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FanGraphs 2026 Opening Day Chat

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Ben Clemens

4:52

the squared up stuff merits further investigation. but for now, we've got baseball to watch

Lon Thomas

4:52

Roman Anthony is on pace to lead in times LoB

Ben Clemens

4:52

very nice oppo single there though

Davy Andrews

4:52

On that note, I'm afraid I'm going to have to leave you all. I have to go pick up my car from the shop.

Jon Becker

4:52

Bye Davy!

Davy Andrews

4:53

Goodbye to you, Jon.

Please chat well in my absence.

War2D2

4:53

Bye Davy!

Oaktown Blues

4:53

If 114.4 MPH isn't squared up, that implies that his max EV would be like 143 MPH. Insane

Davy Andrews

4:53

Right, I think it was just tagged wrong in Savant, but it was what showed up when I searched.

Ado

4:54

I had thought Brewers 14-1 was a crazy opposite of their last-year opener with the Yanks' torpedo bats. Unfortunately the real torpedo games were second and third last year, not the opener. Would have been funny for a team to have a +24 run swing between consecutive Opening Day games.

Jon

4:54

What's baseball?

Key Jangler

4:55

Wow, did not think Davy had the upper body strength to pick up a car.

Brian

4:56

In regards to Bat speed vs ball speed. The best rule I can find is that the smash factor is something like 1.4/1 maybe 1.45 on a perfectly square hit in optimal conditions with a very hard baseball. So a bat speed of 85 should produce max exit velo of 123.25. Which tracks with Oneil Cruz. Super rough approximation and I am not Alan Nathan.

Ben Clemens

4:56

ties out closely

Welland Jackfish

4:56

Ben did you kayak in the cove last night? the broadcast showed almost as many as late-career Barry games

Ben Clemens

4:56

I've never done it! I want to at least once. Looks like a good time.

Tim

4:56

Sanchez is locked in :D

Ben Clemens

4:57

"Gimme that crown, Logan Webb" -Cris Sanchez, probably

Pat

4:57

McGonigle!!

Jon Becker

4:57

Safe to say Pivetta doesn't have it today, but also that kid is really really good

Freeze

5:01

The most impressed I've been with McGonigle so far was when they zoomed in on his forearms

Guest

5:01

Uh oh Topa coming in here comes O'neil's HR

Ben Clemens

5:02

just getting you on the record in case it happens

Jon Becker

5:03

Wetherholt!

Tacoby Bellsbury

5:03

If you'd like to know how things are going in Milwaukee, the Brewers announcers are showing their shoes on the air.

Jon Becker

5:03

Homer on 0-2 for his first big-league hit

Ben Clemens

5:03

let's gooooooo

that's very exciting

Jon Becker

5:04

Kurt Suzuki just issued an IBB in the third inning

Guest

5:06

So Suzuki is manager of the year? I mean, you can't script things like 3rd inning IBB.

Neat

5:06

It's nice to see that no matter the manager, the Angels will do silly IBB. Clearly an organizational philosophy.

Jon Becker

5:07

As the Astros broadcasting is noting, Soriano has been significantly better against LHH in his career, too

Ben Clemens

5:08

I don't hate this IBB that much, honestly. Like, it's probably not great. But I don't buy Soriano's splits for a second. He's a sinker-dominant righty

5:09

and first base was open

bad? maybe. nowhere near peak TLR though

or peak Maddon, or peak RW, or anything

Jon Becker

5:09

Right, it was a 0-0 count at least

Ben Clemens

5:09

haha yeah, and it didn't advance any runners

the bar for 'super bad IBB' is high considering some of the travesties we've seen

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