Bertz
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Threw the data in excel and yeah looks like it's two distinct pitches. 2 Seamer?: 10 pitches, 97.4 MPH, 11.8 inch vert, 14.7 inch horizontal 4 seamer: 8 pitches, 96.6 MPH, 15 inch vert, 7.0 inch horizontal The 4 is pretty close to what he threw last year
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If you look though there's two bands of movement. Vertical's a little all over the place but horizontal there's a bunch of stuff at 6-8 and a bunch at 13+ and little in between.
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Brown threw 0 changeups that outing, but it looks like he might have been mixing in the sinker.
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Seiya's playing a good bit if CF this spring and in the WBC, I'd guess we see Shaw out there too. My understanding is CF is the easiest spot on the diamon if you have the requisite athleticism. That last bench spot goes to Carlson or Conforto IMO. How each guy looks this spring obviously plays into it but to your point I'd guess Carlson likely gets an added boost to his chances if neither of Seiya/Shaw look decent out there.
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They have Shelby Miller's spot to play with. Plus Dean's spot on the 40 man should be pretty tenuous.
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The team doesn't really need another LHH bat if everyone is healthy. I suspect in the name of depth Conforto an Carlson are competing to be stashed on that last bench spot while Alcantara and McCormick head to Iowa. It would be ideal for Carlson or Conforto to be on a minors deal that doesn't have an end of spring training opt out, but I'm guessing against things working out that neatly.
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I'm hoping this wnds up being a minor league deal or a split contract or something of the sort, but I suspect it won't be. After dealing Caissie the roster was in a weird spot where it didn't need another LHH bat by default, but if god forbid something happened to Happ or Suzuki (or to a lesser extent Mo) you'd really feel Owen's absence. My guess is in the name of hording depth one of Conforto/Carlson gets the last spot on the big league bench, McCormick gets added to the 40 man so he can be optioned to Iowa. and Alcantara's 100% opening the year at Iowa. The big question on the latter is how much of all these OF machinations are a lack of faith in him versus other rationales.
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I'm not sure if I'm more surprised Grace did it or more surprised none of the superstars from the golden era Yankees did it. Looks like Berra came really close. And Gehrig/Dimaggio did it every year after their rookie year.
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Spring training, don't believe its lies, etc., etc. But god damn Rojas looks good
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One of the most notable things about Rojas is that even when he's struggled he's generally had healthy K/BB/GB numbers. Given his age you hope that as he gets older he stops getting the bat knocked out of his hand so often. If this is a sign that his "man strength" came in this winter you can dream on him really taking off this season. On a similar note Pedro Ramirez hit a ball almost 112 MPH on Friday. I've for a while thought he's tracking towards a Tommy La Stella kind of outcome with better defense. If Ramirez had better defense AND his power is a couple grades higher suddenly you're talking about a pretty complete player.
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From the Athletic this AM. For reference Shota's at about the same level of IVB amd that's a big part of how he misses so many bats even at just 92-93.
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Game isn't on Marquee today but the Giants are broadcasting and it's the MLB.tv free game of the day.
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No break I'm hoping means we're in the clear. I wonder if he can still play in the WBC?
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Luke Little has his velocity back!
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He got Derrek Lee'd playing defense where the runner ran into his wrist. Didn't look as bad though so fingers crossed for no break.
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I didn't realize Pedro Ramirez hit a ball almost 112 yesterday. That's a really great sign from a guy for whom our biggest worry is power.
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Connor Noland sitting 92-93?
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Not going to get worked up over mid February but Taillon’s velo...less than ideal
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Murray and Long are on teams too. Like you said PCA's not in but otherwise this is about as WBC-full as they can get.
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He's the lightest prospect of the three but I'm really looking forward to seeing Kipp in a Statcast environment. That breaking ball is his money pitch and I want to be able to see just how good it is. He's also a guy that at his size you can dream on continuing to add velo, and knowing that was a point of emphasis for a lot of younger arms this winter I have my fingers crossed he can be one of the beneficiaries.
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LFG!
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Yeah I expect the rules to be pretty different team by team: - How much more aggressive are you with the first challenge than the second? - Do you let guys challenge any pitch, or only pitches that end a PA? - Do you let guys challenge during any PA, or only those at a proper level of leverage? - For the prior two questions, how egregious does a call have to be to throw the rules out the window? - How much different are the rules for a guy like Bregman vs. a guy like PCA? - On defense do you let pitchers challenge at all, or just catchers? I think every team will be different, but I expect the league will be far too conservative for at least a few months, maybe a few years.
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I believe I saw it say something like the "initial call" comes from the bench. I assume with the pitch clock the back-and-forth had to be purely between the catcher and pitcher. But at the same time I'd assume pitchers have much less latitude to shake off coaches as opposed to catchers. A 35 year old All Star like Boyd might be allowed to but I doubt any 1st/2nd year guy would have much choice.
