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Bertz

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  1. Imai's stuff seems to have mostly translated, of 190 pitchers with at least 70 innings he's 6th in contact rate against. The command has just been utter dogshit. TBD if that's a comfortability thing that will get better or if his great platform year in NPB was a fluke.
  2. Yeah the bar for AFL pitching is low but Reid's the best pitcher we've sent since Kilian, by a mile probably. Bailey/Reid/Cabada are all top 20 guys in the system, and Snell would probably be top 30.
  3. That is an aggressive as hell assignment for Cabada. Horsefeathers yeah
  4. Really weird the seeming iron grip Karson Simas seems to have on the shortstop position at Knoxville. When he was playing there over Rojas it seemed to be a Rojas specific implication but why's Angel Cepeda sliding over to 3b too?
  5. We're now at 87 PAs of post big leagues James Triantos. He's got 12 Ks, 13 BBs, and 8 XBHs and 9 SBs since he got back. His wRC+ is 125ish. Really good stuff. He'll still play all of next season at 24, and it feels like he's gotten himself into "first guy called up for injury" status.
  6. 9 dongs (and counting?) and an OPS north of 1.100 in 20 games since 8/14. Just absolutely locked in
  7. Curious if Shelby Miller resurfaces today or if he's on track for more of a tomorrow or Wednesday
  8. Didn't put this together yesterday but realizing Myrtle's rainout meant no more Juan Tomas until next year
  9. High but not sky high? His contact numbers are a legitimate problem. And it sounds like the weight he's putting on that is giving him more oomph in the box is at the same time making shortstop less of a sure thing. That said betting on young infielders who are producing is generally the smart play. For instance a year ago Pedro Ramirez looked like a quality bench player, and then he came to spring training having grown into an extra grade of power.
  10. Worth the wait so far, he's cruising through 3 IP
  11. Interesting. I wonder if they are fiddling with his grips to try and head off the blister issue? Because velo and spin tend to move pretty linearly and Cabrera's velo was primo last night. Sinker's off by enough I bet some pitches got mis-classified
  12. We don't have to pretend that veterans' performance at AAA matters
  13. Caleb sputtering out "Jahdae Walker!" for loudest teammate while visibly dying made me legitimately laugh out loud
  14. Lumpuy 5/5 with 3 doubles Contact numbers are atrocious but he's a good athlete and age appropriate for SB.
  15. Shota draws a ton of chase but is in trouble if you force him into the zone. Brewers never chase. You have to beat the Brewers by absolutely pounding the zone. Like I don't think Assad is better than Shota but if we see them in the playoffs I'd absolutely give Javy the ball.
  16. Juan Tomas with a gorgeous dong tonight
  17. Shota's 3rd time through the order numbers are abysmal and the peripherals back that up. It's fine to consider him a 5 and dive guy, but pretending he's like some gas can of a pitcher is just goldfish memory horsefeathers
  18. This is normal in-start velo loss and he started getting knocked around in the 4th when it was fine
  19. Shota's fastball was 92 last time out, above his season average
  20. It's wild how people talk about Shota when he's got a 4.01 ERA
  21. None of Hartshorn, Cepeda, or Snell in the SB lineup
  22. He might yet get another PA but Juan Tomas with another 2/4 so far. Him having a couple weeks of good full season ball results here at the end of the season would be a nice little treat ahead of a presumed OD assignment next year.
  23. Mule is doing AJ Burnett things through 2 IP
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