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Ben Clemens

1:55

I'm going on Effectively Wild today, and we're recording soon, so let's get started and do a turbo round of questions until around 11:45 my time

Fast fast fast, and don't worry, I'll drop in for the opening day chat as well if you didn't get all your questions in

Stu Shea

1:55

Is the Ohtani issue going to dominate this season?

Ben Clemens

1:55

Yeah 100

100%*

romorr

1:56

So, if you are sending down a left-handed hitter, to work on hitting vs LHP, what's the shortest amount of time down there for you to believe that? Of course about Jackson Holliday. I'd feel a bit better if he was down there months, instead of weeks.

Ben Clemens

1:56

This is the most talked-about roster decision in a long time and like

I don't get what the O's are doing

I think that it only makes sense to send him down if he's going to be down for quite a while because they don't think he's ready

otherwise you have to bet on the variance and have him on the OD roster just in case he wins RoY

If he's called up within weeks, this is a huge error by the O's

1:57

if he's not.... then he's not as good as we thought I guess? Or at least they don't think he's as good as public prognosticators do

MATT DAMON

1:57

MATT. DAMON.

Too Many Mooks

1:57

Ben, you should do a ‘bold predictions’ article but for real life baseball, not fantasy. (I know someone has done that before, but I can’t remember if it was you)

Ben Clemens

1:57

Working on it as we speak

North of the Border

1:57

Is this who Jose Berrios is now? A Harvey Dent impersonator alternating 7IP 1ER games with 4IP 5ER ones?

Ben Clemens

1:57

He used to do that with seasons

Now he's refined it down to doing it by the game

RAGBRAI

1:57

Jones in Pittsburgh venture a guess on his stats this year?

Ben Clemens

1:57

I am really in on him

1:58

Not to spoil too much, but starting pitcher power rankings come out tomorrow and I got the half that contains the Pirates

I didn't know a lot about Jones before I started this exercise but I like what I've seen

I think he's their best pitcher by the All Star break

MATT DAMON

1:59

It should be pointed out that yes, there IS more than one of us. No idea who the others are. We are LEGION. We are EVERYWHERE.

Ben Clemens

1:59

Always good to know

Sonny

1:59

A minor 2024 subplot I’m very interested in is a San Diego (positive) regression to the mean in close games that leads to 90+ wins, a playoff appearance, and a string of deep dives into what sounds like a chaotic and nightmarish ‘23 clubhouse.

Ben Clemens

1:59

I think it's a really interesting subplot

the Padres are still pretty good!

I mean, very strange roster, Cronenworth is really wasted

but good

TomBruno23

1:59

Mikolas-Thompson-Lynn-Gibson on tap for the series opener in LA for the Birds. Here we go...crash!

Ben Clemens

2:00

Let's just say that this isn't the rotation I'd bring into LA to face the Dodgers if I got to pick

Matt

2:00

OBP roto league. My OF is a hodgepog. Nimmo, Happ, Jung Hoo Lee, Soler, K Carpenter. Which 3 you starting?

Ben Clemens

2:00

Oh man.... Nimmo/Happ/Soler I think until I see a little more from Lee

Cyberdelic space

2:00

Do you see this years glut of free agents is a sign NLB is ready for expansion? Or will baseball continue to use potential expansion cities as leverage for stadium funds?

Ben Clemens

2:01

I think that they'll do expansion after the A's move is done and dusted one way or the other

Manfred seems like he's all in

2:01

Made some salmon and served it with cubed avocado and a salad of orange, grapefruit, ginger, and dill. You should try it!

Ben Clemens

2:01

oh this sounds great

I've made fruit/ginger salads before and liked them, and that sounds really good with grilled salmon

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