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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 3/20/23

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Ben Clemens

2:59

He was on my mid-tier hitters I like list

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/lets-identify-some-hitter-sleeper-candidat...

I used data to guess which hitters would be good

oooooh, data

The guy who asks the lunch question

2:59

What's for lunch?

Ben Clemens

3:00

Today I'm having leftover lentils I made last night, originally from this cookbook "Small Victories" by Julia Turshen but modified by my wife to add some spice

Would recommend, lentils and bloomed spices are delicious

MyOhMy

3:00

Bref and Fangraphs have Marco Gonzales at about 9 war total for the mariners. They have O’Neill at a similar amount for stl. With the benefit of hindsight, Who won the trade? (Also baseball prospectus warp has Gonzalez as a significantly below replacement value pitcher for his career and I can’t figure out why such a strong disagreement between metrics. )

Ben Clemens

3:01

I think this is a rare case of both teams winning

Maybe not that rare, I don't know. The Cardinals would not have been able to use that Marco Gonzales pitching depth because of team construction, and I think the Mariners were so busy shuffling through outfielders at the time that O'Neill's slow progression wouldn't have panned out

3:02

Like, I think the Cards got the better of it overall, I'm surprised they didn't get at least some other considerations back in it. But I think that both teams are better off than if they had not made the trade

Jfast

3:02

Just got my first slow cooker / instant pot. Any recipe recs?

Ben Clemens

3:03

Ooh, I'm not sure which one I like the most, but I'd make buffalo chicken dip

There's an NY Times one, plus seemingly a billion from other outlets

I also really like black bean chili, I've used this recipe before:

https://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-slow-cooker-black-bean-chili-250951

I modified it for more spice and more veggies and it was delicious

Dan

3:04

Who is likely to pitch for team USA? Is anyone unable to pitch because like Ohtani the finals is too close season start date?

Ben Clemens

3:04

Ha, that'd require teams to have opening day starters

I guess maybe that's waino? I dunno

3:05

I guess it'll probably be Merrill Kelly

With a parade of people available behind him to make it a semi-bullpen game

The guy who asks the lunch question

3:05

Team USA named Kelly for the final

Ben Clemens

3:05

sweet! I look smart now

Eh?

3:05

You are touring an open house that you are interested in buying when you discover a hole, 4 feet in diameter, in the basement floor. Do you:

a) Jump in the hole while saying "Geronimo"
b) Throw a glow stick in the hole to see how deep it is (you'd have to go to the store to buy one)
c) Buy the house anyway and just put a rug over the hole
d) Perform a dance ritual around the hole

Ben Clemens

3:05

Okay, time to stop and think about this one for a second

3:06

I mean, it's pitch black? I can't shine a flashlight down there?

If it somehow eats light and nothing cna get in, I'm out

Key Flaw

3:07

I've enjoyed the WBC that I've been able to see, but all the injuries to stars makes me not want my team to send anyone next time. How does baseball balance that?

Ben Clemens

3:08

I mean... guys get hurt in spring training

I just don't see it as that much of an issue

Dan

3:08

If a prospect is your best choice (win now perspective) for a utility player how many days a week do you need to play him before you worry about hurting his long term potential by not getting enough reps?

Ben Clemens

3:08

I'd want to play him 5 days a week, let's say

I think this is a real concern, and a much more reasonable one than a lot of the BS people make up to keep prospects down

Morbo

3:09

"I also really like black bean chili, I've used this recipe before" those are fighting words paging Dan Szymborski.

Ben Clemens

3:09

Yes, Dan and I clearly disagree on what chili is

3:10

I don't eat very much red meat, though, so I have to pick my battles

MattyP

3:10

Healthy Miguel Vargas looks ready to outperform FG's 2023 projections. Dodgers have babied his wrist through the Spring. NL ROY material?

Ben Clemens

3:10

I'm totally team Vargas, as I said

WBC in Winter?

3:11

I'm so tired of all the bad takes on injuries in the WBC. Spring training is just as likely for injuries. People drop weights on their toes training. Why isn't anyone pushing the narrative to relocating the time the WBC is played instead of this lame narrative about injuries... Move it to December and players have time to recoup from minor injuries and play in spring training. Win-win. We get the WBC and haters can shut up about injuries.

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