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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 11/30/20

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Ben Clemens

2:53

Honestly I never do the tofu cooking, but I asked my wife, and she says we don't have any particular recipes we always use, just generally marinate it in Asian spices, coat in corn starch, and pan fry

More of a cook-by-feel situation there

Guest

2:53

Re: Tanaka: He seems like he could be the new Gardner or Kuroda, where the Yankees just continually bring him back on a one year deal until he gets sick of playing. Or do you foresee a multiyear contract?

Ben Clemens

2:53

I could totally see this. Don't have any info either way though

Moonlight Graham

2:53

In your opinion will Ji-Man Choi get non tendered?

Ben Clemens

2:54

No. Near the line, but I don' see it

Guest

2:54

If Realmuto/Springer demand can be had for same contract, say 5/$125. Which one do mets sign? Neither? Both?

Ben Clemens

2:54

I think Realmuto, but I don't know whether it's just a subconscious bias I have that the Mets have learned their lesson from playing guys who can't quite play center in center

DRB

2:55

For Kiermaiers beautiful eyes: Buffalo tofu wrap. Marinate the pressed tofu in Buffalo sauce, cut into pieces and bake on 425 for 30-45 min, cover any leafy greens you’d like and drench in vegan ranch dressing, add tofu, place in wrap, enjoy!

David

2:55

tofu? why not just eat real meat!

Ben Clemens

2:55

It's nice to switch things up and have a lot of different meals

Tofu is also something you can keep in the fridge and make with less planning than, say, chicken

And cooks pretty quickly

2:57

One thing I like doing is buying a bag of Rotisserie chicken from Costco, then shredding it and freezing it in individual Ziploc bags

Which makes for a good cheap portion-reasonable way to make chicken, but does require thawing overnight

5 Run Homer

2:57

I’ve got chili on the go in the slow cooker, I’ll let you know how it goes next week

Ben Clemens

2:57

Yes more chili recipes always welcome

Cambodian Creamsicle

2:57

When GMDM got to KC, he said he wanted to get a "high OBP middle of the order bat" and subsequently traded for Mike Jacobs. Just sayin'. Wouldn't be surprised if he thinks Taylor IS that guy. I mean, you know he's not going to sign Ozuna.

Ben Clemens

2:58

Taylor has 132 PA in the 2-5 spots in the lineup out of his career 1804 PA

Jacobs' most common spot was 4th, second-most-common was 5th

It's not the same thing

Mr. Hammer

2:58

Is Michael A. Taylor the regular CF in KC? He did fairly well the one year the Nats gave him playing time.

Ben Clemens

2:59

I could see that. It seems cheap for a guy who has been totally acceptable when he's needed to fill in

It's a glove-first profile, but that's maybe at its best in cavernous KC

Adam

2:59

What's the MLB equivalent of what happened with the Broncos yesterday? It's Chico, right?

Ben Clemens

3:00

Definitely Chico

Guest

3:00

I'm a bit confused by your response to the Realmuto/Springer question- are you saying that you think the Mets have learned their lesson, and that Springer should not be playing CF? Or that they have not learned their lesson, and will keep playing guys like Nimmo there?

Ben Clemens

3:00

The first

Not that he shouldn't be right now

But that if you sign him for five years, you're planning on him being a corner guy for a decent chunk of it

But they're overloaded on corner guys as it is

Guest

3:01

What's wrong with signing Springer to play CF for 2-3 years and then getting a new CF to replace him then?

Ben Clemens

3:01

Mainly just that I think it's more like 0-1 years

Isolated Thinker

3:01

When should we expect to hear about whether 2021 will be 162 games and a regular schedule/opponents?

Ben Clemens

3:01

I have absolutely no clue

Jeff

3:02

What payroll level do you think the league would like the Cubs to have before allowing positive press again?

Ben Clemens

3:02

I don't really know what this means but allowing positive press? Huh? I think the league would love the Cubs to keep spending a ton and competing for the division

3:03

They're a team in a big city with a lot of fun players, and I'm sure MLB would vastly prefer the stories coming out of there to be about the players rather than the front office saying they can't sign relievers or whatever. The best Cubs story of the 2010s is Javy Baez's tagging, imo

(ex the obvious one)

Magic

3:03

Did you know Hunter Pence streams his Magic gameplay on Twitch? Think I remember reading you like that game

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