if Dave Roberts, proud owner of 'babby's first manager job', can figure out to use the closer on the road in 9th+ inning ties, I'm only gonna get more irritated when Joe doesn't
MEKKES MEKKES MEKKES 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 5/1 K/BB In other personal favorites, I'll take these results(unlucky ER aside) from Bloomquist every time: 5 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 5/0 K/BB
weird, i feel sorta the opposite. like he seems to hit a ton of pop ups and stuff, especially when he falls into his ruts. Doing a little poking around baseball savant, Russell had a below average Avg. Exit Velocity last year, but was near the top 10% or so in > 95 mph hits and 'barrels'.
Are you sure this wasn't from Friday's game? That's exactly where Happ put Friday's HR. They're in the same area, but it looks like yesterday's was hit further. Here's the video on Friday's for comparison: http://www.milb.com/multimedia/vpp.jsp?sid=t451&content_id=1265329083 And while we're at it, Candelario's grand slam, which is the best struck ball of the 4: http://www.milb.com/multimedia/vpp.jsp?sid=t451&content_id=1265329083
Candelario's HR, which is probably a HR in zero MLB parks and I'm honestly shocked it went that far: http://www.milb.com/multimedia/vpp.jsp?sid=t451&content_id=1265329083 Happ got into his a bit more, but you can definitely tell it's a hitters park: http://www.milb.com/multimedia/vpp.jsp?sid=t451&content_id=1265329083