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Michael Rosen

@michaelrosen.bsky.social

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hiraldo hive 🐝🐝🐝

05.03.2026 19:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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mb he's talking about this one?

04.03.2026 19:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

i think they might've been mistagged curveballs

04.03.2026 19:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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this is a little clearer

www.cincinnati.com/story/sports...

04.03.2026 16:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

so he already got the MRI? or he's saying all of this before the MRI? idgi

04.03.2026 16:29 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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😊 ryan sloan may soon be the top pitching prospect in baseball

😩 his main competition is probably going to be brody hopkins

03.03.2026 19:18 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

inching closer to the day when a pitching prospect weighs the strengths and benefits of each respective public stuff model

03.03.2026 17:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

really fun one from @davidlaurila.bsky.social

03.03.2026 17:30 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

that's awesome to hear, ty

02.03.2026 22:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

all respect to ben who is amazing but i must let you know that was my article lol

02.03.2026 22:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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ok last one: tristan garnett is throwing screwballs from a 7.4 foot release height

02.03.2026 21:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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02.03.2026 20:56 — 👍 124    🔁 24    💬 6    📌 3
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another one: yaramil hiraldo, who ran a 40% swinging strike rate on his changeup last year. 40%!!!

02.03.2026 19:13 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0
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for example: nate garkow, who is throwing changeups with 20 inches of iVB

02.03.2026 18:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Here Are Some Fun New Pitches From the Early Spring Fifteen guys to keep an eye on in Arizona and Florida.

there is so much baseball happening these days — who will find all the weird pitching stuff? it's me. i will find the weird pitching stuff for @fangraphs.com:

02.03.2026 18:25 — 👍 14    🔁 4    💬 3    📌 2

no swing data this spring : (

02.03.2026 16:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

😩😩😩😩😩😩

01.03.2026 21:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

not only are the shapes excellent, the delivery is so smooth and controlled, the 4.5% walk rate last year doesn't look like a fluke

01.03.2026 21:20 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

oh my god ryan sloan looks ridiculous

01.03.2026 21:06 — 👍 12    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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cutter shape today is back to what it looked in 2024. there may have been some calibration issues in the first start

01.03.2026 20:25 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

thank you!!

28.02.2026 21:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

hiraldo propaganda coming soon to a blog post near you

28.02.2026 21:59 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

hell yeah

28.02.2026 21:42 — 👍 33    🔁 3    💬 3    📌 0

yaramil hiraldo

28.02.2026 19:31 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

it's just a pretty rare (maybe unprecedented) combo of K% and GB%

26.02.2026 20:08 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

i think it's probably grading out a bit better than it should bc of the arm angle estimate, but yea if he can add a tick of velo and an inch of carry it's going to be a plus pitch

26.02.2026 20:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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top 15 SP

26.02.2026 19:38 — 👍 16    🔁 1    💬 3    📌 2
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https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7069413/2026/02/24/paul-skenes-world-baseball-classic-pirates/

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7069413/2026/02/24/paul-skenes-world-baseball-classic-pirates/

surprised this quote he gave yesterday didn't get much attention...

26.02.2026 00:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 1

i emailed MLB so we'll see if they're willing to share some further specifics

25.02.2026 22:13 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0