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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 2/12/24

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Ben Clemens

2:17

I just think that he was always one of those guys whose results are better than the raw material going in

even if you count location and everything

2:18

and I feel like when those types of pitchers get injured, they often don't reclaim the magic

Yeah Well Hiura Towel

2:18

I didn't come here for football content.

Ben Clemens

2:18

Oh don't worry, you're going to be getting plenty of baseball content too

In fact, far more

the last thing I will say about football at least for a little while is that I wanted to subtitle part of our playoff odds takeaways post "Peace Up, A-Town Also Up"

2:19

and then Usher said Peace Up A-Town Down in the freaking super bowl

i love it

Moonlight Graham

2:19

Does Yariel Rodriguez get significant starts or is he too two pitch heavy and not proven to be degrom to do it?

Ben Clemens

2:19

So, I would not use him as a starter. Didn't love how he looked as one in the WBC, Eric and I talked about this a bit when I was doing the free agent rankings

Another Mike

2:20

My opinion as a Bay Area sports fan is that today’s sports-related chat is a good opportunity to talk about cooking. You mentioned getting Kenji Lopez-Alt’s wok book awhile back, how’s that been going for you?

Ben Clemens

2:20

Omg it's been great

i'm hardly going through it recipe by recipe

but it has improved my technique meaningfully, and now I have some easy-ish go to meals I make with my wok

2:21

mapo tofu, some various adaptations of peanut sauce or spicy velveted chicken, a few others I'm blanking on right now

and all the weird wok tools he recommended (weird to me, a white dude from Tennessee) work incredibly well

171

2:21

The Orioles should absolutely sign Jordan Montgomery

Kevin

2:21

Aside from ownership and front office quality, do you think it’s systemically harder for the Rockies to ever win a championship?

Ben Clemens

2:21

I do

Yeah Well Hiura Towel

2:21

Tell me all this Vegas crap falls through for the A's and Fisher sells the team.

Ben Clemens

2:22

I'm really rooting for that

Sonny

2:22

FG MG! I don't know how to incorporate my Fangraphs shorts into my costume (those are great by the way. anyone chatting who hasn't bought a pair do that now) but now I feel compelled to try

Ben Clemens

2:22

Haha the shorts truly are incredible

Dallas

2:22

Who do you think wins the pirates 2B job, and is nick gonzales officially a bust?

Ben Clemens

2:22

he's not but he's trending heavily in that direction

which makes me sad, he was one of my inaugural 'i'm gonna try to scout using data' guys when i dug into college hitting things

Another Mike

2:22

Tips for keeping the wok stick-free? Mine struggles with egg, and noodles.

Ben Clemens

2:23

I have this wild wicker brush I use to scrape it between uses

then i heat it to dry off all the moisture, then lightly oil it with a paper towel

that said I don't make eggs in it

Okra

2:23

Seems like Boris waiting as long as possible is going to backfire for Bellinger and Chapman, right? Doubt it matter much for Snell/Montgomery since everyone needs pitching. I'm just not sure how allowing teams to spend most of their offseason budget and fill needs earlier is a sound strategy.

Ben Clemens

2:23

I think that it's a contingent thing

2:24

if you know Boras will hold out if you don't hit his number, as a team, maybe you just hit his number

but in the cases where you don't, things hvae gone wrong for him

Sean

2:24

If Julio wins the MVP, does that mean the M's win the AL West?

Ben Clemens

2:25

Yeah very likely

404

2:25

Is there a good place to report website issues? On chrome mobile the player pages resize incorrectly frequently, but not always. Essentially, it zooms way out and makes it so I can't scroll horizontally through stats

Ben Clemens

2:25

Hey sorry I didn't get to this earlier, I just scrolled through it

2:26

I'll post it to our internal slack, but you can also tweet at the official account or email us at support@fangraphs.com

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