2:18	Ben Clemens: I truly wished to put in writing an article known as ‘c’mon, orioles, do one thing’ earlier than they signed Sugano, and I discovered I’d already written an article with that title

2:18	Ben Clemens: I’m very confused by their methodology

2:19	Ben Clemens: it’s sort of Rays-y in that they appear to be making an attempt to construct a really sustainably high-floor group by focusing closely on trades that spherical them out relatively than make them higher-ceiling, and hten taking occasional swings

2:20	Ben Clemens: however that appears like a extremely unusual strategy to go about maximizing a window constructed on two stars

2:20	Visitor: Mountcastle and Kremer get you near Castillo? Would Povich be price greater than Kremer?

2:20	Ben Clemens: I’m not saying it shouldn’t

2:20	Ben Clemens: or properly, perhaps I’m, I haven’t thought too arduous about that but

2:20	Ben Clemens: however the Mariners aren’t budging for scraps like that

2:20	Ben Clemens: they’ve made it very clear that htey suppose their pitchers are price their weight in gold

2:21	Ben Clemens: ‘right here, have a roughly common first baseman and a starter who wouldn’t go in your rotation’

2:21

AL Central Casting: Do you suppose groups/pitchers/catchers generally declare PitchCom issues when there aren’t any, simply to get an additional minute of relaxation? It might simply be me remembering examples throughout high-leverage conditions, however it does seem to be they may sport the pitch-clock system sometimes by saying the PitchCom isn’t working – very not often have I seen them substitute the machine.

2:21	Ben Clemens: ‘suppose’ isn’t robust sufficient

2:21	Ben Clemens: I strongly imagine it

2:21	Ben Clemens: I’d be shocked, extra shocked than I’d be if the White Sox go .500 this 12 months, to be taught that it ISN’T occurring

2:21	drplantwrench: trying ahead to the Orioles turning into the following angels

2:21	Idiotic Failson: Like – I’m a Yankee fan and even I’m like – ORIOLES, PLEASE DO SOMETHING

2:22	Ben Clemens: I don’t suppose they’re gonna flip into the following Angels

2:23

Ben Clemens: I do suppose they may flip into the following Pirates, by way of a workforce that hit it large with some progressive new methods, developed an exceptional core on account of that plus some good draft picks, after which by no means supplemented the core in any respect and ended up losing it

2:23	Idiotic Failson: FWIW – Luis Castillo’s weight in gold is round $500k. They’re treating him as way more useful.

2:23	Ben Clemens: price his weight in GPU’s

2:23	Ben Clemens: i dunno, some useful factor. price his weight in vanilla?

2:23	Ben Clemens: however like, actual vanilla pods, not the extract

2:24	Visitor: If the Mariners suppose Castillo is superior and so they’re completely comfortable paying him his contract (affordable I feel), what does a commerce of him even seem like? A pitcher simply nearly as good plus extra?

2:24	Ben Clemens: a prime hitting prospect

2:24	Ben Clemens: most likely with an ETA of proper now

2:25

Brian: Whereas I agree on the pitchcom I’ve one other, maybe extra refined strategy to sport the clock – Francisco Alvarez actually likes to throw behind runners. I feel that a part of that’s he likes to throw however it additionally offers the pitcher an additional second with out breaking any guidelines

2:26	Ben Clemens: I feel that this one is much less implicit and extra accepted

2:26	Ben Clemens: again picks final 12 months felt to me, anecdotally, more likely than they was to get lollipopped in there

2:26	Henry Dodger: How a lot of Pete Alonso’s lack of a sturdy market this 12 months is resulting from his poor platform 12 months and the way a lot is it that projection programs actually don’t like him?

2:26	Ben Clemens: These issues are inextricably linked, however I suppose what I’d say is that this

2:27	Ben Clemens: I feel that the projection system consensus was decrease on Alonso than followers/baseball execs already coming into 2024

2:27	Ben Clemens: I feel it largely got here from the truth that he broke out late and projection programs are skeptical of profession arcs like that

2:28	Ben Clemens: however I feel that this unhealthy platform 12 months each lowered the projections additional, to love ‘crimson flag, maintain up the deal’ ranges, and in addition cooled off the ‘we’re signing him for the dingers and autographs’ crowd a bit

2:29	Ben Clemens: I’ve no clue what he’s gonna do. I feel I wrote lots in my blurb about how I do model-based projecting and there aren’t lots of instances like Alonso’s so I mainly instructed the mannequin to close up and went up by lots from its estiamte

2:29	wheelhouse: Is Goldschmidt the worst signing of the offseason to this point? Brian Cashman has made this error one million occasions earlier than and reveals no signal of slowing, not like Paul

2:29	Ben Clemens: oh man, I don’t suppose so in any respect

2:29	Ben Clemens: now, in the event that they’re dedicated to giving him 600 PA’s even when he’s toast, sure

2:29	Ben Clemens: however I feel that it’s a good wager at worth

2:30	Ben Clemens: like, dude gained MVP not too long ago sufficient, and gamers have late-career spike years usually sufficient, that I feel it is a good danger to be taking

2:30	Ben Clemens: if he’s a catastrophe and also you’re keen to chop him, then it’s no biggie

2:30	Ben Clemens: I assure you you will get a blah-level 1B on the commerce deadline for peanuts

2:31	Alby: Are you apprehensive about Rutschman in any respect or do you suppose his hunch was injury-related?

2:31	Ben Clemens: So like… I don’t suppose a 100/0 view of that is right

2:31	Ben Clemens: I’m positively a lot much less apprehensive than I’d in any other case be b/c there’s a transparent connection to his damage and his decline

2:31	Ben Clemens: and I’m additionally not significantly apprehensive in regards to the numerous tender denials that it was injury-related, no matter, that’s what you’re speculated to say if you happen to’re the workforce

2:32	Ben Clemens: however I feel sticking your head within the sand is incorrect too

2:32	Ben Clemens: definitely, my base case for him has shifted down barely

2:33	Colton: Leaping in a bit late so undecided if this has been answered, however what do you make of all of the Casas conjecture? Breslow has stated a number of occasions that he’s not accessible and isn’t being shopped however individuals nonetheless appear to suppose the alternative.

2:33	Ben Clemens: talking of a participant who the M’s supposedly didn’t need for Castillo!

2:33	Brian: Now that you’ve got been doing the free agent predictions for a couple of years, have you ever thought-about doing a classes realized recap? Stuff you received proper/incorrect, issues the group received proper/incorrect, what has modified over time, and so forth?

2:33	Ben Clemens: I did one in all these final 12 months

2:33	Ben Clemens: I’m going to do a halfway ‘right here’s how our predictions have achieved’ check-in this week, as properly

2:34	Ben Clemens: and yeah, count on extra articles of me fascinated about my very own course of. it’s a pleasant strategy to fill content material voids within the offseason and folks appear to take pleasure in studying them

2:34	Ham Fighter: You nearer to Steamer (119 wRC+) or ZiPS (108 OPS+) for Jackson Chourio subsequent 12 months?

2:34	Jays realist: Within the occasion Vladdy cant attain a long run cope with Toronto? what are the probabilities the FO simply retains him the entire 12 months in hopes that one good 12 months will save their jobs?

2:34	Ben Clemens: I feel that query is mainly inconceivable to reply with out figuring out their file in July

2:35	Sam: Given the Orioles appear utterly disinterested in spending large cash, how lengthy is it earlier than groups begin sniffing round Rutschman and/or Henderson? Not saying they need to commerce them however with their prospect depth, I might see Baltimore at the very least contemplating it.

2:35	Gunnar Henderson: O/U on years till I get traded? I need my cash and so they arent giving it to me

2:35	Ben Clemens: I don’t suppose they’ll afford to do it

2:35	Ben Clemens: even when they only maintain him till FA

2:35	Ben Clemens: buying and selling him would inevitably make hte workforce worse within the quick run

2:35	Ben Clemens: b/c like… that’s how trades of superstars work

2:35	Ben Clemens: even if you happen to ‘win’ it, you win it in years of management, not 12 months one WAR

2:36	Ben Clemens: and I don’t suppose this entrance workplace would survive doing a re-teardown

2:36	Ben Clemens: once you aren’t successful playoff video games with one of the best participant in your workforce doing extremely properly, eliminating that dude doesn’t sign ‘we actually care about successful playoff video games’

2:36	Ben Clemens: perhaps if they’ve extra postseason success earlier than then?

2:37	Phil: As a Purple Sox fan and an English main, I can’t imagine I didn’t know that Hanley Ramirez was initially speculated to be named Hamlet (per Jay). What a superb factor.

2:37	Ben Clemens: That’s certainly glorious

2:37	Ben Clemens: I had no thought

2:37	Dan’l: Is the Arenado commerce hypothesis probably the most discuss ever a couple of pseudo-salary dump that by no means truly occurs?

2:38	Ben Clemens: I nonetheless suppose it’s gonna occur, however man, I’m not so positive that he needs it to occur

2:38	Ben Clemens: like, turning down the commerce to the astros to ‘let the market develop’ dude you’re not a free agent

2:39

J: I continuously see individuals say somebody like Kyle Tucker or Vlad Jr. could be loopy to not go to free company at this level. Am I actually loopy for pondering these individuals are not adequately accounting for danger? I’d determine that the draw back danger of getting a 12 months marked by damage or worse than common efficiency would at the very least incentivize making an attempt to get the bag now.

2:39	Ben Clemens: I’d by no means attain free company

2:39	Ben Clemens: I’d be hitting the bid so arduous I’d create a gust of wind

2:40	Ben Clemens: now, I’d absolutely struggle for bid first, however like…. at my stage of danger aversion, I’d take an extension for positive

2:40	Ben Clemens: baseball gamers aren’t typically as danger averse as I’m. they most likely wouldn’t be baseball gamers in the event that they had been

2:40	Idiotic Failson: Rhodium – rhodium and Luis Castillo are roughly the identical worth by weight. Luis Castillo’s contract might pay for lots of catalytic converters and is subsequently extra useful than any measly baseball participant.

2:40	Ben Clemens: man perhaps the O’s ought to simply provide the Mariners some rhodium mining rights

2:40	wheelhouse: am I incorrect to actually not like the concept of Arraez to NYY like has floated round immediately? that’s including a ton of issues to your workforce so as to add a singles hitter within the worst ballpark in baseball for lefty singles hitters

2:41	Ben Clemens: I feel that Arraez is a man who’s largely resistant to park results b/c of his wild batted ball distribution

2:41	Ben Clemens: however uh yeah, I feel he’s a extremely unhealthy match

2:41

Kiermaier’s Piercing Inexperienced Eyes: Cling on, not one of the math on this chat is mathing. Luis Castillo weighs 90 kg. The value of a KG of gold appears to be like to be about $85,000. I don’t know the way he’d be price solely $500k. And the MSI GeForce RTX 4090 Gaming X Trio weighs a little bit over 2 KG and has an MSRP of $1700.
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2:41	Idiotic Failson: No no. I’m unhealthy at math. His weight in gold is $8 million. However nonetheless…

2:41	Ben Clemens: whoops, forgot to put up that one

2:42	Ben Clemens: and yeah, I pretty shortly realized that GPU’s are most likely pretty heavy

2:42	Dan’l: If not one of the Cardinal veterans had no-trade clauses, who do you suppose they’d have moved this offseason?

2:42	Ben Clemens: I feel simply Arenado, actually

2:42	Ben Clemens: if i’m them, I’m interested by dealing Grey on the deadline if the wage dump they’re so into is already achieved

2:43	Bosoxforlife: Do the Purple sox want one other addition or is Walker Buehler going to be sufficient? There are query marks however Houck, Crochet, Buehler, Bello and one thing from Giolito might be excellent.

2:43	Ben Clemens: I feel I just like the rotation sufficient as is

2:43	Ben Clemens: it’s sort of protection in depth; I feel unhealthy outcomes on ALL these guys on the identical time are unlikely

2:43	Ben Clemens: even when one or two are very prone to prove badly

2:44	Ben Clemens: if I had been the Sox and seeking to enhance, I’d care much more in regards to the infield

2:45	Ben Clemens: I’m fairly down on Story, and I actually suppose they’re setting themselves as much as find yourself having to play Rafaela within the infield once more

2:45

Polonius: Relating to the Vlad/Tucker about to hit free company dialogue…Are there insurance coverage markets that they’ll faucet into and get a payout within the occasion that they get injured or underperform, and may’t safe a $100m plus contract, for instance? I assume one thing like this have to be utilized, when the probably future earnings are so nice…

2:45	Ben Clemens: maybe there are, however properly, an extension is sort of like insurance coverage too

2:45	Ben Clemens: so now we’re simply arguing over what kind of insurance coverage to take and which pays higher

2:45	Ben Clemens: or, which is less expensive, relatively

2:45	Ben Clemens: I don’t know the reply to that… however my level is that I’d need insurance coverage

2:46	Hulu Sasaki: Do you suppose groups care that reneging on already established offers to signal Sasaki may harm their status with IFAs? Or do Latin youngsters have so little leverage that it wouldn’t actually matter

2:46	Ben Clemens: mmmm…. I feel that they may, however I feel ‘sorry, we’ll discover some strategy to make this best for you or at the very least advocate you to our mates on different groups however this man threw an ideal sport after which one other 8 good innings’ shall be an affordable excuse

2:47	Ben Clemens: like, in the event that they’re doing it for some rando, not a lot

2:47	Ben Clemens: however this dude’s well-known

2:47	John B: Lot of analyst count on a regression from Ramos. Do you see that?

2:47	Ben Clemens: I feel it is determined by what you imply by regression

2:48	Ben Clemens: I’m greater than Steamer’s 107 wRC+

2:49	Ben Clemens: ZiPS is in between his 2024 and Steamer’s projected 2025 and htinks he’ll be an above common participant

2:49	Ben Clemens: I feel that’s fairly near my view. He’s all the time going to have some strikeout points b/c of his swing, however i feel that his present method does job of maximizing his skills, and you’ll’t faux bat pace, the man has energy

2:49	Phil: What if you happen to took all the carbon out of Luis Castillo and compressed it to make a diamond?

2:50	Ben Clemens: oh man, this received me questioning how dense diamonds are

2:50	Ben Clemens: not practically as dense as I believed is the reply there

2:50	BRAVES: Couldn’t they signal Bregman for 2b and shift Albies to ss?

2:50	Ben Clemens: mmm… I don’t suppose Albies oculd play quick

2:51	Ben Clemens: I’m not saying he’s an terrible defender, however he’s not an unquestionably nice second baseman as it’s, and his weakest side is perhaps his throwing arm

2:52	Ben Clemens: doesn’t scream ‘transfer me to shortstop’ for me

2:52	RAH: Have you ever regarded into Eugenio Suarez’s resurgence, or ought to I say demigod of sizzling streaks? There’s a narrative about swing and sport prep modifications made, however how a lot of that efficiency can we truly to proceed seeing?

2:52	Ben Clemens: the man may be very streaky

2:53	Ben Clemens: however I’d identical to to level out that he’s a fairly first rate participant on a regular basis

2:53	Ben Clemens: on the finish of these streaks

2:53	Ben Clemens: and that I’d count on him to be fairly first rate once more in 2025

2:53	Ben Clemens: I bear in mind final 12 months I stated that the marketplace for an above common common have to be fairly gentle b/c of how little Suarez moved for

2:54	Ben Clemens: and lots of chatters (not everybody, clearly) had been like ‘no that man is unhealthy’

2:54	Ben Clemens: streaky gamers are arduous to judge

2:54	Dealer Jerry: Orioles sending a depth sp like Kremer and center infielder like Ramon Urias for Luis Castillo? Do you see this as sensible?

2:54	Ben Clemens: nope, not anymore than I did 45 minutes in the past on this very chat

2:54	Visitor: Ha-Seong Kim to the Yankees to play 2b makes an excessive amount of sense to not occur. They’ve an enormous gap at 2b or 3b resulting from Jazz’s versatility. Do you suppose there’s a match?

2:55	Ben Clemens: so, that is solely hypothesis

2:55	Ben Clemens: but when I’m Kim, I wish to both play shortstop or safe the bag

2:55	Ben Clemens: b/c his worth is lots greater if he can deal with quick. So a pillow contract the place he’s enjoying shortstop? sure

2:55	Ben Clemens: a five-year deal for some huge cash to play second base in the big apple? sure

2:56	Ben Clemens: a brief deal to play a less-valuable place on a workforce the place you may get moved round greater than you’d want? not bought

2:56	Ben Clemens: mix that with the truth that the Yankees appear to be appearing cap-constrained, and I don’t suppose it’s probably

2:56	Ben Clemens: it’s on-field match however I don’t suppose it matches what Kim’s superb enjoying state of affairs is

2:57	Dmx: If there was one all-baseball mvp would you’ve gone Choose or Ohtani this season?

2:57	Ben Clemens: I feel I’d go Ohtani b/c 50/50 was simply so dang cool

2:57	Ben Clemens: however realistically, Choose could be the proper choose, and I feel he’d win

2:57	Bosoxforlife: You might be proper to query the Purple Sox infield state of affairs. I haven’t been ready to determine simply what it’d seem like. The place do you stand on Casas? I’m removed from satisfied that he’s a stud.

2:58	Ben Clemens: I’m not 100% locked in bought or something, however I’d like to have him on my workforce

2:58	Ben Clemens: I actually just like the method

2:59	Ben Clemens: I’d be apprehensive about well being

2:59	Ben Clemens: however, I feel I’d relatively have him than lots of ALE 1B

3:00	Ben Clemens: all of them besides Vlad, mainly

3:00	AJ Preller: Do you see SD shifting Arraez or Stop earlier than the season begins?

3:00	Ben Clemens: I feel Stop is 50%+ probably

3:01	Ben Clemens: I feel that Arraez doesn’t have a ton of worth in commerce. Not that he’s a foul participant, to be clear, simply, a 115 wRC+ positionless hitter isn’t precisely going to fetch a king’s ransom

3:02	Spring Coaching: Isn’t it usually smarter for groups to attend for spring coaching and 60 day IL placements earlier than buying and selling away gamers?

3:02	Ben Clemens: that’ll occur this 12 months too, there shall be one other wave of trades after roster squeezes come down somehwat

3:02	Henry Dodger: I might see Roki going to the Dodgers, positive, however I don’t imagine within the handshake settlement or something. He looks like an idiosyncratic man who’s weighing all the things. Do you suppose it’s been a honest course of?

3:03	Ben Clemens: and I feel that he’s much more probably than your common NPB celebrity to spurn the massive coastal metropolis markets

3:03

RAH: To be clear, I’m not asking about Eugenio’s season ending numbers. These appear to be inside affordable vary of profession norms. However 2024 noticed him go off and carry out as the most effective hitters in baseball for about 3 months straight. With out trying it up, i assume that’s the longest stretch with that sort of manufacturing since his 49 HR season with the enjoyable ball of 2019.

3:03	Ben Clemens: Oh yeah, I imply, I simply consider him as very streaky

3:03	Ben Clemens: I don’t suppose he’ll proceed that manufacturing. and doubtless, there’ll be a month the place you’re like ‘we can not afford to maintain enjoying this man’

3:03	Ben Clemens: after which a month the place nobody can get him out

3:03	6 man rotation: Will extra groups undertake a 6 man rotations?

3:04	Ben Clemens: yeah. I feel that it is a long-term development (6-man reg season, 4-man playoffs) that may proceed to speed up

3:04	Bosoxforlife: If I’m right in hoping the Purple Sox OF in 2025 is Duran in CF with Anthony and Abreu manning the corners then I don’t see a spot for Rafaela, who I feel is definitely Miles Straw in disguise.