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    Josh Winckowski Optioned to AAA for Bello’s activation

    This season, Winkowski has had problems with left-handed batters (.894 OPS vs .606 OPS) and pitching at Fenway Park (.815 vs 670). bb-ref Small sample sizes for seasons but it seems that he does better on the road than at home and also as a reliever.
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    Tanner Houck 2024

    Rather long SABR article published in 2010 on McCraken's DIPS and some other people's work: The Many Flavors of DIPS: A History and an Overview
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    2024 Salem Red Sox (A-Ball)

    Didn't realize; I just put it in the team's thread as that was where I thought it belonged.
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    2024 Salem Red Sox (A-Ball)

    And Salem gave up one run in the 10th and four in the 11th, Friday night, losing to the Fireflies 4-5 in spite of not giving up a hit until the third batter of the 11th inning, followed by two runs scoring on a sac fly to center.
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    Why Are Prospects Not Hitting at the MLB Level?

    Look at Salem. The team has played 30 games and struck out 332 times (11.07 K/Gm) with Jhostynxon Garcia at 47.78% (43/90) and Johanfran Garcia at 39.56% (36/91).
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    Marcelo Mayer, 2021 1-4

    7 errors at SS in 188.1 innings so far this season
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    Feats of Mookie - 2024 Angst & Awe

    Frazee did not sell the Red Sox until August 1, 1923, and he made further trades with the Yankees after selling Ruth. No, No, Nanette didn't make Broadway until 1925 but was one of the most successful shows of the era. An article people really should read, which discusses the poor relationship...
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    My Ideal Metric - TOTAL bases

    Has anyone looked at Team Win Probability (bb-ref)? It is available by players with a team under Detailed Stats when you select Batting (Pitching)/Detailed Stats/Team Win Probabilty. For example: Team Win Probability (batting -- Red Sox 2024)
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    Day Baseball Today, 2024 Edition

    There were five games played on Wednesday and three of the visiting teams will be playing in a different city today (one of them ending its road trip).
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    If you were a ballplayer...

    I threw a split-finger fastball back in the late 1950s. I had been trying to throw a forkball but couldn't get a downward break so I tried throwing it three-quarter arm and the catcher did even get his glove on it because of the break. Unfortunately, I lived ten miles from where I went to high...
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    Raptors' Jontay Porter banned from NBA for betting on games

    How long before gamblers start going after official scorers; game officials...call a hit an error or vice versa, call a foul, etc.?
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    My Ideal Metric - TOTAL bases

    Doesn't it need to be tied to league stats to be useful? Go back to a year like 1930. The NL: .303/.360/.448/.808 and AL: .288/.351//.421/.772, yet the A's beat the Cardinals 4 games to 2 in the World Series, outscoring them 21 to 12. i know, my my argument above...stuff happens, small sample...
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    The Frailty of the Modern Pitcher

    In 1992, SABR published volume iii of Minor League Baseball Stars and in the prologue, while talking about minor league pitchers in the 19th century, they said, "Pitchers were not pampered in the 19th century. There was no such thing as middle reliever, set-up man, or or a closer." They...
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    My Ideal Metric - TOTAL bases

    The question is with a new 'stat' is how well it predicts something.
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    Dalbec sent down to AAA (recalled to BOS on 4/12)

    According to https://appliedvisionbaseball.com/do-baseball-players-have-better-eyesight/#:~:text=On%20average%2C%20baseball%20players%20have,Kevin%20Youkilis%20at%2020%2F11. To paraphrase: On average, baseball players have visual acuity of 20/12. While some are even better, the best possible is...
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