Around Baseball 2022

[jaysblue]

Brandon Drury raking to start the season!

 

.268/.321/.563 with 5 HR and 15 RBI

[Stangstag]

 

Lol

[jaysblue]

 

Even recently acquiring Trevor Story in the LOD, this was funny!

[JuniorFelix54]

Brandon Drury raking to start the season!

 

.268/.321/.563 with 5 HR and 15 RBI

 

Are there any former Jays who aren't raking so far this season?

[BCZ]

Brandon Drury raking to start the season!

 

.268/.321/.563 with 5 HR and 15 RBI

 

And todays most irrelevant statistical anomaly is...

[BCZ]

Are there any former Jays who aren't raking so far this season?

 

You just sent me down the rabbit hole:

 

Rot raking

--

Corey Dickerson

Kevin Smith

Travis Shaw

Aledmys Díaz

Billy McKinney

Dwight Smith Jr. (AAA)

 

Raking

--

Rowdy Tellez (!!)

Randal Grichuk (!)

Brandon Drury

Kevin Pillar (AAA)

Jonathan Davis (AAA)

Luke Maile (12 PA MLB + 20 PA AAA)

[Stangstag]

You just sent me down the rabbit hole:

 

Rot raking

--

Corey Dickerson

Kevin Smith

Travis Shaw

Aledmys Díaz

Billy McKinney

Dwight Smith Jr. (AAA)

 

Raking

--

Rowdy Tellez (!!)

Randal Grichuk (!)

Brandon Drury

Kevin Pillar (AAA)

Jonathan Davis (AAA)

Luke Maile (12 PA MLB + 20 PA AAA)

 

How did you miss Marcus Semien for the not raking list

[jaysblue]

Are there any former Jays who aren't raking so far this season?

 

Most of the guys who would have been on the bench or platooning (Grichuk, Drury, Tellez) have been off to great starts.

 

Jays bench is very weak. You'll see it even more when you lose guys like Teo or other big bats to the IL. Majority of the Jays lineup needs to stay healthy or else...

[BTS]

Tony La Russa inexplicably sticking with Dallas Keuchel in the 6th inning at 90+ pitches with a 3-0 lead in Fenway. The lead has almost evaporated.

[Ehjays]

 

Rangers manager Chris Woodward on Gleyber Torres' walk-off home run

 

"That's an easy out in 99% of ballparks... He just happened to hit it in a Little League ballpark."

[Solaxys]

 

"That's an easy out in 99% of ballparks... He just happened to hit it in a Little League ballpark."

 

Even if wrong, I choose to ignore the facts and rally behind him. f*** that ballpark.

[Deadpool]

 

Rangers manager Chris Woodward on Gleyber Torres' walk-off home run

 

"That's an easy out in 99% of ballparks... He just happened to hit it in a Little League ballpark."

 

While incorrect in this specific case, it's not like the sentiment is flawed.

[Brownie19]

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/an-overdue-barrel-rate-refresher/

 

Article on batters 'barreling' baseballs and pitchers giving up 'barrels' (and whether they have much control over that or not). I skim read a few paragraphs, but thought I'd post anyway.

[BTS]

Is anyone else watching Nestor Cortes absolutely clown on the Rangers?

[Stangstag]

Is anyone else watching Nestor Cortes absolutely clown on the Rangers?

 

Yup. I don’t get it

[BTS]

Yup. I don’t get it

 

I've been watching guys repeatedly swing through middle high cutters since last year, and I don't understand. If you saw video of all his pitches with velo, you'd assume he's a AAA journeyman.

[wilko]

I've been watching guys repeatedly swing through middle high cutters since last year, and I don't understand. If you saw video of all his pitches with velo, you'd assume he's a AAA journeyman.

 

It's a head scratcher... it is because he changes arm slot and timing? You'd think that would only work for so long.

[Terminator]

Pretty good read on Cortes from one of the Cespedes BBQ guys.

 

https://www.foxsports.com/stories/mlb/yankees-starter-nestor-cortes-jr-mastering-the-not-so-fast-fastball

[Laika]

Must be a hidden ball thing like Yusmeiro Petit

 

I bet he gets hammered third time through the order

[BTS]

JD playing like he doesn't give a single s***

[BTS]

Pretty good read on Cortes from one of the Cespedes BBQ guys.

 

https://www.foxsports.com/stories/mlb/yankees-starter-nestor-cortes-jr-mastering-the-not-so-fast-fastball

 

Nestor Cortes is all of us:

 

"So sometimes I throw a pitch, and I see that they're way late, or they swing through it. And I look back, and I'm like, ‘It's 91.’ Like, I don't understand how they miss it.

[BTS]

no-hitter through 7

[JFD]

At least the Yankees won't have any pitchers left for our two game series

[Stangstag]

Nestor Cortes is all of us:

 

"So sometimes I throw a pitch, and I see that they're way late, or they swing through it. And I look back, and I'm like, ‘It's 91.’ Like, I don't understand how they miss it.

 

Lol weird. Feels like he’ll be a pitcher that dominates for a season or two, and then people figure him out and he’s borderline AAAA guy.

 

Similar to Estrada

[Laika]

Lol weird. Feels like he’ll be a pitcher that dominates for a season or two, and then people figure him out and he’s borderline AAAA guy.

 

Similar to Estrada

 

Marco Estrada???? doesn't make sense, he was pretty good for like 6 or 7 years, just had some wonky FIP vs ERA stuff going on at times.

[TwistedLogic]

 

Guy is actually nutso. Is this the closest thing to a perfect Statcast page right now?

[Brownie19]

Alvarez certainly gets overshadowed by the Soto, Tatis, Vlad, Acuna's of the world. I know he's a DH, but this guys bat is on the same level. Next David Ortiz?

[Key22]

How did you miss Marcus Semien for the not raking list

 

That is a bit shocking - his numbers are horrid

 

Rowdy Tellez - lol - there's a number 4 hitting lefty bat we could use right now - You just never know. Albeit on the strength of a couple of ridiculous games.

[Spanky__99]

Alvarez certainly gets overshadowed by the Soto, Tatis, Vlad, Acuna's of the world. I know he's a DH, but this guys bat is on the same level. Next David Ortiz?

 

I believe so, he's ridiculously good with the stick.

[connorp]

I believe so, he's ridiculously good with the stick.

 

Talk about a soft toss