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FanGraphs 2024 Opening Day Chat

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Dan Szymborski

4:37

4:39

Glasnow had a nice efficient inning

B'Ryce Hammer, Destroyer of Baseballs

4:39

There's so much baseball happening I can't even think of anything witty to say

Davy Andrews

4:39

Same.

Black and Orange

4:40

I've never lived on the East Coast, but with opening day in March, wouldn't it be better for teams in the northeast to open the season on the road and finish at home? Opening day rainouts are a big downer. Twins and Rockies open on the road because winter isn't over yet at home.

Jay Jaffe

4:41

There just aren't enough warm weather or climate controlled locales to completely forgo the northeast on Opening Day. And you just can't please all the people all of the time.

Mike

4:40

Are the Twins the most truest of true outcome teams?

Davy Andrews

4:40

That was certainly their MO last season, but I would imagine they'll be less so without Gallo and MAT.

Guest

4:41

Perhaps they could but could you really see the indians err gurdians paying a guy 10 years after hes retired? Heck they dont want to pay guys while they are playing.

Dan Szymborski

4:41

Yeah, but they don't *have* to pay out all costs out of current money

at the time of the salary

4:42

paying 100 million in 2040 is WAY better than paying 100 million in 2024, even if the player is 10 years retired in 2040

Cap

4:44

9 Ks in 5 innings for Corbin Burnes. Are the Angels that bad or is he that good?

Jay Jaffe

4:44

Yes

KC Pain

4:44

Can Trout get hot for a month and be traded? Or is he forever in purgatory?

Matt Martell

4:47

I really don’t see Arte Moreno trading the only player worth coming to the ballpark to see.

Appa Yip Yip

4:44

Why do players accept so much deferred money? It seems all upside for the team, what's in it for the player?

Jay Jaffe

4:45

a guaranteed income after your playing career is over, and lower taxes.

Dan Szymborski

4:44

The Dodgers are basically getting to borrow hundreds of millions of dollars at a lower interest rate than the current federal discount rate

Guest

4:44

I just think these deferred contracts are ways to circumvent the cbt. The dogers wouldnt have signed ohtani or smith if they couldnt have deferred the $

Jay Jaffe

4:46

You think the owners didn't design it that way? They know exactly what they're doing with the CBA.

This quote from a recent Athletic interview with Collin McHugh stands out:

I’ll say it straight to Rob Manfred’s face: They’re better at finding loopholes in the system because that is their job, to maximize profit for his constituency, which is 30 billionaire owners, who own extremely valuable franchises. And they’re trying to squeeze and eke every dollar out of it that they can.

https://theathletic.com/5363934/2024/03/23/mlb-players-association-unr...

Matt Martell

4:45

If you picked Nick Ahmed to drive in the Giants’ first run of the year, step right up to claim your prize!

Dan Szymborski

4:45

They wouldn't have signed him for a contract with THAT bottom line number.

It would just be a different contract with a different total figure in nominal dollars

sliptoad

4:45

in honor of seeing the chas chomp for the first time this year, any of y'all have a favorite chant or crowd bit for a non-star player?

Davy Andrews

4:46

Given my hometown, I'm partial to Michael Morse's "Take On Me" singalong and Parra's Baby Shark bit.

Matt Martell

4:45

Two innings, two inning-ending double plays. Yankees baseball is so back, baby!

SucramRenrut

4:46

Well, I feel like a genius for not starting Cortes against that HOU juggernaut. All thanks to the handedness line-up tool Jason posted today!

Appa Yip Yip

4:46

It would be so hype if the blue jays got a base runner in this game

Dan Szymborski

4:46

Frigging Sony put Tony Tarasco in MLB the Show this year just so you could replay the Jeffrey Maier moment, which is super cruel

Well-Beered Englishman

4:47

Dang, this MASN booth is in late July form already. Out of context phrase: "you didn't do curling in Vietnam?"

Dan Szymborski

4:47

Dangit, I admit at 7-1 I've moved on to other games

Guest

4:47

Will Smith getting 10/140 ... Mauer and Posey topped out at 8/184 and 9/167. Realmuto was 5/115 ... why is it that top tier catchers, which are harder to come by than most positions, are seemingly paid less than other star players? Less games played? If Rutschman hits FA, will he break $200 million finally?

Dan Szymborski

4:47

Their knees go

4:47

The Nationals are gonna lose quite a lot of games this year. Stinks that Josiah Gray is just never going to figure it out with that org.

Dan Szymborski

4:48

And while you can move your star SS to 2B or 3B, more often than not, a really good catcher just gets to be a mediocre 1B

Jay Jaffe

4:49

I think Smith is going to have to wind up in LF or something unless he can wait out Freeman's contract. We know he won't be DHing much in the next decade.

Deferred income

4:48

Millions of Americans defer income they don't need to spend every month in a 401k. There's nothing sinister about it.

Guest

4:48

Or perhaps another team would have signed him

5 Run Homer

4:49

Royce Lewis (2-for-2, HR, pulled from the game with a leg injury) is in peak form

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