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Ben Clemens

5:50

DOnovaaaaaaaan

I have to say I did not see this coming (though Kyle did)

Kyle Kishimoto

5:50

MY NARRATIVE IS COMING TRUE

Yo-Yo

5:51

Over/Under 9 WAR for Donovan

Alex

5:52

Is there a name for 0/0 with 4 BBs? Feels like the opposite of a golden sombrero, so, a straw fez? I once saw Yordan Alvarez do it in Houston. McCutchen is 3/4s of the way there this afternoon.

Ben Clemens

5:52

I feel like it should invoke the fact that you can be leisurely, so perhaps velvet slippers?

Kyle Kishimoto

5:52

i said this back in january

Kwah

5:52

BHrendan Donovan

Kyle Kishimoto

5:52

btw donovan's lineout earlier was hit a 109 mph, that's 2 mph harder than any ball he hit last year

Leo Morgenstern

5:52

Interesting implication that the Cardinals will be below .500 if Donovan doesn't have a 25 WAR season

Kyle Kishimoto

5:53

nah he could have a 21 war season and they'll still be fine. that's probably the absolute floor of his performance

Ben Clemens

5:53

So effectively wild voted on my predictions, and more than half of readers think oneil cruz will out-homer giancarlo stanton. wth

Kyle Kishimoto

5:54

i voted "lmao no" on that one

Ben Clemens

5:53

that was supposed to be a bold claim

also a truly shocking 22% think Seiya will lead the NLC in wRC+

Yeah Well Hiura Towel

5:54

I bet no one has more 0/0 with 4 BBs than Bonds

Daulton VarSHOW

5:54

Varsho and Donovan both with career high EVs? Maybe the guns at Busch are hot?

Ben Clemens

5:54

Always a concern early in the season

Pablo Lopez

5:54

With my new velo I am DADDY

Kyle Kishimoto

5:54

the new breaking ball is insane. had great feel for locating it gloveside and got 8/19 swinging strikes

Ben Clemens

5:54

48% think Arozarena will have both 40 steals and negative baserunning value, ugh, I'd take the other side of that

Appa Yip Yip

5:55

Stanton may or may not be cooked. Unclear at this point.

Ben Clemens

5:55

Right but if he's not, I like the Stanton side

Vin

5:56

Ben, it won't be long before the New York radio shows are talking about how the Yankees need to hurry up and trade Stanton for O'Neil Cruz

Ben Clemens

5:56

They might need to throw in Clint Frazier to make it work.

Dave

5:56

25 WAR season, that's gotta be a .600 wOBA atleast

5:57

Correction, Bonds had .537 and .544 wOBAs and only was worth 12.5 and 12.7 WAR -- admittedly a higher run environment, but we're talking atleast .700 maybe higher

Kyle Kishimoto

5:57

hot off the presses zips projection for donovan: .638/.799/1.188

Leo Morgenstern

5:57

I thought I was ready for Opening Day, but players on new teams already have my brain fried. I was so confused why Pablo Lopez would be pitching on Opening Day for the Marlins...

Kyle Kishimoto

5:58

Matt Chapman is so darned good at defense

Leo Morgenstern

5:58

I don't know what he did, but yes

Ben Clemens

5:58

It's hard to say for certain, but I feel like Arenado stopped out of the box b/c he was so sure that was an out

5:59

he was out by a lot at first considering the length of the turn

Daulton VarSHOW

5:59

Shame that the Jays have to use 4 infielders again, I sort of liked seeing him cover all of the dirt between 2nd and 3rd single-handedly while we put 4 guys in the OF

Ben Clemens

5:59

In my OOTP sim league, someone converted him to a shortstop and he had an incredible career as a glove-first guy, like into his late 30's. I could totally see it happening

5 Run Homer

5:59

That’s Chappy

Kyle Kishimoto

6:00

yeah in ootp guys like him arenado and hayes who the game gives 7+ range to can be elite SS, the game doesn't care how unrealistic that is lmao

Daulton VarSHOW

6:02

Would Chapman be a better SS than Bo?

Kyle Kishimoto

6:02

idk, but i'll drop a fun fact here: matt chapman gets down the line faster and has a higher sprint speed than bichette

Vin

6:04

I'm just surprised that Ramon Laureano is still on the A's. I keep expecting to see him pop up on some other team

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