Ben Clemens
@benclemens.bsky.social
Writer at FanGraphs. Dog lover. Wife guy. Got the talking down, we'll have to see about the listening.
Today in 'let's generate charts and maybe they'll be useful later':
November 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Today in 'let's generate charts and maybe they'll be useful later':
Secret World Series desert retreat:
October 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Secret World Series desert retreat:
Unfortunately adding more and more types of pitches that opposing pitchers could bounce makes him look like less of an outlier. But now, tell me about what Logan O'Hoppe is doing to make pitchers throw him all these nasty breaking balls when he's a so-so blocker
October 18, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Unfortunately adding more and more types of pitches that opposing pitchers could bounce makes him look like less of an outlier. But now, tell me about what Logan O'Hoppe is doing to make pitchers throw him all these nasty breaking balls when he's a so-so blocker
Now, the chart I actually meant to make:
October 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Now, the chart I actually meant to make:
Today in 'it's easier to tell your computer how to make plots than to realize that you didn't need to make this particular plot':
October 18, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Today in 'it's easier to tell your computer how to make plots than to realize that you didn't need to make this particular plot':
My friend got me some packs of baseball cards for my birthday. This one had two real legends of the game in it:
September 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
My friend got me some packs of baseball cards for my birthday. This one had two real legends of the game in it:
Claude, bake me a cake (Claude Bakery in NYC made this great surprise birthday cake for me. You'll just have to trust me that it was prettier before I demolished it)
August 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Claude, bake me a cake (Claude Bakery in NYC made this great surprise birthday cake for me. You'll just have to trust me that it was prettier before I demolished it)
When the bagel shop tells me they're out of everything bagels, but would I like a plain:
August 21, 2025 at 7:05 PM
When the bagel shop tells me they're out of everything bagels, but would I like a plain:
Matt I'm not saying that won't be in it, but here's the first GIF I made of the Angels/Dodgers series:
August 14, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Matt I'm not saying that won't be in it, but here's the first GIF I made of the Angels/Dodgers series:
Third inning, hey, a take!
July 29, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Third inning, hey, a take!
First inning, the fourth pitch, the out pitch, is barely visible in the dirt:
July 29, 2025 at 12:46 AM
First inning, the fourth pitch, the out pitch, is barely visible in the dirt:
Last but not least, this invented bracket from @jonathanpiech.bsky.social is a work of art. Gustavo Campero!
July 19, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Last but not least, this invented bracket from @jonathanpiech.bsky.social is a work of art. Gustavo Campero!
And this one, from @vslyke.bsky.social, I love because I love Logan Webb:
July 19, 2025 at 12:58 AM
And this one, from @vslyke.bsky.social, I love because I love Logan Webb:
Like @emmettrose.bsky.social, I found Alejandro Kirk sneaking up my own personal list every time I took my eye off of him:
July 19, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Like @emmettrose.bsky.social, I found Alejandro Kirk sneaking up my own personal list every time I took my eye off of him:
@bennysquishmallow.bsky.social's method of just putting Rafaela first and not worrying about it would have saved me a lot of time on the actual trade value list:
July 19, 2025 at 12:58 AM
@bennysquishmallow.bsky.social's method of just putting Rafaela first and not worrying about it would have saved me a lot of time on the actual trade value list:
Here are four other ballots I loved, in no particular order. First, @andysport.bsky.social is really into the Miz, and is buying what Marcelo Mayer is selling:
July 19, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Here are four other ballots I loved, in no particular order. First, @andysport.bsky.social is really into the Miz, and is buying what Marcelo Mayer is selling:
My favorite Trade Value Top 10 came from @mulderbatflip.net, the juxtaposition of Soto and Wood 1/2 is just too good. I also love the Woo/Skenes double:
July 19, 2025 at 12:58 AM
My favorite Trade Value Top 10 came from @mulderbatflip.net, the juxtaposition of Soto and Wood 1/2 is just too good. I also love the Woo/Skenes double:
Harder than I would have expected:
July 16, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Harder than I would have expected:
Rankings hidden but boy, these three are hard to pick between:
July 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Rankings hidden but boy, these three are hard to pick between:
I tried to channel @davyandrewsdavy.bsky.social with this table from tomorrow's article for @fangraphs.com :
July 10, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I tried to channel @davyandrewsdavy.bsky.social with this table from tomorrow's article for @fangraphs.com :
I'm not sure exactly what we're cooking yet, but we're definitely cooking:
June 6, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I'm not sure exactly what we're cooking yet, but we're definitely cooking:
Wheeeee look at me, I'm a data scientist now
May 31, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Wheeeee look at me, I'm a data scientist now
My new hobby: sending my wife AI renditions of our dog
May 28, 2025 at 2:08 AM
My new hobby: sending my wife AI renditions of our dog
The Athletic is going high concept in this review of ABS - that or their spell checker is run by AI:
March 26, 2025 at 11:58 PM
The Athletic is going high concept in this review of ABS - that or their spell checker is run by AI: