This MLB puzzle ran on Oct 20, 2026. The task was to connect Robin Yount to Will Clark with a chain of real players. The objective: “Your chain must include a player with 2,000+ career strikeouts.” Par was 3 links.
Robin Yount (SS) played in the MLB from 1974 to 1993. A one-team career, spent with the Brewers (1974 to 1993). Honors in the dataset: MVP. As the Start of the chain, a household name like this gives you a lot of teammates to branch from, which makes it a friendly place to begin.
Will Clark (1B) played in the MLB from 1986 to 2000. Career stops: the Giants (1986 to 1993), the Rangers (1994 to 1998), the Orioles (1999 to 2000), and the Cardinals (2000). As the Finish of the chain, a household name like this gives you a lot of teammates to branch from, which makes it a friendly place to begin.
Robin Yount and Will Clark do not share a team or a college, so there is no direct link. You need at least one connector in between, and the objective decides which ones are allowed to count.
This was a stat milestone objective. At least one player in the chain has to have cleared the career or season mark named in the objective. Of the 11,807 players in the pool, 79 satisfy it. The best known are Greg Maddux (SP, 1986 to 2008), John Smoltz (SP, 1988 to 2009), Dennis Eckersley (RP, 1975 to 1998), Steve Carlton (SP, 1965 to 1988), Tom Seaver (SP, 1967 to 1986), and Tom Glavine (SP, 1987 to 2008).
3 of those players share a team or college with Robin Yount, and 47 share one with Will Clark. The Start is the tighter side, so working forward from Robin Yount narrows the options fastest.
One shortest chain found by searching the full player pool, preferring the best known names at every step:
Many other chains work. Scoring rewards lower-profile connectors, so the best-known route is rarely the highest scoring one.
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