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  1. Am I watching IKF or a right-handed Ichiro out there?
  2. 101 on one of those. I don't remember him throwing that hard.
  3. Since when does Rhyne Stanek throw 100?
  4. Is there a reason why Bassitt was left in for 115 pitches with a 5-0 lead?
  5. Guys, our 3B has a 122 wRC+ while playing gold glove defense. And he can also defend 2B, SS and all three OF positions. And he's the team's 3rd catcher. And his career pitching ERA is under 2. What an amazing signing by Ross Atkins.
  6. The offense looks absolutely incredible right now.
  7. Nick Pivetta to the IL with flexor strain in his elbow. The bloodbath continues.
  8. It's interesting, because in some ways Toronto is almost doing what people are suggesting MLB should incentivize teams to do: valuing guys who don't have the loudest stuff but might be more likely to stay on the field. To the extent that that they seem to have pushed Stroman in that direction. And it seems to be working pretty well.
  9. This is actually a really good point. I think the only major league pitchers to break for Toronto in the last 10 years or so are Ken Giles and Ryu?
  10. I’m guessing a lot. Both the maximizing spin and velo, and spending their offseason throwing hard and often to learn how to do it.
  11. Here we go again
  12. No idea why they felt the need to do this or Bello's extension.
  13. Lineup would be perfect with Clement in for IKF. At least Varsho is sitting.
  14. This is interesting. The only incentives right now for teams to care about pitcher health is protection of their investment in that pitcher. So if the investment is minimal, they don't care. But MLB assigning actual responsibility to teams for protecting pitcher health (in the form of meaningful compensation for teams that do it well) would shift the focus a bit, because I don't think teams are really held accountable for their treatment of arms as things currently stand.
  15. Jeff Passan was very critical of the Perfect Game showcases in his book The Arm. He seems to think the entire industry is predatory. A lot of these kids are also throwing year-round now because their parents are obsessive about getting them into as many showcases as possible, and want them as high on the velo/spin leaderboards as they can get.
  16. Couldn't MLB, if they wanted to, deaden the ball and incentivize pitching to contact again?
  17. https://theathletic.com/5398208/2024/04/08/baseball-pitching-injury-crisis/
  18. The ship is sinking. Play for your contracts.
  19. Another one bites the dust
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