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· Oct 6
Trey Yesavage Just Made History
Before this series began, we took a look at how the Blue Jays might manage their rotation. I floated a number of names as potential Game 2 starters, including Trey Yesavage, but ultimately landed on Chris Bassitt for the second game and penciled Yesavage in for Game 4. Well, now that we have two gam...
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· Sep 28
Is Rock Climbing the Answer to Baseball's Elbow-Injury Epidemic?
In early 2024, a significant number of high-profile pitchers were sidelined due to injuries, prompting media outlets to speculate about a possible epidemic. Baseball players, the MLBPA, and MLB listed different sources of the issue: the pitch clock, the rise of movement-heavy pitches, and pitchers t...
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· Sep 25
The ABS Challenge System is Here. How Do Twins Players Feel, and What Are the Implications?
On Tuesday, MLB’s Joint Competition Committee voted to implement the ABS Challenge System that teams and fans saw in spring training this season. Something of a compromise between true robo-umps and the system baseball uses today, the arrangement will allow hitters, catchers, or pitchers to challeng...
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· Sep 24
MLB Approves Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System! Examples of How It Works
With ABS coming to Major League Baseball in 2026, here are eight clips of borderline pitches that were challenged during Triple-A Jacksonville games this season. MLB's challenge system will be using the same technology.
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· Sep 10
Magic Numbers, Math, and the MLB Playoffs
Sports writers and fans frequently refer to the “magic number” of a playoff-bound team as a simple measure of how close the team is to clinching a playoff position (or a divisional championship). This represents the number of wins (by the leading team) or losses (by the next-closest competitor) requ...
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· Sep 7
Baseball’s Gatekept Pitching Metric: Inside Vertical Approach Angle
Teams are drafting under-the-radar pitchers who evolve into aces at the major league level. Many of baseball’s current aces were selected in later rounds of the draft. Tarik Skubal was a ninth-round pick in 2018, Joe Ryan was a seventh-round pick in 2018, Bryan Woo was a sixth-round pick in 2021, an...
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· Aug 30
Why all the Best MLB Teams are Excellent at Stealing and Preventing Runs on the Basepaths
Perhaps more than ever, speed is an essential component of contemporary baseball. This wasn’t the case 15 years ago. From 2010-19, league-wide stolen base totals steadily dropped. With the shortened pandemic season, they hit an all-time low, but in the following years, they started to make a comebac...
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· Aug 25
What would it cost for Marlins to extend sensational rookie Jakob Marsee?
This Miami Marlins team is not quite good enough to be playing meaningful games throughout September, but a lot of the individual pieces look like long-term contributors, and that makes this 2025 season an important step in the right direction. It was a quiet trade deadline for the Fish and it could...
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· Aug 22
How New ESPN Deal Could Change Twins TV, MLB.TV, Prices, and Minnesota Twins Payroll
Twins fans have been thrown around the gutter over the last few years, with the team trying to figure out both broadcast and streaming options in a market that looks a lot like a burst bubble. Now, it looks like fans will likely see another change in the nature of local coverage next season—potentia...
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