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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 12/14/20

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Ben Clemens

2:34

Slow-cooked chili is one of my go-tos

I would say my food I have an expert opinion on is burritos

Living in SF has really expanded my burrito horizons

2:35

But I went to all the good burrito places I could find on the East Coast too

There's a truly outstanding place in the Bronx, Taqueria Tlaxcali, that I just can't recommend enough

Pumpsie Green

2:35

Is Darvish better than Bauer, then? His contract will definitely be more appealing!

Ben Clemens

2:35

Yeah I'd take Darvish over Bauer for 2021

He is 34, and Bauer's 29, so that's a thing

2:36

But for the next year, I would prefer Darvish

45 blows billygoats

2:36

I saw where the Shandler book is already available. How is this possible? There's still so much player movement to be done. I even thought mid-January from last year was too early. Thoughts?

Ben Clemens

2:36

I wrote blurbs for the BP annual last year and yeah, it felt weird

I had to keep them super generic because I didn't nkow who would be where

Hugh

2:37

Okay then... favorite Mexican burrito and non-Mexican burrito... in SF?

Ben Clemens

2:38

Okay sure. El Castelito is my favorite burrito here overall, narrowly edging out la taqueria

2:39

El Castelito's al pastor is just incredible

Don't get somethin else if you go there

2:40

For a more SF-y take, I prefer The Little Chihuahua

THey have some funky burrito types and great salsa

Overbearing Padre

2:40

You're AJ Preller. How will you get us a ring in 2021?

Ben Clemens

2:40

Sign a reliever and let the kids play

Hugh

2:40

you need to have senor sisig, it's not even close

i don't care if SF burritos dominate this chat, the people need to know

Ben Clemens

2:41

I haven't had it yet! Filipino burritos sound great, though

Kate

2:41

With the Astros having multiple holes to fill in the OF and possibly limited resources, why don't they try Toro on there?

Ben Clemens

2:41

Uh, I don't know

I'd try him there

2:42

I think they should, and honestly I think they will

Mr. Burrito

2:42

Any word on whether Seager's desire to play SS is strong enough to prevent the Dodgers from seriously chasing Lindor? Seems like the Dodgers could go all in on a Lindor deal, and sign both Lindor and Seager, IF Seager were willing to move to 3B. In a broader sense, does this kind of thing hold up a lot of deals?

Ben Clemens

2:43

A lot of deals? I'd say no, because there aren't that many times where a team has a potential perennial star playing the same position as another potential perennial star they're looking to acquire

But if Seager tells the Dodgers he's a shortstop long-term unless they bowl him over with enough money to play 3B, eh, that changes the calculus

2:44

In this specific case, I'm sure they'd consult with Seager heavily before doing it. I do think that there's enough smoke to that rumor that there might be some fire there (him wanting to stick at short)

Johnny5Alive

2:44

If you were the Mets - spend what its going to cost on Bauer, or bring in odorizzi and sagano at probably a lower overall cost? I know you can't rely on Thor coming back from TJS, but he should return midseason and having pitching depth can move one of the guys to the pen or keep folks fresh with a 6-man.

Ben Clemens

2:45

Generally speaking for a team with a lot of available payroll, I'd prefer to play at the top of the market and try to fill in the middle pieces later

If you don't *have* to be efficient with every signing, I like the idea of going for a higher chance of getting a 6-8 WAR player

That said, I don't know how big their budget actually is

2:46

I would have liked to see Realmuto plus some mid-tier pitcher types

And I think Springer plus some mid-tier pitcher types could make sense

(I'm probably the low man on Springer, which means it's likely I'm wrong)

45 blows billygoats

2:47

I'm a fan of implementing a relegation system in baseball to reward those better managed franchises. I know TV money would be a great step up and trust that promoted teams would only benefit from it and use that $ to stay up, improve on their ballparks to generate more revenue and ultimately create a better experience for the fans. I'm tired of teams tanking for a years at a time to "rebuild". Is there a system where this will work or do even sucky owners have too much invested?

Ben Clemens

2:47

Yeah, never gonna happen. There aren't any teams that could get promoted and compete due to the relationship between minors and majors, and also the owners would never vote for it

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