@JonPgh What kind of idiot would draft Tarik Skubal, Cal Raleigh, Francisco Lindor, Wyatt Langford rounds 1-4?
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@Matt_Levine_1 Trackman has mostly been phased out, though. Still used at some lower minor league levels, but most teams are switching to Hawkeye even there. That said, trackman provides the the most important data (pitch and batted ball tracking) as a cost effective alternative to Hawkeye
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@Matt_Levine_1 Depends on the sport. Baseball is far ahead of other sports when it comes to analytics. Even on the public side there’s a wealth of analysis on sites like fangraphs and baseball savant
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Difficult to overstate the shortcomings of even "modern" sports analytics relative to current AI/ML, pure math, stats, and computing capabilities.
Spatiotemporal tracking data that conceptualizes the field/pitch/court/rink as a 3-D coordinate plane and conceptualizes the players+ball as a network/graph are under a decade away from proving that many human-observed "principles" of how you're supposed to play soccer, basketball, hockey, etc. are simply laughably wrong.
Google DeepMind@GoogleDeepMind
To map the pitch, TacticAI uses graph neural networks - treating all 22 players as individual nodes and their physical interactions as connections. This allows the club's data science department to virtually drag and drop players to test different defensive setups in real time.
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@acti0nflacks0n @GarlicFryRy Josuar and Hernandez were literally the number 1 ranked IFAs of their respective classes. Level was good before Posey got there, just young and no track record playing in DSL. Eldridge was good before Posey.
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@GarlicFryRy They weren’t top prospects until this year besides Eldridge. That takes development and Farhan wasn’t apart of that development at all. All he did was pick the player and of course he will get all the credit but none of his players will be developing under him and most didn’t
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“Farhan depleted the farm system” lol
Just Baseball@JustBB_Media
Just Baseball’s Top 100 Prospects by Team
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@SFGiantsGuy_ I see a bunch of mid and a two actually good pitchers he didn’t acquire in Randy and Miller
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Buster did a great job assembling a 2027 pen, though, ngl…
Randy Rod
Hentges
Foley
Miller
Gage
Some other candidates.
Too bad 2026 will have to suffer as they develop/get healthy.
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@MichaelBri2m @tenzzoh @bayareamike3 @PavlovicNBCS Not sure where you’re getting that. Posey is on record saying he wasn’t given any hard limits on spending
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The Giants lost 4-3. That one's a gut punch, and wasted huge nights for Logan Webb and Jung Hoo Lee. Pitching for a third straight day, Keaton Winn gave up three runs in the top of the ninth. The Giants continue to pay for not building bullpen depth in the offseason.
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@BealsMike @KMatt1114 @BNightengale Some luck, some is having an elite fastball that generates tons of IFFB and suppresses BABIP
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Pardon Brewers starter Kyle Harrison if he doesn't feel the same affection about playing in Las Vegas.
He entered the game with a 7-1 record and 1.57 ERA, yielding only six runs in his last 7 starts since April 28.
Tonight: He gave up 8 runs (6 earned) in 2.1 innings with 3 HRs.
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@CBSScottWhite Yeah the latter is definitely a possibility, although the padres aren’t known for their analytics
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@ll_the_time So he's just being a grumpus or didn't feel like he could say "yes" in that moment.
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I wish people who complain about "analytics" (which is still happening in 2026, TIL) would be more precise in their complaints. It usually sounds like they're saying "those who want access to this information should be kept in the dark," but surely they're not because that would be diabolical. I think it's more displeasure in how this information is being communicated to them, which would be a fair complaint. Not everyone has an academic mind. You don't need to know what exit velocity is to understand the importance of hitting the ball hard.
Talkin' Baseball@TalkinBaseball_
"I just wish we can get the analytics out the way... Why are we creating these stats? I think that's the problem with baseball right now." -Manny Machado (via @MartyCaswell)
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@JamesRe53113261 @C2Cbsbl Minasian literally has an old school scouting background
You have no clue what you’re talking about
sfgate.com/giants/article…
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@C2Cbsbl I don’t blame Posey, because Posey knows baseball. I blame Ownership for pushing GM Zach Minasian (Farhan 2.0) on him, and this team. Posey and Vitello are baseball guy’s, while Minasian is an Analytics stooge. Remove him, and let the Common Sense Baseball guy’s run the team.
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Posey deserves prison time for the bullpen he put together, and honestly the pitching staff as a whole
This team cannot win games if it’s close late
#SFGiants
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@C2Cbsbl You do some research, and find out on your own. I know for sure they are, which makes this conversation ridiculous. Again, you have no idea who I am, who I know, and what I know. That’s okay, but I’ve been trying to save you, but good luck thinking you know.
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@jerryblevins I don’t understand why a pitcher would need these. Makes more sense for a hitter
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For those wondering about Canning’s eyes. He wears amber colored contacts. Supposed to help fight eye fatigue and enhance contrast.
Dr. PikaDrew, Ph.D.@thenewyorkmeths
I'm sorry, WHAT is happening with Griffin Canning's eyes?
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@Steve_Perrault @klwoodjr Opposite side of the coin happening in San Francisco.
You need to blend the old school and the new school.
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@klwoodjr Ehh not really. I think the general sentiment is how far the game has gotten away from the human element and fans, players and some front office folks pushing back on that a bit now.
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People that hate analytics either never took the time to understand it or just could never understand it, so they decide to hate on it
It’s just information; it’s up to you how you use it
Steve Perrault@Steve_Perrault
Hate to admit I loved every second of this Machado answer.
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@HPace35 @OutOfTheVines He said that’s not what he’s complaining about if you watch the whole interview
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@OutOfTheVines He’s talking about the bullshit stats that all the analytics guys in the Padres front office r feeding him that is only turning him into a mental midget. He needs to cut them all out and go back to what got him there and he will be fine.
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I’ve never once heard a player complain about stats when his stats are good
Just Baseball@JustBB_Media
Manny Machado on how baseball is evolving: “I wish we could get the analytics out the way. I think there’s too many stats out there. Way too many numbers. I don’t even know half the stuff that goes up [on the scoreboard].” (Via @DevineGospel)
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@ERodCal @mike_petriello I guess it could just be geared at that archetype in general, but I agree. Runs scored are just as important as runs batted in. Though I think the better dig at a Wade/Belt profile is that they were slow and OBP/wRC+ probably overestimates their ability to score after reaching
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@ERodCal @mike_petriello Oh I thought it was referencing Lamonte Wade’s 2024
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The Giants are (tied) 3rd in batting average..
.. and 26th in runs/game
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@Dill__Pickleson @WokeHospice “That’s been our point the entire time” (him and his burner account)
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@WokeHospice why do your tweets get two likes as soon as they are posted?
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@JoezMcfLy Answers things like:
- what will this guys ERA look like at the end of the year?
- if this guy went from a team with good defense to one with bad defense would he still be good?
- how good is this pitcher at doing the things he has total control of (walks, strikeouts, HRs)?
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Honestly i feel machado.. lol.. hes like why would you have a stat that doesnt factor in defense its a team sport
Baseball Is Dead@baseballisdead_
Manny Machado on the evolution of baseball: “I just wish we could get the analytics out the way, there’s too many stats out there. Too many stats. Way too many numbers. I don’t even know half of the stuff that goes up there.” Machado is out on FIP.
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