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Ben Clemens
9:48
Okay that's a lot of guys to remember
9:49
I never really saw Van Slyke play, but Edmonds was a personal favorite of mine as a kid
5 Run Homer
9:50
Also shoutout to Kevin Pillar, the worst player to ever be a national household name thanks to his insane catches
Ben Clemens
9:50
my wife still wonders why he wasn't a star
oooooh Kirby Yates, fun reliever
9:51
awesome strut there too
5 Run Homer
9:51
He was a star in Canada! My very casual baseball fan friends still talk about Pillar
Baseball!
9:51
Is Ben the last writer left standing?
Ben Clemens
9:51
if i'm not the last, I will be shortly
9:52
I'll stay until the end of the ninth, but only under protest; opening day is fun but so is opening day at a sports bar in Tahoe
The last few weeks of skiing and the start of baseball overlapping are the eternal struggle here
RTJ
9:52
you can still catch the evening games there, right?
Ben Clemens
9:52
yeah, that's the plan
9:53
don't get me wrong, I like chatting, but the atmosphere in this empty airbnb is not quite the same, haha
KC Pain
9:53
All this CF defense talk and no shout out for my boy Doyle?
Ben Clemens
9:53
He really came out of nowhere
I'm very impressed, and also how did people not see this coming in the minors??
Bryan
9:54
Did Jose Hernandez earn himself a longer stint in the show with his effort for Pittsburgh today?
Ben Clemens
9:55
Honestly I kind of think yes, though I'm not intimately familiar with the Pirates bullpen
Bryan
9:57
I was surprised they have given up on Roansy Contreras'
Ben Clemens
9:57
I don't think they have? Looks like he's on the paternity list
Master P
9:57
is he in the bullpen now?
Bryan
9:57
Well as a starter I meant... sorry!
Ben Clemens
9:57
ah yeah
We're projecting him as a full-time reliever this year
I have to say, I kinda like it?
Master P
9:58
could be an absolutely dominant reliever
Ben Clemens
9:58
yeah I agree
His stuff is hellacious when it's on. I feel like knowing when to give up on guys as starters is a really interesting problem
that is not close to being solved
RTJ
9:59
has the toughest division shifted?
Ben Clemens
9:59
I think it's still the ALE but that it's close
ehhhh
that it's closer
the thing is that there are no bad teams in the ALE. Like the ALW and NLW have a bunch of good teams, perhaps both have higher top ends
but they have the A's and Rockies
Bryan
10:00
I had not seen Cruz much before his injury last year...  I cannot believe how much of a monster he is. That laser he hit in the 8th was something.
Ben Clemens
10:00
He's so good. Might be an outfielder long term but.... he's so talented and strong
10:01
Random observation b/c I've been chatting for a while at this point and feeling a little loopy
I recognized Dane Dunning IMMEDIATELY in the dugout
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