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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 12/14/20

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A cat

2:57

Would a JDM for Bumgarner trade make sense.

Ben Clemens

2:58

Mmm, I don't really see it. I'm taking a look at the contracts to see if I'm missing something, but Bumgarner looked hoo boy really bad

Maybe it's a one-year blip but he averaged 88.6 on his fastball

Yiiiiiikes

2:59

Martinez too was terrible

But to me, his underlying numbers looked far better

3:00

Also Bumgarner's deal is longer. I think the Sox would just insta-no this one

DRB

3:00

True or False: Baseball will be as popular as boxing is now in approx 20 years.

Ben Clemens

3:00

I don't think so. If you said 50 years, I'm more into it

But youth baseball isn't dying in the same way that youth boxing died

Rollie's Mustache

3:01

Have you ever brined tofu and crumbled it in place of feta cheese on salads? Or go a step further, use the leftover feta water as the brining liquid. Not bad!

Ben Clemens

3:01

I have not, but now I'm interested in trying it

Pupdates

3:01

The people would greatly enjoy a Ruby-related update

Ben Clemens

3:01

Now THIS is something I'm into answering

Ruby is at daycare today b/c my wife and I both have busy days, but she's doing great

3:02

She's a svelte 72 pounds of pure muscle (and fine some fat)

Still as goofy as ever, and she has picked up a penchant for sneak-attack snuglges where she lies down on your legs or feet and won't let you move

3:03

I am trying to figure out how to post a picture in JotCast, hm

3:05

a lazy way!

What a good hiking girl:

DRB

3:05

not gonna lie, I love tofu is more accepted today than twenty years ago. Plant based foods =/= analytic revolution?

Ben Clemens

3:06

Yeah I'm into it too

Clayton

3:06

Royals busy so far with Minor, Santana, Holland deals, is there any realistic deals that could push Royals to be a wild card contender?

Ben Clemens

3:06

Depends on what you mean by contender. I think expanding the playoffs is the main realistic thing, to be hoenst

DH for 2021

3:06

Someone (Olney?) tweeted out the league office is publicl saying that the DH most likely will not be in the NL in 2021 but that internally, teams assume it will be. Any thoughts on where it will land? For the record, I'm in favor of teams having guys bat who can, you know, handle a bat.

Ben Clemens

3:06

I think there will be a DH

3:07

Teams and players are both incentivized to end up there, in the end

The league is using it as a bargaining chip, but I think they will cash that chip in advance of 2021 to maximize its value

Scruffy, The Janitor

3:07

What do you think it would take to get Joe Musgrove from the Pirates?

Ben Clemens

3:07

Maybe a back of the top 100 kinda guy

I'd be tempted to do it

3:08

I hvae a long history of overrating Musgrove, but hey, I'm there again!

Eric C

3:08

Seriously, can any MILB nickname ever top the old hockey minor league squad Macon Whoopees?

Rollie's Mustache

3:08

What's the silliest minor league logo? Montgomery Biscuits?

Ben Clemens

3:08

The Biscuits are indeed quite good

I think they're probably the best, yeah

Appa Yip Yip

3:08

I think the difference is that boxing died because ex boxers developed schizophrenia at a rate that makes being a linebacker look safe.

Ben Clemens

3:08

Right boxing has a unique set of downsides that baseball doesn't

3:09

I could see baseball getting less popular, but not collapsing

Jake

3:09

Why wouldnt Ha-seong kim get 80M + if he is 25 and had great seasons and translations to the mlb last year? Do you think the mets could get him eventhough they don't have a strong asia presence?\

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