It was a big risk for the Yankees to send all that pitching to San Diego in a trade for the big outfielder, but it turns out that Trent Grisham was worth it.
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It was a big risk for the Yankees to send all that pitching to San Diego in a trade for the big outfielder, but it turns out that Trent Grisham was worth it.
not sure about Semien but for Springer it appears to be a combo of health and clear changes in approach
I guess. Not sure "throw hard" is in a scouting report
Ryan Borucki is back with the Jays somehow, and he started out with them so long ago that the Jays infield in his 2018 MLB debut was: 1B Smoak 2B Travis SS Diaz, A. 3B Solarte You know who was the DH that day? Curtis Granderson. Russell Martin ended the day at 3B.
it was for a newsletter, which i understand means it was printed and mailed
whoa
it's a tremendous sign that this statement could apply to any one of a hundred things
Did a quick bloggy on Junior Caminero, in that for all the focus on his massive bat ... he's made some pretty serious in-season improvements on defense, too. --> www.mlb.com/rays/news/ju...
it's going to take me at least 96 hours to stop thinking about how they all have their own hands and come from different moms
Marc holy shit
we see an all Jays team every year and have since 1977
He's being erased from time like Marty McFly's siblings
I have remembered the only good baseball team: the cursed 71-91 Dodgers of 2005
now that i cannot dispute
why? he's probably a better player.
I'm sure the fans would love that. But it makes it a lot trickier to cut ties mid-season if he's not performing than if it's with, like Harrison Bader
It also seems like the Rays maybe fixed Edwin Uceta? First half: 5.53 ERA 29%K 2nd half: 0.41 ERA 41%K
Disco Stu is impressed by this trend, Cole Sands
.198/.313/.309 in the first month with Mets is not helping
JFC Brice Turang
yes
I know it won't actually happen this way because they'll make sure that Peterson or Holmes or someone gets in, but it's at least entertaining to think that the Mets could roll out McLean / Tong / Sproat as their playoff rotation given how ineffective Senga and Manaea are
Remember those 10 minutes when people were worried about Juan Soto
interesting case but I don't think it really means anything, treat him like any other rook
gdi I almost used Andrew Heaney as the gag name too
Tough out there for cord cutters
I picked him as my Cy winner and while that won't quite happen, I'm happy it's gone this well at least
(no, you don't have to be on the active roster. Yes, Brandon Sproat is playoff eligible. It's like every Met fan forgot that Francisco Alvarez got called up at the very end of the 2022 season and still played in the postseason.)
Just over 2 hours to add someone to the org to be playoff eligible. Come onnn, Rich Hill. Someone bring back Mark Canha. Let's have some fun.
Kyle Schwarber standup triple. What a time to be alive.
absolutely true. I generally do not care about the NBA or the Knicks but I watched every Knicks game for a good 6 weeks that year.
source: 10 in a week.
My 9 year old son didn't want to throw me fastballs in MLB the show because "they're too easy to square up and hit hard" and we think that video games don't teach kids anything
We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.
All the think pieces about “how did we get here” are superfluous when this video exists. A third of the country is this f’in guy. That’s how we got here.
Little known fact about this Texas game is that the Longhorns retain the right to split into 5 different teams if they want
Or Jon dowd
I choose not to comment on anyone's dating status eric
Hey cool
Taylor Swift is *extremely* famous, B
I actually would love to see him on the Rockies, just because that's a place where any and all contact is more valuable, and because his skills might help counteract the Road Rockies effect
anyway, Arraez is a free agent this winter and I am very much looking forward to the absolute tomes that will be written about how to value a 29 year old 1B/DH who doesn't strike out and is coming off a 0.5 WAR season
Padres No.2 hitters: 2nd fewest runs (more than only CLE) 2nd fewest runs driven in (more than only CLE) 4th worst OPS (more than only CLE, CIN, PIT) I am mostly annoyed how much I have to think about batting order right now
(Sheets hit 1 of the 6 HR) This isn't even a batting average thing, though it's also that. 22-23 Arraez, hitting .335 with a .384 OBP and 128 OPS+: pretty valuable hitter. 2025 Arraez, hitting .283 with a .316 OBP and 94 OPS+: below-avg hitter who should not be a priority in your lineup.
the good Arraez, sure current Arraez? 7th. or ideally not at all.
i believe you're misunderstanding how social media works. you replied to me. have a good day.
then what the hell are you doing here in my mentions
I can't believe I had to delete and repost that joke because I forgot when the Senators v2 moved to Texas
Congrats to Payton Tolle, finally making his way back to the Majors after a brief cameo with the 1970 Washington Senators
The 2 spot in order has gained a ton of priority over last decade as it's become evident it's a spot for your best hitter. San Diego has just 6 HR there, fewest (full season) mark in a decade. Schwarber hit nearly as many 2-spot HR in 3 hrs last night as SD in 5 months. stathead.com/tiny/IgP2G
His age is also an interesting component if you're worried about not getting all of his 2027
4x .. 30? It's so hard to guess
Here is my highly thought out Kyle Schwarber opinion: holy f'ing crap
No one other than Aaron Judge has led the Majors in hard-hit% a full season since way back in 2016. Judge is 7-for-7, which is to say: every year of his career. Until now. Kyle Schwarber has dethroned the king. On a career year furthering a great career: --> www.mlb.com/phillies/new...
He can throw from Fenway to Seattle
for a brief second i read the first line as he looked fantastic language is stupid sometimes
maybe! dying to see the Paramount.
This is great. I've been saying for years that HR robberies just don't impress me like they once did because there's so very many more of them now. www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
Saw Foo Fighters play an impromptu acoustic set in a parking lot on a water cooler drum, then blew Dave's mind when I had a picture of it an hour later for him to sign (this was 2003, so) Saw Nerf Herder end a concert early bc the bass amp exploded into flames Caught COVID at a PUP show, probably
i find this offense .. oatmeal can have spices
Mark Teixeira running against banning the shift .. in america
I see you, Junior Caminero baseballsavant.mlb.com/leaderboard/...
I met him once. He was neither friendly nor unfriendly. That would require interaction.
@bencollins.bsky.social this made me laugh so hard, you absolute maniacs @theonion.com
Thank you Judy, it is rare to see carbrain distilled so perfectly www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/n...
but he didn't make any errors, so, it evens out
The Nationals threw 77 pitches .. in the third inning. Back in 2019, Kyle Hendricks threw a 9 inning shutout on 81 pitches.
It's not an easy business to get into, but you can't let that drag you down. Not getting noticed is not the same thing as being dismissed!
Too much talking about the short porch of Yankee Stadium Not enough talking about how the Washington pitching is really, really weak
sorry you feel that way. I reply to tons of posts, can't hit em all. nothing personal.
(this meme is true, I have no idea what you are referring to)
i walked past the heart of evil a few minutes ago and they're construction a stage for Fox Weather for some reason
unless they ... did? with Johnson? it's all so confusing.
because there's no public data source. you can't go to elias dot com or whatever and see what you can see. if it's on b-ref, or mlb dot com, or FG, that's good enough for me.
this is now no longer the point but .. 100% fastballs? can this possibly be right? vault.si.com/vault/1987/1...
here's a story from 2024 saying it had been updated at some previous point, so .. i still don't know. mrbook2.com/walter-johns...
no idea. I personally dislike relying on Elias for anything at all, but it's not up to me.
Elias.
OK, i thought Castellanos was a FA this winter. My bad, he's got one year left. (Maybe.)
Bryson Stott, who I had all but totally written off as a hitter, has a .948 OPS this month. Wild sport.
just MLB, not 'the' MLB You can sign anyone on the planet you want as long as they're in your organization by end of day Aug 31.
They tried to put him through the grinder, but the people recognized a hero.
Four days left to be postseason eligible. Interested to see which team, if any, pulls a "uhhh let's go dig up Yuli Gurriel on Aug. 31 and then have him start playoff games for us" this year
just no shot, but top 5 is pretty good
that is quite annoying, but also might not invalidate what i guessed fine, i'll look
very annoyed that now i have to go look into this but best guess is going to be: annoying difference between elias and b-ref
No one other than Aaron Judge has led the Majors in hard-hit% a full season since way back in 2016. Judge is 7-for-7, which is to say: every year of his career. Until now. Kyle Schwarber has dethroned the king. On a career year furthering a great career: --> www.mlb.com/phillies/new...
bless you Daniel
put him on the postseason roster
The Mets, who spent most of the year being miserable with RISP, have now inexplicably had the 2nd best avg w RISP in August this sport rules
Wrote about George Springer, who's having one of the best 35-or-older seasons in years -- after seeming to be in the midst of an extremely clear aging curve -- and how exactly he changed his approach at the plate to *do* that. www.mlb.com/bluejays/new...
ERA is not the best way to evaluate pitching, especially in a small sample. Batting average against in a pitcher is even worse. You're trying hard to not get this.
He plays in a different league.
And it feels wild that you don't get why this is a wrong way to evaluate.
"since 2020" is sort of irrelevant now, as he's 36 years old
he's a backup, not a starting SS on a good team.
who was the great defensive SS?
You know, for all the talk about the gritty small-ball Brewers .. they've been mashing, too in Aug: third best SLG % in baseball
