@alexspeier
Jackie Bradley Jr. hit a ball to left-center for a double. He's consistently hit the ball opposite field this spring - noteworthy after he went from career-high opposite-field usage (27.8%) in 2020 to a career-low 19.8% in 2021.
Squints: “But it was signed by Babe Ruth!”
Smalls: “Yeah. You keep telling me that, but who is she?”
“What?”
“What?”
“The Sultan of Swat!”
“The King of Crash!”
“The Colossus of Clout!”
“The Colossus of Clout!”
“Babe Ruth!”
Ham: “The Great Bambino!”
Smalls: “Oh my God! You mean that’s the same guy?”
Ham: “I’m the great Bambino.”
Smalls: “Who’s that?”
Ham: “What?”
Narrator: “I had no idea who they were talking about.”
Ham: “What did he say?”
Bertram: “What, were you born in a barn, man?”
Yeah-Yeah: “Yeah, yeah. What planet are you from.”
Narrator: “There was no way I could let them know.”
Squints: “You’ve never heard of the Sultan of Swat?”
DeNunez: “The Titan of Terror?”
Timmy: “The Colossus of Clout?”
Tommy: “The Colossus of Clout?”
Benny: “The King of Crash, man.”
Narrator: “So, I lied.”
Smalls: “Oh, yeah. The Great Bambino! Of course. I thought you said The Great Bambi.”
Ham: “That wimpy deer?”
Smalls: “Yeah. I guess. Sorry.”
From Fangraphs:
Tyler gained about three ticks on his heater and slider in 2021, which helped him blossom from an org guy into a legitimate relief prospect. The righty comes at hitters straight over the top with a cutter that carries more than you’d guess based on the pitch’s spin rate and efficiency, and he pairs it with a vertically-oriented, almost 12-6 slider. His game basically boils down to tunneling those two offerings, as the other three pitches are mostly ornamental. He projects as an up-and-down spot starter or long reliever.
@luettgendj47
@redsoxstats
looks like Dalbec is going with a much smaller leg lift on 2 strikes. Wider stance too
https://twitter.com/redsoxstats/status/1506329485590859798
Getting tips from Casas?
It's not about the lack of titles, it's about not being able to have players that you can reliably root for year in and year out. When it's just a never ending stream of hired guns, I think the enjoyment of following a team is kind of diminished.
Per the UPC, "the Player shall execute the enclosed Life Insurance Notice and Consent Form in connection with... the League-wide Player Life Insurance Program."
The insurer would not provide coverage to a monkey under that specific program.