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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 4/13/20

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Ben Clemens

2:43

I love old baseball cards.

I think this is more Paul Sporer's domain than mine, but I've started playing Perfect Team in OOTP (it's a little minigame competition kind of thing)

And the best part of it is that you get your 26-man roster by opening packs of baseball cards.

2:44

Makes me feel like a little kid again.

Boof Bonser

2:44

When's the next FG Live Show stream? Is there a tag or schedule posted in advance?

Ben Clemens

2:45

Asking Dan and Paul about it now; I don't think we have a schedule posted just yet, though we will soon.

Hopefully!

2:46

But we'll definitely be streaming a game this week, and I'm going to try my potentially-disastrous solo stream of OOTP decision-making as well.

I'll come back to this later in the chat after talking to them.

John

2:46

Phillies beat the cubs 23-22 may 17 1979. It’s a got some good hitting

Ben Clemens

2:46

Time for some peripheral connections to various things.

First, uh, that's awesome.

Yes, I'd watch that.

2:47

I'm not usually a fan of, say, a 14-7 game.

But 23-22 is amazing.

Second, my OOTP Brewers lost to the Mets over the weekend 26-1

Just like, what?

I can't even...

I'm going to write about it this week, because trying to imagine how a 26-1 game happens is amusing.

And potentially more fun than 23-22.

Derek

2:48

Sounds like that Brewers team needs a new manager!

Oh wait...

Ben Clemens

2:48

We're all fired!

2:49

They did come back to win the next day, but woof.

RIP, Pythagorean record

Sammi from a Brooklyn Park Bench

2:49

Who is up sooner and who has the better career out of Mountcastle and Oneil Cruz? Comps?

Ben Clemens

2:50

Normally, I'd just say ask Eric.

That said, I happen to have looked up Cruz recently after hearing how much Eric likes him.

2:51

Big fan of his comp in our top 100; Giannis Antetokounmpo

In that he almost seems like an alien, because he doesn't make sense for the position.

2:52

Up sooner is trickier, because it comes down to how long the Orioles are willing to hold Mountcastle down. He's presumably ready now given how bad the major league Orioles are and his last two minor league seasons.

But the thing with Cruz is that his upside is so high

2:53

And his floor might actually be higher than you think too, because he's big and fast.

And massively powerful.

MikeL

2:53

Would NL teams object to having all games played with a DH? AL teams are constructed based on a DH. NL teams are constructed based on double switches. Neither league would want to play using the other league's rules without adequate preparation in the off season.

Ben Clemens

2:53

I mean, they might. It's just way down the list of things that they should care about.

Like, that's definitely a smaller deal than being transported into a tougher division.

2:54

I think that there's just no chance the DH will be a sticking point.

If there can be baseball, baseball teams will make it happen.

Imagine being the GM complaining about the marginal disadvantage you're getting in 40% of your games, and your owner is going to lose $100 million or whatever if the TV contracts get scuttled.

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