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[John_Havok]

1 hour ago, Brownie19 said:

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22K likes, 928 comments - jomboymedia on August 13, 2025: "Not great (via @js9innings)".

Yikes - is CBB the new Angel Hernandez?

 

 

he's never been very good... but . 2nd worst accuracy in all of MLB from umps with more than 20 games behind the plate this season. 

Expand that to the last 5+ seasons (2020 to today) and ... 2nd worst accuracy of all umps over 100 games behind the plate at 92.43%. The only worse ump from 2020 to today is Rob Drake at 92.33%. 

One thing that must be said though.... the worst umpires of the last 5 years are still better than the worst umpires of 2015-2019. 2015-2019 of all umpires with more than 100 games behind the plate.... 54 umpires had accuracy lower than 92.33%. 

In fact... the worst was still Rob Drake at 90.2%. 

Even looking at Angel Hernandez alone... 2015 his accuracy was 89.9%. 2024? 93.2%. 

[Brownie19]

That's interesting. I guess not surprising though with all the technology we have now. They should be improving.

Rob Drake must keep a low profile because I've never heard of him.

[John_Havok]

1 hour ago, Brownie19 said:

That's interesting. I guess not surprising though with all the technology we have now. They should be improving.

Rob Drake must keep a low profile because I've never heard of him.

It definitely says something positive overall about the umpires that the worst umpire today from a pure accuracy standpoint is better than nearly all of them from 10 years ago.

[Grant77]

10 hours ago, Brownie19 said:

That's interesting. I guess not surprising though with all the technology we have now. They should be improving.

Rob Drake must keep a low profile because I've never heard of him.

I'm not saying that this is the case, but consistent umpires don't get much grief from the players, even if the data shows that they missed a lot of calls.

[Pendleton]

Not sure if I've ever seen anyone with first/second half splits quite like Michael Harris Jr. His career numbers in the second half are outstanding. This year he's taken the split to a whole new level, has raised his OPS from .558 to .705 since the start of June.

 

Career first half: .243/.280/.383 (80 wRC+)

Career second half:  .322/.355/.551 (148 wRC+) 

 

2025 first half: .210/.234/.317 (47 wRC+)

2025 second half: .398/.413/.732 (217 wRC+)

 

It would be one thing to see a guy do this in one given year, could be chalked up to an injury or just an anomaly. But this is different, every year Harris Jr is dogshit until mid summer and then becomes one of the top hitters in baseball - bizarre 

[John_Havok]

2 hours ago, Grant77 said:

I'm not saying that this is the case, but consistent umpires don't get much grief from the players, even if the data shows that they missed a lot of calls.

He has the 5th lowest consistency score over the same period. 

But, consistency in ump scores doesnt vary a whole lot

From the worst to the best the range is only 92.16 to 93.7 in the 2015-2019 years of all umps with more than 100 games behind the plate.

Accuracy though, varied from 90.2 to 93.8

[Terminator]

21 hours ago, Laika said:

 

• Too aggressive RE: pitching development? They rode Reynaldo Lopez so hard on the RP-SP conversion and he broke.

They rode Grant Holmes pretty hard on the RP-SP conversion too.

[Brownie19]

1 hour ago, Terminator said:

They rode Grant Holmes pretty hard on the RP-SP conversion too.

Kenny Powers is built different...He's blessed with many things in this life.  An arm like a damn rocket, a c*ck like a Burmese python and a mind of a f*cking scientist.

[L54]

Wow Ohtani really does suck!

[John_Havok]

On 8/18/2025 at 7:56 AM, Brownie19 said:

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40K likes, 730 comments - jomboymedia on August 17, 2025: "That’ll be a suspension for sure".

Victor Robles casually throwing his bat at the pitcher after being plunked (again and again) on a minor league rehab assignment.

Yikes

 

 

Major league baseball announced that Mariners outfielder Víctor Robles has received a 10-game suspension and an undisclosed fine from the league. The suspension will begin as soon as Robles is reinstated from the injured list, though Robles has filed an appeal and the suspension is being held in abeyance until the appeals process is complete. Ryan Divish of The Seattle Times reported these details prior to the official announcement. Divish notes that the M’s would have to play a man short during the suspension.

[Spanky__99]

5 hours ago, Brownie19 said:

Kenny Powers is built different...He's blessed with many things in this life.  An arm like a damn rocket, a c*ck like a Burmese python and a mind of a f*cking scientist.

I got to rewatch that again. So funny, man.

[Pendleton]

13 hours ago, Pendleton said:

Not sure if I've ever seen anyone with first/second half splits quite like Michael Harris Jr. His career numbers in the second half are outstanding. This year he's taken the split to a whole new level, has raised his OPS from .558 to .705 since the start of June.

 

Career first half: .243/.280/.383 (80 wRC+)

Career second half:  .322/.355/.551 (148 wRC+) 

 

2025 first half: .210/.234/.317 (47 wRC+)

2025 second half: .398/.413/.732 (217 wRC+)

 

It would be one thing to see a guy do this in one given year, could be chalked up to an injury or just an anomaly. But this is different, every year Harris Jr is dogshit until mid summer and then becomes one of the top hitters in baseball - bizarre 

.....and now a homer to straight center in his first AB tonight 

[hanton]

This is interesting as f....(mlb tv?? wow)

 

[glory]

23 minutes ago, hanton said:

This is interesting as f....(mlb tv?? wow)

 

Selfishly I hate that MLB.tv would go to ESPN. I’ve been getting the app for free for years through T-Mobile and I live outside of my team’s area, so I got all the Jays games via the app. Now I have to buy the ESPN DTC service? And also hope that ESPN doesn’t destroy it like they do with everything else they touch? Ugh. Awful.

Looking at it for the league itself, this is probably a really good deal for them. I don’t know  a single person on earth who has Apple TV. NBC will give them way more reach, and while I’m sure there will be a lot of Peacock included in there, it’s still an app that actually has other sports that people would watch (NFL, NBA, Olympics), unlike Apple. Netflix is the biggest streaming app out there so that’s a good move too.

I haven’t had cable in years, and do have Netflix/Peacock, so this deal actually works out great for me if you eliminate the ESPN component. But RIP to MLB.tv. Amazing app that ESPN will crush.

 

[Spanky__99]

Red Sox lost. 😎

[GoBlue41]

5 minutes ago, Spanky__99 said:

Red Sox lost. 😎

Red Sox, Mariners, Astros all go down again! :) Wish the Yankees would start sucking again though. It was quite enjoyable for a while, but they appear to have righted the ship a bit. 

[Jonn]

Red Sox loaded the bases 3 straight innings to win the game and still lost somehow lol. Well all of a sudden the Yankees are in second again.

[Jonn]

2 hours ago, hanton said:

This is interesting as f....(mlb tv?? wow)

 

Happy Apple is out. Those games f***ing suck. Rest of those changes seem kind of s***. But if HR derby being on Netflix cuts down on downtime that could be a win.

[Vancouverite]

11 minutes ago, Jonn said:

Red Sox loaded the bases 3 straight innings to win the game and still lost somehow lol. Well all of a sudden the Yankees are in second again.

Astros are the biggest surprise for me. Got shutout 4 out of the last 5 games I think theyre gonna miss the playoffs if you ask me.

 

Red sons Yankees and one of Cleveland or royals might get the last WC spot with Mariners getting the west

 

 

[hanton]

I really only care about MLB TV so moving that to ESPN TV sucks  - I wonder if they broadcast some games on Disney+ (since they own ESPN).   If I can get ESPN games for a decent price and MLB removes the blackouts ...might still work

[Jays24]

Yankees got 8 HRs in the game today and its only the 6th inning

[Grant77]

12 hours ago, hanton said:

This is interesting as f....(mlb tv?? wow)

 

Jays games on Apple was the equivalent of them not being broadcasted at all, so that's a plus.

Will NBC be blacking out games from Sportsnet as well? If yes, does that include playoff games?

I don't really care about MLB.tv, but I do care about MLB Audio. I wonder if they will be retaining rights to that. I prefer the radio guys when I've driving or doing chores during the games.

[Spanky__99]

5 games up on a bye... feels good!

[Pendleton]

12 hours ago, Spanky__99 said:

Red Sox lost. 😎

Many have pointed out that Nate Eaton (the runner on 3B) was in the game as a pinch runner and has 95th percentile sprint speed, but the CF Cowser also happens to have 95th percentile arm strength. Given the situation (trailing in extra innings) I feel like they absolutely should have been sending there, regardless of the bad throw in hindsight.

[Spanky__99]

5 minutes ago, Pendleton said:

Many have pointed out that Nate Eaton (the runner on 3B) was in the game as a pinch runner and has 95th percentile sprint speed, but the CF Cowser also happens to have 95th percentile arm strength. Given the situation (trailing in extra innings) I feel like they absolutely should have been sending there, regardless of the bad throw in hindsight.

[Brownie19]

It looks to me like a good throw gets him there.  If you send him, you're praying for a wide throw.  It's a long throw, so there was a decent chance it's offline (which it was).  

You also have Bregman coming up next with 2 outs, which does factor into the decision.  I don't think it's as erroneous as Red Sox Watcher suggests (although I probably do send him).

[Spanky__99]

2 minutes ago, Brownie19 said:

It looks to me like a good throw gets him there.  If you send him, you're praying for a wide throw.  It's a long throw, so there was a decent chance it's offline (which it was).  

You also have Bregman coming up next with 2 outs, which does factor into the decision.  I don't think it's as erroneous as Red Sox Watcher suggests (although I probably do send him).

Bottom of the 11th, send him.

[Laika]

58 minutes ago, Pendleton said:

Many have pointed out that Nate Eaton (the runner on 3B) was in the game as a pinch runner and has 95th percentile sprint speed, but the CF Cowser also happens to have 95th percentile arm strength. Given the situation (trailing in extra innings) I feel like they absolutely should have been sending there, regardless of the bad throw in hindsight.

I feel like a good throw nails him by five feet. 

[Spanky__99]

4 minutes ago, Laika said:

I feel like a good throw nails him by five feet. 

Send him, make him execute. It's never a bad call there

 

 

[Brownie19]

46 minutes ago, Spanky__99 said:

Send him, make him execute. It's never a bad call there

 

 

I mean - it is if he's thrown out by 5 feet with Bregman on deck.