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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 3/25/24

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J

2:39

I'll go to bat for Minute Maid... when the roof is open (sadly only ~5% of the time). Platonic ideal of the 90's-00's retro stadium design wave IMO

Ben Clemens

2:39

that's another place I'd like to go

2:40

it's tough b/c I've heard exactly that, that you should go when the roof is open

but since I don't live there, it's really hard to control

RTJ

2:40

speaking of ball parks, what do you think the chances of the red sox or cubs playing in a new stadium in your lifetime

Ben Clemens

2:40

0%

at this point they'd just upgrade

liam

2:40

also ended up with 3 catchers in ottoneu (adley, willson, kirk.) adley feels pretty untouchable to me, and willson is only $5. Worth it to have two studs at the position, or try to flip willson and hope kirk keeps hitting and stays healthy?

Ben Clemens

2:41

yeah, you can't mess with Adley, so I'd just be trying to flip Kirk and Willson

I'm in a similar position where I have Kirk and Will Smith for cheap so they're just stuck on the roster

and that's that

onomatopoeia

2:41

My DMV hot take: Nats Park > Camden Yards

vomit

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Ben Clemens

2:41

Troy

2:41

T-Mobile Park in Seattle is just a wonderful place to watch a game. High quality stadium, tons of beers, food options from some of the better restaurants around Seattle (ie moto pizza, DTF, etc)

trophy

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Ben Clemens

2:41

sorry there's a din tai fung in the stadium??

george

2:41

For my 5x5 draft tonight, with OBP, better to use BAT X or ATC projections

Ben Clemens

2:41

I use ATC

2:42

they are both excellent

Mr. Redlegs

2:42

Great American deserves more love. The view of the Ohio River from the upper deck is

TomBruno23

2:42

Any summer concerts on your calendar?

Ben Clemens

2:42

A few, actually

Vampire Weekend and Cold War Kids

2:43

also I will probably find some excuse to go to the Greek in berkeley and see someone

speed

2:43

its been shown to matter significantly for sb and defense which impact fantasy players - a real portion of your readership. obviously information that isn't publicly available who help. I'm asking, with the tools currently available, how can you help us help ourselves?

Ben Clemens

2:44

use projections, I guess? Ask the fantasy analysts? This is a really hard thing to figure out without data is the point

I think it's just unavoidable that something like that is gonna be volatile

2:45

public-side analysts are getting SO much data these days and are still finding this tough

Jestaplero

2:45

My favorite ballpark is not MLB: Maimonides Park, home of the Brooklyn Cyclones. Nestled between Coney Island amusement park and the Atlantic Ocean. Ever been?

Ben Clemens

2:45

I have! and it's good

RTJ

2:45

see you Thursday, Ben!

Ben Clemens

2:45

well now I'm very curious as to who this is

Ippei You Back

2:45

@onomatopoeia: That hot take fills me with rage. I used to live across the street from Camden Yards and I loved it. AndiTookThatPersonally.gif

Ben

2:45

Favorite Minor League park you've been to?

Ben Clemens

2:46

Hudson Valley, which is not great, but I got married in Beacon and went to a game two nights before so it has a real soft spot in my brain

failing that, Knoxville b/c I just spent sooooo much time there as a kid

Greenville and Sacramento are both objectively very good stadiums too

salt river fields rocks

Andy Friedman

2:46

LA pitching prospect (River Ryan) for BAL middle infield prospect (Jordan Westburg). Doesn’t this type of trade make sense for both teams?

Ben Clemens

2:47

I think River Ryan is more highly regarded enough that there would be more throw ins. BUt I also think that LA needs pitching badly enough that it doesn't really suit their long-term org goals

Uncle Spike

2:47

Have you ever had an all-hands on deck moment while work at Fangraphs where it was expected that everyone meet about a topic immediately and articles/media start being produced ASAP? Like if Ohtani came out and said he bet on baseball, what would happen at FG?

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