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Ben Clemens

12:25

sounds like we have a fundamental disagreement on what the award is for

here are the rules

12:26

1. Actual value of a player to his team, that is, strength of offense and defense.
2. Number of games played.
3. General character, disposition, loyalty and effort.
4. Former winners are eligible.
5. Members of the committee may vote for more than one member of a team.

so I dunno, do what you want with that

InsertWittyNameHere

12:26

Fun (maybe true) fact, the MATT. DAMON. joke was started by Eno Sarris. Or at least he was in on it in the beginning.

Ben Clemens

12:26

yeah, I think I knew that i was taking the bit over from Eno's chats, now that I'm thinkign about it

Alastair

12:26

Something I think about more than I ever thought I would: I.n one of Kiley's chats years ago, he closed and said he was going to designate a lamp for assignment. Do you have non-traditional baseballisms you use in everyday life?

Ben Clemens

12:26

I put scout scale grades on lots of non-baseball stuff

12:27

when I'm unsure of how to improve/change something I sometimes suggest 'adding a cutter' even if it's nonsensical

when people stall in board games I try to get the other players to boo them like htey're a pitcher throwing over to first

Auswan_Kletin

12:28

Have you paid attention to the Asheville Tourists this year? They've allowed 425 runs in 51 games for an average of 8 1/3 per game. Am I unaware of there being different ball physics in the South Atlantic League or would this be a significant outcome if they continue on this run allowing pace?

Another note on the Tourists: they have FOUR pitchers with at least 13 IP that currently have an ERA over 10. In fact, only two of their pitchers have an ERA under 5, and one of them has thrown one inning.

Ben Clemens

12:28

ha, jeez

I like that stadium!

steveo

12:28

Would you trade Will Warren or Ryan Weathers for 2 months + playoff run of Tarik Skubal? If that's what it took?

Ben Clemens

12:28

easily

12:29

assuming he has returned to the mound and looks like Tarik Skubal

and I think that's the consensus opinion in baseball too

like, baseball valuation has gone wrong if these don't make sense to a contending team

12:30

is Will Warren good? maybe!

he looks awesome this year

12:31

Tarik Skubal is a lot better, and I don't think the Warren cost savings are THAT big to the Yankees. It'd be different if I thought Warren had a really huge ceiling, but I kind of think that he's gonna be a career 3rd-4th starter

nice! good value on a cost controlled deal! go get the star, please

Keith Hernandez' cat

12:31

Feel better, Ben. Thanks for coming out

Ben Clemens

12:31

everyone should watch Jeff Passan interviewing Keith, btw

I loved it

InsertWittyNameHere

12:31

So Sinner losing early....what happened? I'm way behind on my tennis watching this year.

Ben Clemens

12:31

the heat!

I don't know if that was actually it, but he basically just wilted

12:32

this French Open has been so weird. There haven't been any former winners left for a while now. I'm rooting for Andreeva and Mensik, or perhaps more accurately rooting for not-Zverev

12:33

my tennis-watching friend said this reminds him of what the French open was like pre-Nadal. I don't have a great memory of that time but if so, that's wild. so chaotic!

Matthew VanWinkle

12:33

Do you have a theory as to why the Red Sox have been particularly bad at home?

Ben Clemens

12:33

random variance

seattlefan68

12:33

Thoughts on the Mariners' piggyback experiment? Should they have handled it differently, even though the results were quite good?

Ben Clemens

12:34

I liked it!

I think it makes sense to just pivot back to a six-man with a bunch of games coming up

12:35

I think the hard part about piggybacking is always managing player expectations and desires

and yeah, doing it with a veteran like Castillo is probably going to lead to some frustration

but I thought it was a clever solution to 'we have six starters but only five slots and we wnat to use the best ones a lot'

Oliver

12:35

Is Payton Tolle the real deal? Seems like his fastball could be a legit super pitch

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