Matt C.

@enosarris Assad popped per stuff+ in his first appearance. You a believer?

Missed my q and a today. Just stupid traveling, not following normal schedule stuff. My bad. If you had a question you wanted answered, I can answer here or in the discord.

@JonPgh No Roupp??

Happy Resurrection Day! No daily notes today but here's the SP data Imai was great Hancock & Vasquez looked pretty good again Not a good start from Weathers 6 scoreless from Lowder without much whiff-getting, but that's kinda what we expected from him

@AnnettePsalm100 @stevemagness Hammy?

@stevemagness After age 60 you risk injury. Ask me how I know.

Most adults can't sprint. They lose the capacity to. They're body limits them to striding it because after years or decades of never doing it, the risk is too high. One of the best things for your health and longevity is maintain the capacity to sprint. x.com/PicturesFoIder…

@francysromeroFR He's still listed as probably for AAA Omaha for tonight

Source: The 24‑year‑old Venezuelan pitcher Luinder Avila was called back up to the Big Leagues with the Kansas City Royals. Avila comes off being a World Baseball Classic 2026 champion with Venezuela.

@caloriesproper2 Berries below citrus is a surprise

Since it includes beverages, might as well add alcohol and give it a minus 5

@JonPgh I assume this isn't adjusted for weather? Wind blowing in at Wrigley

Opening Day "Launch Menu" Most vulnerable SPs to the long ball, broken down by splits as well. It's a bounce-back year for Zac Gallen, but probably not today! He leads the pack with a little bit of reverse-splits action, but yeah good luck to him against the Dodgers! Super elite home run suppression in this group: - Skenes - Sanchez - Soriano

@ChrisCoop_ His arsenal is subject to severe platoon splits. Last year he mostly avoided LHB, high BB%. Seems like the strategy might now be to avoid barrels vs LHB, keep the ball on the ground. The curve grades out well but he doesn't seem to like to use it

Warren's start was good from a pitch shape/results stand point. Good chase, lots of balls in the strike zone, and a ton of called strikes. But the whiffs were sort of lacking and the hard contact remained a theme - especially due to the lack of sharp command on his sinker/sweeper. Ton of hard hit balls (though many on the ground which is good!). But the main and most important thing is the pitch shapes + velo are looking solid and nothing seems to have fallen off from last year.

@fantasyaceball @Ottoneu Absolutely stacked. FGpts?

What do you guys think about my OPL (@Ottoneu Podcast League) roster? I think another championship is heading my way...

@ginarappini @Alsboringtweets Chomps beef sticks?

@Alsboringtweets Exactly—I prefer whole foods as well. Was just curious if there was anything decent out there w/o a ton of calories and added sugar. 🍳🥩

This bar has quality ingredients. They are: cashews, dates, apples, blueberries and vanilla extract. That’s it.

@caloriesproper2 I have to drive overnight. Same deal, avoid eating? Drink minimal? Caffeine for safety?

Late chronotype, night owl, shift worker, et al. Meal timing is the same: breakfast in the objective morning Objective morning (around sunrise) Not subjective morning (whenever you wake up) Even if you work the night shift, eat during the day

@hjluks If I only have 150 minutes per week to train, not enough bang for the buck invitation Incorporating low intensity training?

The Moderate Inatensity Trap We've had discussion a great conversation over the last few days around heart rate and base building. This surfaced a predictable theme... many (if not most) experienced runners noted that their easy runs sit in the mid-140s and they "feel fine." That response is understandable, but it also highlights a deeper issue that endurance literature has been pointing out for years... the moderate intensity trap. Let's get into this... Most runners do not train too hard in ways that are initially obvious. They rarely sprint every day. They are not doing intervals constantly. Instead, they live in a middle zone that feels productive, controlled, and sustainable. Not slow enough to be truly low-intensity. Not hard enough to be true high-intensity. Just steady, respectable work performed at a moderate metabolic cost. This is precisely the pattern described in Training for the Uphill Athlete when the authors discuss Aerobic Deficiency Syndrome (ADS). ADS does not mean someone is unfit. In fact, many runners with ADS are consistent, disciplined, and capable of impressive mileage. The issue is not effort or motivation. The issue is that a disproportionate amount of training occurs above the first lactate threshold, where glycolytic contribution increases and the physiological cost of each session rises, even if the effort feels comfortable. Over time, the body adapts to that intensity. Perceived exertion (RPE) drops, and your psychological tolerance improves. You become very good at operating in a metabolically expensive zone without perceiving it as hard. This is why someone can say, truthfully, that their runs at 145 bpm feel easy while still accumulating a moderate level of physiological strain. The problem is not that moderate intensity “doesn’t work.” It absolutely builds fitness. Cardiovascular delivery improves. Work capacity improves. Durability, in the short term, may even appear solid. But the metabolic profile of the training shifts. Easy days are no longer truly low-cost days. Sympathetic tone stays elevated more often. Glycogen reliance increases. Oxidative stress per session is higher than necessary for base work. All while your recovery burden accumulates quietly. This is where the distinction between feeling fine and being physiologically efficient becomes important. A runner can feel comfortable and still be operating above LT1. That means more lactate production, greater reliance on carbohydrate metabolism, and less time spent refining fat oxidation, capillary density, and mitochondrial efficiency at submaximal workloads. In other words, they are maintaining fitness, but not optimizing metabolic economy. The Uphill Athlete framework emphasizes that extensive training below aerobic threshold lowers the cost of movement. That is the key concept many runners miss. Base training is not about going slow for the sake of going slow. It is about making a given pace physiologically cheaper. Lower lactate at the same speed. Lower heart rate at the same output. Lower sympathetic activation for the same workload. That's efficiency!! When most training drifts into moderate intensity, your "range" begins to narrow. You lose the ability to truly run easy, even when you intend to. Every run becomes somewhat metabolically taxing. That makes recovery less complete, which then affects the quality of higher-intensity sessions. Ironically, you may feel consistently “good” while your long-term adaptability is actually constrained. There is also a clinical layer that becomes increasingly relevant with age. The cardiovascular system adapts relatively quickly to repeated training stress. Tendons, fascia, cartilage, and bone adapt far more slowly. When moderate metabolic stress is layered onto repetitive impact without a strong aerobic base to buffer recovery demands, the cumulative load rises. This is the pattern I see repeatedly in clinic: consistent runners with Achilles pain, plantar fasciitis, patellofemoral symptoms, or lateral hip tendinopathy who are not overtraining in volume, but are chronically under-recovering due to intensity distribution. Aerobic deficiency is often the natural outcome of well-intentioned training that sits in the gray zone for years. The athlete becomes durable at moderate intensity rather than efficient at low intensity. Performance may remain acceptable, but the physiological cost of maintaining that performance stays unnecessarily high. None of this suggests that higher heart rate running is harmful or should be avoided. Threshold work, tempo sessions, and higher intensities are essential tools. The issue is proportion. When low-intensity volume is insufficient, moderate intensity expands to fill the space. Over time, this shifts your entire training profile upward, increasing recovery burden, oxidative stress, and tissue load even if you never feels acutely exhausted. A well-developed aerobic base restores range. Easy days become genuinely restorative at a metabolic level. Heart rate drops at a given pace. Fat oxidation improves. Lactate accumulation at submaximal intensities decreases. Most importantly, training becomes more repeatable. For lifelong runners, especially in midlife, this repeatability and recovery capacity often matter far more than marginal gains in speed. I learned this lesson late in my running career. Hopefully this helps some of you learn it far earlier.

@JonPgh Had some HR/FB luck maybe

Chad Patrick is Drew Rasmussen with less velo fastballs, sinkers, and cutters

@JonPgh Proxy for batted ball spin perhaps? Or just luck

Barrel Details Dashboard on the main MLB dash! See how hitters performed on their barrels. Tons of numbers here, here's the table sorted by home run rate on barrels. Colson Montgeromy came out on top, converting 76% of his barrels for dingers. Only one other name, Eugenio Suarez, cleared 70%.

@PitcherList It's Cantillo

Just posted my #1 Sleeper SP for 2026 in the Pitcher List Subscriber Discord. This pitcher hasn't been picked once inside the Top 400 players and no, he doesn't have an injury tag.

@JonPgh Now do Ragans

Barrels in Kauffman that didn't go for homers: Witt 24 Perez 20 Pasquantino 19 Nobody else had more than seven Turn at least 1/3rd of those into homers with the fences coming in... could be a 5-10 homer difference-maker for these guys

Royals Home Runs Per Barrel Rates at Home, 2025 League average = 46% Maikel Garcia: 42% Nick Loftin: 40% Vinnie Pasquantino: 37% Jonathan India: 36% Salvador Perez: 33% Jac Caglianone: 33% Bobby Witt Jr: 29%

@JonPgh Steamer was #1 for SPs in 2025 iirc

Steamer thinks Imai will be pretty MID 21% K% 9% BB% But steamer kinda sucks sometimes

@TheLawyerCraig Congrats

My wife and I days ago welcomed our first daughter into the world after quite the long journey—capped by a 2-day, 4-state drive from Fort Worth to Chicago starting at just a day old. Her older brother is elated, as are her Cavalier King Charles siblings Bergdorf and Goodie!

@Alsboringtweets Yes

Ever see an ad online for something you are legitimately interested in and want more info, but you know if you do, you will be hammered with that ad everywhere you go online for the rest of your life

@caloriesproper2 There's one of those Phillips ones on eBay for $160. Let us know what you find

@Matt_Choman I'm looking for alternatives on Amazon in the $100 or less ballpark

Chronotherapy: bright light exposure in the morning (10000 lux for 30 minutes between 7 and 8am) + 0.5 mg melatonin supplementation in the evening = improved sleep quality and reduced symptoms of ADHD

@caloriesproper2 I don't see a price

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