Because Ben wondered about Sloan's podcast appearances total: confirmed at two. (She now ranks above John Brebbia.)
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The Twins just won a 9-inning game in which they hit 5 GIDPs, a feat only accomplished 104 times. That's rarer than throwing a no-hitter! Only 11 teams have won a game with 6 GIDPs, most recently the Astros in 2018. Nobody has ever won with 7. (Stats provided by Michael Mountain)
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO www.mlb.com/news/shohei-...
Ohtani (left knee soreness) will not pitch Wednesday; return to mound TBD
NEW YORK -- Two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani will not make his scheduled pitching start on Wednesday in Philadelphia, manager Dave Roberts said Sunday, and could miss additional starts on the mound in ...
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With the #1 pick in the MLB Draft being UCLA SS Roch Cholowsky, @megrowler.fangraphs.com's prediction of a HS pitcher being first is declared FALSE.
anyone know the record for most fWAR accrued in a calendar month?
ben (looking for bandwagon teams)@ben.tootblan.com · 4w agocould be quite the september
I don't think Konnor Griffin is reaching 10 fWAR, folks. www.mlb.com/news/konnor-...
Griffin undergoing non-operative care for torn finger tendon, out until September
PITTSBURGH – Pirates shortstop Konnor Griffin is expected to miss 8-10 weeks after being placed on the 10-day IL with a torn sagittal band in his left ring finger. The 20-year-old suffered the injury ...
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Episode 2500 coming out on the US 250th wasn't the only coincidence - it's also @grantbrisbee.bsky.social's 25th appearance on the show.
Vitello's aura has diminished so much that I don't think anyone's going to bother with him on AO3 anymore
Corbin Carroll 20/20/20/20 Tracker: 16 doubles, 9 triples, 13 home runs, 9 stolen bases
Sarah Langs@slangsonsports.bsky.social · 2mo agoThis is the second time Corbin Carroll has had at least 10 homers and 9 triples in his team’s first 75 games (also 2025) The only other player since at least 1900 to do this twice is Kiki Cuyler, in 1925 and 1930
In the MLFAD, Meg's draft board has had a pretty awful run, still stuck at zero and with only two players projected by FanGraphs to record playing time. One of them, Ty Adcock, was DFA'd by the Padres on the 14th. However, on the positive side, the other player (Blake Hunt) was who got called up!
Elsewhere around the Preseason Predictions Game: - Justin Verlander (1.6 fWAR) returns from the IL on Sunday - Konnor Griffin currently doubling up Jake Magnum's fWAR - Mickey Moniak has 21 HR, which I am told is a lot - Corbin Carroll already has 8 triples
Ben Clemens's prediction of Spencer Strider being optioned to the minors takes another major hit with the news of his placement on the 60-day IL, preventing his potential return until mid-August. He'd originally been placed on the 15-day IL earlier this week. www.rotowire.com/baseball/hea...
Spencer Strider Injury: Transferred to 60-day IL | RotoWire
Atlanta transferred Strider (elbow) to the 60-day injured list Wednesday.
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Once again, @benclemens.bsky.social is ahead of his time, as the White Sox have sole possession of the AL Central lead
EW Stats member Michael Mountain has an article up on FanGraphs about BOOG! community.fangraphs.com/boog-and-the...
BOOG and the Hall of Fame, Part 1 (Introduction)
Presenting a different metric for evaluating Hall of Fame candidacies.
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i haven't posted in awhile but i did think it was important to let everyone know that baseball is continuing to happen, every day. In some cases i've even seen multiple games happening at the same time
The Tigers and Red Sox, playing in front of an empty stadium due to a threat of lightning. Now the question is, if this had happened last year, would we have counted it as a correct prediction for Baumann?
Since we've now had two managers dismissed, a reminder: Even though each of their replacements are 'new', the prediction was specifically about the nine new managers who started the season. Don Mattingly or Chad Tracy getting the can (while unlikely) doesn't qualify.
Munetaka Murakami - 36 K's Top CWS Hitter - ALSO Murakami (tied with Chase Meidroth) at 23 I think we're well on our way to some points being earned.
I regret to report that Konnor Griffin is not currently on pace to reach 10.1 fWAR, as he is currently still at -0.1.
It *finally* happened! Oneil Cruz his a double at 119(!) MPH exit velocity.
Tonight's Orioles-DBacks game is the third time on record to achieve this feat. The other two: Brewers @ Reds, May 7, 2016 Tigers @ Brewers, June 1, 2021 (h/t EWStats member Michael Mountain)
Joel@joelskeetsos.bsky.social · 4mo agoHow many games have there been in MLB history in which BOTH second basemen hit multiple home runs?