Alex Fast

Watching Samuel Basallo hit like 6th on the Dominican team in the next WBC is going to be a religious experience.

Just a couple of power hitters passing it on to the next generation at MLB #SpringBreakout

I'm so excited for tonight's inaugural Tout Wars Champions League draft! 12-teamer, H2H, daily transactions with the twelve absolute legends of fantasy baseball. A league where someone unfamiliar with the industry can see legit experts play a league like theirs. Details 👇

Basallo with ANOTHER HR. What a spring he's having.

I think Samuel Basallo might be good

@IAmRickGraham According to @JakeDRill he threw in a sim game Monday, too. Apparently the rainouts just blew up schedules

Ryan Helsley hasn't pitched since March 8th. No word on why. His velo has been down this spring, but that's typical for him.

"He caught it?"

In the grand scheme of spring training, this is a relatively important start for Orioles right-hander Albert Suárez. He has an opt-out clause in his minors deal at the end of spring training. His first inning impression today? Strikeouts of Springer, Varsho and Kirk

@ryanripkenshow That was only Daulton Varsho's second strikeout in all of spring! Good for Suárez.

@spencernusbaum_ This is so cool. Are other clubs doing this, too?

More good news! During the first game of every Nats series in 2026, you can meet me in The Athletic’s discussion tab to chat during the day’s game. There, I'll answer your Qs & offer sourced info to explain what you see on the field. That + more in here: nytimes.com/athletic/71253…

11 hitters have only struck out ONCE in spring (min 25 PA) Daulton Varsho Isiah Kiner-Falefa Coby Mayo Alex Call Orlando Arcia TJ Rumfield William Bergolla Jr Pedro Ramirez Michael Stefanic Brett Sullivan Tyler Freeman Honorable mention: Luke Keaschall who has 2 but a sub 5 K%

Man. That tournament was awesome.

@_asstard @RobertStock6 Still pretttty far below the zone w/ strike-zone at front of plate. Screenshot is from same frame just moved camera.

@RobertStock6 i know it doesn't my guy. but yall keep referencing savant and middle plate data for all your comparisons when it completely ignores the front of the plate, which we can both agree would show the pitch being much closer to catching the zone than abs is going to show.

this dude plays professional baseball and he still doesn't understand how the abs system works relative to last year.

@Matt_Reitz06 He doesn't. Sinker, sweeper, change, cutter, four-seam

@AlexFast8 Looked like talking about sweepers, possibly spiking the index to get the sweep… does Webb throw a true CB?

I'd pay a ... shocking amount of money to hear that conversation Logan Webb and Paul Skenes are having about pitch grips.

Cannot wait to dive into @PitchingNinja’s new book!

Slash + wOBA + Whiff% against LHP for the past three seasons: Bregman: .244 / .334 / .407 / .323 / 11.5% Turang: .261 / .322 / .323 / .290 / 19.6% Henderson: .231 / .315 / .373 / .304 / 26.8%

Gunnar Henderson’s home-run with Coldplay in the background is pure cinema 🥹

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Trying to put this dream USA-DR matchup in perspective: The projected lineups have combined for 52 All-Star Games, 32 Silver Sluggers, 11 Gold Gloves and 5 MVPs, all from players in their primes. Of those 18 players, 17 cracked our latest Top 100. Fifteen are among the top 50.