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Ben Clemens KBO Opening Day Chat

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Ben Clemens

12:43

Could be an interesting one.

Johnny

12:44

Thanks Ben. What peripheral stats do you recommend looking at when analysing the KBO? Anything must different than MLB for you?

Steve R

12:44

Hey, Ben. Excited for live baseball. Been reading up on the KBO and as NY Mets/Chicago Bears fan I'm going to adopt the Doosan Bears with Chris Flexen as my team. Seems like with fewer Ks, HRs and more BIP the game may resemble the 1980s MLB environment I grew up on.

Ben Clemens

12:44

I think this is actually a pretty good comparison.

The game has a lot more balls in play overall, particularly since the ball was de-juiced

12:45

If you like defense and baserunning, this should be fun.

That's another reason I'm so amped for Dixon Machado

He was born in the wrong generation for the majors

12:46

Also, if you're a Mets fan, you're in luck. Chris Flexen, Drew Gagnon, heck maybe even Aaron Altherr

If you really count his brief stay there last year as being a Met

I also always thought Flexen would be better than he was, so I have high hopes for him here.

Guest

12:46

Who is one of the more talented players that you are keeping your eye on tonight?

Ben Clemens

12:47

I'm very focused on Altherr tonight.

He looked like he could be one of those average, sometimes spike an All Star appearance type corner outfielders in the majors.

12:48

And then bam, it was gone.

I want to know what the heck happened, and this is a fun way to find out.

12:49

Eui-Ji Yang, the Dinos catcher, can, according to eyewitness accounts, rake.

He hit an lol-worthy .354/.438/.574 last year

12:50

Like, as a catcher!

He walked more than he struck out.

I want to see what that looks like.

James

12:50

Poll who we're rooting for?

Ben Clemens

12:50

Let's do it!

Who Are you rooting for?

NC Dinos (75% | 30 votes)

Samsung Lions (25% | 10 votes)

Total Votes: 40

Brian CashGod

12:51

I checked my mail five minutes ago and discovered that my FanGraphs tshirt arrived! I'm taking that as a good omen!

Ben Clemens

12:51

Love it. My wife is wearing her FG t-shirt, and I might throw my hoodie on at some point.

Jonesy Whales

12:51

Is there a gameday-like site for keeping track of games that aren't being streamed?

Ben Clemens

12:51

If you're interested in watching a Korean-language stream, you're in luck, because the KBO has you covered:

12:52

http://www.mykbo.net/faq

MyKBO also has some GameDay-looking stuff

If that's what you're looking for

12:53

Oh, I forgot to mention: I think Tyler Saladino should be fun.

He's probably a quad A guy

He always hit in Triple A and never really did in the majors

Curious to see how that translates

stever20

12:54

How closely do you think MLB is watching this in terms of possible things to tweak in terms of rules?

Ben Clemens

12:54

Eh, decently closely? I think they're going to be looking way more for the viewership numbers

They're already interested in almost everything the KBO does.

Controlling the offensive level effectively, keeping the games a reasonable length, universal DH

Brian CashGod

12:54

Yang with an OPS on par with 2016 Gary Sanchez, wow

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