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A’s star closer Mason Miller was asked why he can’t have a special intro when entering the game. His response:
“The lights might not come back on.” 💀
(via
@FoulTerritoryTV
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Juan Soto signing a ball for a fan in the middle of an at-bat is legendary
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The Royals worked with MLB and Nike to maintain the regular-sized lettering on the back of their jerseys, per
@UniWatch
.
Look how much better it looks…
(Via
@RoyalsDaily_
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Here are the scheduled starters for the Frisco RoughRiders this week:
Wednesday-Kumar Rocker
Thursday-Jacob DeGrom
Friday-Max Scherzer
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Several GM’s believe Japenese star pitcher Roki Sasaki already has plans to sign with the Dodgers next off-season, per
@BNightengale
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Shohei Ohtani has officially put up the highest War for a DH in MLB history 🐐
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Royce Lewis’s 162 game pace this year:
61 home runs
377 total bases
138 RBI
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Bobby Witt Jr. might put up the best season by shortstop ever and not win MVP...
26 HR, 26 SB, 1.011 OPS, 8.8 fWAR
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The Clearwater Threshers’ bat dog is retiring at 13 after 6 years of service and just retrieved her last bat 🥹
What a good girl 🥹🥹🥹
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The number one overall pick doubles in his first Spring Training AB!
Reminder: He’s 19.
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Aaron Judge and Bobby Witt Jr. have now both reached 10 fWar on the season!
The last time 2 players finished with 10+ War in the same season? 2002 Barry Bonds and Alex Rodriguez
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Corbin Carroll in August:
9 HR
4 3B
21 RBI
Yeah, he's back.
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Yordan Alvarez is the first player in Statcast history to have 5 batted balls with an exit velocity of 105+ and 3 batted balls with a projected distance of 400+ in a single game.
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Jackson Merrill in the 9th inning:
11-for-32
1.202 OPS
5 home runs
2 walkoff home runs
He's 21 years old.
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Hunter Brown in his first 11 starts: 6.18 ERA (2nd worst in MLB)
Since then (5 starts): 0.29 ERA (best in MLB)
Unreal turnaround.
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Pete Crow-Armstrong since August 1st:
.325 AVG
.372 OBP
.538 SLG
.910 OPS
149 wRC+
4 OAA
1.7 fWar - 8th in MLB in that span
This kid is absolutely blossoming.
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Bobby Witt Jr. has accumulated 2.1 fWAR since the last time the White Sox won a game
Paul DeJong leads all White Sox position players with 0.9 fWAR this season.
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Masyn Winn with a 92 MPH laser beam to get Harper. WOW.
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Our national nightmare is over!
Angel Hernández will announce his retirement Tuesday after reaching a financial settlement with Major League Baseball, per
@BNightengale
.
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Jackson Chourio’s OPS by month
April: .608
May: .542
June: .897
July: .878
August: .925
September: 1.033
After a rough first couple months, Jackson Chourio has fully emerged as one of the best outfielders in the entire sport
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Jackson Holliday has 5 hits and 6 RBI in his 4 games since returning to the Orioles👀
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Bobby Witt Jr. in his last calendar year of baseball - 161 games
10.1 fWar ‼️‼️‼️
.331 AVG
.964 OPS
160 wRC+
33 HR
44 SB
17 OAA at SS
Generational.
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Left-handed hitting Shortstops in MLB history to hit 200 career homers:
• Corey Seager
End of list!
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Shohei Ohtani is no longer the National League’s sole leader in fWar 👀👀
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Hyun-Jin Ryu in his 10 MLB seasons
1055.1 IP
3.27 ERA
122 ERA+
934 K’s
20.1 War
2-Time CY finalist
What a career for Ryu!
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After being examined by an allergist, Alex Verdugo has been informed he is allergic to two chemicals in his batting gloves, and perhaps the metal ink used for his tattoos as well.
(Via
@RandyJMiller
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The Miami Marlins give season ticket holders the opportunity to “Swing For Your Seats” with a home run at loanDepot Park winning them up to $10,000 towards season tickets for the next season.
Don’t tell this fan it’s a pitcher’s park 🚀 (via
@Marlins
)
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Batted balls over 110 mph in 2024
1) Bobby Witt Jr: 8
T-2) Juan Soto/Shohei Ohtani: 4
What a start for Bobby 🔥
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It’s June 27th and Gunnar Henderson has 5.9 fWAR.
If he keeps up that pace, he would record 11.9 fWAR on the season. That would be the most fWAR by a shortstop in a single season since 1900.
He’s 22 and putting up one of the greatest seasons by a shortstop in MLB history.
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HISTORY FOR BOBBY WITT JR.
He is the 8th Royal in franchise history to record 200 hits in a season!
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The only division in MLB where every team is at or above .500?
The NL Central.
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Shortstops in MLB history with 3 seasons of 25+ HR and 25+ SB
1) Francisco Lindor
End of list. (Via
@SlangsOnSports
)
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Some dude had Bryce Harper help him ask a girl to prom!
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The crowd in Oakland before the game is LARGE!
The A’s fans are trying to show they’re not the problem with a reverse boycott tonight.
Should be a rowdy night at The Colosuem!
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GIVEAWAY TIME!
You’ve got a chance to win a Topps Chrome Blaster Box or a Just Baseball Performance Long Sleeve and all you have to is follow these simple rules:
1.Must be following our Twitter and like this post
2.Reply with your World Series pick for 2023
Good luck!
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MLB ERA leaders over the past month:
Bowden Francis: 1.06 ERA, 0.38 WHIP, 4BB/39K
Albert Suarez: 1.19 ERA, 0.99 WHIP, 5BB/24K
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The Cincinnati Reds have reclaimed first place in the NL Central👀
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Every hitter in this lineup except for Ryan O’Hearn has spent their entire professional baseball career with the Baltimore Orioles
Homegrown studs.
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Is Cole Ragans just awesome or what?
6 IP
5 H
0 R
1 BB
8 K
1.93 ERA this year 🔥
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Jose Abreu will be activated tomorrow in Seattle, per GM Dana Brown
After 5 games at the Complex, Abreu was assigned to AAA and went 0-7 with 3 K’s in 2 games there.
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Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s 2021 AL MVP runner-up season:
.311 AVG | .401 OBP | 167 OPS+ | 166 wRC+
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s 2024 season:
.322 AVG | .398 OBP | 169 OPS+ | 168 wRC+
He is alllll the way back.
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The 2024 batting practice hats have been revealed and there are some absolute GEMS!
Which one is your favorite?
(Pics via
@UniWatch
)
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Twins 2024 6th round pick Derek Bender has been released less than 2 months after being drafted
Bender was telling opposing hitters what pitches were coming in a game with playoff implications, per
@JeffPassan
. The team went on to lose this game and were eliminated.
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Bobby Witt Jr. just got carved up by his BP pitcher and still managed to hit 20 home runs😭
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Michael Kopech on the Dodgers:
5.1 Innings
1 hit
0 walks
8 strikeouts
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Marlins manager Skip Schumacher is out helping the Mets grounds crew and trying to get this game restarted.
He also lit into a member of the Mets grounds crew while out there. Clearly frustrated with how things have agone down with the field this week…
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The Marlins sweep the Red Sox for the first time in franchise history!
They have won 23 of their last 31, are 14 games over .500 and they just got their superstar back in great form.
Are the Miami Marlins ready to make a push for October?!
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According to several executives, Roki Sasaki might be staying for another season in Japan as opposed to being posted this winter like originally planned.
(Via
@BNightengale
)
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Elly De La Cruz does his first on-camera interview in English after his electrifying night.
You can see how much it means to him to do this and how much he loves the game. How awesome is this?!
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Can’t pitch? No problem. Shohei Ohtani is on pace to have the greatest season by a primary DH in MLB history.
He’s on pace for 10.1 fWAR and a 204 wRC+. Those would both be the best in MLB history for a primary DH.
Greatness.
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Cole Ragans since the start of August:
7 starts with just 7 earned runs allowed, 1.48 ERA, 0.94 WHIP, 60 strikeouts🔥🔥🔥
Unbelievably good.
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Sixto Sánchez LOWERED his first-inning ERA by giving up two runs in the first tonight.
It now stands at 19.50.
(Via
@AramLeighton8
)
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Giancarlo Stanton getting doubled up on a play like this is hard to watch…
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The Dodgers have agreed to a deal with Clayton Kershaw, per
@Joelsherman1
and
@JonHeyman
.
One of the greatest players in franchise history will run it back for at least another year!
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In 2023, just 13 pitchers threw at least 175 innings with a 3.50 ERA or better.
The Diamondbacks now have three of those pitchers.
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THE MIAMI MARLINS HAVE CLINCHED A FULL-SEASON PLAYOFF BIRTH FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2003!
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Let’s salute Mitch Bratt.
Things didn’t go his way but he accepted the challenge for Canada 🇨🇦 and faced this star-studded lineup as a young kind in A-Ball.
He has a bright future ahead of him and will have better days!
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Over the last 30 days, Tyler Fitzgerald of the Giants has been one of the best players in all of baseball.
12 HR (2nd in NL)
212 wRC+ (1st)
2.5 fWAR (1st)
A superstar in the making.
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Garrett Crochet’s current stance on the trade deadline is that he will not pitch in the playoffs unless given an extension by the team that trades for him, per
@JesseRogersESPN
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Are ready to talk about Kerry Carpenter?
Since August 1st of last season:
.303/.359/.506
140 wRC+
12 home runs
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Yesterday Just Baseball released our first ever MLB Pitcher Power Rankings.
These are the pitchers that we believe have been performing best this season.
Any snubs?
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The Marlins just turned 2 with 2 outs and no runner on first base 😂😂😂
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Heliot Ramos is the first right-handed hitter in MLB history to hit a home run into McCovey Cove!
(h/t
@BNightengale
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Of the 27 hitters better than 90th percentile in xwOBA, only one is 75th percentile or higher in sprint speed:
Bobby Witt Jr. (100th percentile xwOBA, 99th percentile sprint speed)
One of one.
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Marcell Ozuna’s start to the season has been unbelievable. In 14 games…
22 hits
7 HR
21 RBI
1.193 OPS
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Cody Bellinger is headed back to Chicago🚨
The Cubs and Bellinger are reportedly in agreement on a 3-year, $80 million deal, per
@JeffPassan
.
The Cubs get their guy back after his huge bounce back season in 2023 and one of biggest free agents left is now off the board.
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“Early in the year, Schanuel wasn’t playing in day games because he had trouble waking up in the day time. And so I sat him down a couple times in day games and now he wakes up at the day time.”
- A real quote from Ron Washington on MLB Network Radio
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The camera work on Sunday Night Baseball went crazy tonight!
Is there a better setting in baseball? 🤩
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Jazz Chisholm Jr. stole the Phantic’s ATV and was riding around on it before today’s game 😂😂😂
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Bobby got plunked a single away from the cycle and Salvy is PISSED
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Ranger Suárez is absolutely INSANE!
7 IP
5 H
1 R
2 BB
10 (TEN!) K
1.36 ERA
Best pitcher in baseball this season?
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Trade Deadline News: 🚨
As many as NINE contenders are attempting to acquire LHP Reid Detmers from the Angels, per sources
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Jordan Hicks tonight:
5 IP
0 H
0 ER
1 BB
10 K
72 pitches
2.65 ERA, 14.8 K/9 this spring. Who says he can’t be a starter?
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Gavin Lux in the past month:
1.111 OPS
207 wRC+
19 RBI
And he puts the first run on the board🔥
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Left-Handed Pitchers with a higher fWar than Jordan Montgomery last season:
1) Justin Steele
End of list.
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In two previous MLB stints in 2022 and 2023, Heliot Ramos had -12 and 47 wRC+, respectively.
In 108 plate appearances across 26 games this year, Ramos is hitting .304/.407/.511 with 5 HR 166 wRC+ and 1.4 fWAR.
Still only 24 years old. What a turnaround.
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Best qualified ERA in MLB over past 2 months:
Bailey Ober with a 1.76 ERA
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The A’s have optioned Esteury Ruiz to Triple-A despite him starting the year hitting .429 with a 1.232 OPS 🧐
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IT’S TIME!!!
Paul Skenes will make his MLB debut this Saturday!
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Corbin Burnes and Kyle Bradish would’ve had the best ERA by a duo in all of MLB last season at just 3.13
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