JotCast | 2019 Opening Day Very Long Chat

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Jay Jaffe

2:38

I don't know how that guy gets out of bed these days

Al Gone Quinn

2:38

Re: mlb.tv blackouts. It always boggled my mind how penalized Iowa residents were while I lived there.

Craig Edwards

2:38

Yes. Iowa and Vegas are the worst spots.

Jay Jaffe

2:38

I think Mike Bates (who lives in Iowa) kept a running count one year and it was something like 37%

Mozeliak

2:39

Is it rational for me to want Fowler to suck so I can play Tyler O'Neill?

Craig Edwards

2:39

No, though fandom isn't rational. It is rational to want to see O'Neill flex.

Chris Davis

2:40

0-2 2K. This, uh.... this is not going to end well.

Craig Edwards

2:40

It arguably didn't start all that well.

Jay Jaffe

2:40

LOL

Chris Davis

2:40

Honestly, I feel for him. There's clearly something going on emotionally (he had an adderall prescription a few years ago, right?), and I empathize. But also it's hard to watch.

Monsignor Martinez

2:41

Which do you think will have the lowest WAR in 2019: Judge, Hicks, Stanton, or the entire Indians outfield combined?

Craig Edwards

2:41

Cleveland

Jay Jaffe

2:41

speculation on my part but I really wonder about his performance issues in light of the ADHD diagnosis for which he has a therapeutic use exemption. Maybe he really does have trouble maintaining focus from pitch to pitch and it's a matter of using the right medication.

Brian

2:42

What is the limit of "it could get worse" for the Orioles?

Wire Fan

2:42

I miss bitter Schowalter face after something bad happens. With him and Scioscia gone, who is next in line?

Craig Edwards

2:42

1988

Jay Jaffe

2:42

Clint Hurdle is still capable of turning purple

Soto

2:43

Would Jason Heyward be a good launch angle candidate?

Jay Jaffe

2:43

I'll take the Indians' outfield's collective WAR as lower than any of the aforementioned Yankees.

ADHD

2:44

I had this, undiagnosed, as a kid, and it really messed with my performance. I was also, like him, occasionally brilliant. I figured it out, but I wasn't exactly on the public stage. He can definitely afford treatment, so I hope he gets the right help.

Craig Edwards

2:44

In theory, but the Cubs tried it in 2016 and he was awful, undoing most of his positive work in St. Louis the season before. That, plus the wrist injury.

Nate

2:44

You can't leave forget Bochy's Resting Bitch Face.

Jay Jaffe

2:44

That's Resting Boch Face, please. it was right there for you.

Wire Fan

2:45

Team most likely to regress (negatively) this year?

Craig Edwards

2:45

If the Red Sox only win 95 games, they are 13 games worse. That's a pretty big potential fall.

Matt

2:46

So, What future are we seeing for Jose Martinez? Are they really going to keep that bat and give it platoon PAs? I get that it takes two teams to trade, but shouldn't they be liquidating that talent and cashing it in for something else?

Craig Edwards

2:47

Martinez didn't hit for power in the second half and the first base experiment went horribly so you've got a bad corner outfielder or a DH. There is a limited market for that. If the Cardinals could have traded him in the offseason, they probably would have.

450 PA was probably more valuable to the Cardinals than whatever offers they were getting.

FrodoBeck

2:48

Pick one for the next 5 years: Trout at his new salary $36M or Judge at $15M

Craig Edwards

2:48

Trout. Judge + a $20 M player isn't getting me up to Trout's level.

Mariners

2:49

will regress bigly.

Jay Jaffe

2:49

It's tough to call what they're about to go through regression. It's turnover-induced decline

Craig Edwards

2:50

MLB.tv has commercials now, huh?

2:50

Mets are taking deGrom out after 93 pitches and 6 IP. I guess maybe the bullpen is well rested...

Jay Jaffe

2:50

The A's, OTOH, seem ripe for regression. they won 97 and are projected for 82. Unlike Craig's hypothetical regarding the Red Sox, that's a huge hit to their playoff odds

Craig Edwards

2:51

Will they get to Diaz with that one-run lead.

Marz

2:52

As a parent who, while not absolutely banning screen time, severely limits it for my ten year old I will say: familiarity with screens doesn't buy you anything. It's not like you'll encounter one somewhere and not know how it works. My child reads books and is engaged with the world.

Jay Jaffe

2:52

I would feel worse about our daughter's screen time if she didn't already have a yen for books, like her parents. Since around the 18-month mark, she would wander down the hall and start pulling books off the shelf and "reading" them for long periods of time. She takes board books to bed

Craig Edwards

2:53

Who is ready for the Merandy Gonzalez era in St. Louis?

Matt

2:53

Jay, your 2-year old buys books with Yen? Wow, I can't even figure that conversion rate out

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