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It's not a real high bar so sure. He'll make a nice speech.

Is there tho? I don't think it comes up as often as you do. Keep in mind not only do you need a stolen base you need to have a situation in which you can replace the baserunner with Mateo and not hurt your chances more than the value of the stolen base. You aren't going to run for Adley in the third for instance.

It's pretty amazing how poorly those dynasty Oriole teams drew.

Don't forget the part where someone else jumps in to support the person I'm disagreeing with and when I'm shown to be right are strangely silent. Who would have thought there would have been a good reason I didn't accept somebody timing a run off of a highlight clip?

Exactly, potentially. It's easy to come up with scenarios in which having him on the team saves the day but how likely is that to happen? Is it worth the cost of having him on the roster?

You could find out how pro worker John really is.

No one loses a year.

Wow, that would have been the fastest time in the Statcast era. Elly's 10.83 (fastest of the season, second fastest since 2020) https://bdata-producedclips.mlb.com/6807eae6-df47-4f38-85f4-e5ce2dbabcf6.mp4

Oh, I thought you had actual Statcast data. NM.

I know what the OP is saying and I agree with it. I'm curious where the 11 seconds came from because it doesn't seem realistic given the De La Cruz time earlier in the season. Mateo is very fast but Elly is even faster.

Can you show me where you got that from? Elly De La Cruz had the second fastest time to third since 2020 earlier this season and he came in at 10.83. If Mateo managed an 11.00 when he didn't even get out the box well and "eased up" that would be amazing.

I don't think any (major) team does it from scratch. They need to hold their vendor responsible.

He's also on the most successful team, which won't hurt.

It's on the upswing.

And getting a real manager!

He played more games at 3B than any other position so yea, he was a third baseman.

Look it's simple. Once the fans show that they are willing to come out to the ballpack they will look into expanding the concessions. If the fans keep supporting the team through attendance things will be ramped up for the 2024 season.

Now that at bat was ugly Ryan.

TV speakers tend to aim down or behind instead of forward, so the sound gets bounced around. Even a cheap soundbar should enhance clarity since it will at least be forward facing.

You watching on TV? Got a decent soundbar? Modern TVs have crap speakers.

I think it did...until 2013 when the Rangers beat it. Almost makes one think that modern bullpen usage might have been a factor.

I hope you have a speedy and full recovery. Nice to see only one person was offended by me in this thread.

I'm sure they are pretty pleased to have you jump to their defense but I don't think I was making them out to be an idiot. In point of fact I had to go back and check a third time to even figure out what you were talking about. I was way snarkier to other people in this thread.