Lucas

Is this the tamest pennant celebration ever?

I need to listen to a lot more to have some kind of real list, but I’m certain that “Ace” by Madison Cunningham would be near the top.

I'm always on Rodón velo-watch because he's historically had a way of ramping up his outings unlike pretty much any other pitcher in the league. But his max velo has definitely been slipping and I'm not surprised there was something going on.

Thanks to mlb radio, more people know what "oppo taco" means than who the president is

Yoshinobu Yamamoto!
9 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 7 K
111 pitches, 81 strikes in a 5-1 win
Dodgers lead the Brewers 2-0 in the NLCS

MLB's first complete game in the postseason since Justin Verlander in Game 2 of the 2017 ALCS (Astros vs Yankees)

There were 668 postseason starts between complete games!

2005 White Sox pitching in the ALCS, when all 4 starters threw at least one complete game and only one reliever was used

Dave Roberts has been staring at White Sox pitching section of the 2005 ALCS B-Ref page and thinking... "YOU KNOW WHAT, MAYBE"

I finally took a look at what was going on. Weird and disappointing stuff.

Rake Bauers indeed

...but not like THAT

Closer Roki 👁️👁️

Always Wade LeBlanc for me, regardless of the team.

Percentage of 6-Inning Starts since 2001, DS+WC Rounds

Through the pre-Championship Series games, starters pitching a "normal length" (6 innings, for these purposes) still tracking around where it's been the past decade, despite plenty of prominent bullpen games.

🫂

Extra innings the way they should be played.

I’m pleasantly surprised I made it through this one.

⚾️ Immaculate Grid 922 9/9:
Rarity: 17
IMMACULATE!
🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩
➡️ See my grid:
immaculategrid.com/share/Q64pGY6

This is good work.

Something about the 2025 MLB season that I want to make note of. It's the first year since 2010 that did not include a pitch thrown by Jordan Lyles.

This is always my favorite post of the year

Remember Jasson Domínguez?

I assume Lauer is going to factor into the Jays' plans today. (Another kick-change guy, I figure the Yankees see him as more platoon-neutral than their other lefties)

How about now? (Sorry- I’m sticking with my gut prediction.)

From OptaSTATS: The Yankees are the first team in MLB postseason history to be down by 5+ runs and in danger of being swept and come back to win the game. Teams had been 0-38 all-time when trailing by 5+ runs and trying to avoid a multi-game series sweep.

A decently fun fact

Rare Sour Patch Kid for sale on eBay for $10,000

I love the internet.

Yankees Biggest Comeback Wins in Postseason
6 1996 WS Gm 4 at ATL
(6-0 in 6th, won 8-6 in 10)
5 1997 ALDS Gm 1 vs CLE
(5-0 in 2nd, won 8-6)
5 2010 ALCS Gm 1 at TEX
(5-0 in 7th, won 6-5)
5 2025 ALDS Gm 3 vs TOR
(6-1 in 3rd, won 9-6)

👁️👁️

Yes, as much as I love the dude it's good that Weaver is nowhere close to factoring into the game plan here

Max velo by game for Devin Williams this year

Last three pitches from Williams to Varsho were at 97, which is as hard as he's been throwing all year.

👎👎👎

I was hoping they'd go to Williams once they got to three batters with Hill. I'm guessing he's in for the 7th then Bednar for two.

Love Timmy Hill in general.