Dennis Bishop

@WexlerRules Don't give up hope!!!!

So much for buying low 🤣

@LanceBroz Just be happy the draft creates buzz, is the way I take it. 0% chance this happens. Even if Chicago balked, two more teams aren't going to pass on calling his bluff. They will just be walking in with another top-4 pick next year he plays hard ball to an insane level

I don’t think I understand why this narrative continues to be pushed. The probability of three teams passing on Roch are what … <1%? Can you target something you never had the chance to get in the first place?🤔

@bkfan09 Hey.... Clearly they have a certain level of risk assessment expertise!!!

It’s truly amazing how every Mets fan who sells insurance for a living, knows how to run a professional baseball team.

@frankboesch @Super70sSports In fairness.... Babe would check all those boxes.... And is largely responsible for the creation of those boxes in the first place

@Super70sSports And some nerdy GM would want to look at his wOBA and WAR and launch angle and barrel rate and exit velocity and … meanwhile he’d be Babe F ing Ruth.

I say Babe Ruth would fucking rake today too. Motherfucker got off a train to swing a 9-pound bat at filthy dead-ass baseballs with guys throwing spitballs at his fucking head without a helmet while he was drunk. Pretty sure he could hit Zac Gallen.

@ltw0303 @DownontheFarm8 @indytampafan Kinda click baitish, no? I do have concerns that some games he just didn't miss the bats like you'd expect, but he's done what he's needed to do to be first arm off board.

@DownontheFarm8 @indytampafan Not a Flora guy interesting 🤨

My updated 2026 MLB Draft top 30 prospects. 1. Roch Cholowsky SS UCLA 2. Grady Emerson SS Fort Worth 3. Jacob Lombard SS Gulliver prep 4. Vahn Lackey C Georgia Tech 5. Chris Hacopian 2B Texas A&M 6. Drew Burress OF Georgia Tech 7. Justin Lebron SS Alabama 8. Hunter Dietz LHP Arkansas 9. Eric Booth Jr Oak Grove 10. Sawyer Strosnider OF TCU 11. Cameron Flukey RHP Coastal Carolina 12. Tyler Bell SS Kentucky 13. Jackson Flora RHP UC Santa Barbara 14. Gio Rojas LHP Stoneman Douglas 15. Derek Curiel OF LSU 16. Carson Bolemon LHP Southside Christian 17. Trevor Condon OF Etowah 18. Ace Reese 3B Mississippi State 19. AJ Garcia OF Virginia 20. Liam Peterson RHP Florida 21. Tyler Spangler SS De La Salle 22. Brody Bumila LHP Bishop Feehan 23. Caden Sorrell OF Texas A&M 24. Ryder Helfrick C Arkansas 25. Eric Becker SS Virginia 26. Landon Thome SS Nazareth Academy 27. Tegan Kuhns RHP Tennessee 28. James Clark SS St. John Bosco 29. Cade Townsend RHP Mississippi 30. Zion Rose OF Louisville Watch out for Archer Horn SS St. Ignatius Bo Holloway LHP Nolensville Jack Slightom RHP Lyons Township Shane Sdao LHP Texas A&M Sean Dunlap C Crown Point

@TrueBallerBooks @gehrig38 Sure, and this was taken further when Pitch FX was put into use around 2008. All of a sudden the wide zones started to disappear just as you have a new wave of young, power sinkerballers coming up, and the pure 4-seam crew jumped back into lead position

@gehrig38 My theory is that pitching changed as a reaction to everything being about home runs. Late 90’s/2000’s. Dudes started scooping the ball to keep up with the next guy. That got u attention. Pitchers said ok, then I have to strike you out. MLB is a home run and strike out league.

I keep saying it. Pitching is so broken it's breathtaking. Just take a peek at the 1st pitch of the SD/LA game. Spin rate? Check! Velocity? Check! Command? Nowhere to be seen. I cannot explain how FAR from pitching this is. On the first pitch, hell the first inning, you are working your fastball around the zone to get a feel for the corners and your command. You might throw 2 of your 3-4 pitches but most nights April to September you don't show your arsenal in the first, you need to get hitters out a couple times. You hold on to the 3 and 4 pitches that you setup in the 1st AB and in the hitters ahead of a guy for later ABs. I am unsure I can explain just how far this one pitch, and the ENTIRE process behind it, is removed from pitching. Having said that I do NOT blame the pitchers. The game is to blame. When you're working on 300 million dollar deals hoping to get 150 innings from a guy, that tells ya all you need to know. It's certainly not an easy fix, nor a quick one, but from the draft to MLB there is ABSOLUTELY a process to 'fix' this crap. Not to mention fewer DL stints, fewer TJ surgeries and longer shelf life for SP.

@DennisPoust @podoffame @baseball_ref My guess would be the extra hundred innings, since WAR is cumulative.

@podoffame @baseball_ref Koufax beats him in almost every category in the five-year peaks season shown here, but Neuhauser's WAR is better. Why?

Sandy Koufax’s 5-year peak from 1962-1966 is widely remembered. Hal Newhouser’s 5-year peak from 1944-1948…not so much. Koufax still has the edge with the WS dominance, ERA titles, and triple crowns, but Hal was no slouch. Almost won a 3rd MVP in 1946.

@WexlerRules We will prevail!!!

Reid Detmers... 5.09 era... with a career best 3.24 xERA, career best 3.09 FIP, 1.5 fWAR. I'll be pretty annoyed when the Dodgers or Braves etc trade for him and he goes on to become a perennial 15 game winner

@jherb1323 @gehrig38 This would be true if owners weren't blowing tons of cash on SP. That shows that unlike RBs in the NFL, the game still knows it wants and needs these guys.... They are just afraid to make tough choices regarding the preservation of the position.

@gehrig38 Curt it’s all about money. Dudes going 110% always throwing as hard as they can= injuries=less term and money on contracts= owners don’t have to spend as much money. There’s always going to be another arm.

@dorinaperry @coljacktreehorn @CPhilly19 No, it would show how terrible the game would be if kids were expected to be able to pop the same zone as MLB players

@coljacktreehorn @CPhilly19 Greg Sankey made that decision, otherwise it would show how bad our umpires really are. 🤷‍♀️

I genuinely don’t give a fuck what the ABS system says … that ain’t a strike. You shouldn’t be able to miss your spot THAT BADLY and still get the call for strike three. What are we even doing?

@GiMeABreak01 @The_Noah_Sharp @NJCAABaseball @NJCAA_Exec @NJCAA @d1baseball @Mike_Rooney @USAGoldenSpikes @_TheJBB @JCCCAthletics @SCBPOTY Totally my gut reaction too... But I think it says something that the rest of the list isn't also littered with JUCOs

There has only ever been 5 people in the History of College Baseball to hit 40 or more Homeruns in a single season. 1. Pete Incaviglia - OSU - 48 (1985) 2. Jeff Ledbetter - Florida State - 42 (1982) 3. Lance Berkman - Rice - 41 (1997) T4. Brandon Larson - LSU - 40 (1997) T4. Ryan Bradford - Johnson County - 40 (2026) If @JCCCBaseball continues their season and go to the @JUCOWorldSeries it would be hard to say that the all time single season record wouldn’t be in play.

@bkfan09 BUT HE'S HEALTHY!!! IT COULDNT POSSIBLY GO POORLY!!!!! probably

Plz can we bring on more often inured players..

@scho525 @Bornakang I'm legit just working a night job and making the most efficient 150k you can find for entry level

@Bornakang Where do I submit my resume?

How long could you last doing this job

@James_Schiano IMO if you aren't aggressively using your early challenges to protect your SPs, you are doing it wrong. Not only do catchers know best, but getting a top-2 or 3 SP out of a jam can be like adding a top-notch MRP in the now, and reduce overall wear on the pen in the long-term

This was a bad look for the Mets last night blowing both of their challenges in low leverage spots with no one on base by the 4th inning Anecdotally it feels like this happens too much and doesn’t reflect very well on Carlos Mendoza or the teams general grasp of leverage

@stephencurry93 @SotoC803 And this is why it sucked for Nimmo's legacy, but was great for Mets PR to send him to Texas. The cavernous OF will expose his aging profile on both sides. He's OPSing nearly 300 points higher (!!!) on the road than at home.

@SotoC803 Nimmo OPS for the last month is .660. Now had a sprained ankle after also missing some games with leg issues. Not even defending Semien but its clear why they correctly moved off of Nimmo, especially with Benge and Ewing on the horizon

I tried to warn ya'll Sure it saves us money in 2029 and 2030. But it SEVERELY hurt the team's offense in the immediate term. While it opened a spot for Benge...you very easily could have just done an OF/DH rotation that wouldve played all 3 of Nimmo/Soto/Benge every day.

@ernestdove @GoodFundies We have reason to hope McLean can follow a similar storyline as Jake, but the other three were monsters that took a top-4 pick, dealing a HOFer, and dealing a Cy winner, to obtain. It's a win if we replicate the Matz, Lugo, Fulmer, Gsellman roles with out current kids

@GoodFundies History is repeating itself now. Question becomes, what happens (health & player progress wise) with the new wave of McLean, Scott, Tong, Wenninger, Thornton, Santucci+ ?

Just going through some random old blog posts. Remember when we had Harvey, deGrom and Syndergaard all at once? (And Wheeler too!). Thank you, Sandy Alderson. thereadzonedotcom.wordpress.com/2016/03/11/noa…

@SotoC803 I hated Buck taking flack for peoples pipedream that 4 rookies in the lineup was a good idea. Hated starting Benge in the Bigs. But this.... This move, I agree with.

This is not a wise move. Extremely short sighted, downright desperate in my opinion.

@podoffame That man was a truck.... An unhinged truck... But a truck.

In the moment, I thought he killed James Harden.

@SamulskiNYC @MartinJGallegos Everyone but Bolte haha. He might not start 6 out of 6, but I doubt it's less than 5 out of 6. Perfect timing for him to force their hand. The projected OFs have been way worse than I think a lot of people would guess.

@MartinJGallegos Who do you think is losing playing time in the outfield?

A’s are calling up No. 5 prospect Henry Bolte, per source. Bolte impressed in spring and has been on a tear at Triple-A Las Vegas, batting .348 with a 1.076 OPS, 12 homers, seven doubles, three triples, 28 RBIs and 17 stolen bases in 37 games. mlb.com/news/henry-bol…

@JCBanfield Can't be that hard to say "if it's scheduled, you get an RPI impact either way." This needs to stop. Some things you can get away with as you try to break through the mainstream.... Others, are glaring red flags that will end up being picked apart ten fold