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  1. AlwaysinModeration
    Post of the night
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    And his bat seems to be coming around.
  3. AlwaysinModeration
    Santana has been impressive in the field.
  4. AlwaysinModeration
    I don’t think “soon” means what you think it means.
  5. AlwaysinModeration
    Chance for Paddack to continue righting the ship and for the team to get back to .500. Did not see either of those things as likely, so quickly, after seeing Paddack and the team get dismantled in Baltimore.
  6. AlwaysinModeration
    There were two “Golden Pitches” in that game, both pitches in the Trout at bat. The game hung in the balance, as either team could have won the game depending on the outcome of either pitch.
  7. AlwaysinModeration
    Well, that draft was fun. Hope they picked right!
  8. AlwaysinModeration
    Is it too late to take “push” on the over under?
  9. AlwaysinModeration
    Miranda is the top hitter in the lineup and Larnach hasn’t made an out all year!
  10. AlwaysinModeration
    I just read the Dane Brugler “Beast” draft guide write ups on Maye, Daniels, Penix and Nix. If the Vikings can trade up for Daniels, they should.
  11. AlwaysinModeration
    And since you are part of the syndicate, you get a share!
  12. AlwaysinModeration
    Here are a few things I didn’t like about the PH Margot in the 4th with the bases loaded: 1) Julien knows how to work a count—bases loaded favors him, even against a lefty 2) In the 4th inning, you are guaranteed to give Margot 2 abs, likely 3. (Turned out he got 3). So you are choosing to give Margot as many abs if not more than your starter, in order to get a marginal platoon advantage in one of those abs. 3) Julien is a building block for this team. If you keep pinch hitting for him in key spots (and they aren’t bringing in lefties against him in non-key spots, generally), he is rarely going to get a chance to come through in a key situation.
  13. AlwaysinModeration
    Over under on first pinch hitter?
  14. AlwaysinModeration
    It was both perfect and way off line!
  15. AlwaysinModeration
    Well, except for the one home run they hit.
  16. AlwaysinModeration
    If Varland can throw 123 he should do fine.
  17. AlwaysinModeration
    It’s nice to have a DH who is OPSing over 1100.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. 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!)
  21. 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.
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    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.
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    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.
  24. 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.
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    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.
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