Probably just a matter of who is available. Not Hicks, Yimi or Richards for certain given their recent workloads.
Pearson and Francis for sure. Cabrera, Green, Mayza and Swanson will be available. Romano would be available but I’m sure they’d rather like to avoid that.
Straight up Tampa is a better team, I’d rather play Minnesota. Doesn’t mean they couldn’t beat the Jays, anything could happen but they’re definitely not as good as Tampa.
All playoff teams are finalized, just some seedings to get taken care of tomorrow.
Gratz to the Braves, Dodgers, Brewers, Phillies, Diamondbacks, Marlins, Rays, Rangers, Twins, Jays and Astros.
It says a lot about the intelligence of Aaron Rogers that he would equate getting a booster shot designed to prevent potentially deadly illness and protect people with weakened immune systems as not being manly, when one of the base stereotypes of the "manly man" is being a protector of those who are weak.
There's some really good questions in there, especially about pitching.
WHo would you rather have on your team... a) pitcher who always throws 4.2 IP and always gives up 0 runs pitcher who always throws 6 IP and always gives up 2 runs.
Given no other information, which of the following hitters would you prefer to have on your team?
Hitter A: .300/.450/.600
Hitter B: .000/1.000/.000
Jay Jackson is a free agent at the end of the season. Even though he doesn’t have 6 years service time at the end of 2023 he has a clause in his contract that grants him free agency.
Rodon’s final outing went like this:
Single, walk, double, HR, single, single, single, SB allowed and a walk. Gonna be a long 5 years in NY for that guy
Amongst the top 40 SP in innings pitched and just shy of 170 total innings. he’s hardly being yanked early all season.
But even if that’s the case it’s hard to argue with the results of doing so. My guess is they have some pretty compelling numbers that at a certain pitch count his spin rates and “stuff” start to take a noticeable hit and it’s better to get him out than leave him in to get teed off on.