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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 12/6/2021

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Ben Clemens

3:21

I played a few times and found it scratched an itch I already get from other games

I play a decent amount of Magic: The Gathering which I think is just better than Netrunner

And then I play poker, too, another pretty similar game

Chris

3:21

Are the owners going to just wait till 3 weeks before their deadline before they start negotiating in good faith

Ben Clemens

3:21

Yes

The PA might do that too!

Derek

3:22

Any fun/interesting Ottoneu decisions you have to make this offseason?

Ben Clemens

3:22

Yeah, I have a reasonably prospect-y team basically

And need to decide how much to keep them vs how much to re-set

3:23

Dylan Carlson for $9, Vidal Brujan for $7, Austin Martin for $6, BWJ for $6, throw in Brandon Marsh for $9 and Daulton Varsho for $10

Can't build the whole team out of prospects forever, I think I'll be shipping some of them off for bigger salaries

Mrs Phanatic

3:24

Any love for video games? The physics are incredible nowadays.

Ben Clemens

3:24

I'm alternating between Ghost of Tsushima and Control right now

3:25

both have breathtaking physics engines

Guest

3:25

There seems to be a lot of hand-wringing that off-field revenue for owners (e.g., real-estate developments near the stadiums, MLBAM windfall, etc.) is not counted as part of the pie to be divvied up amongst players + ownership. Why does the same not apply to non-game revenue that players earn? (sponsorships, endorsement deals, promotional opportunities, etc.)

Ben Clemens

3:26

I agree with you that it's a gray area

A far more obvious problem to me is the accounting of local TV revenue

Plenty of teams own their rsn's in part or whole, which makes the 'rates' for those kind of suspect

Dan

3:26

Who would you rather have on your team if you were forced to use them as your starting catcher and give a normal starting catcher workload to? Nelson Cruz or the best college catcher playing Division III

Ben Clemens

3:27

Starting Catcher Pref?

Nelson Cruz (17.6% | 3 votes)

D3 All-Star (82.4% | 14 votes)

Total Votes: 17

Let's have a poll before I give my answe

Harmon Ripkowski

3:27

If someone stole 100 bases next season, who could it be?

Ben Clemens

3:28

Trea Turner

Appa Yip Yip

3:28

I didn't read the question I saw Nelson Cruz and smashed the button

Derek

3:29

Nelson Cruz would likely be literally unplayable behind the plate...

Ben Clemens

3:30

Yeah I'd take the D3 catcher b/c I think Cruz would never throw out a baserunner, would average 35 passed balls per game or whatever, and would also hurt himself immediately

if it weren't for the injury risk, I might still take Cruz

D3 catchers are no great shakes at receiving and blocking either

3:31

And their bat would probably be pitcher-caliber

Derek

3:32

Also, there are *some* former D3 MLBers so maybe you get lucky and end up with one of those!

Ben Clemens

3:32

Right but.... you probably wouldn't

Alright, on that fun note, I'm going to call it a chat

Thanks for hanging out with me everyone, and I'll talk to you again next week.