hanton

Vlady pulled from the line-up, issues with his knee

Kris?

haha yea I was thinking about Manoah as I was reading the article, In Hoffmans case that was probably the last piece of the puzzle - the rest of it - upper body, mechanics, mind set....etc were already in place. And he did it on his own - pretty much - not as part of a large organization with an endless amound of resources. Blue Jays Baseball Operations - High Performance department has about 40 specialists!

I love stories like this, he gained 3 mph on his FB! Full article below (I posted a a few paragraphios incase you can't access it) https://theathletic.com/4864381/2023/09/15/jeff-hoffman-phillies-reliever-2023/ But after two seasons with the Reds, he was unemployed in mid-January this year when he decided to hold a workout near his home in Lake Mary, Fla., a little north of Orlando. He told Nacario, his agent, to invite 29 teams. (The Rockies, Hoffman’s team for six years while his career languished, were excluded.) The night before the workout, someone from Hoffman’s agency called. He was sick. He couldn’t come. Hoffman was on his own. .... He had a contract offer from the Nippon-Ham Fighters in Japan. “It was a money decision,” Hoffman said. “I wasn’t saying I’m not good enough to play here, but I was like, ‘I need the money for my family.'” His wife and four children couldn’t accompany him to Japan. It would have been too much. But it was a good deal. A little over $1 million for four months. ..... Hoffman explained to them why he was confident. “We really attacked how strong I was in the offseason,” Hoffman said. “We thought that was maybe something we hadn’t addressed yet.” He doubled his leg exercises in the winter. He worked with a trainer named Jeff Higuera and Melissa Brown, a physical therapist, every morning. The added lower-body strength led to velocity gains. And, with that, came an upgraded slider.

Jeff Hoffman has found it

I had no idea Cionel Perez can reach 100 3 straight FB's to Alvarez to end the game

Orioles win

Agree, I think it has to change now, Neris, Abreu much better options yea and I don't get Diaz losing all this playing time - although Maldonado homered to day Diaz is a far superior hitter

Astros really showing their age

OH WOW Presley just gave up a 3 run bomb to Mullins

2024 sign J.D Martinez

Rangers batting line-up still pretty lethal and Garcia is back in

Thought the Astros would challenge that play at home

and we had Babe sitting there in the minors. smh

ah right of course.

will Montreal really support a team though ...and wasn't ownership an issue. Maybe Rogers can buy it - imagine

positive on it being negative for the jays

Did you read the artticle that I posted? Additionaly, the Dodgers have a very good track record of "fixing" hitters taylor muncy turner to name a few

team is deep enough they can do that but they also changed his swing (not an easy thing to do with a palyer that's been arounmd for a while, but they did) https://www.ocregister.com/2023/03/25/dodgers-jason-heyward-calls-revamped-swing-a-work-in-progress/

I like Green as well, has the experience pitching in high leverage situations, his velo is back to what it was a few years ago. He's trending up

Injuries. Dodgers couldn't wait and had Outman waiting in the wings

Yes. Pinch hit sac fly in the 10th inning in yesterdays game

33 year old Heyward, is having a career year. Didn't even have a job after 2022 .865 Career best OPS! Dodgers fixed him

Dodgers beat the Mariners the arms in that Dodger pen, so many options for Roberts, Shelby Miller, Ryan Yarbrough and then Gavin Stone with a rare 3 inning save yes Shelby Miller and Ryan Yarbrough

KK for sure, this is not a good Red Sox team, it's basically 3 players - devers, turner, verdugo and a few good arms