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  1. Bertz
    BTW I can't believe it took me this long to put it together but Hartshorn's LHH setup and swing is clearly inspired by Bryce Harper
  2. Bertz
    Hartshorn got jobbed on a K, I feel pretty confident a full 4 man umpiring crew or MLB camera angles would show he held up
  3. Bertz
    More good than bad for Sanders (15 whiffs!) but would prefer we go back to his first two starts where it was all good news?
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    Honestly the question for me is if the monster who eats UCLs and labrums has gotten his fill for the season yet or if he's going to want seconds. I feel somewhere between good and great about each of Boyd/Shota/Cabrera. There's a pretty decent chance one of Steele/Brown/Wiggins joins them before the end of the year. The bullpen's not in great shape, but it's not terrible and this team's pens tend to improve as the season goes on. So right now the medium term outlook for this staff looks pretty good IMO, but there are a couple of key arms that are very much load-bearing. And we're at the point of the season where you're still on heightened alert for injury.
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    If it helps they're tied for 11th in xFIP, so there's some legitimate hope for positive regression beyond "I guess the defense will keep us afloat?"
  7. Bertz
    Boyd's headshot on MiLB gameday lol
  8. Bertz
    Oh buddy if Pedro's hitting dongs right handed now too we are COOKING
  9. Bertz
    Right?! Was that subterfuge, is this SSS noise, or is it one of those things where like him aiming up the middle ironically helps him pull? I could actually see the latter, when he's struggling he pulls off the ball a ton. Aim for the middle knowing you're naturally going to be a bit early makes sense.
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    Yeah Dansby. A lot of his numbers are up right now, but in a way that is probably normal "this is just what a hot streak looks like" way, but the pulled fly balls have me wondering if that might be a legit change.
  11. Bertz
    Looking at upcoming schedule: - He's eligible to come off the IL but as far as I can tell no Juan Soto this weekend against the Mets - We are slated to miss Ohtani/Glasnow/Yamamoto against the Dodgers and instead get Sasaki, Sheehan, and Wrobleski, which feels like a HUGE gift - We are slated to miss Michael King against the Padres, and currently he is their only SP I'd be at all intimidated by (absolutely not buying the Randy Vasquez breakout). Though Griffin Canning might be back by then? The schedule the next two weeks is not kind but luckily we seem to be timing it where it'll be tough rather than terrifying.
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    "Don't use anecdotes" says the guy who didn't bother to bring anything to the table. Since the start of '23, Nico Hoerner on ground balls has a .271 BA and a .251 wOBA. On balls in the air he's at .363 and .382. Like it's obvious you're getting increasingly desperate to have people argue with you but even so this is a reach.
  13. Bertz
    Please be more than just a simple hot streak please be more than just a simple hot streak please....
  14. Bertz
    Flanagan is a guy Greg Z flagged as working on velo over the offseason. TBD how much it moved but considering damn near half the guys we've seen throw in front of Statcast are up 1-1.5 MPH in the early going I'm hopeful.
  15. Bertz
    Did South Bend forget to pay the gravity bill because how the hell does that swing send a ball out?
  16. Bertz
    Ethan Flanagan, my goodness
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    He's got a ways to go to earn his way back to the circle of trust but I'm generally a believer in this version of Luke Little that sits 96 MPH
  19. Bertz
    Without recording a swing and miss in either game (through 8 innings tonight)
  20. Bertz
    So he got announced in the draft as a 3B, and he's played there a few times this year. But probably 1B. Maybe play enough 3B for a latter day Justin Turner type of deal.
  21. Bertz
    The best time for Cole Mathis to be in South Bend was late March. The second best time is now.
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    On this note
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    Riley Martin looks like he's going to be a guy if he keeps throwing strikes. The Stuff models love him, much more than you'd expect for a guy with fairly average velocity. And those models are intended to pick things up in small samples, so it's not as much of a "calm down dude it's four innings" as his sparkling performance-oriented stats.
  25. Bertz
    I'm curious where Alcantara's numbers are going to settle in at. The power spike has been paired with some extra swing and miss. That's pretty normal when a guy is on a heater (go look at Ian Happ's current #s right now), guys tend to let it rip when they're feeling really good at the plate. So is this just a simple hot streak that looks crazy because it's opening the season? Will both sets of numbers will even out with time? Kevin's also slashed his GB rate, is that change also just part of a heater or is it any more durable?
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