JotCast | FanGraphs 2023 Opening Day Chat

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Dan Szymborski

1:32

I was looking back at old ZiPS prospect list and I had like a half-second of "who the hell is that?" when I came across Albies before he started going by Ozzie

5 Run Homer

1:32

Also Albies’ middle names are Jurdy Jiandro, which is even better

Well-Beered Englishman

1:33

Dan, I've got a work conference coming up on the Baltimore harborfront. O's will be out of town. Any top food/beer recs?

Dan Szymborski

1:33

How Baltimore-food familiar are you? Is this a new Baltimore visit? Because then we have to hit you some basic crabs and pit beef.

Davy Andrews

1:33

Oh, CJ.

Oddball Herrera

1:34

Giants GM is currently thinking he should've perhaps added another $50 mil to the Judge offer

Alex Eisert

1:34

And the Yankees are kicking themselves even harder for letting Thairo Estrada go.

In all seriousness, he is a useful utilityman!

Sophie

1:34

For star wars names, a old but good one to me would be Jair Jurrjens

Davy Andrews

1:35

Matt Olson is a large fellow.

Davy Andrews

1:36

And his batting stance is straight out of Major League Baseball Featuring Ken Griffey Jr.

YorDaddy

1:36

Do y'all think Shohei will ever play outfield regularly? That's the next frontier right?

Davy Andrews

1:36

I don't think we'll see it, but we can dream.

Dan Szymborski

1:36

But a good basic first-time Baltimore crawl is getting pit beef at Chaps, walk around Canton and maybe get some oysters at Thames Street Oyster House, get a crab cake at Faidley in Lexington Market -- and explore Lexington Market -- and then finish the evening at Brewer's Art

A Boy Named Yu

1:36

Keston Hjerstad?

Dan

1:37

I'm running a star wars game and I'm definitely going to comb this chat for names and see how many I can use before my friends (fans of hockey and football) catch on

Davy Andrews

1:37

I want to hear how this goes.

Dan Szymborski

1:37

That sounds more like a Swedish bond villain

Guy who asks multiple choice questions

1:37

You are touring an open house you are considering buying when you discover a hole in the basement floor, 4-feet in diameter. Do you:

a) Jump in the hole while saying "Geronimo"
b) Throw a glow stick in the hole to see how deep it is (you'd have to go to the store to buy a glow stick)
c) Buy the house anyway and just put a rug over the hole
d) Perform a dance ritual around the hole

Dan Szymborski

1:37

Why plug the hole? You now have a place to keep prisoners.

Oddball Herrera

1:37

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolpertinger

"ein volperdinger!" needs to be the Anthony Volpe home run call

Davy Andrews

1:38

Thank you for fueling so many of my future nightmares. I really needed to never sleep again.

Orioles2024

1:38

And a beer at Pickles is a must...game day or no.

Dan Szymborski

1:38

Wolpertinger is a handy minion in pet battles in WoW

1:38

Today Meg decided to have everyone on the FG staff be a beat writer for an MLB team! When considering each teams' current and future situations, which team would you choose to cover? (and why would you choose Oakland?)

Davy Andrews

1:39

Because I love possums? And Tony Kemp?

Dan Szymborski

1:38

Orioles

Let's go 70's

1:39

Rebel pilot Joel Youngblood (kinda looks like Luke Skywalker)

MikeM

1:39

Cole looks nasty today. 6ks through 2 with tons of swings and misses.

Alex Eisert

1:42

And he's doing it down 1.2 mph from his season average last year.

5 Run Homer

1:39

The existence of Keston Hiura and Heston Kjerstad is incredibly confusing, I’m never sure if I’m getting them right

Davy Andrews

1:40

They do something very particular to my brain where the existence of one makes it harder for me to pronounce the other.

BCB

1:39

Do yall think in-market streaming options will become easier anytime soon? I don't know much of anything about the TV deals and whatnot. Just a frustrated fan without cable

Jay Jaffe

1:40

I do think this current RSN mess will be the catalyst for some significant changes in broadcasting and streaming, but I wouldn't hold my breath on it happening overnight.

Davy Andrews

1:41

I think teams will definitely take a long look at what happens with the Yanks.

Guest

1:40

did the giants say why Bart isn't getting the opening day start behind the plate? seems like a bad sign for their confidence in him

Alex Eisert

1:40

Definitely a strange choice. Perez is certainly a better defender though; maybe they have him in there because Webb spikes a lot of pitches?

Griff

1:40

Gonna be a looooong season in DC. Woof

Davy Andrews

1:40

Sigh.

Well-Beered Englishman

1:41

This will be my first time in Baltimore!

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