JotCast | FanGraphs Opening Day 2020 Chat - Part I

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Narvain

7:09

Dan, what's your percentage of certainty that baseball will happen this year now?

Dan Szymborski

7:09

Approaching 100%, but never reaching!

Ryan

7:09

Kershaw: Hall of Famer if he never pitches again?

Dan Szymborski

7:09

Yes

Tony Wolfe

7:09

Oh 100%

7:11

Was a little surprised to see Kershaw is actually 2.8 wins short of the JAWS standard right now, and then remembered he's only 32!

Estevao

7:11

Am I the only one that doesn't understand why would Luhnow take part in a sign stealing scandal for competitive advantage when he built a powerhouse that would make the playoffs regardless. It killed his career

Dan Szymborski

7:11

Honestly, I think it's more sloppiness and not paying enough attention to what was going on at the clubhouse level than him choosing to take part in this.

WBuffett

7:12

Money aside, what player from G1 tonight would you choose to start a franchise with?

Dan Szymborski

7:12

Without SOto probably Cole for me

then Torres and Turner

Guest

7:12

Dan this is like when you go to a friend's work event and realize he's completely different with his colleagues.

Tony Wolfe

7:12

I think it's probably Torres

brad penny for your thoughts

7:14

this first "game" is just MLB the show, it's all a lie

Dan Szymborski

7:14

Not with this resolution!

7:14

Ron Fowler is the driving force behind the Padres two worst acquisitions of Kemp and Hosmer, change my mind.

Dan Szymborski

7:14

I won't

LFC Mike

7:14

Dan..Is your answer to every question about a player going to be : "It's July" for at least another week?

Dan Szymborski

7:14

Yeah, then August until the 23rd

7:14

Alex Rodriguez just called Scherzer's curveball a "get-me-over curve"

Sgt. Pepper

7:14

Please make lonely Buster Olney a meme

Dan Szymborski

7:15

I swear, when A-Rod made his first appearances back at the end of his career, wasn't he a lot better?

Feels like his analysis has gotten lazier and generally worse

7:16

Someone should tell him that Torres started 77 games at short last year.

guy who takes the lay up

7:16

buster lonely

Dodger Fan

7:16

I love how normal this feels

Dan Szymborski

7:16

It does feel like they're playing in Miami

7:17

And then there's a HR

Anonymous

7:17

SMALL BALL GO FAR

Estevao

7:17

In an alternate reality with very subtle changes Kershaw has 6 Young's, he should've beaten Dickey in 12, that one when he got hurt was a joke had he pitcher five clunkers more he would have easily won it and the year he got 300 K's the competition was beyond the usual level.

Guest

7:17

I think they should leave all the home runs balls in place for the entire season

Waffles

7:18

Watching the ball get to bounce after a homerun is gonna be awesome

2-D

7:19

How many home run jokes are we going to have to endure where the punchline is along the lines of "the ball is practicing social distancing"?

Dan Szymborski

7:19

7.5 per game

Oddball Herrera

7:19

Stanton just sent me from first to last in roto. Should I sell and play for next year?

Dan Szymborski

7:19

Yup, season's like a quarter over already!

tb.25

7:20

feelsbadman Dan turned off emoji responses

Dan Szymborski

7:20

I didn't set up the chat, so no emoji!

Well, still FOR ME!

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