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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 2/24/2020

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Ben Clemens

2:56

Smith could take out a giant straw and say "I drink your milkshake" to Melancon dramatically every year.

2:57

Is Bummer the closer by the end of the season?

Ben Clemens

2:57

Considered this one, but I think they're probably fine with Colome there. I love Bummer's stuff, though, but he might be better suited staying in his current role.

Them

2:57

Pessimistic Mets fans might throw Lugo into that mix...

Ben Clemens

2:58

I watched Mets-Cards yesterday

Well, part of it.

Because I wanted to see Dylan Carlson

And Gary Cohen described Andrew Miller as playing a 'Seth Lugo-type role' when he was at his best.

And I laughed!

And laughed!

But the point is Lugo can go a few innings, which is sweet.

Gerig

2:58

Just wanted to confirm that Into the Breach is a great game and will eat up your time

Ben Clemens

2:59

I've been playing a lot of Slay the Spire recently, so my team is being really efficiently drained as it is.

Dan

2:59

I like speculative articles and what if. The obscure stats I think hold the store together but are that last articles I read.

Ben Clemens

2:59

Good for me then! I think I'm probably the person who goes extreme theoretical what-if the most here.

3:00

I've always loved Russell Carleton's work, and I think that some of my favorite parts of baseball are thinking through hypotheticals.

So I'm glad people like it.

Fatt Matt

3:00

Do you and your wife only play board games, or do you play card games too? My wife and I were trying to come up with something to kill time instead of TV this winter and got a ping pong table. Great purchase

Ben Clemens

3:00

Ooh quick game digression again.

Let's see

We mainly play board games when it comes to games we play together

I like the occasional video game

3:01

And recently after a hiatus I've gotten back into the occasional night of plyaing Magic (cards). There's a group here in SF that meets once a week to draft which is really fun, and it's a good way to make friends.

We also have been taking tennis lessons, and have gotten to the point where we can actually play against each other and rally a bit without looking silly.

Oh and we do crosswords!

Like every NY times one plus we're slowly working through the archives.

I like puzzles and games is what I'm saying.

Derek

3:02

What other MLB players moonlight in other careers under an assumed name besides Mason Saunders-I-mean-Madison Bumgarner?

Ben Clemens

3:02

Jason Wojchiekowski (look I don't know if I spelled his name right, it's a chat)

points out that there's a top-ranked rodeo dude named Cole Melancon

And the only question there is whether it's Gerrit Cole or Mark Melancon

3:03

I really hope that it turns out Ichiro was crushing the Florida bocce ball leagues the whole time he was with the Marlins.

Seems like the kind of guy where you'd just hear 'oh he's the best darts player of all time' or whatever and think yeah okay sure.

Yo-Yo

3:03

Arenado to STL for Gorman, Hudson, and Liberatore. COL pays down a few million per year. Is that stupid or close to feasibility?

Ben Clemens

3:04

I think this would be a huge overpay by the Cardinals. Knock off Gorman and then that seems reasonable? Two top 100 guys and a league average starter? That's a ton even assuming the opt out is dealt with.

Other careers

3:04

Cashman bartended for a gimmick. Betts obviously bowls.

Darragh

3:04

Mookie Betts could apparently be a professional bowler if he weren't wasting his time and talent on baseball.

Ben Clemens

3:05

Yeah the assumed name part kept me from answering Mookie, becaues it's no secret that he bowls.

But to be clear, he could probably do a lot of things under an assumed name and be great.

Walt

3:05