JotCast | Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 9/11/23

Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 9/11/23

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G4

3:01

Counsell your NL manager of the year? Snitker is good but doesn't seem to have to work as hard for wins.

Ben Clemens

3:02

I think I'd vote for Torey Lovullo tbh

I don't really know how manager of the year voting SHOULD work

but c'mon, the Diamondbacks are a playoff team, who saw that coming?

3:03

Craig Counsell has done a great job of having Devin Williams and playing in the NL Central, and I do think he's an excellent manager

I can't get very worked up over manager of the year votes, though

so pick who you want, I'd say

bosoxforlife

3:03

Who is your choice for NL MVP? Mookie is great but does 40-70 clinch it for Acuna?

Ben Clemens

3:03

I'd go with Mookie right now but I think it's gonna be hard to deny Acuna

if he hits all these milestone round numbers

SouthernDandy

3:03

JP France has looked solid but a bit fortunate results wise to me

Ben Clemens

3:04

Concur

A Boy Named Yu

3:04

Who you got for NL Cy Young?

Ben Clemens

3:04

I have Steele right now, but really I have whoever pitches best in their last 4 starts

ZackAttack

3:04

When Cole wins the CY this year will Wheeler be the new "best active pitcher never to win the award", who else are candidates?

Ben Clemens

3:05

I was gonna laugh at 'when' but man, it really does look that way

Castillo is the only person really within shouting distance I think

3:06

hmmmm.... other candidates. Max Fried, Adam Wainwright, Kevin Gausman

3:07

Ohtani

Brandon Woodruff deserves a nod

Wainwright is a funny one because woof, he's bad now, but he was awesome for quite a while

darb

3:07

Is Cole, not Waino, the best active pitcher not to win one?

Ben Clemens

3:07

I think I'd marginally give it to Cole because of the absurd peak, but they're probably the top two

darb

3:08

Lance Lynn!

Cueto

Ben Clemens

3:08

Hyun JIn Ryu

SouthernDandy

3:08

The AL West looks like a 3 team race for the next several seasons. Who do you think is best set up for the next 3-5 years, starting next season between: Astros, Mariners, and Rangers?

Ben Clemens

3:08

Gimme the Mariners, which is always a scary thing to say

I really like their pitching core, and I think that 'find some dudes around Julio' works

darb

3:09

Sale

Ben Clemens

3:09

Wow I realllly thought Sale won in either 2014 or 2017

yeah, he's ahead of Wheeler for me

probably still behind Wainwright? but it's close

MilwaukeeBeerJays

3:09

Which 1 would you choose: you get to grab a hotdogs with babe Ruth, you get to have dinner with Shohei Ohtani at Tokyo's best sushi restaurant or you get to drink 74 beers with Wade Boggs on a helicopter?

Ben Clemens

3:10

Ohtani for me. I do think that he has the best activity, too

plus I love sushi and also love Tokyo

KC Pain

3:11

What about Darvish? I know he had some stud years but I dont think he ever won one either. Mind blown about Sale. Thought he had one.

Ben Clemens

3:11

up there as well

3:12

Darvish is one of my favorite pitchers

he also has two second place finishes

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