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GDT (2/4) | Blue Jays (74-62) @ Yankees (78-59) | September 7 — 7:05 PM

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TwistedLogic Cooperstown

TwistedLogic

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Over / Under on Higashioka hitting (another) big home run against us tonight? It seems like he saves them all for us.

 

I'm gonna be an optimist and say 0.

gruber92 Buffalo Bisons

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Over / Under on Higashioka hitting (another) big home run against us tonight? It seems like he saves them all for us.

 

I'm gonna be an optimist and say 0.

 

Gotta respect the damage he's done against us. The o/u should be .5

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Going to keep a close eye on Cole tonight. I have a feeling he went back to using sticky stuff again but just found a more clever way to hide it. Looks like umps just do a cursory look at the hat, glove and belt.
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Going to keep a close eye on Cole tonight. I have a feeling he went back to using sticky stuff again but just found a more clever way to hide it. Looks like umps just do a cursory look at the hat, glove and belt.

 

Yup.. Let's see if he tips anything.

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I've been seeing a lot of pitchers with longish hair rubbing the back of their necks recently.

 

I noticed that as well... I wonder if they are rubbing it into their hair and once they sweat you can play it off as pushing your hair back etc.

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Going to keep a close eye on Cole tonight. I have a feeling he went back to using sticky stuff again but just found a more clever way to hide it. Looks like umps just do a cursory look at the hat, glove and belt.

 

Aren't they also supposed to be randomly checking the baseballs also?

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Aren't they also supposed to be randomly checking the baseballs also?

 

That's only for the teams without Yankees in their name.

 

Seriously though, if the Jays notice something, this is the time of the season to call it.

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Going to keep a close eye on Cole tonight. I have a feeling he went back to using sticky stuff again but just found a more clever way to hide it. Looks like umps just do a cursory look at the hat, glove and belt.

 

It's possible to inspect spin rates over time using Baseball Savant. On Cole's Statcast pitching info page there is a pulldown that shows pitch % by season. You can adjust this to show average spin rate and then sort it by game and select just the 2021 season for a clear picture. Cole has seen his spin rates recover a bit over the last while after really crashing hard in June, but they aren't back to the point where they were early in the season.

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It's possible to inspect spin rates over time using Baseball Savant. On Cole's Statcast pitching info page there is a pulldown that shows pitch % by season. You can adjust this to show average spin rate and then sort it by game and select just the 2021 season for a clear picture. Cole has seen his spin rates recover a bit over the last while after really crashing hard in June, but they aren't back to the point where they were early in the season.

 

I don't suspect he went back to full spider tack but a watered down version so that makes sense. It could be because he keeps it in a place where there's more sweat (neck) or he's using a reduced version somewhere that might be less noticeable.

I know I sound paranoid but this guy is the poster child for sticky substances so I'm not buying in to him just cratering and then just figuring it out naturally

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I hope we have a lot of scrappy at bats vs Cole and get to their pen by the seventh. Here's hoping..

 

How about we just f*** up his entire season so Ray can win the Cy Young

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