On this week's edition of The Bat Around, Stan "The Fan" Charles and Kyle Ottenheimer talked about the start of the 2019 MLB regular season with a great list of guests. At 10:20, Eutaw Street Report writer Andrew Stetka joined the show to break down the Orioles' Opening Day roster and more. At 10:45, Wall Street Journal sports reporter Jared Diamond joined the show to talk about his recent articles on "The Death of Free Agency" and the Orioles "finally joining the 21st century" when it comes to analytics. At 11:05, former Orioles left-hander and current 105.7 The Fan host Ross Grimsley joined the show to talk about his perspective of the team's rebuild. At about 11:30, Section 336 host Josh Sroka talked about their 2019 Birdland Radio broadcast, with the O's home opener set for next week. Last but not least, co-host of the show Craig Heist called in to talk baseball (and college basketball) of all sorts.