JotCast | 2019 Opening Day Very Long Chat

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Meg Rowley

4:57

Brantley!

Call Me Willy

4:58

Have we hit peak meme with Elvis Andrus and Baby Shark? (PS he just hit a bomb)

Wes

4:58

Votto just hesistation deked Josh Bell, a real bad two batters to be Josh Bell

Dan Szymborski

4:58

I don't get Baby Shark at all

Tyler

4:58

If you thought the avg age was 30, you might not have wanted to put 30 as the ending for one and 31 for the start of another.

Dan Szymborski

4:59

I'M NOT A PROFESSIONAL DEMOGRAPHER I TRY MY BEST

Rox Fan

4:59

What were the terms on the Silvia signing?

Dan Szymborski

4:59

5/80 because they assumed a randomly selected person would be better than desmond

Wire Fan

4:59

Dan, without giving too much away, how does ZIPS do defensive projections for minor leaguers? Is it scouting reports? Any MiLB data used?

Dan Szymborski

4:59

I do some location parsing and have a rudimentary Total Zone measure

Aaron

5:00

Angels pitching is just going to make me so sad this year.

Dan Szymborski

5:00

Also a scouting report parser, but it's been more effort than benefit, so I'm reethinking that

Eric A Longenhagen

5:00

Griffin Canning was mostly 90-92 the other night, too.

Russell

5:00

Hi just got to the chat, does anyone know why Tyler Naquin is in the 3 hole for Cleveland? Sorry if this was already brought up

Dan Szymborski

5:01

Because the Indians have two good players in the lineup and one of them is out with an ankle sprain.

Financial Flexibility

5:02

Rob Manfred was just in the Pirates booth for a half inning and was slurring his speech.

Dan Szymborski

5:02

i assumed inebriation is how we got magic extra innings runenrs

Mike

5:03

Carlos Santana is also rather good.

Dan Szymborski

5:03

Meh, it's 2019.

Tim Livingston

5:03

Myers just hit a tank. 450+ to right-center. Strong.

Alcides Escobar

5:04

Szymborski shows up and the baseball chat goes all pear shaped. His people have arrived. Don’t go Meg.. please.

FrodoBeck

5:04

Also nobody look but neither the Tigers nor the Blue Jays have a hit through four innings

Scott

5:04

Looking at that poll, I would've thought there's more people over 40 here. Baseball's not dead, hooray!

Kosch

5:04

I just cracked my first beer of the day; working from home is awesome (I'm in CO, for those East Coasters who also are cracking their first beers); I cheers you

Dan Szymborski

5:05

I didn't know there was a Szymborski Crü, separate from the normal Fangraphs readership

Wireless Joe Jackson

5:05

How are the Indians projected in the standings tool for 6th highest runs per game? Leonys Martin leading off and Tyler Naquin hitting third.

Dan Szymborski

5:05

I don't think it's ZiPS!

Eric A Longenhagen

5:05

because that's not gonna be their lineup on year and the projection system likes that Lindor guy in the lineup

Dan Szymborski

5:05

And yeah, Lindor + Jram

Dipoto's Next Trade

5:05

Hey Meg, do you think that the Mariners can really turn their team around with the new pieces they have? Thanks!

Tim

5:07

Kluber is still really good.

OddBall Herrera

5:07

If a no hitter happens in a Jays/Tigers game, does it make a sound?

Rox Fan

5:07

For the record, I do prefer the Silvia contract over the Ian Desmond Contract (aka: The Gift That Keeps On Giving).

dave in slc

5:07

odds kluber is traded this yr? odds its to san diego as reported earlier that they were in talks?

Meg Rowley

5:08

Not this year, and obviously a lot has to break right with the guys they've acquired. I still think they're going to face a dearth of quality starting pitching when their "step back" ends, but the position players are intriguing. That they will be prepared to spend in a free agent market that is already pretty picked over after this year is Very Mariners.

Dan Szymborski

5:08

If you asked me a month ago, I'd have said likely, but I gotta think he'd be traded by now if he was going to be traded

Meg and Eric, you around for a bit?

Meg Rowley

5:08

Yeah for a bit.

Dan Szymborski

5:08

I want to find the hot pork schnitzel and the bourbon slushie

Meg Rowley

5:09

Kiley has informed me that he is bound for a high school game To Do Prospect Stuff, and will not be able to join us. He apologizes.

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