JotCast | 2016 Opening Day Live Blog

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The Hamburglar

3:03

More players should wear striped socks. So sharp.

august fagerstrom

3:03

More players should wear their socks up in general

Kvn

3:03

He might have tried to. It is why the infield fly rule exists.

august fagerstrom

3:03

Seemed pretty clear on replay that he just biffed it

David Freese's footwork at third base makes me uncomfortable

IsIt2016Yet?

3:05

Have to think Liriano is done now, yeah?

august fagerstrom

3:05

Cardinals can only pinch-hit lefties to lead off, and Carpenter is next up, so maybe not terrible to let him start the 7th, actually

3:06

or they could just go to a lefty. got three in the pen

Ryan

3:06

Sorry if I missed any earlier discussion, but WHY do announcers insist Liriano is a strike thrower? LOWEST Zone% of all qualified SP last season.

august fagerstrom

3:07

do announcers insist this? Switching around audio feeds, I've heard 2 of the 4 mention how much he works outside the zone actually

Noel

3:07

The downfall of mlb.tv is watching the same commercial over and over. LG phone commercial, i hate you.

august fagerstrom

3:07

Yeah I forgot about this

IsIt2016Yet?

3:08

Re: Freese's footwork: Hearing Kang ready in 2-3 weeks so he'll be on the bench and platooning w/Jason at 1B shortly.

august fagerstrom

3:08

This is the plan, yes

goodness gracious

that's about as far as you can hit a ball and not get a homer

Also that's an IPHR for how many players in the Pirates lineup?

3:09

Cutch, Marte, Polanco, Harrison all for sure, right?

Owen S

3:09

Do you ever get anxious when you write a piece for fgraphs?

august fagerstrom

3:09

I'm constantly anxious about what my next piece will be

Jeff

3:09

Holliday is a really bad outfielder.

IsIt2016Yet?

3:09

As a not-Cardinals fan, I *love watching Holiday play LF in PNC.

3:10

Hm. I don't get *any* commercials on MLB.TV. Just a black screen until game resumes.

august fagerstrom

3:10

Would rather have this. I just mute it every time

Bad Hermit

3:10

Is Cutch still fast? I know his defense isn't great at least.

august fagerstrom

3:11

Certainly above-average. His defense isn't good because he has a bad arm and gets poor first steps in center

3:12

Impressive take by Polanco on that 3-2 curve. That was well-spotted

Scott

3:13

Tremendous AB by Polanco

IsIt2016Yet?

3:13

Polanco seemed to "get" Waino's gameplan there.

biggskinny

3:15

Would Marte make a decent CF or will the pirates just have to stick with Cutch?

august fagerstrom

3:15

Pirates have the largest left field in baseball, which I've heard is a reason they keep Marte there

3:16

Wow! What a throw by Grichuk

Bad Hermit

3:16

Last year McCutchen BsR: -1.1. Last year Cervelli BsR: -0.7.

august fagerstrom

3:16

Baserunning ability =/= speed

what the hell was that slide

Incredulous Doubter

3:17

That slide was nowhere near as bad as Marte's faceplant last year

august fagerstrom

3:18

did not know about this

Marte has a gangly body

Sorry, Polanco

Seems like one of those awkwardly athletic types

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