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Ben Clemens

2:22

But he had a 6 WAR season for the Dodgers in 1970

2:23

And then every other season of his career he was below replacement level

Baseball was WEIRD back in the day

Ah dang, I had it wrong.

Every other season he was worth less than 1 WAR

And the total added up to a negative

Derek

2:23

I wish we could see a parallel universe where Michael Jordan decided to play baseball full-time

Ben Clemens

2:24

Me too! I haven't gotten to that episode of the Last Dance yet (I'm on the gambling one right now)

But I saw Jordan play

Well, saw him warm up and then get rained out

At a Knoxville Smokies game

And the atmosphere, even for a rained out game, was awesome

GSon

2:24

Favorite Korean Player currently in the KBO that has a chance to be the next Shin-soo Choo level player?.

Ben Clemens

2:25

Ooh, I like this question quite a lot.

So, first things first: I'm not a KBO completionist, at least yet

2:26

Yang Eui-Ji, the Dinos catcher, is probably too old

but goodness gracious he rakes

2:27

Eui-Ji Yang, in the way we show names on FG

I think/hope that Heroes shortstop Ha-Sung Kim will get posted soon

Hm, we have him as Ha-Seong Kim

2:28

but yeha, him?

I like shortstops who hit, and he's still only 2

25*

Go Chris Davis

2:28

How do you see the spike of homeruns in KBO so far? Something with re-juicing the ball? Or sample size too small?

Ben Clemens

2:28

I'd guess sample size too small

Give it a few weeks

I suppoooooose I could see it? I dunno

2:29

They've been pretty open about it before

Jeff

2:29

Cubs at Padres please

Ben Clemens

2:29

That might be my preference as well. It's gonna depend on the pitching matchups, and we wait for later in the week so that those crystallize more

Cube Jockey

2:29

It is there a minimum season length or requirement to qualify for post season that you feel is necessary to make a 2020 WS champ legitimate? I.e., if the top 16 teams got into the playoffs after a 50 game regular season, would anyone really care who won?

Ben Clemens

2:30

I don't think it's going to feel legitimate. But I also don't think illegitimate is the right word either

I think it'll just feel like a tournament

I'm not really sure the WWII titles felt legitimate

For example

2:31

But look, I'll be happy if there's baseball and I'll definitely take the results with a grain of salt.

Duchess

2:31

Who is the worst player on an active major league roster right now?

Ben Clemens

2:31

Ugh, I don't like this question, and also, maybe Chris Davis?

2:32

Probably him or some Rule 5 pick

Richie

2:32

Ruth's body type was outstanding till about the mid 20s, then again for a few more years after he rededicated himself. His defensive value undoubtedly followed the normal trend, just with a much longer downtrend at the very end due to his hitting super-prowess.

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