During the Lagares at-bat, Keith pointed out a guy in a yellow shirt sitting behind home plate who is on the phone...so SNY puts him on screen, and right after Gary says, "he's having a grand 'ole time," the guy shoots the bird right to the camera. LOL, only in Philly.
what they are calling a 'stiff' neck. I'm guessing its not shoulder related then, which is probably a good thing, maybe a day or two off and he should be ok
in strikeouts, which is good, and indicates we're bound for some regression, there has been a lot of soft contact at times, especially against wheeler and syndergaard--and wayyy too many walks; tied for 6th most walks in the league; tied for 8th most home runs allowed; also
We have faced some really good hitting teams in atlanta, philadelphia, minnesota, and washington all are top 13 offenses.
We will have to figure out those teams though, as we play them quite often.
are also worst in MLB on BABIP; 3rd worst in LOB%, and have an XFIP that is more than a run better than our ERA; we also have the 4th worst % in Z-Contact (contact on balls outside the strikezone); we've thrown the 3rd most pitches in MLB (indicating a lot of deep counts);
all this while our LD% is 11th best in baseball.
All this seems to indicate that we should be in line for a very good regression.
However, our offense should have some regression too; oddly our BABIP is also best in baseball, at the exact same rate, .344; with that said our Home Run rate is 16th in baseball, and our line drive rate is 1st in baseball; our Z contact as hitters have also been bad.
So overall, our pitching should improve significantly if the numbers indicate as much; our offense should regress a tad, but we're getting back more depth with Lowrie and Frazier coming back. Would be great if we had a better backup C than d'arnaud, but we are going to have a numbers crunch
He's a backup catcher going to get one start a week. What the hell is wrong with him? Just rip off his career lines and he's easily better than most backup catchers in baseball (offensively and defensively) and with TDA because of all his injuries there still might be a little upside there. But even if not....
What's the problem? We don't like him because he's injury prone?
Nobody out. Bottom first.
New York sports icon Keith Hernandez puts ketchup on a hot dog.
SMH, cat people.
😂
Why it will prob just happen again tomorrow w this pitching philosophy
We have faced some really good hitting teams in atlanta, philadelphia, minnesota, and washington all are top 13 offenses.
We will have to figure out those teams though, as we play them quite often.
all this while our LD% is 11th best in baseball.
All this seems to indicate that we should be in line for a very good regression.
However, our offense should have some regression too; oddly our BABIP is also best in baseball, at the exact same rate, .344; with that said our Home Run rate is 16th in baseball, and our line drive rate is 1st in baseball; our Z contact as hitters have also been bad.
So overall, our pitching should improve significantly if the numbers indicate as much; our offense should regress a tad, but we're getting back more depth with Lowrie and Frazier coming back. Would be great if we had a better backup C than d'arnaud, but we are going to have a numbers crunch
What's the problem? We don't like him because he's injury prone?
Don't like his stupid face?