Baseball Miscellany

"Remember that time we got busted using in game tech and blamed it on the video guy? Then we fired him only to re-hire him later? "

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If ya ain’t cheatin’, ya ain’t tryin"…

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https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/48628571/2026-mlb-passan-takeaways-struggling-teams-automated-balls-strikes-challenge-breakout-stars

Some Stros talk involved

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My first thought with Cora and the whole staff getting canned was that something is about to come down from the league office on Alex and more cheating.

They’re doing a piss poor job of it if so.

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Not a great day for Reds pitchers:

Pirates lead 15-4 after 5. Reds have thrown 166 pitches.

Grim.

Dubie full on Looney Toons style face planted in to the wall for a crazy catch yesterday.

https://x.com/i/status/2050744517171478614

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Perfect that this guy is starting today.

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With velocity increasing leaguewide, it was only a matter of time before pitchers started adopting the all-fastball arsenal. Interesting read on the rising trend of 4S/2S/cutter guys:

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Altuve’s career OPS is .825.

Is that bad?

I’m glad it’s just OPS. That’s a useless statistic and I don’t believe in it.

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It means that Altuve has been underachieving his entire career.

I was one of those cartoon heads turning red and steaming whenever they said ā€œYordan is leading the league in batting, on base, slugging, and OPSā€.

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How wrong can OPS be as a metric if it has the Astros at the top of the list of worst at getting the 9-hole hitter out?

Or should have been hitting 10th.

Video of a check-swing challenge under the rule they’re testing in the minors:

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Eric Hosmer breaks down types of sign stealing.

https://x.com/StevenCheah/status/2050933875682034115