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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

2 years

John Smoltz just came up with the concept of defense-independent pitching live on national TV

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

6 months

Um, I just got asked to take a survey by and they really need to read the room:

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Ben Clemens

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1 year

Earlier today I read an article from about Nolan Gorman. It reiterates most of the points I made in an article written earlier this week and even uses the same player as a comparison. It doesn't cite my work at all. I find that extremely disappointing

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Ben Clemens

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2 years

The Ben Verlander puff piece really makes me sad that I didn't get into baseball writing the honest way, by lying to everyone and telling them I'm Roger's kid

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

4 years

Dodgers trying to hit Blake Snell look like:

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

1 year

Am entirely new fan base is getting introduced to the Jordan Hicks experience. Enjoy, and I'm sorry.

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

3 years

When the Yankees needed it most, they turned to their best pitcher, a stud former Pittsburgh righty. And Clay Holmes delivered.

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Ben Clemens

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5 years

An announcement! Today was my first day as a full time employee @fangraphs . Couldn't be more thrilled about it! Come check it out, or chat with me weekly starting next Monday, where I aspire to combine the humor of @DSzymborski 's chats with the analysis of... Also Dan's chats.

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

1 year

What a defeat for leaving starters in to face the order a third time through. Everyone's definitely going to remember this and cut people more slack next time a cruising pitcher gets pulled, right? Right? ... Right?

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

2 years

I recorded the probabilities on Apple TV+ baseball broadcasts to see how they match up against a simple count-only rule of thumb:

FanGraphs Baseball

@fangraphs

2 years

How Good Are Those Probabilities on the Apple TV+ Broadcasts?

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

5 years

Jack Flaherty has allowed as many runs since the All Star break as the Braves have since the top of the eighth inning in Game 4

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

2 years

John Smoltz is intent on dying on the "walks are worse for pitchers than home runs" hill. Credit to Joe Davis for just completely ignoring him when he makes that same tired argument six times a game.

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

8 months

Tomorrow's FanGraphs today: I made up the name whomps per whiff a few weeks ago, but it turns out this stat rocks

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

4 years

'Austin Hedges, pinch hitter' is a phrase I literally never thought I'd see

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

2 years

My mom and stepdad made me this amazing word cloud of all my articles for Christmas!

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

5 years

@Wins0904 @greatstuffTM Whoa, neat! Let's just stick with what we already have then.

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

1 year

Hard at work on today's article

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

3 years

Adam Wainwright thanked me personally!

Jesse Rogers

@JesseRogersESPN

3 years

"Thanks to all the people at FanGraphs that gave us zero respect so we could go out there with a chip on our shoulders." -- Adam Wainwright

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Ben Clemens

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4 years

What did you guys do with your Friday nights? I watched my favorite team acquire one of the best players in the game in exchange for nothing of consequence, and the Rockies PAID them to do it:

FanGraphs Baseball

@fangraphs

4 years

Cardinals Acquire Nolan Arenado in Blockbuster Trade

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

4 years

Classic 5-2-5-2-5-6 double play, just like the Dodgers drew it up.

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

3 years

This table in @jay_jaffe 's article today is AMAZING:

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

2 years

@kyler416 right now:

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

7 months

Ohhhhhh my god

MLB

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7 months

WHOMP, there he is! 💥 This list would not be complete without @VPasquantino .

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

2 years

Loved this deal for the Jays, in really a ton of different ways. There's basically nothing to dislike

FanGraphs Baseball

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2 years

The Jays Opt for Certainty With Chris Bassitt

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

5 years

I did the math on what teams would have to play for if the playoff field were expanded. Winning 95 games would, uh, not be worthwhile, let's just put it that way.

FanGraphs Baseball

@fangraphs

5 years

The New Playoff Format Would Disincentivize Competition

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

5 years

John Smoltz is now saying a leadoff walk is better than a leadoff home run and man, I just don't know John, I'm not sure you have this analyst thing mastered yet.

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

4 years

Credit to u/Decestor on r/politicalhumor:

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

2 years

Not every article I write will be for you - I'm writing about baseball nearly every day, there are gonna be some misses. But whether you're a fantasy player or just a fan, I think today's piece is worth checking out. It's a fundamental truth of hitting:

You Can’t Fake Exit Velocity

If you’re poring over a huge pile of statistics, remember: how hard a player hits the ball is both important and sticky.

blogs.fangraphs.com

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

3 years

Molina being the oldest catcher - and also basically doubling the innings for any other position on here, again for a CATCHER - is really impressive

Céspedes Family BBQ

@CespedesBBQ

3 years

Tired: Gold Gloves Wired: OLD GLOVES

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

4 years

Career goal accomplished:

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

2 years

The best time to trade Juan Soto is never. The second best time is right now.

FanGraphs Baseball

@fangraphs

2 years

With Juan Soto Available, the Nationals Have Upended the Trade Market

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

4 years

Having drawn the Bauer straw in our free agent signing coverage, I have to say: I find it amusing and very telling-on-themselves how many people asked me to keep politics out of a 100% politics-free article.

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

2 years

Stay tuned, this half of the inning is really going to blow his mind.

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

2 years

@VanHicklestein Honestly A+ job by the Reds crew here explaining the rule perfectly

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

3 years

Shocker! This is right up there with the time I told my mom my teacher and I were near an agreement for me to get extra credit. A day later, the teacher's tone had changed. Spoiler: it didn't, there was never any extra credit on the table, but my mom didn't have to know that.

Alex Wood

@Awood45

3 years

FWIW MLB has pumped to the media last night & today that there’s momentum toward a deal. Now saying the players tone has changed. So if a deal isn’t done today it’s our fault. This isn’t a coincidence. We’ve had the same tone all along. We just want a fair deal/to play ball.

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

2 years

High interest rates are a powerful incentive to push payments further into the future

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@fangraphs

2 years

Why Are Teams Issuing Extremely Long Contracts?

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

2 years

I wrote about the Meadows trade, which I love for the Rays after initially liking for the Tigers. Tampa Bay's trades are fun that way

FanGraphs Baseball

@fangraphs

2 years

Rays Go Full Rays, Trade Austin Meadows to Tigers for Future Considerations

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

1 year

Yordan's playoff wRC+ didn't even go up that much today with a 3-5 2 2B HR performance. His slugging percentage actually went down.

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

4 years

My 'I'll keep running Baez out there whether you like it or not' t-shirt has people asking a lot of questions answered by my shirt.

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

3 years

AJ Pierzynski just explained selection bias live on air, I am incredibly impressed

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

3 years

I still don't understand why we can't change the name of the site to SotoGraphs:

FanGraphs Baseball

@fangraphs

3 years

Juan Soto, Your Favorite Hitter’s Favorite Hitter

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

3 years

I'm a little confused by everyone hating on the Rockies for this signing. Is it bad to spend money to try to get better? Should we all hope teams that aren't currently winning don't sign stars? I assume they had to overpay to get him, but at least they're trying

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

3 years

The cover photo? Naturally it's Daniel Ponce de Leon getting pulled from a game by Mike Shildt while Kolten Wong looks on:

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

4 years

Interestingly, an owner making $50 million in profit would now stand to make $70 million in profit. It's a sliding scale, you see.

Jesse Rogers

@JesseRogersESPN

4 years

Sources: Under MLB proposal to players, a player making $35 mil in 2020 would make about $7.8 mil. A player making 10 mil would get about 2.9 mil and a player making a mil would make $434k.

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

3 years

I know very little about snowboarding slopestyle but I'm pretty sure Su Yiming is getting robbed

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

5 years

Last night Gerrit Cole signed during dinner, and @jay_jaffe , literally midway through eating a roll, realized he had to leave dinner to write it up. I laughed heartily. It's only karma, then, that Rendon signed tonight while we were ordering. Hope the rest of dinner was great!

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

1 year

I'm still early in the process, but my first cut of this year's top 50 trade value list has five Braves in the top 15. Jeez, save some for the rest of us.

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

2 years

For the rest of his life, Sam Haggerty gets to say the Yankees were so scared of him that they gave him an intentional walk

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

2 years

If Tony La Russa is so bad at lineup construction, then why do the White Sox have the best production out of the 9 spot in all of baseball? Checkmate, nerds

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

2 years

We finally have an answer to 'what if they made the whole defense out of first basemen?' It's not pretty

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

2 years

The anonymous team sources quoted in this article are pitiful. I hope the Mets trounce each and every one of their teams. …

Steve Cohen’s Mets spending spree and the ramifications for the rest of the league

The "Cohen tax" isn’t doing much of anything to deter its namesake.

www.nytimes.com

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

6 months

Oh, and don't worry, they've got NFT's too:

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

3 years

We can stop the Halloween nickname game, nothing will top "Gavin Sheets with holes for eyes"

Mike Petriello

@mike_petriello

3 years

Yuli Ghouliel. Gavin Sheets with holes for eyes. Kendall, uh, Graveman.

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

2 years

"Walls has struggled offensively, especially since April." That's... a lot of the season.

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

4 years

I'm sure I should have stopped talking about this by now, but the QOP guys asked a *local coach* to watch a *local pitcher* throw 30 pitches and then used a *regression* to tell you how good Max Scherzer is. C'mon man.

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

6 months

I cackled so hard at "How do you lose to a team of children" that I startled my dog

Joey Copponi

@JoeyCopponi

6 months

Where are these coming from???

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

2 years

The Smotlz intellectual renaissance has ended. He just said that the best hitters in baseball have lower than average exit velocities, because they are good at putting the ball in play. I'm.... skeptical

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

4 years

Blake Snell just went to plaid.

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

2 years

The math unsurprisingly does not support Tony La Russa's decision to intentionally walk Trea Turner

FanGraphs Baseball

@fangraphs

2 years

Tony La Russa Is at It Again

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

3 years

I didn't want to just shake my fist angrily at the Dodgers' managerial decisions, so I wrote 3,000 words before concluding that the batters should have hit better:

FanGraphs Baseball

@fangraphs

3 years

Postseason Managerial Report Card: Dave Roberts

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

3 years

The ESPN broadcast mentioned that Craig Kimbrel 'added a curveball' and like, yeah, at some point in his life he did sure. Have they... Watched Kimbrel before?

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

2 years

Cardinals leaders are willing to do whatever it takes to win. Oh, whoops, I meant Cardinals relievers. The leaders are chilling at home.

Jeff Jones

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2 years

Johan Oviedo flew from Cincinnati to Miami, went to the Canadian consulate for his paperwork, and then flew to Detroit and drove the three and a half hours to Toronto for this series. “I wouldn’t forgive myself if I had one chance to be with the team and not take it,” he said.

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

1 year

Adam Wainwright explaining seam-shifted wake live on air ❤️❤️

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

3 years

Omg this is the BEST:

Céspedes Family BBQ

@CespedesBBQ

3 years

On Thursday, Jacob deGrom absolutely dominated the Palm Beach Cardinals in a rehab start. I chatted with some those Low-A Baby Cards about what it was like going toe-to-toe against the best pitcher on planet earth. One of my fave stories of the year.

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Ben Clemens

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3 years

Zack Greinke has taken two swings today, and hit balls at 104.1 and 99.8 mph

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

3 years

"Michael Brantley, professional hitter." Drink!

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

4 years

The Mariners are using a six-man rotation next year. I think more teams will follow suit:

FanGraphs Baseball

@fangraphs

4 years

The Costs and Benefits of Six-Man Rotations

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

2 years

Against.. The Padres? What are we doing here?

Anthony DiComo

@AnthonyDiComo

2 years

Buck Showalter cited two reasons for starting Darin Ruf over Francisco Álvarez at DH: 1. Ruf's career success against Blake Snell (3-for-7, 3 BB, HR) and the Padres (5 HR, .815 OPS). 2. The flexibility that having Álvarez on his bench gives him to pinch-hit/manage aggressively.

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

4 years

Has A-Rod ever heard the stuff that comes out of A-Rod's mouth?

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

1 year

The article: My article:

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

2 years

Win or lose, Trevor Stephan has been nothing short of tremendous this postseason. 18 batters faced, 11 strikeouts, 17 total outs, one walk. Add on a heroic 2.1 innings today, his longest outing all season, when the Guardians absolutely needed it. This is playoff legend stuff.

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

1 year

"That was a terrible play" says Jim Edmonds, after Nolan Arenado was thrown out by 15 feet. In case you're curious, he meant it was a terrible play by the Tigers defense. Next level thinking.

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

3 years

The idea that Ozzie Albies creates matchup problems as a switch hitter is strange to me. He's so much better from one side that he might as well just be a righty. The Braves clearly treat him that way when constructing lineups.

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

4 years

Uhhhh....

Bill Shaikin

@BillShaikin

4 years

Justin Turner came out of the game because of a positive test for COVID-19, per Fox.

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

2 years

Just, don't

FanGraphs Baseball

@fangraphs

2 years

Don’t Intentionally Walk Anyone With the Bases Loaded

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

6 months

Tomorrow's FanGraphs today: I worked this picture into Five Things. You're welcome.

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

3 years

Alonso is watching like

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

5 months

I believe the word you're looking for is "stung"

Rotoworld Baseball

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5 months

Jordan Montgomery scratched following bee incident

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

4 years

As a habit, I don't use my Twitter to ask people to support me. But just once, I'm going to relax that rule and say that you should absolutely support @fangraphs with a membership, ad-free membership, or merchandise. Why? Well, I'm glad you asked.

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

2 years

Family Christmas photo

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

3 years

Mike Shildt every few weeks:

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

4 years

This article contains some groundbreaking research I did: the Marlins have now, at one time or another, rostered 3 of the 4 major league players with "arlin" in their names.

FanGraphs Baseball

@fangraphs

4 years

Starling the Marlin: Miami Goes Shopping

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

3 years

Time to Devers-ify your portfolio thank you I'll be here all week

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

5 months

@tangotiger Are the release points all the same?

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

4 years

Highest four-seam fastball spin rate this year? Trevor Bauer. He's leaving batters in a sticky situation.👀

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

4 years

Next in this series will be 'do you want your best pitcher to throw a lot of pitches?'

FanGraphs Baseball

@fangraphs

4 years

Should Good Hitters Lead Off? FanGraphs Investigates

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

2 years

The most dominant pitcher of the last half-decade is back, and he's pumping fastballs at 102 and sliders at 96, casually ignoring our understanding of human limitations

FanGraphs Baseball

@fangraphs

2 years

Jacob deGrom Is Back

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Ben Clemens

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4 years

Sam Miller is my favorite writer. Not baseball writer -- writer. I can't wait to see what he's doing next, and I hope mainly for my sake that it's sooner rather than later.

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

2 years

Man wtf this sucks

Ryan Thompson

@R_Thompson15

2 years

My thoughts concerning arbitration: (THREAD) I want to make clear that although I lost my case, there is absolutely no ill-will towards the Rays as they were as professional and respectful as possible considering the circumstances. This is merely a review of the process.

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Ben Clemens

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3 years

Hot take: losing Morton isn't THAT bad for the Braves. It's bad and I wish it didn't happen, but he was only making one more start in this series (plus maybe a G7 relief appearance). It stings - but it would sting a lot more if tonight's game were 2-1 instead of 5-1

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Ben Clemens

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1 year

The scariest nine words in the English language: "I'm from the Cardinals, and I'm here to pitch"

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

1 year

Turns out, "just don't strike out" isn't enough to make you a good offense

FanGraphs Baseball

@fangraphs

1 year

The Slap Hitting Will Continue Until Production Improves

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

4 years

'Exit velocity star in 2020,' says Joe Buck of Corey Seager. Seems like a really convoluted way to say he hits the ball hard. No wonder people get annoyed with EV if that's the context they hear it in.

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

5 years

Sneak preview of a table from an article that's going up tomorrow:

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

2 years

@FoolishBB This is both the highest I've seen Yordan on a list like this and Yordan slander still

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

2 years

I'm tired of seeing deals judged by surplus value as if that's the most (and perhaps only) important thing. You should be tired of it too

FanGraphs Baseball

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2 years

Open Market Musings

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

3 years

Challenge Yordan Alvarez with fastballs, you say? I don't know how this plan could fail

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

3 years

Every time I write about Glasnow, I get '8-7-7 Glas Now!' stuck in my head. Just thought I'd share

FanGraphs Baseball

@fangraphs

3 years

Tyler Glasnow’s New Groove

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Ben Clemens

@_Ben_Clemens

2 years

"They're not booing, they're saying Nooooooooooot" is a phrase you'll be hearing for a while. Best combination of talent and boo-adjacent name in StL since Isaac Bruce

FanGraphs Baseball

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2 years

Lars Nootbaar Is For Real

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Ben Clemens

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3 years

Ruby channeling Yuli Gurriel's slide:

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