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  1. We Got The Whole 9
    None of them are as important as launch angle and speed, but wind, spin, and altitude also play pretty big roles in total distance. Thank you. I figured wind did, but on such low trajectory, I just couldn't see it making such a drastic difference.
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    I readily accept that there's a lot I don't know. This article has me bugging. Maybe some of you can explain how this works. https://blogs.fangraphs.com/a-steep-dive-into-shohei-ohtanis-latest-homer-and-other-statcast-extremes/ So I'm looking at these tables and I see some numbers that are confusing to me. I see 2 different home runs, with almost identical launch angles and exit velocities but with drastically different distances traveled. Look at the table for home runs with the highest EV of the Statcast era. You have Stanton and Machado each with the lowest LA ever recorded on HR, at 15 degrees, Machado at 119.6 and Stanton at 119.3. But Machado's bomb went just 357 feet, whereas Stanton's went 416. Doesn't add up to me.
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    Boy that decision to keep Graham over Leno sure looms large
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    Props to Ortega for crushing that up and in fb for the granny horsefeathers Lance Lynn
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    Would have been a nice opportunity for Fields to make a play there
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    I really want to know what he was looking at
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    His ERA was .5 when we traded him lol
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    Espinoza sure bounced back nicely from that outing where he only recorded 2 outs Last 2 starts: 9 IP 3 H 16:5
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    Maybe see some lineups with Ball, Caruso, and Jones on the court together? That's some good defense.
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    He is putting damn near everything in the air with SF
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    Fields vs Titans is totally gonna get canceled isn't it
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    Anyone think he can be convinced to abandon switch hitting?
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    I don't care much about the rankings; it's just too bad that Amaya and Marquez seasons were wash outs.
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    Seriously, Brewers Who the horsefeathers is Jake Cousins?
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    Triantos' numbers after his first 2 games are fantastic. 10% K with a 150 wRC+
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    I was thinking if my kids end up caring about sports I'll encourage them to pick whichever team they want to root for. If Tampa can keep dominating for the next couple years that will be quite an easy decision for them to make.
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    That old ass Starling Marte is 36/39 in steals this year, including 14/14 since his trade to Oakland. Back up the Brinks truck for him please.
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    Votto went into the ASB with a 257/347/463 line He's at 282/375/581 now Ridiculous
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    History says “never”, as OL has been a concern every year I’ve watched this team (under multiple coaches and GM’s) It was league best throughout the 80s and quite good during much of Lovie's run. Angelo and Pace both went on extended runs of failing to address it, but it takes one or two signings to significantly upgrade things in a hurry. Yep 2005 they signed Tait and Brown and boom they had one of the best in the league
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    Stringing along 2 of our very few stars in search of new contracts, injuries already, tough ass schedule, Nagy seemingly still lacking in coordinating the offense with playcalls taking more than half of the play clock up, and probably a few weeks starting Andy Dalton. Probably a 6-7 win season. Pace really hamstrings the team's depth with his continual proclivity for putting all his eggs in one basket. This Jenkins situation is infuriating.
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    Launch angles Happ 9.4 Bote 10.2 Heyward 7.6 Wisdom 19.2 Ortega 18.5 Schwindel 18.1 I don’t think this is quite that simple. Just taking the top 50 hitters in wOBA as a proxy, 8 of them have sub-11 launch angles, and 8 have 18+. Bote’s launch angle is a career high and Heyward has never been higher than 11.3 while still having strong offensive seasons. Plus, even if we accept launch angle as decisive it’s still a symptom of something else which is unlikely to be universal across 3 or 6+ guys. You're right, the issues are aplenty. The line drives all but disappeared, we are 28th. Only Bryant (24.5) out of our regulars (not including Nico because of all the time missed, but kudos to him for his LD%) was above average (20.5%), Rizzo was right about average, and the rest below. Too many GB; Heyward and Willy are both at freaking 50%. Just God awful. We are also top 10 in IFFB%. To me it just spells out a lot of crappy contact just about throughout the roster. The sweet spot is classified as a BBE between 8-32 degrees. Huge chasm, really. But you see those guys' LA were right there on the low end of the spectrum. Meanwhile the AAAA group is much more in the meat. The xwobas on this team are mostly horrific because they have such crappy launch angles, no?
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    Launch angles Happ 9.4 Bote 10.2 Heyward 7.6 Wisdom 19.2 Ortega 18.5 Schwindel 18.1
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    The old core is better than the old core
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    Bryant 0-3 on the night, dropping his SF line to 261/320/413. His last 7 games in particular have been awful. Edit: now 277/333/426 after a single and a double
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    Willy Adames 2nd in position player fwar since the trade. Yelich-lite transaction yet?
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