Anthony Castrovince
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@MLB senior writer, @MLBNetwork contributor, author of “A Fan’s Guide to Baseball Analytics.” I ain’t here on business, baby, I’m only here for pun.
Joined July 2009
Reading to my kid’s kindergarten class today. Hope they’re ready to learn! 📕
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In the last 12 months, we’ve had 2 Tom Brady retirements and 4 Carlos Correa contract agreements.
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It's officially official: Should the All-Star Game be tied after nine innings, the game will be settled via a Home Run Derby. Each manager will select three batters to participate, and each batter will get three swings. The team with the highest total after the three rounds wins.
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Adrian Beltre’s stolen base total:. 2011: 1.2012: 1.2013: 1.2014: 1.2015: 1.2016: 1.2017: 1.2018: 1. Consistency is a skill.
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The Yankees are headed to the World Series with Juan Soto, Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and Gerrit Cole. An underdog story for the ages.
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World Series winners the last 5 years. 2020: Will Smith, Dodgers.2021: Will Smith, Braves.2022: Will Smith, Astros.2023: Will Smith, Rangers.2024(?): Will Smith, Dodgers???. *These are not all the same Will Smith.
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Important note: 14% of all NL pitchers to win the Cy Young have been named Sandy or Randy.
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0.4% of American baby boys are named Logan.0.16% of Americans have the last name Allen.0.5% of American high school baseball players go pro.0.17% of pro players make the Majors.3.33% of MLB teams are in Cleveland. Yet somehow we ended up with 2 Logan Allens pitching for Cleveland.
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I need an interpreter to help me understand why people care about Stephen A. Smith.
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Incredible note from Tom Verducci on @MLBNetwork: Judge is 282 pounds and will be signed through his age-39 season. He'll have a chance to become just the second player ever to hit a home run at 270 pounds or more and at age 37 or higher. The other was Bartolo Colon.
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We play thousands of baseball games each year just to figure out who faces the Astros in the World Series.
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Gonna be lots of bombs at the HR Derby tonight. And the first one was the Anthem.
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I love Mookie Betts. But let's be real: The best player in baseball is sitting at home because his team doesn't know how to build around the best player in baseball.
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The Mets went from 2nd-worst record in the NL to a tie for the 2nd Wild Card spot in 4 weeks.
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There should be an MLB team that forces its players to grow facial hair.
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When I asked Bob Feller about a rookie Stephen Strasburg, he said, “Call me when he wins his 100th game.”. When Strasburg won his 100th game, Feller was dead. Just appreciate fun/interesting things as they happen, I think is the point.
Let me know if Skenes turns out to be anything special. I don't have enough brain cells left to worry about prospects who are supposed to be really good.
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Any cardboard cutout can go to Opening Day. The second game of the season is when the diehard cardboard cutouts show up.
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Francisco Lindor last night thanked Indians fans for their support, thanked Cubs fans for coming in, hugged stadium employees as he exited.
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ALCS Game 6 tonight will be the 48th postseason game played at Minute Maid Park, which opened in 2000. There have been 47 postseason games at Wrigley Field, which opened in 1914.
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Now that the AL’s top seeds both advanced, is the playoff format still broken, or … did the top NL seeds pretty much just blow it?.
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No trash cans. No Cole. No Verlander. No Springer. No McCullers in the ALCS. Yet the Astros are headed to the World Series yet again. Impressive.
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Remember: No matter how good it looks for a candidate, things can change if they drop a fly ball and don’t cover first base.
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Jason Kipnis: "We took a very good ballclub to extra innings in Game 7 of the World Series, so I’m not going to hang my head too long.".
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My daughter asked how Santa Claus gets back up the chimney, and I explained that he’s surprisingly nimble and athletic for his size, “just like Bartolo Colon.” So now she’s learning about two folk heroes.
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Gerrit Cole and Tyler Glasnow both going on short rest for Game 5 of the ALDS, but Pirates fans are the ones who are really sleepless.
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First Max Scherzer was going to the Padres, now he might be going to the Dodgers. What do you expect from a guy with one brown eye and one blue eye?.
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When did everything become so dumb.
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“Swing States” began to be known as “Battleground States” when they improved their plate discipline.
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Three great hitters from both sides of the plate -- Omar Vizquel (1967), Chipper Jones (1972) and Carlos Beltran (1977) -- were all born on this date, giving new meaning to the phrase "switched at birth." @MLB
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Dusty Baker made his Major League debut with the Braves on September 7, 1968, in a game against the Astros. Now he’s going to be managing the Astros in the 2021 World Series against the Braves. Hang around long enough, and it all goes and comes around.
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On a certain sports channel, they rarely talk baseball. That’s generally considered bad for baseball. But then a big baseball thing happens and the people who don’t talk baseball start talking baseball. And you realize it’s probably best for everyone if they don’t talk baseball.
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The only requirement to be included in the National League playoff race is to not be a 1993 expansion team.
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Jason Vargas headed to America’s birthplace and suddenly this picture makes a lot more sense.
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Corey Kluber overcome with emotion as he wins his second Cy Young.
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No one in @MLB history had gone 5-for-5 with 2 homers, 4 extra base hits and 2 steals. And no one had ever gone 6-for-6 with 3 homers, 5 extra-base hits and 2 steals. Shohei Ohtani did it on the day he christened the 50-50 Club. There is only one Shohei Ohtani. Incredible.
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Rick Manning accidentally saying “Indians” instead of “Guardians” about once per inning is all of us.
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Would appear the name change did not kill baseball in Cleveland.
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Josh Naylor has left the postseason, and yet his spirit remains.
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This man is a homer and double away from 40-40-40.
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Willie Mays only played 135 games for the Mets, and yet retiring his number in Queens still made more sense than the Yankees retiring Paul O'Neill's number.
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The Lindor Era in Cleveland *potentially* ending w/ an A-ball OF, Francona too sick to manage, Lindor having his worst season & going mostly invisible at the end, and the Tribe getting swept by the Yankees in an empty ballpark (closed out by a member of the '16 Cubs) is BRUTAL.
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So many superstars at this World Series, and it was great to see Juan Soto visit with ours (@SlangsOnSports). Thanks @GettyImages for the great photo.
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The Dodgers' starter had an extra day of rest and looks super sharp. Perhaps we can attribute that to Buehler's Day Off.
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There is a team (the @Indians) with two infielders (Jose Ramirez and Francisco Lindor) with 30 HRs and 20 SBs this season. The last time that happened was. never.
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Little known fact: The "A" in ALCS stands for "Astros.".
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Lot of people mentioning tonight that Joe Musgrove is from San Diego. But let’s not forget that Todd Frazier is from New Jersey.
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This is a two-way elevator. It goes both up AND down!
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Gerrit Cole made $36 million this season. Tonight's Guardians starting lineup + starter Cal Quantrill combined to make ~$37 million this season.
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It is June 17, and José Ramírez has 40 extra-base hits, 62 RBIs and 19 strikeouts. There is nobody like him.
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We can't change the playoff format every time the Braves disappoint in the Division Series. That would be too many formats.
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Ask her out. Apply for your dream job. Sign up for that marathon. Hit on 17. The Cleveland Browns just won a football game. Anything is possible.
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I love Cleveland, but it needs a roof. Not the ballpark, the whole city.
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You don't have to wait until midnight to watch the ball drop. Just watch the Browns.
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Lindor got robes for everybody. If they wear them for the game, that's some next-level Players Weekending.
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How committed was Jim Thome to nailing his Hall of Fame speech? A few weeks ago, he traveled to Cooperstown. The Hall set up a podium at the big, empty field that serves as the induction site, and Thome had a rehearsal. The great ones prepare! (And he nailed it.).
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Albert Pujols played so poorly for the Angels that he wound up starting playoff games for the Dodgers. Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani:
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A subtle thing, but nice touch: @MLB has inverted the colors on the black-and-white version of its logo.
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The @CleGuardians have reached the 1 million attendance mark in 41 home dates -- the fastest CLE has reached that mark since 2008. The club is on pace to reach 2 million in attendance for the first time since 2017 (post-World Series run).
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Instantly my favorite #WorldSeries moment: Watching a local TV guy interview Cueto's brother thinking it was Cueto.
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Mike Clevinger (9-0, 1.98 ERA) owns the other part.
Super Bowl champion and NFL MVP @PatrickMahomes is now part-owner of the Kansas City Royals. 📽: @Royals
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Juan Soto could make an out in his next 45 plate appearances and still have the best on-base percentage in @MLB. @Nationals.
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Cincinnati CEO Castellini completes Castellanos contract (concurrently carrying Cy candidate Castillo/catcher Casali), causing captivating Central chase.
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It's official: Rain is the only thing that can stop José Ramírez.
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Paul DeJong went undrafted in high school, walked on at Illinois State and nearly went to med school instead of playing pro ball. He just got a $26M contract extension from the Cardinals. The lesson, as always: Never become a doctor.
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Zack Greinke leaned back a few feet from the mic and said 43 words in his press conference. It was performance art, really.
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Fans flocking to Hopkins International Airport to greet the @Indians' charter flight as it arrives from Cincinnati tonight are advised to please keep a healthy distance and to perhaps wear sunglasses to protect your eyes from the magnificent glow of the Ohio Cup.
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I checked the rule book, and it turns out you are allowed to swing at a 3-0 pitch. It's 4-0 that is not allowed. Hope this clears up any confusion.
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High-risk rotation mate (and skipper), and Mike Clevinger and Zach Plesac took the gamble and violated team protocol anyway. A microcosm of our country’s response to this pandemic.
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On April 13, the Mets had the best record in baseball (11-1) and the Reds had the worst (2-11). Today, the Reds passed the Mets in winning percentage.
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Wow the guy who was handed by far the longest suspension ever under the Joint Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Policy is striking out ~1 batter per inning in Japan, and we missed it.
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Oh, sure, you guys can protect traffic, but what about 9-game leads?!
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Circumstances apparently prevented Jose Bautista (and several other prominent Blue Jays) from talking to the media after tonight's loss.
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José Ramírez wagged his finger at Tigers manager AJ Hinch, trying to encourage him not to intentionally walk him. Didn't work. Ramírez was IBB'd for the 3rd time this series. Only player ever intentionally walked more times in a Division Series was Barry Bonds (6) in 2003.
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This is cool. @Indians employees attend the sim game tonight to provide a little atmosphere for the players.
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Boston people saying “Schwarber” is reason enough to make that trade.
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If you still think Cleveland will be getting a high-caliber, Major League-ready bat straight up for 1 year of Francisco Lindor, take note that Yu Darvish was just dealt for a bunch of 12-year-olds.
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MLB will return to having players wear their home uniforms for the All-Star Game and go back to the materials used for uniforms in 2023, along with the larger letters for names. Details here:
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Josh Harrison had his cleats signed by various Little Leaguers in Williamsport. He's wearing them tonight. @MLB
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Cecil Fielder: 319 career HRs.Prince Fielder: 319 career HRs. Weird, wild stuff.
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I wish Sister Jean could have celebrated one national title this year instead of nun.
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Cleveland will officially finish with a better 2021 record than Francisco Lindor’s Mets. 🤷🏻♂️.
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Commissioner Rob Manfred: "Not having NL pitchers hit would deprive us of the entertainment Bartolo Colon has given us this year.".
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