John_Havok

Bob Nightengale of USA Today reports that those two prospects are catcher Eduardo Tait and right-handed pitcher Mick Abel. If that's true, WTaF is Minnesota doing

25.9% to be precise

Hes at the top of his game or he wouldnt be on Blair and Barker

Can really take their pick - one of Loperfido, Schreck, Roden... plus some sweetener

Some of the strongest foundations in physics were discovered in large part by applying certain philosophies in the research. The two are very much intertwined.

I don't think it's stupid, just... you're a science guy, I would have thought you're more into actual evidence. I also love the irony of stating you're not a philosopher but then apply a philosophy of a 14th century philosopher.

That's a real steep price for 10-15 appearances and the playoffs. He is exceptionally hard to square up though. He's a weird one... lowest fastball velo in the game, yet nobody can square him up and he's like what... 70% GB rate? Like nearly everything is on the ground and its almost always weak contact. That deceptive delivery pays his bills for sure.

Giants have decided to sell then. Jays started their beatdown into seller-ship. They've got some really good pen arms there too

The difference in your music is... you aren't playing music against someone else, your performance is 100% under your own influence, nobody is actively trying to compete against you. Pretty big difference.

Duran might be on the move today - rumour is the phillies are not wanting to part with Painter as the requested return centerpiece. Jhoan Duran Trade Market Picking Up - MLB Trade Rumors

Nice. Now get to the f*cking jet and leave this sh*thole city. Just hope the pilot is locked in or they might end up in Tampa.

THat, was a nice slider for strike 2 on Adley. Need more of that

One thing the Jays pitching staff has done to Hoffman somehow, his slider is just ... awful these days. spiking it ... way outside... he cant command it anymore.

FFS. Here comes the Hoff. Hope he's locked in today

Whatever happens here, lets get Straw one crack at that triple

most of the posters on this board > Chad. i'd trust Spanky on a Friday night after a dozen tall-boys in the 9th over Mr Green.

I meant no way to quantify a relationship. Its easy to quantify is a player feels good... you just ask them. And the answer is gonna be "i feel great" 99% of the time because athlete bro culture says you always say you're good to go unless you're physically unable to walk under your own power. It's easy to quantify results... you just look at the box scores. When players fail, the vast majority of the time they'll always blame themselves, because that's what they do. When they succeed, they generally give credit to others... pitching coach prepared my well, catcher called a great game, i just had to execute... blah blah blah.... point is, even when they truly do feel locked in, theyre gonna suck just as often as they shove, and theyll still shove on days when they dont feel their best because variance is a thing. What happens when both a hitter and a pitcher are both "locked in" ? One of them has to fail. So... i guess only one of them was really locked in and the other just wasn't? Why cant they just summon this mysterious locked in feeling all the time? And if your hypothesis is correct, someone who is locked in should almost always be able to pull off what they want, regardless of the opposition's intent. Your hypothesis only looks at one side of the equation, not other variables in play, of which there are virtually countless, especially in baseball. Hence, unquantifiable. So we, the fans, apply whatever beliefs we have to the situation to make something that can never make sense, make sense.

Holy god Mullins is capable of making an out.

And now Mullins, the magic blue jays killer this week. Fisher has 0 room for error.

24 pitches... 10 strikes for Yariel. That's no bueno.

Of course players feel that way some days, theyre no different than anyone other human. Some days we all feel bulletproof. My point is, there's no correlation/causation to feeling "locked in" to performance. I'm willing to bet if there was a way to scientifically study what happens to every player on every day they felt "locked in" vs any other day, the same variances would exist. Humans make up all kinds of psychological stuff that isnt quantifiable to make themselves feel better about what happens in their day to day. That's how our brains work.

yariel cant even throw a strike right now... and Cowser is up. I can't even picture a positive outcome of this PA.

I know what Grant is saying, but it's like one of those things that can never be quantified. Like... use Bassitt as an example. A few starts ago he guts through 6 innings walks the tightrope, bends, but doesnt break and ends up giving the pen a break by eating up those innings. Some fans see starts like that .. the timing of them and make the leap that the pitcher was just somehow able to summon some extra fortitude on demand in order to clutch up. (not saying Grant is doing this... but we all know fans that do) Fast-forward to his last start and he got the sh*t kicked out of him, so it must be because he wasn't focused or wasnt trying. Same thing with Berrios. It's just that psychological projection that fans have with all sports. Its 99% made up and just helps fans either lay blame, or feel better.

I really want Straw to get one more PA.... if there's a guy who can hit a triple in this dump, it's him.

Gonna get that cycle...