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FanGraphs 2024 Opening Day Chat

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Davy Andrews

4:49

No no no.

Jay Jaffe

4:50

FFS

Dan Szymborski

4:50

I think we should peer pressure you into making a song for every player on the Twins 40-man roster

Davy Andrews

4:52

I mean, I would love to do that.

Davy Andrews

4:50

"If you don't feel bad for this guy, I don't know what's wrong with you." - MLB Network just now.

Only Fan(atic)s

4:50

They made the pants super see through to encourage cup wearing

Davy Andrews

4:51

This might actually be genious?

Appa Yip Yip

4:51

It's kind of the same reason there are fewer catchers in the hall, right? Guys just age too quickly to build up the resume.

Jay Jaffe

4:52

No, I think it's just that too many voters try to evaluate them as if their offense can be directly compared to 1Bs. See my rant about the BBWAA voters' failure to elect catchers on the first ballot. Joe Mauer was just the third, after Johnny Bench and Ivan Rodriguez.

Dan Szymborski

4:53

I was even slower with a cup so I did not wear one. At the time you were only required to wear it for football and lacrosse

Matt Martell

4:55

I still play baseball and am a catcher. I don’t wear a cup. Don’t try this at home.

Corioles Effect

4:53

11 Ks for Burns thus far

5 Run Homer

4:53

Springer Dinger!

Appa Yip Yip

4:53

Springer Dinger

Jay Jaffe

4:53

Appa Yip Yip, you do have a point about catchers aging — we don't get 500-HR or 3000-hit catchers — but it's more the cross-positional comparisons that are the problem.

Dan Szymborski

4:54

Betts hit one

Jay Jaffe

4:54

and there's a Mookie Betts homer. Damn, that guy can play.

Dan Szymborski

4:56

and Freeman

Matt Martell

4:56

And there’s Freeman

The top 3 Dodgers hitters have scored all 5 of their runs today

Smiling Politely

4:56

Did Miles Mikolas describe the StL Cardinals as a bunch of "midwestern farmers" going after the "checkbook" Dodgers? I missed goofy baseball quotes.

MT_LAD_FAN

4:57

Guggenheim "checkbook baseball" looking alright against Mikolas so far

Dan Szymborski

4:57

"Miles" Mikolas is right

Jay Jaffe

4:57

LOL

Mikolas' farm has a gopher problem

Zach

4:58

Will it go down as the best top 3 in history?

KC Pain

4:58

Dodgers go get Trout. Make Angels cry

RTJ

5:00

Is it just me or is there a lot of offense already!

the gopher problem

5:00

Mikolas with $83m in career earnings, just like most midwest farmers

KC Pain

5:01

Javy Baez w a hit and a steal!

Nat

5:02

Agribusiness is big business.

Tim L

5:02

Miles Mikolas is baseball for Kirk Cousins

MT_LAD_FAN

5:03

Try farming in Montana compared to Missouri... and yes, $83 million would buy our family farm more than 10 times over...

bringbackpologrounds

5:03

How does Yamamoto compare to Darvish at their debuts? If He has a similar career to Darvish, does that meet expectations?

Jay Jaffe

5:05

Darvish gave up 5 runs in his MLB debut (5.2 IP though) and finished his first season with a 3.90 ERA (but a 3.28 FIP and 221 strikeouts). Yamamoto projects to be a bit better than that ERA-wise (3.78 via Depth Charts projex), but even a season like Yu's first is no small accomplishment.

B'Ryce Hammer, Destroyer of Baseballs

5:03

Javy Baez still exists?

5:03

MLB home run leader Nick Martini!

Davy Andrews

5:03

National League MVP frontrunner Nick Martini.

Dan Szymborski

5:04