Around Baseball 2024

[The_DH]

That should be easy: the first movement doesn't cross the strike zone so it should be a ball.

[hanton]

with no runners on and his foot still on the rubber it's nothing -he can basically deliver the ball in any manner as long as he's not quick pitching which he isnt

[Stangstag]

with no runners on and his foot still on the rubber it's nothing -he can basically deliver the ball in any manner as long as he's not quick pitching which he isnt

 

Thanks tips.

[Jimcanuck]

Michael Busch has homered in 4 straight games now. He's the real deal, folks.

 

.340/.407/.723/1.131

 

Make that 5 straight games

[hanton]

I bet the Dodgers regret trading Michael Busch, imagine a team not having room for this bat. He has homered in 5 straight games and is crushing the ball

[Laika]

Jackson Holliday = Jarred Kelenic?

[Laika]

Jackson Merrill on the other hand appears to be a stud

 

.386 xwOBA, making lots of contact while walking and the metrics even like his defense in CF so far

[Eat My Shatkins]

Jackson Holliday = Jarred Kelenic?

 

I sure hope so, although Kelenic is off to a decent start with the Braves so far.

[Brownie19]

Jackson Holliday = Jarred Kelenic?

 

Based on the 1 spring training game I attended in which Jackson Holliday played, I didn't think he looked ready. He was overswinging and pitchers were carving him up.

[Laika]

I sure hope so, although Kelenic is off to a decent start with the Braves so far.

 

.600 BABIP baby

[BTS]

Holliday busting would be an amazing development

[Brownie19]

Andy Pages singles on the 1st pitch he sees at the ML level. Storybook stuff. This kid has hit at every level.

[Brownie19]

Astros are calling up Forrest Whitley. Kind of forgot about him. He didn't play in 2020 and 2021? He hasn't really been good since 2017/18. Interesting story nonetheless.

[Jimcanuck]

Holliday is just suffering from performance anxiety. I think j-rod went 0 for his first 36 or something.

[Stangstag]

Andy Pages singles on the 1st pitch he sees at the ML level. Storybook stuff. This kid has hit at every level.

 

Didn’t even know he got called, damn

[Stangstag]

this time is different. kid is soft. looks like a girl.

 

Kids got SOFT hands, aint never worked a goddamn day in his life.

[Terminator]

[Ray]

Jared Jones: next Spencer Strider?

 

Dude was sitting 98-99 mph today against the Mets. Absolutely nasty.

[Spanky99]

 

Good, chuck her in jail, add the other bitch too.

[mphenhef]

With respect to Holliday

 

.220/.281/.390

 

That's Mike Trout's slash line from his first cup of coffee (135 PAs)

[Jimcanuck]

Not very attractive and not because she's black or anything. Bauer is better than that.

 

Better how?

[Jimcanuck]

Bauer is an 8, she is a 4. We know these ball players go based on looks, not talking personalities here.

 

Lol, that's a lot of stereotyping in one post

[wilko]

Bauer is an 8, she is a 4. We know these ball players go based on looks, not talking personalities here.

 

8? The dude can't even grow a proper beard.

[Spanky99]

C'mon, leave dean alone.

[mphenhef]

I didn't know Holliday was hitting 220 with a near 700 OPS

 

He's not, but you are missing the point. If you want to look at a smaller sample, this is Trout's slash line in his first 47 PAs - .163/.213/.279. Trout struggled a ton and then became the best player in the league. Using any numbers after 23 PAs (good or bad) to make a determination on Holliday is a fool's game.

[BTS]

He's not, but you are missing the point. If you want to look at a smaller sample, this is Trout's slash line in his first 47 PAs - .163/.213/.279. Trout struggled a ton and then became the best player in the league. Using any numbers after 23 PAs (good or bad) to make a determination on Holliday is a fool's game.

 

Nobody actually thinks Holliday is a bust. It would just be pretty swell if he was.

[mphenhef]

Nobody actually thinks Holliday is a bust. It would just be pretty swell if he was.

 

As a Jays fan, it would be. As a baseball fan, heck maybe it still would be...no one wants to watch an Orioles dynasty.

[Laika]

As a Jays fan, it would be. As a baseball fan, heck maybe it still would be...no one wants to watch an Orioles dynasty.

 

Many people in baseball will celebrate the impending Orioles dynasty as it punctuates and celebrates the end of the Angelos family's involvement in the sport.

[Spanky99]

Michael King's chucking a No-No through 7.

[Orgfiller]

Michael King's chucking a No-No through 7.

 

Him and the Padres needed that. He'd been woeful to start the season. Not exactly the kind of start they envisioned for the centrepiece return to the Soto trade.