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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 5/17/2019 8:38:16 AM

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You guys see the FSN series Town Ball yet?

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 5/17/2019 1:02:59 PM

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The long strange journey of our old pal CarGo

The Mets have notified outfielder Carlos Gómez that the club will select his contract from Triple-A Syracuse, as first reported by the New York Post. The team has not confirmed Gomez’s callup.
Mets outfielder Michael Conforto is likely heading to the seven-day concussion injured list after he was involved in a collision with Robinson Cano during New York’s 7-6 loss to the Nationals on Thursday, and that would clear a roster spot for the 33-year-old Gomez.
This would be Gomez’s second official stint with the Mets; he played his rookie season in Queens before he was dealt away to Minnesota in February 2008 as part of the trade that brought Johan Santana to New York. Gomez nearly came back to the Mets in 2015 as part of a famous near-trade involving Wilmer Flores and Zack Wheeler, but New York backed out of the deal with Milwaukee over health concerns regarding Gomez.
In 35 games with Syracuse, Gomez has slashed .270/.329/.500 with six home runs, nine doubles and a triple across 140 plate appearances -- while also adding five steals.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 5/19/2019 10:01:34 AM

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Mike Trout made his 250th career homer a memorable one in a 6-3 win over the Royals on Saturday night, as he absolutely crushed a solo homer in the first inning off Royals right-hander Jakob Junis that traveled a projected 473 feet, per Statcast.

With his 250th career homer, Trout became the sixth American League player ever to reach that mark before turning 28, joining Alex Rodriguez, Jimmie Foxx, Ken Griffey Jr., Mickey Mantle and Juan Gonzalez. He’s the 13th player overall to reach the mark by his age-27 season.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 5/19/2019 10:02:29 AM

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The most productive team at each position

https://www.mlb.com/news/teams-getting-the-most-at-each-position-to-begin-2019

Catcher: Twins
Minnesota’s catching corps was even stronger before Mitch Garver sprained his ankle in a collision at home plate Tuesday night. Garver still ranks among the top five backstops with 1.6 WAR after clubbing nine homers and slugging a mammoth .747 over his first 25 games, building on the small glimpses of power he showed as a rookie.

As Garver recovers on the IL, Jason Castro (165 wRC+, 1.1 WAR) is gaining health and turning heads with his bat (he ranks second in MLB in barrel-per-batted ball rate behind Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez) while also placing highly in Statcast’s new strike rate metric for pitches he’s framing behind the plate. Willians Astudillo, the Twins’ Swiss army knife, has caught seven games behind the plate to give Minnesota the deepest catcher depth chart in baseball so far.

The Cubs are right behind the Twins at the catcher position, with Willson Contreras (173 wRC+, 1.8 WAR) putting together a career year at the plate.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 5/19/2019 10:03:22 AM

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Shortstop: Cardinals
Jorge Polanco and the Twins could have just as easily claimed this spot. So could Javy Baez and the Cubs. But we’re going with the underrated Paul DeJong (163 wRC+, 3.1 WAR), who’s started all but one of the Cardinals’ contests at shortstop. Improved plate discipline has helped DeJong become a hitter completely worthy of batting between Paul Goldschmidt and Marcell Ozuna in the Redbirds’ lineup; he still ranks among MLB’s five most valuable players, in fact, regardless of position. Pair the offensive improvements with DeJong’s excellent defense at a premier position, and St. Louis has another bona fide position player star on its hands.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 5/19/2019 10:19:20 AM

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The most productive team at each position

https://www.mlb.com/news/teams-getting-the-most-at-each-position-to-begin-2019

Catcher: Twins
Minnesota’s catching corps was even stronger before Mitch Garver sprained his ankle in a collision at home plate Tuesday night. Garver still ranks among the top five backstops with 1.6 WAR after clubbing nine homers and slugging a mammoth .747 over his first 25 games, building on the small glimpses of power he showed as a rookie.

As Garver recovers on the IL, Jason Castro (165 wRC+, 1.1 WAR) is gaining health and turning heads with his bat (he ranks second in MLB in barrel-per-batted ball rate behind Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez) while also placing highly in Statcast’s new strike rate metric for pitches he’s framing behind the plate. Willians Astudillo, the Twins’ Swiss army knife, has caught seven games behind the plate to give Minnesota the deepest catcher depth chart in baseball so far.

The Cubs are right behind the Twins at the catcher position, with Willson Contreras (173 wRC+, 1.8 WAR) putting together a career year at the plate.

That Castro pitch-framing is finally showing up.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 5/19/2019 2:55:44 PM

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Yanks are 27-17

Now using .214 hitter Kendrys Morales as DH

Hicks is back. Hitting .200

And still winning.

So hats off to the Twins for beating them when they could.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 5/19/2019 2:57:01 PM

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And Houston per one story has the best offense ever.

Thankfully MN doesn't have to face that again this regular season, after winning the season series.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 5/19/2019 3:03:02 PM

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Realmuto has 5 dingers for the Phils

I remember REALLY wanting the Twins to get that guy.
MN catching has been better, thankfully.

Harper has 9 dingers.

How the heck are the Twins outhomering some of these legendary players?

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 5/19/2019 3:10:58 PM

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I'm glad Arraez is getting a taste.

Other teams get their 23 year olds up. Like it's a big deal.

Chavis, 23 year old Infielder, has 8 dingers for Boston.

You can develop kids early

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 5/20/2019 2:14:08 PM

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Red Sox starting to roll
Prepare for the Tiger-like nauseating over-coverage ... to hit full gear soon.
"Greatest team ever put together" comments coming soon.
Whuppin up on the Blue Jays today 10-2
Hey, we did that too ….

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 5/20/2019 2:15:34 PM

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I'm glad Arraez is getting a taste.

Other teams get their 23 year olds up. Like it's a big deal.

Chavis, 23 year old Infielder, has 8 dingers for Boston.

You can develop kids early

He's pretty solid. Carries himself well.
Dead ringer for a guy we had a couple years ago, no?
Same swing, same swagger, uses momentum into each swing.
Looks very similar.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 5/20/2019 2:24:26 PM

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I'm glad Arraez is getting a taste.

Other teams get their 23 year olds up. Like it's a big deal.

Chavis, 23 year old Infielder, has 8 dingers for Boston.

You can develop kids early

He's pretty solid. Carries himself well.
Dead ringer for a guy we had a couple years ago, no?
Same swing, same swagger, uses momentum into each swing.
Looks very similar.

But he's a SAWX

so there is that.

Pedroia will be back soon. Super team will be even more super

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 5/20/2019 2:26:09 PM

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Wait Ed ….
I was talking Arraez

Don't you EVER accuse me of liking a Red Sox's game.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 5/20/2019 2:27:03 PM

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Wait Ed ….
I was talking Arraez

Don't you EVER accuse me of liking a Red Sox's game.

LOL

I was thinking of a different second baseman....

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 5/20/2019 2:27:47 PM

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A-Rise

will probably get more pop in his bat too.

Much like Esky did.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 5/20/2019 2:31:11 PM

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A-Rise

will probably get more pop in his bat too.

Much like Esky did.

He reminds me of … was it Castillo for us?
Active, always moving forward in the box.
I like him so far.
We've got tons of MI options from what I see.
Could maybe move someone for another arm or two.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 5/20/2019 3:11:12 PM

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The guy they traded for Jack and the team tanked
Yup can see that

Blankenhorn is coming
Playing mostly second
Some third

6’2” 228lbs

Bigger than Schoop

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 5/20/2019 3:15:47 PM

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The guy they traded for Jack and the team tanked
Yup can see that

Blankenhorn is coming
Playing mostly second
Some third

6’2” 228lbs

Bigger than Schoop

I keep thinking we need to start some shit some night …
Our guys look like an NFL squad these days

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 5/20/2019 3:41:45 PM

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Realmuto has 5 dingers for the Phils

I remember REALLY wanting the Twins to get that guy.
MN catching has been better, thankfully.

Harper has 9 dingers.

How the heck are the Twins outhomering some of these legendary players?

Well duh, The cement finally dried.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 5/20/2019 6:55:19 PM

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Grossman just got called out on a ridiculous Strike 3 call on a full count! He was tossing the bat away, ready to walk to 1st base as the ump called a crazy strike. To make it worse, the runner at 1st was trying to steal 2nd and was thrown out. The announcers tried to say the runner thought it was a hit-and-run, but I call BS.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 5/21/2019 7:28:44 AM

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Grossman just got called out on a ridiculous Strike 3 call on a full count! He was tossing the bat away, ready to walk to 1st base as the ump called a crazy strike. To make it worse, the runner at 1st was trying to steal 2nd and was thrown out. The announcers tried to say the runner thought it was a hit-and-run, but I call BS.

The Grossman throw-the-bat-what-you're-kidding-ump routine was fun the first 400 times.
Its old now, isn't it?

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 5/21/2019 9:16:10 AM

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Grossman just got called out on a ridiculous Strike 3 call on a full count! He was tossing the bat away, ready to walk to 1st base as the ump called a crazy strike. To make it worse, the runner at 1st was trying to steal 2nd and was thrown out. The announcers tried to say the runner thought it was a hit-and-run, but I call BS.

Good. I hate Robbie Grossman AB.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 5/23/2019 1:00:11 PM

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Interesting convo on ESPN about 5-toolers like Yelich
I didn't realize there was a standard number for arm strength
Surprised at the 90 mph figure

But he's probably not actually a five-tool player. Traditionally, a five-tool player is meant to be average or better at hitting for average, hitting for power, running fast, catching baseballs and throwing hard. Yelich is absolutely elite at the first two, way above average in the third, probably good enough in the fourth. But his arm is below average. His "max effort" throw is about 85 mph, according to Statcast data. The typical outfielder's max-effort throws are around 90 mph. And his fastest throw, which wasn't very fast by fast-throw standards, came almost four years ago, so it's probably getting a little worse.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 5/23/2019 1:08:21 PM

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Interesting convo on ESPN about 5-toolers like Yelich
I didn't realize there was a standard number for arm strength
Surprised at the 90 mph figure

But he's probably not actually a five-tool player. Traditionally, a five-tool player is meant to be average or better at hitting for average, hitting for power, running fast, catching baseballs and throwing hard. Yelich is absolutely elite at the first two, way above average in the third, probably good enough in the fourth. But his arm is below average. His "max effort" throw is about 85 mph, according to Statcast data. The typical outfielder's max-effort throws are around 90 mph. And his fastest throw, which wasn't very fast by fast-throw standards, came almost four years ago, so it's probably getting a little worse.

Kiermaier had a 100.6 MPH throw to nail Bellinger last night.

https://www.mlb.com/news/kevin-kiermaier-throws-out-cody-bellinger?partnerId=ed-13812735-1143908933

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