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  1. AlwaysinModeration
    Well, except for the one home run they hit.
  2. AlwaysinModeration
    If Varland can throw 123 he should do fine.
  3. AlwaysinModeration
    It’s nice to have a DH who is OPSing over 1100.
  4. AlwaysinModeration
    I actually did. People were upset he didn’t bat yesterday, but I expect that he didn’t bat yesterday so that his family could be there for his first big league start and at bat.
  5. AlwaysinModeration
    This isn’t fun with numbers, but rather fun with nicknames: Arraez’ nickname is “la regadera” which means water can. He sprinkles the ball everywhere. Hadn’t heard that one before.
  6. AlwaysinModeration
    The Brewers’ relief pitcher Abner Uribe is on pace to save 162 games this season, which would be a record. He’s also on pace to give up 81 home runs. (PS Thanks ash,…I came looking for the FWNs thread, and was prepared to start one if it wasn’t up!)
  7. AlwaysinModeration
    Baseball players spend a lot of time stretching and jogging and doing dynamic stretching…way before the game starts. Once the game starts, they spend a lot of time sitting and standing around. Are their legs really warmed up properly for sudden max effort sprints when the (infrequent) time comes? I think Ichiro always was, but not sure about everyone else.
  8. AlwaysinModeration
    I knew you were joking with the screen grab. But the discussion got me thinking about the fact that you see more and more out calls being made to throws to the body as opposed to the hands right at the base—including on pick-off throws to first. I think the advent of replay has had a big impact on these calls and by extension, throw and tag placement. Before replay, those *close* body tags rarely got an out call, even if they were, in fact out. Very hard for an ump to see a body tag and the hands touching the base at the same time, and thus the default on those close plays was typically “safe.” And that’s the point, really. We are talking about REALLY close plays, essentially how to optimize nabbing a runner when he is two inches from touching second base. The ball is obviously moving way faster than the runner, but if the ball has to travel a foot less reach him, that could provide the (replay reviewable) difference. Not to mention the fact that the runner can avoid the tag at the bag by moving his hands, whereas it’s much harder to avoid the tag by shifting his body.
  9. AlwaysinModeration
    The tv broadcast team did an excellent job of showing his revised repertoire, with velo comparisons. He and Lopez went to Driveline in the offseason.
  10. AlwaysinModeration
    Correa is perfectly positioned to catch any ball that is at the bag or to the right of the bag (his left). Catchers aim to have the ball be caught just to the right of the bag so that the SS can drop the tag down right in front of the bag as the runner slides in. They don’t have perfect aim, so aiming to the right of the bag also gives them margin for error in either direction. Correa is set up so that he can catch anything to his left. If he set up initially towards the first base side, he wouldn’t be able to get a runner out if the ball was to his right/at the bag, because he’d have to reach back to catch it; he’d be twisted around. I didn’t say the throw was perfect, I said it was a shorter distance from home to the body of a sliding runner than from home all the way to the bag. And Correa made a helluva a play to catch it and apply the tag.
  11. AlwaysinModeration
    I think the shortest distance to the runner is to the right of the bag where the SS can tag the runner on the body. The throw and the tag were both exceptional.
  12. AlwaysinModeration
    Congrats, kid!
  13. AlwaysinModeration
    Is this the equivalent pictures on milk cartons for injured Twins players?
  14. AlwaysinModeration
    Sounds good to me, I’d like a QB who doesn’t get sacked with the 23rd overall pick. He’s thrown 1100 passes in the past two years, 65% completion. Are we sure Penix isn’t better than Maye or Daniels?
  15. AlwaysinModeration
    Fields to the Steelers for a 6th which turns into a 4th if he plays 51%. Now that he’s out of the division, would the Vikings consider trading for him for a 3rd?
  16. AlwaysinModeration
    I had that same thought (Vikes trading for Herbert and Harbaugh drafting JJ), but didn’t post it because I thought it was crazy.
  17. AlwaysinModeration
    Unlike baseball, I don’t know what to look up to figure out how good any of these guys are.
  18. AlwaysinModeration
    67% hit rate is pretty good
  19. AlwaysinModeration
    Well, if he is ever given an off day, let’s consider the possibility of him pinch hitting whenever the base are loaded. It’s like “Big Shot Bob” Horry. He took so many shots with the game on the line that he was bound to be successful some to reinforce the myth.
  20. AlwaysinModeration
    This is some cutting edge satire, any way you slice it. You know what they say, don’t bring eggs to a knife fight.
  21. AlwaysinModeration
    That may be true, but it’s also possible that was a self-imposed limitation. While he may have wanted to return to the Cubs, I highly doubt he had limited his free agency option to one team.
  22. AlwaysinModeration
    Not even close to needing more than four years!
  23. AlwaysinModeration
    Welp, Cubs just signed Bellinger for a one year, $30mm deal. Actually it’s 3/80 (30/30/20) but it has the same Correa opt outs. Bad year for the Twins to cut their payroll by $30mm, or they very well could have signed Bellinger.
  24. AlwaysinModeration
    A BOB? Is that a walk?
  25. AlwaysinModeration
    The best way for the Twins to help his is case is to bring him back for a game this year, and he would go back on the ballot in 2029.
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