Hallas

So things like swing rate, swinging strike rate, FB rate/GB rate get to an r^2 >= .5 like 60 PAs, and EV and launch angle in around 40 batted balls. We're a hair short, but not that much. Like I said, it's enough for some rough trends.

Just my 2 cents, but I like the 1/9. The 10-game intervals was a little too frequent, but 18 games seems like a decent enough sample size to get some rough trends. And holy crap we have 4/9 guys in our lineup that are hotter than the Sun.

He caught that as the DH, he really is good

if you really wanted to get wacky you could intentionally damage the weak parts of the UCL (but not enough to qualify as a full tear) and apply the PRP, but that seems awfully risky. I really don't think the risk is worth it unless there's some discomfort that needs to be healed.

That was kind of a ridiculous challenge. The fence that he reached over was well out of the field of play. It'd be a different story of the face of that wall was in play, but it's not.

It crossed my mind but I'm not a doctor, and I wonder if maybe pitchers don't want to take the risk.

The white papers on PRP said that they did follow-up imaging and in the cases where the players returned to play without surgical treatment, the follow-up MRI showed a repaired UCL, and in some cases the UCL actually grew back stronger/thicker.

I thought that would be out in most parks, but Statcast says that's only out in 5 parks.

Remember when we were worried that Gunnar was going to regress?

Avengers? The as-yet-unannounced Fortnite movie?

There's a little concern here. We're 4th in the majors in chase rate at 30% and 7th in swing rate. In particular, Adley has had a rough few weeks in terms of chasing, and he's dropped significantly in that regard compared to 2023. It's early so it's tough to say whether it's cause for major concern, but it's worth keeping an eye on. That being said, why waste time walking to first when home runs do the trick?

can you elaborate?

I had minimal faith that O'Hearn would stick as a full time player this year, but holy crap he keeps hitting. He's not exactly getting shortchanged either.

Send him down!!

Will the Sprinkler become the next viral dance move?