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FanGraphs 2021 Opening Day Chat Part II: Even More Chat!
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Andy
1:32
Did the Dodgers fix McGee or did Coors field break him and he was always this?
Danny
1:32
I’ll still never understand why McGee was used so little last postseason.
Jake Mailhot
1:32
Is it funny that the Giants have a pitcher in their bullpen who throws almost exclusively sliders and another that throws only fastballs
Ben Clemens
1:33
I feel like they were worried he was tiring, I don't have any other good explanations
Kevin Goldstein
1:33
What are you looking for, Ty?
Jake Mailhot
1:33
Haha, I said that out loud too
Dodger Fan
1:34
KG, I opened today by saying I still had some hard feelings re: HOU. I still do, but you're freakin amazing for doing this almost all day.
Kevin Goldstein
1:34
That's fine, you can have them. I do too.
Ben Clemens
1:34
official FG breakout pick Ty France was not up there swinging
Jake Mailhot
1:35
And we go to extras in Seattle
Kevin Goldstein
1:35
This is when I tell people that I like the runner on second rule.
Jake Mailhot
1:35
I thought I'd hate it, but it was fine once the games got underway
Ben Clemens
1:35
pointless trivia question
Do you know who the first regular season big league runner on second was?
1:36
One person already got it
Jake Mailhot
1:36
It was an Astro wasn't it?
Ben Clemens
1:36
AL
Two people now
Okay, we have enough now
Jake Mailhot
1:36
I was wrong.
Ben Clemens
1:36
Shohei Ohtani
Who promptly ran himself into an out
1:37
I remember b/c I'd been writing about the strategy of it
Kevin Goldstein
1:37
Astros win 8-1. Ninth straight Opening Day win which tells me they never lost on Opening Day during my eight years there.
Ben Clemens
1:37
and then yeah, no strategy, no one bunted
I'm still sad about that
1:38
speaking of good first base defense, Matt Olson threw Ohtani out in that game
lol Longoria with a fake double celebration
The other Chris
1:39
even with shifts, no one bunts
Kevin Goldstein
1:39
Bunting is really hard against mid to upper 90s FBs and mid-80s sliders.
John Jaso Jingle Heimer Schmidt
1:39
With the runner starting at second, why wouldn't you just intentionally walk the first batter... give you a DP option right away?
Ben Clemens
1:39
more reasonable in the bottom
1:40
in the top, you have an okay chance at tying if they only score one, so don't get yourself into extra trouble
Dodger Fan
1:40
I thought we were anti-bunt here
Ben Clemens
1:40
I'm extremely pro-bunt when it makes sense
It's just, it almost never makes sense
Kevin Goldstein
1:40
I'm extremely pro bunt when it makes sense, but I think those times are VERY rare
Ben Clemens
1:40
jinx
DFABES
1:41
it's like getting a knight instead of a queen in chess when you make it across the board
Ben Clemens
1:41
Love this example
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