The pitch to Judge was just the Judge tax. That was a pretty good curveball.
Rizzo was bad luck. But you gotta get at least Torres out there. And then Soto hits a liner too.
You can add Culoumbe and Webb to this list. All 5 are between useful and star members of the roster, but there is also a big addition-by-subtraction gain in getting rid of the 5 guys they replaced.
Finally getting to watch a couple of his games in some detail, I can report he probably doesn't slide head first much.
At least, as a baserunner, he doesn't wear a mitt as our guys do. Looks like a lighter thumb guard kind of thing, but fingers are free.
I missed a slide test because the base he just stole was standing up, his MLB best 33rd in a row without being caught.
Ohtani v. Cease 3 times was good to get to see, and LAD and SDP playing another great game of baseball as a kid from Baltimore and Manny try to push the world's greatest talent collection.
Dodgers might have lost their (ancient) shortstop to a muscle strain while base running. He couldn't go 1st to home on an Ohtani double that might have been a triple if he had been able to do so.
I may be misunderstanding, but if you are suggesting that you would recall Rogers for the playoffs, then I must respectfully and strongly disagree.
Baker is odd man out here, or maybe Smith, but I would definitely keep Bowman
A litmus test is if you'd prefer Trevor Rogers back for last guy.
Tell me if it sounds crazy, but a pitcher you can sign to a minor league deal in mid-August might not be competitive with the world's greatest hitters in late September.
It is fun to curate a trick pitch that works for a minute.
Just read two interesting tidbits - Juan Soto has battered him something like 18/35 which seemed like a lot but I guess PHI and WSN saw each other a bunch in the NL East.
Also that he passed 1000 career innings. It caught me a little by surprise he has been around that long. Fingers crossed Bradish and Grayson in their careers can get there. Eflin is 3rd among pitchers at age 30 and down this season.
Hopping to Active Leaders to see how few pitchers attain that in this Driveline/Arm Barn era, tonight he became the 57th active pitcher to get there. He gives us the ~162 IP we hope for in 2025, it'd go up about 20 spots.
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