JotCast | FanGraphs Opening Day 2020 Chat - Part I

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Ben Clemens

10:23

Haha yes when someone compares you to Lebron, that's a good sign

Brian

10:23

We all want LeBrons aging curve

Ben Clemens

10:23

LeBron is my age

And let me tell you, yeah

Dakota mckee

10:24

Could we see more in the stands catches with only cardboard fans as obstacles?

Ben Clemens

10:24

Oh, probably!

I mean, only in a very narrow way, because not that many balls are in that exact zone

but yeah

Wire Fan

10:24

That cueto delivery is AWESOME!

Jay Jaffe

10:25

He's got a bunch of different ones. So much fun to watch

Guest

10:25

Should more pitchers adopt the varied windups like cueto? Or is finding a delivery hard enough without worrying about deception?

Ben Clemens

10:25

Would love to hear Eric's take on this

Eric A Longenhagen

10:25

It's more prevalent now among young pitching than when I started out. They don't always go about it correctly

Ben Clemens

10:25

That's my assumption. Cueto is just a freak when it comes to repeating the core parts with so much window dressing

Jay Jaffe

10:25

I have to think it's tough to keep your mechanics right when you've got so many different looks

He is our Luis Tiant

Eric A Longenhagen

10:26

From Friday evening, here's Ethan Small varying his timing.

Ben Clemens

10:26

He's not small, though. I feel deceived.

Derek

10:27

Even with a healthy Kershaw, the Dodgers rotation is the obvious weakness to their team, right?

Ben Clemens

10:27

Pretty sure their weakness is the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune

Guest

10:27

ESPN was late coming back from commercial again. Ack.

Eric A Longenhagen

10:27

the mouse wants his money

Jay Jaffe

10:27

I'm more worried about the Dodgers' bullpen than their rotation. Depth and young arms galore. Buehler, Urias, May, Gonsolin...

Ben Clemens

10:27

The Dodgers go about 10 deep in good starting pitchers

Eel Ffilc

10:28

And May is pitching in July, last names are not to be trusted like that Ben.

This is lude-i-cris

10:28

Huh? The Dodgers are already down two of their original starting five and we still recognize all five in the rotation. They’re fine!

Ben Clemens

10:28

Yeah I mean, you could argue the bullpen is a weakness

Dodger Fan

10:29

It's a relative weakness

Ben Clemens

10:29

Yeah

It's still good, but I would say it's the weakest part of the team

Eel Ffilc

10:29

I mean! Drink!

Ben Clemens

10:29

Challenge accepted

Derek

10:29

Fair. The Dodgers rotation is good. I guess just in comparison to their lineup it doesn't seem quite as infallible

Steve Rasch

10:29

Less worried about Dodgers starting 5 than I am about everyone else in the bullpen

Jay Jaffe

10:30

Treinin and Graterol should help but the real question is can Kenley get back to being the Kenley Jansen of a few years ago

Eric A Longenhagen

10:31

Cutter was sitting 88-92 during camp

Jay Jaffe

10:30

and let's not even talk about Joe Kelly

Ben Clemens

10:30

May not being in the bullpen will be a downgrade, but you know? Not the worst downgrade to move your impact reliever to an impact starter

10:31

Empty seats or cardboard fans?

Empty seats (31.6% | 25 votes)

Cardboard fans (68.4% | 54 votes)

Total Votes: 79

Dodger Fan

10:32

Oh hey they didn't miss a pitch

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