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How about some love for Baseball Weekly from the early 90's?

Of course Hyde also hoped he'd avoid the IL. Hopefully he comes back strong.

How did you take what I said and come to that conclusion? I'm honestly curious. I think I might not be the one to need a new set of glasses. (btw I'm already a customer of Zenni)

How many guys with below average K rates are above average pitchers? Sure it can be done, but it's a lot more rare. I also question how many are actually pitching to contact and not just failing to strike guys out. Palmer, I believe he pitched to contact. Some of the other guys, I think they just don't miss bats.

Crap. OK replace all references to Mike Fast (pitch framing guru) with Voros McCracken (FIP) in my earlier posts. Sorry got my names confused.

I liked that (hack) comment, as if anyone is suggesting Palmer is a hack.

Do you just compare Ty Cobb's HR total with Ronald Acuna? Context matters. The K rate when Palmer pitched was hugely different than the rate in 2023.

I don't think it's a repeatable skill. (in the vast majority of cases) Ever read Mike Fast?

Wildcard said the same thing. Do high k guys throw more pitches? He declined to provide evidence. I think base runners are the main driving factor in higher pitch counts.

There is this revisionist view of him as some slop ball pitcher for his whole career.

And the league rates for context?

Grayson threw a higher percentage of strikes. Is it your argument that pitchers should be throwing pitches that hitters can more easily square up and put into play?

How much of that is because of hitters changing their approach?

OK, stick with me here for a second. Means threw 96 pitches, 65 of which were strikes. Grayson thew threw 99 pitches, 73 of which were strikes. So what exactly is your argument? Is it that the pitches Means was throwing were easier to hit cleanly and put into play? And that's a good thing?

Wow. Two starts. That proves what exactly? It wasn't even against the same opponent. Why not just bring up a Nolan Ryan game from the 60's?

You are the one making the claim. Shouldn't it fall upon you to provide evidence? We've been over this before. You post opinion as fact and get defensive when I question you. I politely asked for you to provide evidence for something you stated as a fact. I wasn't rude about it, I even included a helpful tip for you to improve the grammar of your posts. I don't think the actual evidence supports your claim. I think a lack of swing and miss is going to lead to extended at bats which will cause the overall total number of pitches to be similar. But that's just an opinion.

Fewer pitches. Can you show evidence to support this claim? I know it sounds super obvious but is it?

Are they eligible for the #1 pick?

So Means had that perfect game after all? For the record I agree with you.

Sometimes loyalty isn't the most effective trait.

They watch baseball to relax.

Blowing bubbles?

I think he really wanted to not give up a run. He's got a no hitter.

I'm often disappointed.

I don't give a hoot about the no hitter, I want the bullpen to get a night off.