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https://twitter.com/PitcherList/status/991478015606624258
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# ? Apr 24, 2024 05:33 |
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it's been....man I can't even recall how many years...that I have been legit excited for a Braves season/lineup, this is great like even if they pick tomorrow to go 10-60 it will still be beyond what I was hoping for, what a fun team
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https://twitter.com/PavlovicNBCS/status/991482519924097024![]() Every team in the NL West is going to run out of players before the end of the season.
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Maybe the Astros should give some of that pine tar to their hitters...
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Sometimes baseball is great and Ken Giles tries to break his own jaw.
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seriously, why did Giles try to break his whole face? there's intense and then there's that
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Yeah, that was seriously a post meltdown meltdown for the books. https://twitter.com/tomhanslin/status/991511021159374848 STAC Goat fucked around with this message at 04:48 on May 2, 2018 |
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The urge to punch Giles in the face was too much for even Giles to ignore
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Bonus David Cone re-enactment. ![]()
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I think Mike Soroka is going to be a Good Pitcher.
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That's nasty
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Had a notification from MLB At-Bat with a little Statcast video about Acuña's speed on his double and infield single tonight. I wasn't actually paying attention at the time of the single and didn't realize how rad it was -- this wasn't a ball hit into a gap and a fielder comes up with it but just can't make a play; Frazier had to charge for it, but directly toward first, got it cleanly, make a strong throw and Acuña just beat it. He's fast.
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I caught a little of the Mets/Braves game and the Braves just seem like a fun young team watch. I'm sure there will be growing pains but like the team collectively looked like a bunch of kids and its just really cool. Of course long term I can't imagine that making for a great record.
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https://twitter.com/BallparkVids/status/991518705749319680
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Boy howdy I wish the Twins would stop being hot loving garbage sometime soon.
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STAC Goat posted:Yeah, that was seriously a post meltdown meltdown for the books. Should have hit harder and put himself on the DL imo
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STAC Goat posted:Bonus David Cone re-enactment. I love Cone in the booth so much.
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Infidel Castro posted:Boy howdy I wish the Twins would stop being hot loving garbage sometime soon. But not tomorrow, please.
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Astros don't deserve Verlander anymore, please return him to Detroit
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Comptroll The Forums posted:Astros don't deserve Verlander anymore, please return him to Detroit Nah, send him to Seattle.
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Comptroll The Forums posted:Astros don't deserve Verlander anymore, please return him to Detroit New York gets him now, that's the rules.
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Dodgers season over. RIP
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Mariners starting off the month right.
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UZR IS BULLSHIT posted:Dodgers season over. RIP Not looking good at all. Bullpen just a total dumpster fire.
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A long rich history of cheaters. I hope Trevor is successful in uncovering this cheating, so that the Cubs are last true WS champs.![]()
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It is really loving surreal watching Kershaw not only throw 88, but completely miss his spot such that a call for down and in ends up belt high right over the middle.
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I don't understand the obsession with exit velocity on hits these days. All it tells you is "hard hit ball is hit hard". What am I missing? Why are people attaching them to every big hit these days? Average velocity for a player could be a useful measure over a long term, but I don't get popping it up over the replay of every dong hit.
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if your numbers go up, it means you're having more fun
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jit bull transpile posted:I don't understand the obsession with exit velocity on hits these days. All it tells you is "hard hit ball is hit hard". What am I missing? Why are people attaching them to every big hit these days? hifi posted:if your numbers go up, it means you're having more fun Thats my basic take from it. Baseball is full of fairly meaningless stats and "that home run was hit hard" "how hard was it bob?" "exactly this hard which is really hard because we can measure that now" instead of just "uhh looked really hard!" is one of them. I don't take it as meaning much of anything, other then maybe "there wasn't much time to react to that line drive and that guy did or didn't do it" which also is just sort of like "oh okay cool I guess". Basically they are telling you because now they can, im sure you know this but thats pretty much it.
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Can they tell us if a ball was too high to be a home run yet?
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Some Numbers posted:Mariners starting off the month right. They're absolutely hammering the ball right now and it is fun as hell
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Luigi Thirty posted:Can they tell us if a ball was too high to be a home run yet? Whadda you mean too high?
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RC and Moon Pie posted:I think Mike Soroka is going to be a Good Pitcher. It's only May 2nd but this Braves' season already feels like what it usually feels like when something special is happening for a team. Even the guys who get called up hastily can't fail. I'm so happy for Albies. He has always been a great kid who seems to love spending time with fans and he's got a very easy demeanor. I think he will really be able to handle the spotlight if he continues to excel.
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Sydin posted:N: https://twitter.com/BleacherNation/status/991351183213293568?s=20 I showed this to my wife (we pulled the goalie recently) and she was not amused. Meeting Rizzo will not be a reason to push things back.
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Some Numbers posted:Mariners starting off the month right. GOMS
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jit bull transpile posted:I don't understand the obsession with exit velocity on hits these days. All it tells you is "hard hit ball is hit hard". What am I missing? Why are people attaching them to every big hit these days? Because laser beam homers are fun as hell
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jit bull transpile posted:I don't understand the obsession with exit velocity on hits these days. All it tells you is "hard hit ball is hit hard". What am I missing? Why are people attaching them to every big hit these days? Exit velocity, launch angle, and flight time are cool new stats that have just recently become available in the last few years. I still think that the combination of those new stats would make for a better and more accurate metric than babip as far as telling if a player is getting unlucky with line drives or lucky with ground balls and bloopers. Though with the amount of dingers the average player hits now babip is painting an even smaller picture than before. E: I'm sure some old dude was complaining about speed guns that could track pitch velocity way back in the day. More data is better than less data, harder hit balls are better than soft hit balls.
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Good Dog posted:Exit velocity, launch angle, and flight time are cool new stats that have just recently become available in the last few years. BACON is better than BABIP for batters, it just isn't as widely available. The biggest problem with exit velo/launch angle and the "Hit Probability" stat they derived is that it doesn't use direction of the ball at all, which is pretty drat important. Also either launch angle or exit velo used on their own without the other is dumb, useless, and probably being used to mislead you. That said, hell yeah I wanna know how hard dudes are launching the ball on majestic homers, that's just fun.
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What was that site a few years ago where you could look up any pitcher in MLB and there would be gifs of their full repertoire of pitches? Is that still around?
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# ? Apr 24, 2024 05:33 |
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so here's a semi-serious question: is there any chance the dodgers dangle kershaw if their season really does go fart? i am assuming he'll opt out, and he'd bring a fortune in Baseball Commodities back if they do indeed decide to walk away from the wreckage
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