JotCast | Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 12/13/21

Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 12/13/21

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Ben Clemens

2:53

Give the alpha gamer type the hardest spirit (lightning or whatever) and the newer players a more straightforward one

Matt

2:54

Love spirit island! Actually never played it solo though. Too many things to track

Ben Clemens

2:54

It is a REALLY good game

We also just played Ra for the first time over the weekend, and I loved it

Very different game, just naming some new things I've played

Harmon Ripkowski

2:54

To get Correa, some team is going to have to go higher than 10yr/325mil, right?

Ben Clemens

2:54

Yes, I believe so

GBS42

2:55

Recognizing the fact that 1200 people will have a wide range of opinions, when it comes to minor leaguers, do you think MLBPA members simply don't care about them, expect them to have to go through the same struggles they did, or something else?

Ben Clemens

2:55

Broad mixture

I think that plenty of major leaguers actually want to do something about the plight of minor leaguers

2:56

Some don't care, some think it builds character

But it's a tough sell when there are always more things to clash with the owners on

2:57

Spending bargaining capital on that just feels like a tough thing to do when you mostly don't get chances to bargain. I'd prefer to just do the major league bargaining and fight owners in the court of public opinion on minor league pay

Guest

2:57

so you think the twins view themselves as competitive in 2022? any way they can piece together a rotation / bullpen to get there?

Ben Clemens

2:57

I do thikn they view themselves as competitive

I'm not even that worried about the bullpen?

Now, the rotation

Yeah it's not great

2:58

I think that they will probalby do something halfway-ish like bring back Pineda, trade for a rental, and hope that works

Will it? I'm skeptical

Harmon Ripkowski

2:58

The recent HOFers had strong advocates and not many vocal opponents other than lowering the bar on certain stats (ala JAWS, hits, etc). Do you think Dick Allen missed out because of a loaded ballot (with some pressure to vote for living former players), or in part because some of the voters do in fact oppose his election?

Ben Clemens

2:58

Oh, loaded ballot

There was a very good Effectively Wild recapping the era committee votes

2:59

Allen missed by a single vote, and he and the four inductees got 61 of a possible 64 votes

jj

2:59

I find it interesting that a salary floor is thought of as a way to make teams competitive. it may be a way that allows teams to get some more minor league talent while having a higher payroll. The Reds trade Castillo for Hosmer and picking up some extra minor leagues - but that's not, not tanking is it?

Ben Clemens

2:59

In the long run, it would be a good anti-tanking measure

Owners are more okay with tanking because they can have low costs to offset the inevitable low revenue

3:00

Teams are probably *more* profitable during a tank

If you can't slash your payroll to 50 million dollars, putting a putrid team on the field that won't attract fans is less appealing

Gary

3:00

Has there been any talk about being able to trade draft picks (besides the ones that are already tradeable) being part of the CBA?

Ben Clemens

3:00

I've heard about it off and on, but who's agitating to get this in there? If the owners are in favor of it, they might suggest it, but why would players offer it up?

Appa Yip Yip

3:00

One time I got accused of cheating at the game Cheat because I was taught to play by my cousins who would hide cards under their butts and lay down three cards but claim it was two, and when I took my skills back home I cleaned up and people got very mad when I started fishing cards out of my pockets and I was like, the game is called Cheat like ... Of course I did that? A go to move is to slide a card under someone else's butt, then call them out for cheating so they have to pick up all the cards.

Ben Clemens

3:01

lol I don't know this game but it sounds great

kevinthecomic

3:01

Pizzelles are the best! One of my aunts used to slice boxed ice cream (you read that right, slicing ice cream) and use the pizzelles to make an ice cream sandwich.

Ben Clemens

3:01

Oh I could kind of see this

The shape works well for that

3:02

I have also seen people curl pizzelles while hot and fill them with a piping tube after they cool

20longyears

3:02

Any good game recommendations for reasonably capable kids? Raccoon Tycoon and Ticket to Ride go well, and at least the older child plays Castles of Mad King Ludwig pretty effectively

Ben Clemens

3:02

Sounds like you're well on your way already. I really want to play Raccoon Tycoon

I'm partial to Camel Up! as a fun game, but honestly, I'd say that you should listen to your kids if they're interested in the games

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