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  1. UpstateNewYorker
    FWIW, this a glowing article about Dave Popkins' success as a hitting coach with the Blue Jays. The interesting thing to me is that Popkins came highly recommended to the Jays from Baldelli and Tingler ... which makes it seem like his firing was Falvey's doing. https://www.si.com/mlb/hitting-strategy-blue-jays-alcs-win-world-series-berth-mariners
  2. UpstateNewYorker
    Pretty good AB (plate appearance) by Outman. Most of the lineup is swinging like they are chopping wood.
  3. UpstateNewYorker
    Messick reminds me of Mark Buehrle. Lefty, works quickly, and the Twins can't hit him.
  4. UpstateNewYorker
    I don't understand how Manfred can say that realignment will cut down on travel. If after realignment MLB sticks with a balanced schedule (which they went to in 2023) where each team plays every other team in at least one series: how is this cutting down on travel? The Twins would still have to make multiple west/east coast trips, no matter what the divisions look like.
  5. UpstateNewYorker
    Cabrera (a lefty) throwing 0-2 curves to a righty is ... dubious.
  6. UpstateNewYorker
    The Jays can really hit but I think they'll struggle in the postseason when they'll see every team's best pitchers. But I have no idea who will win the AL. Maybe the 'Stros.
  7. UpstateNewYorker
    I think if you have three second basemen you don't have one good one. 😁
  8. UpstateNewYorker
    Keaschall has really struggled defensively.
  9. UpstateNewYorker
    This games reminds me of a quote from Earl Weaver. It was basically: "Bad play causes teams to lose more games than good play leads to wins."
  10. UpstateNewYorker
    Agree 100% with #2. Teams would have to go back to building up pitchers to pitch more than 5 innings. As an mlb.tv subscriber I'm often sent a "state of the game" survey, and this is always my top suggestion for improving the game.
  11. UpstateNewYorker
    Nice DP.
  12. UpstateNewYorker
    Urena got tattooed. Also: inflation is high.
  13. UpstateNewYorker
    Slowest sprint speed, according to Baseball Savant; Lewis 26.8 ft/sec Larnach 26.1 Lee 25.9 Jeffers 25.9 Vasquez 24.7
  14. UpstateNewYorker
    The contact play and using bulk pitchers are the dumbest strategies of this team ... among others.
  15. UpstateNewYorker
    Fly ball fell just in front of the RF, and Outman had to hold up to see if it was caught. Fitgerald hustled to 2nd on the relay. It wasn't really a double.
  16. UpstateNewYorker
    Supposedly Nashville and Salt Lake City are the leaders in the clubhouse to get the expansion teams -- one "eastern" team and one "western" team to balance things out.
  17. UpstateNewYorker
    Good post, with the key point for me being that it has taken the FO until recenty to pivot to a different philosophy. The success (at least during the regular season) of 2019 was a long time ago.
  18. UpstateNewYorker
    Heard Ty France (8 hits in his last 19 ABs) say that the Toronto hitting coach had him lower his hands as soon as he was traded to the Jays. Hmm.
  19. UpstateNewYorker
    I hope we jettison this bulk pitcher nonsense next season.
  20. UpstateNewYorker
    Yankees are -215 to win, the highest odds of any MLB team tonight.
  21. UpstateNewYorker
    Agree there would have to be a floor and a cap. But they can't be so far apart that the Pirates can still spend $100 million on payroll and the Dodgers can spend $300 million. I have no idea how you get the small markets to agree to a certain floor and large markets to agree to a certain cap. And of course the players don't want a cap at all. It's a mess.
  22. UpstateNewYorker
    I lost count of the mistakes the Twins made in that inning. I guess that's why they are 3-7 in extras.
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    Hard to understand Sands throwing a 2-strike curveball to a power hitting lefty.
  25. UpstateNewYorker
    The Twins getting rid of Correa and seemingly improving reminds me of Bill Simmons' "Ewing Theory": https://www.espn.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/010509a
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