JotCast | FanGraphs Opening Day 2020 Chat - Part I

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Ben Clemens

12:14

You're obviously hoping to get a player out of Franchy who is good enough that he plays every day

But if you shelter him against lefties, he's less likely to develop the muscle memory for it

12:15

Mookie hit!!!

Smiling Politely

12:15

Who just wrote about how Mookie should look for more inside pitches? Give yourself a high five!

Jay Jaffe

12:15

yeah i think if you're one of these teams you have to see if some of the kids can learn to hit same-side pitching

Dodger Fan

12:15

Betts quietly 2 for 4

Ben Clemens

12:16

I'm busy snuggling with my dog, I'll settle for a celebratory snuggle

Matt

12:16

I think one of Mookie's PAs was called an error, so 1-4

Ben Clemens

12:16

On base twice, at least

Matt

12:16

SF's streak of 14 consecutive new opening day starters in LF since Bonds is the most astonishing bit of baseball trivia I've ever heard.

Ben Clemens

12:17

Imagine being Taylor Rogers and they're like hey man, we've got two of the next three hitters as righties, you're good

Oh by the way the righties are Mookie Betts and Justin Turner

... and the lefty is Bellinger

Jay Jaffe

12:17

lol

Dodger Fan

12:17

Tyler*

Ben Clemens

12:17

Dangit!

12:18

What kind of parents name their kids Tyler and Taylor

C'mon

matt

12:18

Betts-Bellinger-Turner the best 2-3-4 hitters in MLB this year?

Ben Clemens

12:18

I'll give the edge to Trout/Rendon/Ohtani

But it is CLOSE

Jay Jaffe

12:19

with both of those, a lot of it depends on how often the #4 guy shows up

Eric A Longenhagen

12:19

SFG releases so far tonight

Jay Jaffe

12:19

wow

Ben Clemens

12:19

They're going full Brewers

12:20

Rogers is a real weirdo, though; otherwise that wouldn't look so crazy

12:21

The Dodgers lineup must be very frustrating for opponents

Dodger Fan

12:21

Insurance!

Ben Clemens

12:21

Ravech now saying Kiki Hernandez

And I can't get in my feelings out of my head

Guest

12:22

FG got the new playoff odds up quickly. You guys are the best

Ben Clemens

12:22

Heck yeah

David and Sean are awesome

Eric A Longenhagen

12:22

I think I saw Dany Jimenez coming in? Their Rule 5 pick

Ben Clemens

12:23

So in this Hankook commercial

Was this just a colossal homer?

Are there multiple Kershaws?

How did he get to the garage?

Someone on Twitter suggested a sequel where Bumgarner sails a boat to catch one

12:24

I'd be into it

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