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@SamulskiNYC What's up with Pfaadt going away from his sweeper (only 14% usage)? I thought it's far and away his best pitch. Hard to imagine him ever turning the corner without him featuring it more often.

Senga: FF +2.7 mph. FC usage up 6%. Had 71% strike rate. Crucial. FS & SW missed plenty of bats. SW added 5” of drop. This will work. Soriano: FF usage is up & +1.1” iVB. 70% strike rate. SI usage -27% to RHH. FS can miss bats. Leading with CU is good. GB% means he needs defense

SP arsenal notes: 3/31 (H/T @PitcherList for the data): Painter: FF has good velo but is a cut fastball w average “rise”, extension & just a 6% SwStr%. Don’t love that. SL missed plenty of bats, CU did not but didn’t get hit hard. SW will be used more against RHH. I’m cautious.

@GreenPlusAnE @robneyer The irony is that they think they're protecting the value of their home that they're unlikely to leave anytime soon while inadvertently putting upward pressure on their property taxes.

You know the type.

@AlexFast8 @WellTimedSmile But why don't they provide the %s for the "all" line? I could obviously compute it on my own, but that's a little annoying. It's very strange for them to provide the %s for the individual pitch lines, but not the total. Is it some legal issue?

@WellTimedSmile Still there in player breakdowns. Just CStr+Whiff now. They're bringing back the percentage, too

@AlexFast8 Do you know where CSW went in statcast player breakdowns? I see it by pitch but not overall, any idea where to find that (without having to do math for everyone)?

@Noahpinion @blearpy But yet you confidently assert "the whole Anglosphere". Interesting. Just spouting off ignorant nonsense again are we?

@blearpy not sure

The whole Anglosphere is rotting from the inside out.

@_MikeVA Taylor obviously has great stuff, but I'd be super suprised to see the White Sox put him at closer. Rightly or wrongly, his arbitration cost would skyrocket.

Really intrigued with Grant Taylor. Dominguez was never going to hold that role down. But - will be interesting because: 1. Do they remain patient with Dominguez? 2. Will it be Taylor? Or Leasure? 3. It's the White Sox. How many SVs do we see? Hmm.. #FantasyBaseball #MikeVANotes📝

@Andrew_FBB He has great stuff, but I'd be surprised to see the White Sox put him in the closer role. Rightly or wrongly, his arbitration cost would go through the roof.

Add Grant Taylor if he's available in your league.

@UnderdogMLB Who the heck is "Cooper Pratt"?

Nightengale: Brewers "on verge of finalizing" 8-year, "slightly more than" $50M extension with Cooper Pratt.

@MichaelSalfino How he's over 25% approval blows my mind. A direct result of Rupert Murdoch and the rest of the Republican media disinformation ecosystem.

Trump approval with select pollsters since March is minus-22 points, which is six points worse than his so-called average of all polls including the obvious partisan ones. He is toxic.

@MichaelSalfino Velo was up but still 3.5 mph down from last year where he already had trouble striking guys out. Erceg is the play. His velocity looked great.

The baller move is to trade for Estevez or pick him up if he’s dropped. Velo was up. Saves are easy and randomly blown.

@RayDuryea @greendragonhq Yeah dude! You don't have to listen to those*facts*. Just make shit up instead!

@greendragonhq Yeah. How many go unreported? And how many don’t get jailed because activist judges let them off

Both illegal, and legal immigrants commit crimes at a lower rate than native born citizens. Facts over feelings.

@FAmmiranteTFJ Imagine how much better they'd be if you didn't keep betting against Iowa!

Betting every point spread in March Madness: Elite 8 Record: 35-21 (+11.65u) Round of 64: 20-12 (+6.53u) Round of 32: 9-7 (+1.32u) Sweet 16: 6-2 (+3.8u) My picks have been ON FIRE 🔥

@SamulskiNYC Think you mean a righty?

Marcelo Mayer immediately pinch hits when the Reds go to a lefty. Lead off double and then Ceddanne Rafaela knocks him in.

@conorsen Oh yes, will someone please consider the markets!?!?

Markets need this to be over — boots on the ground this weekend that accelerate the endgame potentially get the Strait opened faster than another one week delay that prolongs this.

@rotoworld_bb So dumb.

Mayer sitting against a lefty on Opening Day dlvr.it/TRjmVZ

@MacCerullo 🙄 How is he supposed to get better at hitting lefties if he never faces them? Why does this never happen with young righties? This is antiquated thinking.

Isiah Kiner-Falefa gets the nod at second base over Marcelo Mayer with a lefty on the mound for the Reds. Expect him or Andruw Monasterio to start whenever that's the case.

@Bethie010 @JonahDispatch 😂😂😂

@JonahDispatch Yes, but some biases causes harm and division in the country: political and cultural bias.Anger, division and resentment stems in large part because most D stories are framed positively and R stories negatively; “intersectional” groups framed positively, white men negatively.Etc

I often try to explain to people that media bias isn't all ideological. The media is also biased towards bad news, stories about the media itself, sex, violence, money, etc. The fact that a quadruple amputee competitive corn hole player murdered someone is an example of another kind of bias: unusual stories that people like talking about. There is nothing inherently wrong with this bias. My only point is that biases we like are rarely identified as a bias. We just call it news judgment or editorial judgement, if we call it anything at all. nytimes.com/athletic/71421…

@1sq4va @POWM99 @JonahDispatch @JoshKraushaar 😂😂😂

@POWM99 @JonahDispatch @JoshKraushaar Fox succeeded because it offered a counter to the pervasive bias that shaped other MSM outlets. One exception doesn’t erase institutionalized default settings. If the MSM had presented news in an unbiased and neutral way Fox News wouldn’t exist.

@weshjazz @MichaelSalfino As if he would listen to any military expert that told him something he didn't want to hear. He's always the smartest guy in the room, just ask him.

@MichaelSalfino There has to be 30 years of war planning against Iran. Was this not predictable in any of the scenarios?

Starting a war? Easy. Ending it? Not easy. Especially when you're a demented liar.

@EricCrossMLB Florentino will be a household name this time next year.

My Top 10 Pittsburgh Pirates Prospects for #FantasyBaseball. Pre-2026

@_MikeVA Shea Langeliers is the #1 catcher and it's not particularly close.

Lets hear some of your BOLD takes for the 2026 #FantasyBaseball szn! ⬇️⬇️⬇️