Is this post highlights with a gold/yellow box around it and a star? It is for me - for some reason. Did I click something by accident? I've never seen this before...
I'm personally OK with giving Ohtani an extra bit of time. He's a unicorn. He's different than catchers because someone else can warm up the pitcher while the catcher gets ready.
Based on what? Last year? You've never seen closers go through ups and downs from year to year?
Is Josh Hader reliable? He went from a 1.23 ERA to a 5.22 ERA to a 1.28 ERA to a 3.80 ERA over the last 4 years.
Hoffman was fantastic in 2023 and 2024 and has been lights out so far this year. 20.25 K/9, 2.70 BB/9, 0.16 xFIP. Maybe 2025 is the outlier?
That is awesome. Enjoy.
I sat there when it was the TD Comfort Zone and I think it's the best seat in the house. Own waitress/waiter, more leg room, fewer seats per road, 200 level isn't as busy for food/washrooms, padded seats and a great view.
I'm watching the pregame. They highlight how Varsho has been moved up to the 2 hole tonight and talk about his struggles this year after a hot spring training.
Would it kill them to give the audience some of these advanced metrics to help fans understand some of the underlying information that teams use to better predict future outcomes? Or are fans just too stupid to grasp it?
He has a 36 wRC+ and is -0.3 WAR. He'd literally be our worst offensive player. Interesting choice to try and use some random counting stats to mask this.