Jose Abreu

What exactly was the point of bringing in Herrera to face one batter?

He only pitched 4 innings, unless you just mean team record in games he starts

Hopefully we get more of that Fry this year

He threw Kepler a ton of offspeed in the 2nd AB and he just fouled them off

Yup, aside from Grandal, this has been night and day from 2019

Robert hit that 116 MPH

Ron?

Not sure if it has been shared but this is a weird order

Correct, and not to mention, it doesn't matter at all. One guy could have a pregnant wife, an immunocompromised family, and still choose to play. That doesn't make another player wrong for opting out with some, or even none, of those circumstances

Assuming health, I like how we can know this to be the case even if he hits like .235/.270/.370 for a bit because at that point he'd basically just be a better Engel (last year's SSS aside)

My last Opening Day thread was in 2016, a 4-3 win in Oakland. Let's ignore the rest of that season, we want good vibes here. I can't remember the last time I actually expected us to make the playoffs. No matter how/if we get there, these next few months will be fun. Buckle up

31. Would've said 34 before today's rule change. Expecting lots of parity

Hahn hinting that his rehab stint could begin as soon as next week

Ideally, Detwiler never throws a pitch this year. I think we have enough "innings eater" types in Gonzalez, Lambert, etc. Not to mention, having 11 relievers means you probably don't need to scramble to eat innings often anyway

11 AM CT, IIRC

Remind me, have you always vocally liked or disliked Collins? I distinctly remember you having a strong opinion on him but don't recall the direction.

And then a great AB from Grandal. What a nice player

That's 3 or 4 stolen strikes in 2 innings, 3 of which were strike 3. So cool to be on the other end of this for once

Exactly. It's even my favorite of the 3 teams. Assuming the season goes as planned (which is admittedly far from a given), I don't think this champion will be looked back on 20 years from now any differently than its surrounding champions

Part of the problem is that we don't know it's a 1-week issue, and I definitely am not fine with the idea of Engel/Leury in RF for more than a few games here and there

You're right on CF but Holt is also a much better hitter than the rest. .340 career OBP, >.360 the last 2 years.