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Waiting for reality to settle in but in the meantime, enjoying this stat:

First seven games and in each the starter has gone at least five innings (Cora's oft-mentioned goal);

First 38 innings by starting five:  46 Ks, 3 BBs.

 

And just an observation watching the end of the Red Sox game and the Yankee game - both teams extraordinarily lucky. Jansen getting the save was a minor miracle and if he stays in the low 90s something must be wrong with him;

Yankees on the cusp of being walked off (possibly) and sneak out with a pitch that was 4 inches off the plate being called a strike. It was like it was the late 90s, or an Angel Hernandez game.  Terrible.

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Hey, I’m all in favor of robo-umping balls and strikes. Judge was called out Tuesday night on a pitch six inches below his knees, and he routinely leads the league in the unfortunate category of balls-called-strikes. The odds were good that we were going to get that last out anyway—Arizona had to send up a pitcher to hit after Boone IBB’d the previous batter, because they were out of position players.

Can’t say I expected a Cole-less NY to open 6-1 on the road against Houston and the defending NL champs—it’s a sweet start for sure, but I’m not going to get too heady about it. The team’s definitely showing some great potential.

Jsngry, how are you feeling about the Rangers so far? How well positioned are they to defend their title?  

 

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1 hour ago, ghost of miles said:

Hey, I’m all in favor of robo-umping balls and strikes. Judge was called out Tuesday night on a pitch six inches below his knees, and he routinely leads the league in the unfortunate category of balls-called-strikes. The odds were good that we were going to get that last out anyway—Arizona had to send up a pitcher to hit after Boone IBB’d the previous batter, because they were out of position players.

Can’t say I expected a Cole-less NY to open 6-1 on the road against Houston and the defending NL champs—it’s a sweet start for sure, but I’m not going to get too heady about it. The team’s definitely showing some great potential.

I believe it`s good to appreciate the own team`s efforts .... whining about others doesn`t help (at least for most of us) ....

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I don't want robocalls for balls/strikes -- what I have seen of the "challenge" system in minors seems quite good and it leaves the random variable of super close pitches being called in the moment. It doesn't have to be perfect umps, but a system of appeal by either side so that obvious misses don't stand would be good IMHO.

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Rangers? Jung being out for 2+ months doesn't help. Three starters out until mid-season doesn't help.

Still, the team has skills. I'd say they're positioned to compete. Past that...Long way still to 162.

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There seem to be a few umpires who attended the Eric Gregg School of Umpiring. I was very puzzled during the Braves game recently where Max Fried threw a two out two strike pitch well inside the strike frame and it was called ball three. He walked the next batter and didn't make it through the first inning. The announcers couldn't believe there eyes as well, it was not a borderline pitch. 

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2 minutes ago, Ken Dryden said:

There seem to be a few umpires who attended the Eric Gregg School of Umpiring. I was very puzzled during the Braves game recently where Max Fried threw a two out two strike pitch well inside the strike frame and it was called ball three. He walked the next batter and didn't make it through the first inning. The announcers couldn't believe there eyes as well, it was not a borderline pitch. 

By chance was the catcher set up off the plate?  Somehow some umps will definitely miss a pitch right down the middle, as if penalizing him for not hitting the catcher's glove, who was set up outside the strike zone!

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As I recall the catcher was set up inside the box. I know that jerking the mitt from off the plate to the middle of the box frequently causes a missed call. The umpire just blew it. Fortunately, the Braves rallied and won in the late innings.

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On 4/4/2024 at 11:54 PM, ghost of miles said:

MLB Most Called Strikes Below Strike Zone Since 2017

489 Aaron Judge

368 Xander Bogaerts

365 Josh Bell

343 Paul Goldschmidt

340 Manny Machado

Wow 😵‍💫🥵 ....

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The TJS plague continues apace:

nugget & G @jayhaykid

Shane Bieber - Tommy John

Eury Pérez - TJ

Felix Bautista - TJ

Lucas Giolito - TJ

Shane McClanahan - TJ

Jacob deGrom - TJ

Sandy Alcantara - TJ

Walker Buehler - returning from

TJ

Robbie Ray - returning from TJ

Dustin May - returning from TJ

Gerrit Cole - elbow inflammation

Spencer Strider - MRI on elbow

Kyle Bradish - sprained elbow

Not great!

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