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Post by chr31ter on Aug 22, 2024 20:47:49 GMT -5
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Aug 22, 2024 20:50:26 GMT -5
Yeah, but he hasn't hit as many HRs as Luis Garcia has given up
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Post by incandenza on Aug 22, 2024 22:27:45 GMT -5
How about something a little more straightworward?
Mariners home ERA: 2.73, #1 in MLB Mariners road ERA: 4.36, #20 in MLB
I'm not trying to be argumentative here, just curious - is that the best home ERA in the MLB and the 20th best road ERA in the MLB, or would their home ERA be #1 relative to the MLB average and the road ERA 20th? The former.
Incidentally, the Red Sox are 25th in home ERA and 10th in road ERA.
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Post by James Dunne on Aug 23, 2024 7:59:45 GMT -5
A lot of those are pretty normal home/road splits. Like Logan Gilbert having a 2.53 ERA at home and a 3.38 on the road doesn't make him a "T-mobile merchant." How about something a little more straightworward? Mariners home ERA: 2.73, #1 in MLB Mariners road ERA: 4.36, #20 in MLB
Logan Gilbert is both A) benefitting from the pitching environment; and B) a very, very good pitcher. Nobody is arguing that the Park formerly known as Safeco isn't an excellent place to pitch, but I am pushing back on the original tweet which clearly takes some players who have perfectly cromulent road numbers and have natural home/road splits and dismisses them as products of their home field.
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Post by asm18 on Aug 23, 2024 9:05:55 GMT -5
If Baltimore can move their left field back approximately 900 feet, why can’t Seattle just get a re-design for a more normal batter’s eye I think Safeco also depresses distance hit, but the batter's eye stuff looks like you could even just use some blackout curtains on a couple windows in the center field concourse.I guess firing Scott Servais is easier than going to IKEA A few tidbits from some of the people in Mariners world: -"Scott Servais learned of his firing this morning from a breaking news alert on social media, a couple hours before he was scheduled to meet with Jerry Dipoto" (Adam Jude) -"Dan Wilson is the manager moving forward. He's not the interim manager" (Ryan Divish) -"Servais seems to be pretty well respected in a clubhouse that has often been openly displeased with the front office" (Meg Rowley) It's hard to truly know what goes on behind closed doors, but there's a couple of red flags here
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Post by Oregon Norm on Aug 23, 2024 9:17:09 GMT -5
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Post by James Dunne on Aug 23, 2024 9:25:11 GMT -5
I think Safeco also depresses distance hit, but the batter's eye stuff looks like you could even just use some blackout curtains on a couple windows in the center field concourse.I guess firing Scott Servais is easier than going to IKEA Much the same as IKEA, it's not going there that's difficult, it's putting all those damn pieces together once you've left.
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Post by patford on Aug 23, 2024 10:11:01 GMT -5
I guess firing Scott Servais is easier than going to IKEA Much the same as IKEA, it's not going there that's difficult, it's putting all those damn pieces together once you've left. Hard disagree on this. The IKEA store is nightmarish. Putting the stuff together is a breeze.
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Post by James Dunne on Aug 23, 2024 11:17:30 GMT -5
Everything is so orderly! And the meatballs!
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Post by GyIantosca on Aug 23, 2024 12:17:05 GMT -5
Wow Seattle what a mess. It weird Dipoto still there. Just my opinion.
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Post by julyanmorley on Aug 23, 2024 13:29:54 GMT -5
Dylan Crews getting called up. Has not had a very impressive minor league career.
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Post by ematz1423 on Aug 23, 2024 14:37:53 GMT -5
Dylan Crews getting called up. Has not had a very impressive minor league career. He hasn't exactly set the world on fire but this year in AA he had a wRC+ of 122 and in AAA he had 108, In AAA his BB % is 8.2 and K%17.2. That's pretty solid production from a guy who was expected to move quickly. I might have waited if I were them but I can see their rationale.
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Post by James Dunne on Aug 23, 2024 15:19:33 GMT -5
Crews
In April in Double-A: .225/.296/.367 After April in Double-A (39 games): .292/.359/.475
1st 25 games in Triple-A: .248/.328/.404 Last 23 games in Triple-A: .296/.360/.531
So yeah, seems like his middling numbers are the result of him being challenged, struggling for a minute, then making an adjustment.
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Post by Foulke_In_Athol on Aug 23, 2024 17:18:02 GMT -5
Good for Niko, he grew up in our system, even if he rakes in the pros it speaks well of our development machine, plus he was blocked here.
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Post by Underwater Johnson on Aug 23, 2024 22:40:48 GMT -5
Good for Niko, he grew up in our system, even if he rakes in the pros it speaks well of our development machine, plus he was blocked here. A homer as your first hit in your 15th AB isn't quite raking but at least it was his first game without fanning. Maybe that pop you hear in the video was the sound of his can of whoop-ass finally opening...
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Post by mobaz on Aug 23, 2024 23:01:33 GMT -5
Me and the fam had a blast at MLB's touring Home Run Derby X at Albuquerque Isotopes stadium. The format is four teams of 3, each with an ex Major Leaguer, a Softball player (mix of pro and local) and a player or ex minor leaguer with local ties (UNM Baseball, former Isotope, etc.). They hit from a stage at third base and have to keep the ball between dead CF and the RF foul pole. Its a team v team head to head for the semis and then finals, alternating 2:30 min at-bats. There is a 2 point target zone straight away and players can call for a hot steak with 5 double point balls. Defense comes in to play; the non-hitting team can catch outfield balls and add to their own points. Manny Ramirez was the headliner, with Jonny Gomes, Ian Desmond, and Ryan Zimmerman other major leaguers, and college softball legend Jocelyn Aro also playing. Dave Jauss was the BP pitcher for Manny's team, which was so fun! Ryan Zimmerman's team won the first marchup against Ian Desmond's team. Manny, Jocelyn and their local legend had an electric round (63 points with all three looking incredible) but the UNM alum on Jonny Gomes' team (Jared Mang, a former Tigers draft pick) had an insane run of 26 points in final AB to upset Manny & crew. Manny played a typical Manny defense in LF which was fun to see again. In the finals it started pouring out of nowhere during Jonny Gomes last 30 seconds (monsoon season in the desert). Teams struggled a bit after the 20 min delay. After Zimmerman only got 10 in his teams final round, Mang had a chance to turn from hero to legend if he got another 26 point effort, but he didn't recapture the magic and the Zimmerman team won. Highly recommend the event if you have a chance. I think they are doing 4 events this year and a lot of the pros carry over; Jonny Gomes has done a few seasons but this was actually Manny's first event. www.milb.com/albuquerque/events/home-run-derby-x
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Post by julyanmorley on Aug 24, 2024 0:38:50 GMT -5
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Post by bluechip on Aug 24, 2024 11:33:38 GMT -5
I’d love for him to have a crazy end of the season and get the elusive 50/50 season. He is actually on pace for that 50/50 year.
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Post by incandenza on Aug 24, 2024 12:33:42 GMT -5
I really want to believe that Witt should get the MVP over Judge, and by WAR it's close enough (Judge 9.3, Witt 9.0). Even beyond the Yankee factor, I just like players who are great in all aspects of the game.
But Witt, who has an extraordinary 175 wRC+, is 49 points behind Judge. That's the same as the difference between Rafael Devers (11th out of 137 qualified hitters) and Mark Canha (89th out of 137).
Babe Ruth had only two seasons with a higher wRC+ than Judge. Bonds only had 3. Williams, Mantle, Gehrig, Cobb, Hornsby, Aaron, and Trout had none.
It's very annoying.
And a corrollary: the Yankees are 76-53 while getting 17 WAR out of two guys. If they had merely gotten 10 WAR from them to this point no one would have considered that disappointing; it actually would have exceeded their preseason Zips projections. And the Yankees would have been basically where the Red Sox are, clawing for the third wild card.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Aug 25, 2024 2:35:40 GMT -5
The surprise to me is that in his age 32 season, Judge has played nearly all the games so far. I didn't expect that.
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Post by cdj on Aug 25, 2024 6:38:53 GMT -5
They letting the Yankees play with juiced balls again?
Been having a field day with Yankees fans on Twitter about that lol
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Post by asm18 on Aug 25, 2024 9:02:26 GMT -5
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Aug 26, 2024 0:44:34 GMT -5
He's 3 months younger than Anthony
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Post by asm18 on Aug 27, 2024 21:50:46 GMT -5
The pride of Sharon, MA - John Brebbia
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Post by James Dunne on Aug 28, 2024 9:16:13 GMT -5
Ugh, is MLBTR really doing the Fansided/MassLive/NESN clickbait Don't Say The Player Name In The Headline thing?
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