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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 4/20/20

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Ben Clemens

2:23

But uh, yeah, I don't think that's in much dispute.

Andrew

2:25

What's the deal with Benitendi? Is he just Markakis or do you see this as a buying opportunity?

Ben Clemens

2:25

Markakis sounds about right.

Not a terrible outcome for him, but probably below median?

He's been a victim of the ball, I feel like.

His game is just not suited to elevating and celebrating.

2:26

A lot of his skills are getting devalued as balls in play happen less frequently, too.

Roger Goodell's Basement

2:26

Are you going to watch the NFL Draft on Thursday?

2-D

2:26

How do you think the viewership numbers will be for the NFL draft on Thursday? It wouldn't surprise me either way if it puts up huge numbers or flops. It being the first normal regularly scheduled sporting event in awhile do you think there's more meaningful conclusions to draw from it?

Ben Clemens

2:27

I'm not a huge football fan, to be honest. My wife is a lifelong Packers fan, so I've picked that up, but I grew up in Tennessee and the Titans weren't around when I was a kid, so it was UT football or nothing.

So I never really got into NFL football, and then college football is just so gross.

2:28

As to the viewership numbers; I won't watch, but I have a feeling the ratings will be high.

Out of necessity, it's basically all ESPN has talked about in the last month.

2:29

And I think that will ramp up the interest.

This Jordan documentary, similarly, is going to have huge ratings.

Bonus cooking content:

Kiermaier's Piercing Green Eyes

2:29

Heh, lamenting the unhealthiness of cacio e pepe when aglio e olio exists.
To share with the group: made this last week and it was delicious with a bit of sour cream to counteract the chipotle. (We subbed boneless skinless chicken breasts; cook 25 minutes high pressure and quick release. Life pro tip: shred your chicken using a stand mixer. Death to the two forks method.)
https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1020043-pressure-cooker-chipotle-h...

Ben Clemens

2:30

I don't have a pressure cooker, but the stand mixer thing is awesome.

We slow cook chicken and pork pretty often and switched to stand mixer shredding last year on a tip from my family.

This sounds great, though.

Cooking is becoming a lot bigger part of my life now that I'm just home all the time.

Jerome

2:30

How accurate are the player ratings in OOPT? Whose potential production do OOTP and FanGraphs disagree on most?

Ben Clemens

2:31

So, I don't think I'm speaking out of turn when I say that OOTP is partially driven by ZiPS.

That said, it then applies a random bump to players, so you can't exactly 1:1 them.

But in my league, at least, Kyle Tucker is the player that is the worst in OOTP relative to what ZiPS thinks of him.

Derek

2:32

Did you ever end up checking out The Mandalorian?

Ben Clemens

2:32

Not yet! I actually haven't watched much TV at all in the last few weeks.

Got really into Pandemic Legacy, did a puzzle, and have been doing a lot of crosswords and reading.

But I think you (or potentially another commenter in the same discussion) have convinced me that I should watch Clone Wars first.

tommy

2:33

Ben - Oil futures just went negative!

Ben Clemens

2:33

Here's a shock: I already knew that!

(only because my friend texted me about it earlier)

But this is the kind of goofy stuff that I loved when I was still in finance.

Delivery squeezes on futures are just like

I kind of understand those

But a reverse squeeze is pretty funny

2:34

It's hard to exactly comprehend how this will pan out (I didn't trade commods and so I don't know the ins and outs of the contract)

But like

Get paid

To receive oil

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