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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 11/27/23

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Ben Clemens

2:09

I don't think we can expect it, but it's not out of the realm of possibility

I think he's a cut even though the value is there

if he clicks again

Mr. Fister

2:09

Same question, but instead of Woodruff, we're talking Kyle Wright @ $7, to miss all of '24 and be $10 in '25. Cut?

Ben Clemens

2:09

Easier cut for me

The upside is less

Princess Leia

2:09

Help us Obi-Wan Clemonobi! You're our only hope!

The Evil Empire of the offseason is building a new deathstar. Our scouts have stolen the plans for this behemoth and it involves lots of Twitter rumors and very little hot stove action. Only you can save us!

Ben Clemens

2:09

Oh man, if you're counting on me, things have gone wrong somewhere

Double Hucklebuck

2:09

Ohtani.....do you have the Dodgers, or the field?

Ben Clemens

2:10

Field

Appa Yip Yip

2:10

Can you dial up some GMs and tell them to transact pls?

Ben Clemens

2:10

honestly I am pretty happy with the pace so far

I'm taking a reverse staycation this week, i.e. traveling to a remote location in the woods but working normally

so it's a great time for chill writing

maybe a few minor moves, nothing too crazy, save the fun for winter meetings next week

Jaffe rhymes with Taffy

2:10

Hi Ben - I hope you had a nice Thanksgiving. Do you have any new board game suggestions that could work for a family with children as young as 6 and 8? I'm trying to get something for the holidays. Thanks.

Ben Clemens

2:11

We played Six Nimmt with my sister in law and her partner on vaca, I think it's a really good game,a nd definitely for all ages

more of a card game than a board game, and very low barrier to entry/complexity

but really fun, very replayable

Brad

2:11

The NFL and, especially, the NBA have a lot of free agent deals happen during the first hours of free agency. Do you see MLB getting to that point and, if so, when/how? Is it desired by MLB at all...or do they like the leisurely paced approach to the hot stove?

Ben Clemens

2:12

Well, the NBA thing is kinda fake

They have a long transaction moratorium, during which everyone unofficially agrees to the deals

So they compress a month of actual negotiation into a single day of announcements

I think baseball should absolutely do that

have a transaction freeze from the WS until the winter meetings

2:13

a random group of weekdays in December, when there's no NFL intervening and no one cares about hockey or basketball b/c it's the regular season, would be a good time for a concentrated dose of baseball news

Dave Kerwin

2:15

Do you anticipate the NL Central being more competitive this season? Seems like all five teams are poised to be better than last year. Any wild guess at the division standings?

Ben Clemens

2:15

I think the Brewers are definitely going to be worse than last year

No Woodruff, probably no Burnes

but uh, basically no? I think the NL Central will still be not very competitive and that the teams will try to skate by with that knowledge in tow

2:16

I don't like it, but I do think it

TomBruno23

2:16

Mozeliak can now enter SP Trade talks from a position of strength. I think. Right?

Ben Clemens

2:16

I think that's kinda overrated. There are enough teams who need pitching that it's not like teams will now say "okay fine you signed Lance Lynn, you can have Glasnow for cheap"

they'll just trade him to someone else who needs pitching instead

Expansion

2:16

I'm a hardcore Phillies fan, but what's happening to Oakland is tearing me apart. Vegas should have gotten an expansion team instead of a relocated one. Guess my question is, where would you put another team if not Vegas or Oakland if given the choice?

Ben Clemens

2:16

Nashville

2:17

as Michael Baumann's award-winning article about the league being too small pointed out, the south and particularly the southeast is underserved in terms of teams per capita

Tennessee has some good baseball, Nashville is booming, I don't really think we need another Florida team; Nashville or perhaps somewhere in North Carolina seems like the obvious solution

Double Hucklebuck

2:17

Cardinals going with "Age in a Cage" this off-season. Is this more for saving money, or in preparation for Hence, Liberatore, and other pitching prospects cracking the rotation soon?

Ben Clemens

2:17

porque no los dos?

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