JotCast | FanGraphs Opening Day 2020 Chat - Part I

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Jay Jaffe

12:24

i think that's how Kershaw hurt his back

Matt

12:24

Imagine pitching the commercial to Kershaw. "So you're going to be on the mound and just give up a monster dong."

Marshall

12:25

I feel like that Hankook commercial would make more sense with an OF instead of a pitcher as the focus

Ben Clemens

12:25

Or the hitter catching his own souvenir

Or it's a sandlot game and they only have one ball

12:26

Jimenez looks like he's throwing harder than the gun is registering

Lance Biggerstaff

12:26

Why do announcers always have to say, "I'm a big fan of the analytics, BUT..."

Like, nobody on Fangraphs Dot Com would argue that most baseball fundamentals just don't matter

Ben Clemens

12:27

People enjoy defining themselves by their opposition

It's hard to say what you think is right, relatively easy to say what you think is wrong

Jay Jaffe

12:27

Matt

12:27

It's because Jimenez has those long Ramon Martinez arms. They add 3 MPH in appearance.

Guest

12:27

Jimenez looks robotic

Ben Clemens

12:28

I really *want* him to have more of an arm snap

When I picture a skinny guy with long levers like that, I just automatically picture a snap at the end of the delivery

Eric A Longenhagen

12:28

Dodgers release points so far

Ben Clemens

12:29

Kolarek does the Oliver Drake move for right/lefty thing I guess?

Wire Fan

12:29

Going to be a lot easier to keep rule 5 guys this year. Any chance we see more rule 5 picks this offseason?

Eric A Longenhagen

12:29

I don't think so. Hard to evaluate minor leaguers with enough confidence to think you can roster them all next year.

Ben, I don't know the specifics of his variation.

Ben Clemens

12:30

Gotcha. I wasn't paying enough attention during his appearance

I have noticed that the Rays are big fans of moving righties all the way to the first base side against lefties

12:31

Was wondering if the Dodgers are getting into it as well, only in reverse

Smiling Politely

12:31

Are May's separation points distinct enough so that a hitter could tell that it was/wasn't a SL?

Eric A Longenhagen

12:31

probably not

Ben Clemens

12:32

"I'm all in when it comes to the analytics"

Buddy, when you follow that sentence with a "but", you're just confusing us

Lol I love that he's saying "sometimes you shouldn't pull overall good batters to get a platoon advantage"

Something we'd all wholeheartedly agree with

12:33

And then saying "that's something analytics doesn't take into account"

Oddball Herrera

12:33

Do you expect to see a lot of early trade activity from the bottom dwellers? I would think you're going to get peanuts if you wait until Aug 31 to see how much people pay for 1 month of a player

Dodger Fan

12:34

OH MY GOD

WHAT WAS THAT

Ben Clemens

12:34

lolllll

Eric A Longenhagen

12:34

92-93 frmo Jimenez is below last year with TOR

Jay Jaffe

12:35

I don't expect to see much trade activity, tbh. I think teams will be more conscious of the impact of moving guys from team to team under these conditions

Ben Clemens

12:35

Did he.... did he look where Dubon was?

look at*

Oddball Herrera

12:35

I'm not watching the game so I can only assume the all caps reaction means a naked cardboard cutout ran into the field

Ben Clemens

12:36

Donovan Solano made a casual grab and flip to Mauricio Dubon to get an out at second

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