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The idea that swinging at this 3-2 pitch was likely to produce a better result than taking it is asinine.
MLB's handing out first-round picks for Rookie of the Year stuff when they should be giving Boston two or three for what Anthony, Abreu, Whitlock, Duran, Weissert and Eaton have done in the WBC.
Aaron Judge apparently hit two homers tonight when I wasn't looking.
ABS will be really good. But odds are the Dominican Republic would have been out of challenges then anyway. It'd be nice if the goal was just getting it right.
Yankee doubles off Yankee over Yankee's head.
"I was terrible. Garret Anderson now... give him all of the MVPs."
When Smoltz retired, he had the fifth-highest K rate of all-time (min. 3,000 innings), behind similarly selfish pitchers Randy Johnson, Nolan Ryan, Curt Schilling and Roger Clemens.
Wonder if it's ever occurred to Smoltz that all this "put the ball in play and good things will happen" for hitters directly contradicts the "it's inefficient for pitchers to go for strikeouts."
Not to mention that Smoltz railing against strikeouts is like A-Rod promoting sac bunts.
If you have to slide early (and Tatis obviously did here) because someone without the ball is blocking your path to the base, that's obstruction.
Should have been obstruction on Henderson. You're not supposed to be able just set up three feet in front of third base without the ball and make someone slide all of the way around you.
Why stop there? Davis has gone downhill so rapidly.
Manfred should've moved the game to Sacramento.
Here's an updated Top 300 just in time for this weekend's drafts.
www.nbcsports.com/fantasy/base...
Figured Carlos Estévez would find his fastball in the WBC, but it's just not happening. Worrisome.
Talked about the mental side of baseball with a handful of folks at spring training in Arizona. Hope you enjoy it.
www.nbcsports.com/mlb/news/the...
Profar's suspension frees up $15 million for the Braves to sign Giolito and Pham or McCutchen. Seems like a win.
Hate losing great beat writers, but it was beyond obvious that Sam was destined for this. Congrats!
Here are my writeups of our top 50 outfielders for 2026.
www.nbcsports.com/fantasy/base...
I'm interested to see more EV numbers from Arizona... all of the ballparks have Statcast now, compared to just two previously. It does seem like EVs are typically up in Arizona spring games. I've thought it might be humidor related, if the baseballs aren't prepped the way they are for the reg szn.
Nick Madrigal supposedly hit a ball 111.6 mph yesterday. His high in 285 games as a major leaguer is 106.9 mph.
In the same inning, Nick Senzel hit a ball 111.1 mph. His high in a regular-season game is 109.8 mph.
Might be spring training for Statcast, too.
Not sure about this every game thing. What if Nationals-Rockies is still going on after midnight?
June 11th?
In Las Vegas this week for the FSGA conference.
About to take part in the 2026 FSGA Experts Fantasy Baseball Senior Circuit draft. You can follow the draft at the link below, but it will also be broadcast live on Sirius XM.
rtsports.com/fsga-senior
The Padres are the team at the end of the draft with $6 left and six spots to fill.
So much good stuff at Rotoworld today!
- @zkffb.bsky.social looks into a potential red flag with Fernando Mendoza's draft profile
- @jamesschiano.bsky.social previews shortstop for fantasy baseball, complete with our consensus rankings/profiles/projections; James also posted a piece on ADP data
