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Leo Morgenstern

7:03

Earn the Rogers family that $$

Ben Clemens

7:03

Eh I guess they haven't been that shaky upon entering, I was conflating Mayza with them

But their last 4 relievers have entered mid inning

Leo Morgenstern

7:03

Interesting to see the Phillies use their game five starter in relief today. I guess the extra off day tomorrow makes it feasible

Ben Clemens

7:04

Wait also they ended up bringing in Adam Cimber against a lefty, I don't think you guys can convince me this is a great plan

7:05

I will say, Jordan Walker vs. Cimber is probably advantage Cimber, he's never seen goofiness like this before

5 Run Homer

7:06

I will change my service provider to Rogers right now if they will go find some new relievers

Daulton VarSHOW

7:06

Why didn't the jays throw home there?

Vin

7:06

Bo should've thrown home there

Ben Clemens

7:07

Wow Vlad made up for it though

Romorr

7:07

If anyone can look smart for an AL MVP pick after 1 game, it's definitely you, Leo.

Leo Morgenstern

7:08

I'm really glad, cause I was starting to feel silly for not just taking the easy route and picking Ohtani

Ben Clemens

7:07

That was a really difficult play that he made casually

5 Run Homer

7:09

Just like they drew it up

Ben Clemens

7:10

Ooh, here's someone who might throw 105

Morbo

7:10

Yeah, Vladdy Jr seems much more athletic than most 1b. Did he play 3b in the minors?

Ben Clemens

7:10

He did, but it was kind of an open secret that he was never gonna stick there

Leo Morgenstern

7:11

Pretty sure he tried it in the majors too, right?

Leo Morgenstern

7:11

-20 OAA in 96 games at 3b in 2019

Leo Morgenstern

7:11

OOF

Ben Clemens

7:11

the BABIP in this Cardinals/Jays game has been crazy both ways

7:12

omg lol

another one!

Vin

7:12

Springer + Bichette are 8-10 today

Ben Clemens

7:12

lol this is a pretty disastrous Hicks outing

hurt his own catcher while putting runners on second and third

Matt

7:13

The depth of the Cardinals lineup is ridiculous. Guy hitting 9th was worth over 5 WAR last year, and their bench is full of players who would be starting on other teams.

Ben Clemens

7:13

to be fair a lot of that 5 WAR was defensive, but yeah, they go very far down with good hitters now

Leo Morgenstern

7:14

And the Rangers pull it off against the Phillies. Pretty short for an 11-7 game

Ben Clemens

7:15

"Hey Andrew, Hicks just literally threw a baseball at our last catcher so hard that it knocked him out of the game. You're up, grab your mask!"

Farhandrew Zaidman

7:16

So who had the only rainout on opening day being in .... *checks notes* los angeles (thunder storm just started out here)

Ben Clemens

7:16

It hailed four different times here yesterday

Yo-Yo

7:16

Walker has made some really, really bad throws today. Not sure he's ready for full-time OF duty

Ben Clemens

7:17

Yeah.... he's trying to do too much it looks like

kind of amazing that Varsho is hitting fourth in this Jays lineup

Saladpans

7:17

"Hey, at least you didn't take it in the groin." - Cards athletic trainer, probably

5 Run Homer

7:18

Amazing in a “hm maybe he shouldn’t be so high in this lineup” way

Ben Clemens

7:18

oh yeah that's how I meant it

Morbo

7:18

Can someone enable the award emojis Saladpans needs a trophy for that one 🏆

Ben Clemens

7:18

It's an implied trophy from all of us

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