JotCast | Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 5/24/21

Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 5/24/21

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Ben Clemens

2:26

Grandal for me

The walks!!!!

It's just hilarious

Giant Gonzales

2:26

I'd also be interested in the recipe you use for your pickled red onions. TY

Ben Clemens

2:27

Sure thing. This is a recipe from one of Gaby Dalkin (of What's Gaby Cooking)'s cookbooks

1 cup apple cider vinegar, 1 tablespoon sugar, 1.5 tsp kosher salt, 1 thinly sliced medium red onion

Whisk everything up, pour it over the onions, let it sit in a bowl for a while

a while is like, I dunno, 1.5 hours?

2:28

I've dabbled with different vinegars but I stick with the stock recipe most of the time

Giant Gonzales

2:28

again, thank you. just so everyone else knows, I did also ask baseball questions but sometimes the hungry man in all of us wins

JJ

2:28

TATIS! TATIS! TATIS! TATIS! (deep breath) TATIS! TATIS!

Ben Clemens

2:28

He's so fun

Joe

2:28

Is Trey Mancini both the comeback player of the year and the best available bat on the trade market?

Ben Clemens

2:28

Ooh, comeback player of the year easily

2:29

As for best bat, I think it depends on whether Trevor Story is a better bat

Looking around elsewhere, you could say Gallo as well

2:30

I think they're both better trade pieces for sure, but Mancini will definitely draw interest if the O's want to move him

Personally, I think it's cool that he's on the Orioles and I hope he stays, but I know teams don't operate that way

Deeeedeeee

2:30

Kris Bryant has a better bat than either

Ben Clemens

2:30

Yeah but the Cubs are above .500!

Matt

2:31

Grandal has a 130 WRC+ whiles batting .141 is truly a marvel

Gil

2:31

I went and bought a Tatis shirt this weekend. This one action resulted in Tatis' recent hot streak. You're welcome everyone.

Woostah Sox

2:31

Apparently, players on a team’s 40 man roster aren’t eligible for the Olympic team. Will the Red Sox call up Duran earlier to preclude his inclusion on the team? It would make sense if they planned on bringing him up before July. Just thinking the optics would look bad to pull him from the team after it was set.

It seems Duran wouldn’t have been under consideration if they Red Sox hadn't given the “ok”.

Ben Clemens

2:31

This is very interesting, and I'm probably not the right person to ask about it

2:32

Presumably if they're going to call him up, they'll just tell the Olympic team look, he's going to play in the major leagues, go suck a lemon

Western Dave

2:33

Did someone mention the best peppers? Hatch Green Chiles. No contest. Versatile nice blend of flavor and heat. Look for Ramah Valley chiles to be commercially available soon (another year or two). Grown on volcanic soil, they are going to be awesome.

Also, is Odubel Herrera a changed player? Or is he just having one of his hot streaks?

Ben Clemens

2:34

Oooooooh, I do like hatch chiles but they're hard to find sometimes. I have added that to a list of good foodstuffs I'm hunting for

Tom

2:34

JD Martinez should probably have some CPOY consideration

Ben Clemens

2:34

Yeah, but Mancini beat cancer and is good now, so

C'mon

Tom

2:34

Joe Ryan of the rays org keeps posting phenomenial k numbers and good walk numbers too but i dont see a ton of hype on him. Where do you evaluate him

Ben Clemens

2:35

I'll level with you, I'm going to rely heavily on Eric and Kevin on this one

But I like the numbers, and I really like these flat-angle fastball pitchers

2:36

I think he projects as one of the Rays' hybrid types

I don't think it's a mistake that he's made 4 starts and pitched 16.2 innings, let's just say

They are not exposing him deep into games, which seems wise

Comeback

2:36

Kluber's ahead of JD but behind Mancini if we're doing CPOY rankings.

Ben Clemens

2:36

Yeah, I'll buy that. And to be clear, CPOY is not just about being good again after being bad. Outside data is allowed and Mancini's story is just way better

Clover

2:37

I bought Willy Castro's upside in dynasty and appear to have lost, badly. Are there any advanced stats which offer some hope or is it time to cut bait and move on? Thx

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