Originally posted by stevenash
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If A’s win the World Series, will they have the parade in Oakland, Sacramento or Vegas?Comment -
Well, spank my ass and call me Father Christmas, the Sacramento Athletics did your pal Nasher well last night.
On a four-game heater, looking for five, that flips the season record from 6-8 to 10-8 (+3.4*)
There's nothing I like in the early games, KC maybe, but not at -140 or whatever it is now. I don't force plays.
Looking at the pm games.Comment -
Logan Webb as a +150 home dog vs. LA (Glasnow) is too tempting to resist.
SF (Webb) +150 is my value play of the day.
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The puppy wasn't barking yesterday, and Glasnow was magnificent.
SF gets one-hit, and my play is DOA from the first inning on.
Can't win them all. But I try.
Stat of the day:
-Jeff Passan
The walk rate in MLB is hovering around 10%, a historically high figure that represents a 16% spike in bases on balls since last season. It's a staggering number, higher than every season but three -- 1948, 1949, 1950 -- in MLB's century-and-a-half history. So what's happening? Certainly the automated ball-strike system, which has standardized the strike zone and taken away pitches previously called strikes, has something to do with it. Beyond the challenges themselves, everyone -- pitchers, hitters, umpires -- is adjusting to a new zone, and that's the sort of thing that changes behaviors.
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Playing a total today, 4/24
Tigers-Reds under 8.5
It's a nasty LHP (Framber) v. nasty LHP (Abbott) thing.
Tigers-Reds under 8.5
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Check the weather on this one.
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Looks windy. Blowing out or in not sure. However some rain later as well.Originally posted by Math
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Boston Red Sox fire manager Alex Cora after 10-17 start to season
SOURCE: The Athletic
Hours after the Boston Red Sox walloped the Baltimore Orioles 17-1, the team’s most lopsided win in an otherwise dreadful season, Alex Cora returned on Saturday night to the Four Seasons Hotel Baltimore. Awaiting him there, a league source told The Athletic, were principal owner John Henry, CEO Sam Kennedy and chief baseball officer Craig Breslow. They soon informed the manager that he had been fired, along with several members of his coaching staff.
Despite the team’s awful 10-17 start, the moves were swift and unexpected.
Around 6:30 p.m., as two members of the coaching staff headed out to dinner, they passed another team employee. The coaches told their colleague that they’d see each other again on Sunday. About 30 minutes later, both coaches were among those who were dismissed.
Triple-A Worcester manager Chad Tracy — son of former big-league manager Jim Tracy — will take over as Boston’s interim manager.Comment -
4/27
Mariners (Castillo) -130
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Time to transition back into the MLB season, the NFL Draft is finished, and the NBA playoffs are about as compelling as watching paint dry.
Hard to believe the MLB season is 25 percent done this weekend.
Eovaldi spun a gem earlier; he handcuffed the Yankees, giving up 3hits in 8 innings, striking out eight.
The only blemish was that Eovaldi gave up a solo shot to Judge, but what pitcher hasn't?
And there's the KC Royals, who are driving me bat shit crazy, just when Cole Ragans looks like he's rounding into All-Star form, his triceps tighten up, and he has to be pulled after three innings.
Seth Lugo looks enticing later today, but I'm not sure if I want to lay the -142.
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So, this is what a 45-dollar hot dog looks like.
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Full slate of MLB action tonight, all 30 teams are playing under the lights, and after breaking down those 15 games, tonight's card should be what us baseball analytical geeks call an MLB wet dream.
Of the aforementioned 30 teams, ten have implied run totals of five or more,
They are Baltimore, Kansas City, Seattle, Boston, Toronto, San Diego, Philly, Cincy, Cleveland, and the Marlins, yes, those Miami Darlings.
The only 'household name' starting pitcher that goes tonight is Chris Sale.
Max Freid and Dylan Cease are also scheduled to make a start, but I consider them familiar names, not 'household names.'
Robbie Ray too, who h
The casual MLB fan might want to keep an eye on these kids, who have the potential to have solid careers.
Parker Messnick (Cleveland) is one of those lefties who kept me awake all night. The kid has a nasty arsenal.
Jacob Misiorowski (Brewers) has had his fastball measured at 104 MPH, on the slow radar gun.
The two most difficult pitches to hit (IMO) were any triple-digit flame throwers whose speedball had insane movement, and any LHP who has total command of the junk pitches, like Andy Messersmith (the pride of Toms River, and the Leiter boys as well), Mike Mussina, or Greg Maddux, even though those three threw right-handed, but you get my point.
The Pirates' other young gun, Carmen Miodzinski (It's Polish-American night at the ballpark, or so it seems, hey, I'm a proud Polish American myself)
Three other up-and-comers with a world of potential to keep an eye on.
McClean (NY Mets), Kris Bubic (KC Royals), and Connor Early (Boston)
You like dingers?
These hamburgers should get lit up like a Christmas Tree.
Keider Montero (Detroit), Connor Preilipp (Minnesota), Jesse Scholtens (TB Rays ), and a few others.
Here's a dinger cheat sheet if one feels the need to wager a couple of sheckles on a tater prop or two.
Player Name Pos Team Opp HR Kyle Schwarber DH PHI vs COL 0.8943 Cal Raleigh C SEA @CWS 0.7713 Aaron Judge OF NYY @MIL 0.76454 Pete Alonso 1B BAL vs ATH 0.69266 Bryce Harper 1B PHI vs COL 0.67691 Shea Langeliers C ATH @BAL 0.66465 Yordan Alvarez DH HOU @CIN 0.65828 Munetaka Murakami 3B CWS vs SEA 0.65604 Byron Buxton OF MIN @CLE 0.65306 Nick Kurtz 1B ATH @BAL 0.63597 Brice Matthews 2B HOU @CIN 0.63461 Taylor Ward OF BAL vs ATH 0.63406 Juan Soto OF NYM @ARI 0.61997 Junior Caminero 3B TB @BOS 0.59444 Matt Olson 1B ATL @LAD 0.59284 Christian Walker 1B HOU @CIN 0.59 Ben Rice C NYY @MIL 0.58455 Adolis Garcia OF PHI vs COL 0.57922 Colson Montgomery SS CWS vs SEA 0.57552 JJ Bleday OF CIN vs HOU 0.57536 Vinnie Pasquantino 1B KC vs DET 0.57511 Drake Baldwin C ATL @LAD 0.57429 Julio Rodriguez OF SEA @CWS 0.5688 Bobby Witt SS KC vs DET 0.56365 Salvador Perez C KC vs DET 0.56349 Comment -
MLB officially enters the second quarter of the season.
(40 games in)
Who's your front-runner for Cy Young
*note*
I'm big on the walks/hits per nine IP ratio; that's the way I sorted these.
That's not the be-all end-all of all the metrics; I get that, that's just the metric I choose to lead in with.
Name Tm IP K/9 BB/9 K/BB HR/9 AVG WHIP Paul Skenes PIT 42 9.857143 1.5 6.571429 0.857143 0.156463 0.714286 Cam Schlittler NYY 53.1 9.95625 1.51875 6.555556 0.16875 0.177083 0.80625 Michael McGreevy STL 45.1 6.551471 1.985294 3.3 0.992647 0.183544 0.860294 Chris Sale ATL 49 10.28571 2.204082 4.666667 1.102041 0.178161 0.877551 Nolan McLean NYM 45.1 11.31618 2.382353 4.75 0.595588 0.180124 0.904412 Jacob deGrom TEX 44.2 11.48507 1.61194 7.125 1.208955 0.198795 0.91791 Shota Imanaga CHC 47.1 10.07746 2.471831 4.076923 0.760563 0.179191 0.929577 Tarik Skubal DET 43.1 9.346154 1.246154 7.5 0.415385 0.221519 0.946154 Max Fried NYY 58.2 7.363636 2.761364 2.666667 0.153409 0.185366 0.954545 Jacob Misiorowski MIL 44 14.31818 3.477273 4.117647 0.818182 0.162338 0.954545 Parker Messick CLE 47 9.765957 2.106383 4.636364 0.765957 0.208333 0.978723 Justin Wrobleski LAD 44.2 4.432836 2.216418 2 0.402985 0.20122 0.985075 Kevin Gausman TOR 46.2 8.292857 1.735714 4.777778 0.964286 0.212644 0.985714 Michael Wacha KCR 51.1 7.363636 2.980519 2.470588 0.876623 0.187845 0.993506 Davis Martin CHW 50 9.36 1.8 5.2 0.36 0.223464 1 Bryan Woo SEA 47 7.276596 1.531915 4.75 1.148936 0.224138 1 Bryce Elder ATL 54.2 8.72561 3.292683 2.65 0.493902 0.180412 1.006098 Emerson Hancock SEA 47.2 9.440559 1.699301 5.555556 1.51049 0.224138 1.006993 Yoshinobu Yamamoto LAD 43.2 8.244275 2.061069 4 1.030534 0.21519 1.007634 Clay Holmes NYM 48.1 6.889655 2.97931 2.3125 0.558621 0.189655 1.013793 Foster Griffin WSN 46.2 8.1 2.892857 2.8 1.157143 0.19186 1.028571 Joe Ryan MIN 44.2 9.067164 2.619403 3.461538 0.604478 0.202454 1.029851 Mitch Keller PIT 47 6.702128 2.680851 2.5 0.382979 0.205882 1.042553 Chase Burns CIN 47 9.191489 3.06383 3 1.148936 0.196429 1.042553 Braxton Ashcraft PIT 48.2 9.431507 2.589041 3.642857 0.739726 0.213873 1.047945 Nick Martinez TBR 47.2 5.853147 1.888112 3.1 0.566434 0.223464 1.048951 Jose Soriano LAA 54.1 10.10429 3.312883 3.05 0.828221 0.190722 1.04908 Michael King SDP 45.2 8.868613 3.941606 2.25 0.788321 0.181818 1.051095 Comment -
Is 2026 (to date) the MLB equivalent to Jerry Seinfeld's "Bizarro World"
The Mets (15-25) are the worst team in baseball.
There are five teams with a better (or same) record as the LA Dodgers.
How weak is the American League?
Take New York and Tampa Bay out of the equation, and there's only one team with a winning record (Sacramento Athletics) at 21-19, and the only two teams (besides TB and NY) have a positive +/- run differential. Detroit +4, Seattle +2
There are 30 starting pitchers with more strikeouts than Paul Skeenes, including some of these future Hall of Famers.
(minimum eight starts and 40 innings pitched)
Jacob Misiorowski
Nolan McClean
Bryce Elder
Davis Martin
Taj Bradley
Braxton Ashcraft
Landon Roupp
Parker Messick
Emerson Hancock
Chase Dollander
According to Baseball-Reference, these are the updated postseason chances for each team.
Current Average Tm W L W L Post WC Div LDS LCS Pennant Win WS NL East 1 Atlanta Braves 28 13 94.1 67.9 97.30% 3.30% 94.00% 75.50% 35.80% 16.20% 8.00% 2 Philadelphia Phillies 19 22 81.1 80.9 27.90% 23.50% 4.40% 12.90% 5.20% 2.10% 0.90% 3 Miami Marlins 19 22 76.3 85.7 7.50% 6.40% 1.10% 2.80% 0.90% 0.30% 0.10% 4 Washington Nationals 19 22 72.9 89.1 2.30% 2.00% 0.30% 0.70% 0.20% <0.1% <0.1% 5 New York Mets 15 25 71.8 90.2 1.60% 1.40% 0.20% 0.70% 0.20% <0.1% <0.1% NL Central 1 Milwaukee Brewers 22 16 95.1 66.9 97.00% 40.30% 56.70% 76.50% 44.80% 25.80% 15.50% 2 Chicago Cubs 27 14 93.2 68.8 94.70% 56.00% 38.70% 65.30% 31.50% 15.20% 7.90% 3 Pittsburgh Pirates 22 19 84.1 77.9 48.60% 45.00% 3.60% 23.10% 9.80% 3.90% 1.80% 4 St. Louis Cardinals 23 17 79.2 82.8 17.40% 16.80% 0.60% 6.70% 2.10% 0.70% 0.20% 5 Cincinnati Reds 22 19 78.7 83.3 14.20% 13.70% 0.50% 5.70% 1.90% 0.60% 0.20% NL West 1 Los Angeles Dodgers 24 16 95.9 66.1 98.00% 13.70% 84.30% 83.20% 48.30% 27.30% 16.20% 2 San Diego Padres 24 16 87.4 74.6 72.50% 58.00% 14.50% 38.10% 16.30% 6.90% 3.20% 3 Arizona Diamondbacks 19 20 79.5 82.5 18.10% 17.00% 1.10% 7.60% 2.70% 0.90% 0.40% 4 San Francisco Giants 16 24 73.7 88.3 3.00% 2.90% 0.10% 1.10% 0.30% 0.10% <0.1% 5 Colorado Rockies 16 25 61.7 100.3 <0.1% <0.1% <0.1% <0.1% <0.1% <0.1% <0.1% AL East 1 New York Yankees 26 15 96.4 65.6 99.10% 14.00% 85.10% 92.90% 57.90% 36.80% 20.10% 2 Tampa Bay Rays 26 13 86.7 75.3 75.20% 63.70% 11.50% 40.50% 17.50% 6.90% 2.40% 3 Boston Red Sox 17 23 81.6 80.4 39.90% 37.90% 2.00% 21.90% 11.00% 5.20% 2.30% 4 Toronto Blue Jays 18 22 79.7 82.3 27.20% 25.90% 1.30% 14.00% 6.30% 2.60% 1.00% 5 Baltimore Orioles 18 23 75.3 86.7 8.30% 8.10% 0.20% 3.70% 1.30% 0.50% 0.20% AL Central 1 Cleveland Guardians 21 21 83.8 78.2 58.70% 15.10% 43.60% 37.70% 16.90% 7.60% 3.10% 2 Kansas City Royals 19 22 82.1 79.9 45.90% 17.50% 28.30% 27.40% 12.10% 5.30% 2.10% 3 Detroit Tigers 19 22 80 82 32.20% 12.80% 19.40% 18.10% 7.50% 3.10% 1.20% 4 Chicago White Sox 19 21 76.8 85.2 15.00% 7.60% 7.40% 7.40% 2.80% 1.00% 0.30% 5 Minnesota Twins 18 23 71.2 90.9 2.30% 1.10% 1.30% 1.00% 0.30% 0.10% <0.1% AL West 1 Athletics 21 19 86.7 75.3 75.70% 29.40% 46.40% 55.30% 27.60% 12.70% 5.30% 2 Texas Rangers 19 21 85.1 76.9 65.40% 33.60% 31.80% 44.50% 21.60% 10.00% 4.30% 3 Seattle Mariners 19 22 83.5 78.5 53.70% 32.10% 21.60% 34.70% 17.10% 8.20% 3.40% 4 Houston Astros 16 25 69.8 92.2 1.10% 0.90% 0.20% 0.50% 0.20% <0.1% <0.1% 5 Los Angeles Angels 16 25 66.8 95.2 0.20% 0.20% 0.10% 0.10% <0.1% <0.1% <0.1% Attached FilesComment -
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John Heyman knows; he's been covering the Metropolitans for the NY Post here for at least 30 years, maybe longer.
They can't fire Cohen; he's the owner and the president, yet he's responsible for the Soto clusterfuck and a slew of other bonehead decisions.
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Masterpiece Theater continues.
Kyle Bradish is currently spinning a gem vs. the NY Yankees.
Six innings in, 0 runs, allowing just one hit, striking out seven.
He's approaching 100 pitches; there's no way he can finish what he started.
Back in the day of Marichall and Sandy Koufax, you were considered a lightweight if you didn't throw at least 7 full innings.
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5/13
Pitching prop I really like tonight.
Jacob Misiorowski (Milwaukee) OVER 7.5 strikeouts.
JM is the major league strikeout leader (70) across 44 innings.
The SO: IP ratio is 14.3 per 9 IP
40 percent of all recorded outs are via the punchout.
He also holds the record (statcast era) for velocity (103.4 MPH) and has cracked 103 MPH several times in a single game.
If you've never seen him pitch, trust me on this: he's a treat to watch.
Jacob Misiorowski throws fastest-tracked pitches by starterComment
