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Another good inning for Matz. No K's that time, but he's generating some ugly swings and weak contact today.

Yeah, I got Baseball-Savant open to track velo lol. Thanks for the tip though!

No audio available in that link though?

Nice inning for Matz. 2 quick outs, single allowed to Bohm, and then battled with Odubel Herrera getting him to ground out. 20 pitches, but he should be hitting 50-60 pitches this outing I think to get him stretched out? Sitting 95 mph with his sinker, and his breaking stuff is looking really good. Only Spring Training, but he is definitely looking good.

View is better than I thought it would be.

I'll take the field cam. I just wish I could overlay it with a radio feed of some sort so I can actually hear whats going on in the background while I work lol

I'd be content if he can repeat his 2019 performance. If he can give us 5 innings of 2-3 run ball each start, that'll be more than enough to keep this team in games with our offense and bullpen.

Blue Jays announce minor league coaches and player development staff. I thought it was pretty cool that each affiliate will have a dedicated dietician, mental performance coach, and strength and conditioning coach.

Lol Pirates

Biggio apparently made a great play at 3B. He’s been impressive defensively thus far.

Ray touching 98 mph today

Odorizzi to the Astros.

I guess Martin, technically

Gotta give up talent to get talent. If Stripling can give us 2 good years as a spot starter/long man, then it's worth it. We already loaded up on pitching this past draft and will have an opportunity to in the future. We drafted Kendell Williams in the 2nd round. We'll probably have a chance to get someone like him again this upcoming draft. Not saying he's replaceable, just that it hurts losing him less when this front office has been really good in the drafts these past couple seasons.

Dodgers player development is cutting edge. I remember there was a Baseball-America article that highlighted how they have some of the best facilities, coaching, more nutritious foods/spreads, specialized development plans, and resources available to players throughout the organization. But they also basically train them to be major leaguers from the start. They relay information/scouting reports in the same format to minor leaguers that they do to the major leaguers, which makes it almost a seamless transition for some of these guys from the minors to the majors. That's why you see guys like Bellinger, May, Gonsolin, Smith come up and basically start raking right away. Jays have also been implementing some of the same things the Dodgers have been doing the last couple seasons, and we're just now seeing the fruits of it. It's why I had the utmost confidence in what Shapiro/Atkins have been doing, basically since they first got here. Article for those who are interested: https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/theyre-the-model-how-the-dodgers-player-development-machine-rolls-on/

Gurriel also looking in great shape: DLAB (@dlabteam) • Instagram photo WWW.INSTAGRAM.COM 119 likes, 2 comments - dlabteam on March 4, 2021: "Comenzamos desde 0️⃣ y estamos aquí 💪. Más que listos y orgullosos con nuestro campeón 🍍 @yunitogurriel 🍍. A meterle a la liga @mlb puro #PiñaPower 👊 con los @bluejays este año. Sin hablar mucho, los números lo dicen todo y las acciones demuestran el doble, al 💯 #TuSabes 🧪 #WeHaveTheFormula 👨‍🔬 #DLabTeam 🏆 #Miami". Did our entire team just decide to get in much better shape this offseason? Lol.

He's suffered like 3 injuries, and one of them was a freak injury due to a comebacker. You can't make that assumption at all yet.

I thought this Athletic article was too good not to share. Great insight into the working relationship between Matt Buschmann and Pete Walker, and how much pitchers love working with them:

Let’s make it a trifecta and see Adam Kloffenstein too!

Manoah was throwing 100 in Vancouver in 2019. Not surprising.

It's not that much of a stretch at all to say he might be better than Taijuan Walker. He's projected for more WAR than Walker according to Steamer (albeit it's kind of a wash). In 2020, Matz's K-rate was up, velo was up, he had no significant change in movement profile, and had a 4.15 xFIP in 2020 (better than Walker). He's almost a sure thing to bounce back to some extent unless you think he really is a 38% HR/FB guy. I think they're hoping he can repeat his 2019 in aggregate, which'll be more than enough to keep us in games with the offense and bullpen. Anything more would be gravy.

Matz is gonna end up having a better year than Walker and then I’m gonna laugh at the Mets.

Next uber prospect International scouting dept is killing it these days! Shout out to Andrew Tinnish.

One of the Pirates announcer was speculating that the radar gun may be juiced because he couldn't believe all of our pitchers are throwing 97-98 mph lol

Next televised game isn’t until March 12th, so we’ll be waiting a while.