Shakzn
@williegandalf
Yankees.
Jack curry reports the connections with the Yankees and Dbacks are “erroneous”.
Some hitters choose to swing flatter at those speeds, but the tradeoff is generally less production (wOBACON) on the balls they put in play Sure, a flatter swing helps cut down on strikeouts. But does it actually make them a more valuable hitter? 6/12
From 2013-2018 Salvador Perez won 5/6 American League Gold Glove awards at catcher. In that same span, among American League catchers with at least 2000 innings, he ranks 20th out of 20 (last) in FRV (-28). Across both leagues, he ranks 48th out of 48 (last).
The Judge whiffs and chase is sort of approaching “concerning” territory for me.
The “KeBryan Hayes is just more expensive Oswald Peraza” is a bozo take. Hayes already has 13 OAA this year. Since ‘22 there have only been 3 other FULL SEASONS where a 3B recorded 13 OAA. 👉Arenado in ‘22 with 14 👉Hayes in ‘22 with 19 👉Hayes in ‘23 with 18
It’s genuinely blowing my mind that they’re trotting Goldy out there against righties when Ben Rice is sitting on the bench.
Trade deadline notes: If it's not from Curry or Martino it's likely not coming from Yankees side of the negotiation. Take it all with a grain of salt
I’ve come to realize there are two types of baseball fans. Fans who know Major League Baseball, and fans who are familiar with the prospect landscape and have an actual understanding of how organizations are managed. The former often confused themselves for the latter.
The entire Yankees fanbase has fallen into some craze about Suarez and Kelly. Brian Cashman has never given up notable prospect capital for rentals at the deadline like this. And even if he were to, everyone is completely overstating there value.
It is genuinely hilarious that people think this in any way reflects what is likely to occur. Schlittiler himself should be able to get this done.
Should the Yankees pull the trigger? 👀🍿
Not enough people are talking about Jace Avina. Former 14th round pick just turned 22 and after dominating A+ has settled into AA Somerset with the lowest whiff rate, and highest walk rate and fly ball rate of his career so far (albeit a very small sample). STS agrees that he’s🆙
Baseball is the only sport that unites jock and nerd, and thus, it is the most American.
In taxi school do they teach these guys to break as hard and as frequently as possible?
Detoxing this type of supporter is essential for any socialist to actually manage a government in America No one in city hall should have ever read the words "Tribune of the Socialist Left"
People who only voted for Mamdani because they anticipated him to be absolutely uncompromising in calling for global intifada and feel his usefulness to the entire left hinges on that
Mamdani conceding on "intifada" to defer to fabricated perceptions does not speak highly of his ability to weather future times where he will need to be uncompromising. If you're going to be a tribune of the socialist left, you need to not be moved, even if that's uncomfortable.
Demon home
In Columbia, Beshear explains his problems with woke language again.