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5 hours ago, Frobby said:

Santander never even deserved it.  He had some hot and cold streaks, just normal level stuff. Hays and Urias were just off the charts bad at the beginning of the year, the kind of bad that makes you wonder if there’s something seriously wrong with them physically.  Urias (now at 99 OPS+} has basically dug himself completely out of his early season hole.  Hays (70 OPS+) still has a long way to go to do that, but at least he’s showing signs of life.   

Also, I think a lot of people haven’t recognized just how much lower the league offensive environment is this year.  Urias had a 98 OPS+ last year with a .703 raw OPS; this year he’s at 99 with a .684.   Santander was at 121 OPS+ last year with a .797; this year, 118 OPS+ with a .751.  The average OPS in MLB was .734 last year and .698 this year.   Runs are down from 4.62 per game per team to 4.32.   So individual performances have to be viewed in that context.   

That makes what Gunnar is doing all the more special.  Good info, thanks.  Had heard offense is down, but those numbers really drive the point home.  

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This thread is to call out players for whatever reason. Can include obvious heroic performances (the Cedric and Westburg walkoffs) but also random high effort or baseball IQ plays that don't stand out

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4 hours ago, Frobby said:

While I think there’s some truth to that, last year the league had a .726 OPS in March/April, .733 in May.  This year, .699 and .695.   

Very fair. A bit of a gut reaction on my part after delving in to the data a bit every time Fangraphs has a post about YOY offense being down. There have been ebbs and flows over time, but early offense is typically lower than where we land full season, pretty uniformally. 

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I am getting caught up after missing a bunch of games while on vacation. 

I assume Saturday's gameball was Bradish for his dominant pitching after having his start pushed back. 

I watched most of today's game. Grayson had a perfect game through five innings but his final line wasn't too impressive. That was partially Tate's fault though. I'm thinking it has to be Adley for the big base hit in the 7th to break open the one run game, plus the initial RBI single, and then the grand slam to really put the game out of reach. Even Adley's outs were smashed today (95 liner and 102 grounder). Also nice to see Cedric with some good swings.

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1 minute ago, Aristotelian said:

6/11 vs ATL. Jorge had the big Weaver Special but Suarez gets the gameball for 5+ shutout innings to steal a tough matchup against the Braves' ace. 

Jorge faced the ace.

Suarez faced an ice cold lineup w/ one dangerous bat

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46 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

6/11 vs ATL. Jorge had the big Weaver Special but Suarez gets the gameball for 5+ shutout innings to steal a tough matchup against the Braves' ace. 

This looked like a series where the Braves pitching could overmatch the back end of the O's rotation.  Suarez definitely stepped up.  Deflated Braves offense or not. 

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3 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

6/12/2024 vs Braves, Povich had a real nice start in his home debut but I have to go with Cowser coming off the bench, ambushing a first pitch fastball for a big pinch hit 33% WPA bomb. 

 

 

Suarez over Mateo last night.

Cowser over Povich tonight.

You lack consistency 

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10 minutes ago, DirtyBird said:

Suarez over Mateo last night.

Cowser over Povich tonight.

You lack consistency 

That's the beauty of the gameball thread, it is completely subjective, does not need to make sense, and no wrong answer. Povich was excellent for sure. 

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