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I'm no expert. But food and drink is excellent everywhere: shochu and sake, wagyu beef, noodles, sushi, even the 7-eleven gas station food and...
Been in Japan and caught a few games. Saw Domingo Santana on the Swallows miss a fly ball but still get the out when the hitter vacated first base...
This site really needs an unlike option
If I remember correctly, the Luhnow era was on the bleeding edge of using metrics, high speed cameras, spin rates, pitch sequencing, etc etc.
Don't forget. Espada also let McCullers go 96 pitches in his first outing. Which is criminal given his injury history. And how has he looked...
Chipper looks like he'd ooze steroids.
Probably in game 1 when he threw 102 pitches
In the first 62 games of the season, we saw 13 starting pitchers (10.5%) pitch at least 94 pitches. Three were Astros. We saw exactly one pitch...
Looks like Pena is as surprised as everyone else that Allen was left in to bat
Roa looks like he's still in drivers ed
Yainer Diaz is a terrible hitter. Does he need glasses? He doesn't seem to recognize anything
102 pitches on opening day was a choice
We're obviously gonna pinch run for Paredes, right? Right?!?
Framber should be suspended for the rest of the season and should not be on the playoff roster.
I mean you used RBIs and BA and "clutchiness"... Try OPS+ and WAR, and of course consider WAR in context of number of PAs
1982 called and want their stats back
Food for thought. When was the last time Chas was good? When he was getting puddin on the regular. Yainer also put up his best numbers with Dusty....
Where are all the advanced Sabermetric stats for managers? What's Espada's WAR?
What do we know about this guy? Great story, I guess, but I'm pretty skeptical of giving some 30-something barista a shot. Reeks of desperation...
This scouting revolution of pitching was simply telling them to throw more offspeed, even on typically fastball counts. It was pitching selection...
