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Had my eye on him most of the season.
Always was big on him, I knew he had this in him, he's shown flashes of greatness in the past.Leave a comment:
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Noah Syndergaard is close to returning and might jump straight to the big leagues without another rehab assignment, according to Anthony DiComo of MLB.com. The fireballer has had no shortage of obstacles to deal with this season. He underwent Tommy John surgery in March of 2020 and started his first rehab stint in May of this year. Unfortunately, that assignment was stopped when Syndergaard experienced some elbow inflammation and he didn’t get back on the mound until late August. Due to the small amount of time remaining in the season, the plan then was for him to return as a reliever, rather than the lengthier process of getting stretched out to start. But that second rehab assignment was shut down when he tested positive for COVID-19.
Despite the fact that there are only two weeks left in the MLB season now and the Mets seem to be fading out of the playoff picture, Syndergaard’s form in the remaining games is potentially very important for both he and the team. The 29-year-old is about to enter free agency and is a candidate for a qualifying offer. The quality and quantity of his appearances in the next two weeks could impact the club’s decision about whether or not to hand him that qualifying offer, as well as Syndergaard’s decision about whether or not to accept it.
More injury notes from around the league…
- Johnny Cueto is nearing a rehab assignment, per Maria I. Guardado of MLB.com. The 35-year-old has been out since September 1st with an elbow strain but is scheduled to throw a bullpen tomorrow. It’s unclear what the rehab plan for Cueto is, but there’s not a lot of time left in the season for him to be stretched out as a starter. The Giants have largely been able to weather the storm without him, clinging to a narrow lead in the NL West in spite of having the occasional bullpen game. The club has of late been using a four-man rotation of Kevin Gausman, Logan Webb, Alex Wood and Anthony DeSclafani. Cueto has been solid when healthy this season, throwing 112 1/3 innings with an ERA of 4.09.
- The plan for Stephen Strasburg is for him to begin throwing in November and be ready for spring training, Nationals manager Dave Martinez tells Todd Dybas of Inside the Clubhouse. Despite the Nationals stripping things down at this year’s deadline, it seems the club may be attempting a quick return to contention, as evidenced by their holding onto Juan Soto and targeting MLB-ready returns in their trades. A big wild card in that plan will be Strasburg’s health. The 33-year-old is a dominant pitcher when at his best, as evidenced by his excellent 2019 season, wherein he threw 209 innings with an ERA of 3.32 and then added 36 1/3 postseason innings with an ERA of 1.98, helping the club win the World Series and garnering himself World Series MVP honors. It was on the heels of that incredible performance that the Nationals and Strasburg agreed to a seven-year, $245MM contract. However, since then, the righty has only been able to throw 26 2/3 innings due to various injuries, most recently going under the knife for neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome.
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Robbie Ray!
1,241 strikeouts MLB record for the most strikeouts by a pitcher over the first 1,000 innings of their career.
Broke Yu Darvish's 1,222.
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Jake?
What happened here?
Looks like Machado want a big piece of Tatis.
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Vladdy hits #46, but Twins counter with 3 homers in a row.
Jays lose first of seven stretch games vs Twins, 0-1 vs Minnesota on the year.Leave a comment:
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I have not watched baseball for about a month...too painful
Just look at the box scores.Leave a comment:
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The Reds and pitching guru Kyle Boddy are ending their relationship after two seasons, per a press release from Boddy himself. Boddy and Driveline Baseball, his player development organization, surged into the public sphere not long ago as major disruptors in pitching innovation and date-driven development. The Reds’ hiring of Boddy as their minor league pitching coordinator suggested buy-in on Cincinnati’s side, as did their promotion of Boddy to Director of Pitching. That makes this split somewhat surprising, but the relationship clearly did not progress as planned.
What this means for the future of Reds’ development is unclear. Changing philosophies organization-wide can be a slow and clunky process, but it’s certainly possible that the Reds don’t plan to make wholesale changes. Still, moving on from such a public and outside-the-box hire suggests that the Reds will be moving in a different direction in terms of their minor league development strategy. Elsewhere around the game…
- The Nationals are planning on avoiding a full-scale rebuild, according to comments made by GM Mike Rizzo, provided by Jesse Dougherty of the Washington Post (via Twitter). Perhaps most interestingly, Rizzo says that the players on the squad now will make the foundation of their next championship club. Juan Soto fits the bill, for obvious reasons, but it’s unclear who else might be a part of that supposed core. Keibert Ruiz, Luis Garcia, and Carter Kieboom are the most obvious candidates given their age and prospect status, but none of the three is yet clearly established as an above-average regular. Time will tell if Rizzo is right about this current crop of Nats.
- The Athletics continue to take steps towards relocating from Oakland to Las Vegas. Per Matt Kawahara of the San Francisco Chronicle, the A’s will winnow a list of potential sites down to a few finalists sometime in November. Although Vegas’ involvement might have seemed like a bargaining ploy to start, there’s clearly a real possibility of a move. This saga is far from done, however, as the city of Oakland remains in negotiations with the A’s about the prospect of building a new stadium.
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The Giants just won after tying it up with 2 out in the 9th on a pinch hit homer by Donovan Solano. Then they won in the bottom of the 11th on a sac fly by Kevin Gausman. I swear sometimes you can't make this stuff up. It would be an epic series if the Braves and Giants end up meeting each other in the playoffs.
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d'Arnauld has a lotta pop.
When he was in NY he was hitting 16 out a year splitting catching duties.
If he DH'ed he would hit 25 homers a year regularly.
I was watching the Brewer game.
The Cubbies couldn't cough up a four run lead fast enough, than the Brews busted it open in the eighth.
My boy Lo-Cain with a clutch hit.
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Ugh the Giants looked to have one in the bag and then Rogers gave up a 3 run homer to D'Arnaud in the 9th inning. These are the ones you have to put away because when the Dodgers lose you have got to take advantage of it and handle your business.
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Fernando Tatis for MVP over everybody else. His defense is the difference.Leave a comment:
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I have several go to sources, for questions like yours I go to Fan Graphs, they emphasize WAR.
I not much of a Harper fan, and my heart would like to see Tatis win it, slight edge to Harper.
The most astounding number, and it's maybe once every three years you see this high a number for defensive WAR,
take a look at your boy Jake, Jake.
I knew he could pick it, but you don't often see defensive WAR numbers 15 and above.
Very impressive.
These are your top 20 in the NL (overall WAR)
Name Team G PA AVG OBP HR SLG R RBI SB BB% K% Off Def WAR Bryce Harper PHI 125 532 0.314 0.428 33 0.627 92 77 13 16.00% 21.40% 49.1 -4.4 6.2 Fernando Tatis Jr. SDP 115 485 0.287 0.373 39 0.632 95 91 25 12.00% 27.00% 47.8 -4.7 5.9 Trea Turner - - - 133 580 0.317 0.366 22 0.508 91 62 29 6.40% 17.20% 29.5 7.3 5.6 Juan Soto WSN 135 578 0.314 0.457 25 0.527 98 85 9 20.80% 14.40% 40.7 -6.5 5.3 Max Muncy LAD 129 536 0.256 0.375 34 0.546 89 86 2 14.20% 19.80% 34.1 -2.3 4.9 Bryan Reynolds PIT 143 588 0.299 0.384 23 0.514 83 86 5 11.10% 18.40% 31.9 -2.1 4.9 Brandon Crawford SFG 123 486 0.297 0.372 20 0.515 67 80 10 10.50% 19.30% 23.1 6.9 4.6 J.T. Realmuto PHI 119 479 0.267 0.353 15 0.443 59 64 11 10.00% 23.60% 12.9 15 4.4 Jake Cronenworth SDP 137 584 0.272 0.35 20 0.467 90 64 4 8.90% 14.40% 17.3 6.3 4.3 Freddie Freeman ATL 144 627 0.296 0.391 30 0.511 108 78 8 12.60% 15.30% 33.3 -12 4.2 Nick Castellanos CIN 124 524 0.31 0.365 29 0.569 84 82 2 6.70% 21.20% 29.4 -5.6 4.1 Tyler O'Neill STL 121 469 0.281 0.35 26 0.526 71 61 12 7.20% 32.20% 24.6 0.8 4.1 Paul Goldschmidt STL 142 613 0.288 0.359 26 0.493 85 86 12 10.00% 20.10% 27.3 -7 4 Mookie Betts LAD 107 480 0.275 0.379 21 0.512 83 53 10 12.70% 15.20% 24.6 -1 3.9 Ozzie Albies ATL 141 617 0.258 0.316 28 0.489 91 94 17 7.60% 18.50% 15 3.7 3.9 Justin Turner LAD 136 557 0.28 0.366 25 0.476 78 81 2 10.20% 16.70% 20.5 -0.7 3.8 Kris Bryant - - - 130 528 0.272 0.358 25 0.504 82 67 9 10.40% 23.50% 26.1 -5.5 3.8 Jonathan India CIN 136 566 0.27 0.375 20 0.46 86 66 10 11.10% 23.10% 15.9 3.4 3.8 Manny Machado SDP 138 582 0.274 0.344 24 0.481 83 93 12 9.80% 16.50% 12.2 6.3 3.8 Nolan Arenado STL 141 594 0.256 0.311 32 0.503 72 99 2 7.20% 14.60% 10.4 6.7 3.6 Javier Baez - - - 125 496 0.263 0.315 31 0.511 74 83 17 4.80% 33.70% 15 4.4 3.6 Leave a comment:
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Who will win NL MVP?
A bit worried Harper might steal it from tatis.Leave a comment:
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No, my buddy does. He's in the Twins communications department.
Together we started a podcast, once a week thing, he knows more baseball than I do, most anyone I know too.
I supply some baseball analytical input, but I'm mainly the IT (internet etc.) guy.
Initially we all met online, I think in 2002, Brandon was 18 then but he's been involved since he was 12, I was like 28 back then.
About four years ago we decided to go into business, the sports business is lucrative these days, but with more money comes more competition.
I'm in Connecticut. I could have had a job with our Atlantic League minor league team, but the pay is awful, and my full time job would suffer if I worked that part time.
My other baseball buddy lives outside of Houston, he works for the Astros.
We really don't stay in touch that more (Bobby)Leave a comment:
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