2024 MLB Miscellaneous News

[wiguy94]

8 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

Not even the hardest pitch he's thrown this year

He had topped out at 104.8 before tonight and just hit 105.5 tonight. Hardest ever was Aroldis Chapman at 105.8 in 2010.

[yourout]

33 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

He had topped out at 104.8 before tonight and just hit 105.5 tonight. Hardest ever was Aroldis Chapman at 105.8 in 2010.

And that might have been before they change where they read the velocity at 

Now they read it out of the hand back then it might have been closer to the plate

[wiguy94]

39 minutes ago, yourout said:

And that might have been before they change where they read the velocity at 

Now they read it out of the hand back then it might have been closer to the plate

Nah it was read the same way in 2010. 

[Brian]

8 hours ago, wiguy94 said:

Nah it was read the same way in 2010. 

I have heard that, Speed bump: Radar readings up with MLB change to Statcast.

[pitchleague]

As I was drifting off to sleep, I swear the announcers were going nuts because the radar reading was 106mph.  

[wiguy94]

47 minutes ago, Brian said:

I have heard that, Speed bump: Radar readings up with MLB change to Statcast.

Numbers from 2008 to now were all measured the same way, so you've heard wrong unless you're comparing to how velo was measured 50+ years ago.

[Brian]

6 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

Numbers from 2008 to now were all measured the same way, so you've heard wrong unless you're comparing to how velo was measured 50+ years ago.

After previously using PITCHf/x to provide velocities to broadcasts and ballparks, Major League Baseball Advanced Media is instead supplying numbers from its Statcast system. The key difference is that PITCHf/x calculates velocity at a set point — usually 50 or 55 feet from the back of home plate — while Statcast measures velocity directly out of the pitcher's hand. 

[wiguy94]

7 minutes ago, Brian said:

After previously using PITCHf/x to provide velocities to broadcasts and ballparks, Major League Baseball Advanced Media is instead supplying numbers from its Statcast system. The key difference is that PITCHf/x calculates velocity at a set point — usually 50 or 55 feet from the back of home plate — while Statcast measures velocity directly out of the pitcher's hand. 

Chapman's was not recorded with pitchf/X it was recorded with Trackman...

[Brian]

[HarryDoyle]

But does he have control?

[Underachiever]

 

Vid upload didn't work like I wanted.

 

[nate82]

Should Ohtani be the unanimous NL MVP?

I am not sure who you could put at 1 besides him. 

[nate82]

In the wild card era has there ever been 8+ teams with 90+ wins? It is possible there could be 10 90 win teams this season with 3 being in the NL West.

[endaround]

10 hours ago, nate82 said:

Should Ohtani be the unanimous NL MVP?

I am not sure who you could put at 1 besides him. 

Lindor. Not really sure why people ignore him.  I think Ohtani will win it, and a 50/50 season will make it a non contest vote, but Lindor has been great.

[endaround]

Maybe, just maybe with enough players calling this out the stupid HBP will stop

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/41213415/phillies-castellanos-sounds-rays-uceta-ejection

[nate82]

4 hours ago, endaround said:

Lindor. Not really sure why people ignore him.  I think Ohtani will win it, and a 50/50 season will make it a non contest vote, but Lindor has been great.

I am not it is just that Ohtani’s season is just better and by a lot.  

[tmwiese55]

11 minutes ago, nate82 said:

I am not it is just that Ohtani’s season is just better and by a lot.  

I generally agree.  But the media has been pushing Lindor lately due to the mets streak.  And there is a legit discussion on account of him playing great D at the toughest spot while the other guy doesn't play D at all. So I think their WARs end up pretty close because of that 

[sveumrules]

5 minutes ago, tmwiese55 said:

I generally agree.  But the media has been pushing Lindor lately due to the mets streak.  And there is a legit discussion on account of him playing great D at the toughest spot while the other guy doesn't play D at all. So I think their WARs end up pretty close because of that 

This is one of those situations that WAR was more or less invented for...

Ohtani BREF (7.2 WAR)
+54 BAT | +9 RUN | 0 FLD | -12 POS | +20 REP

Lindor BREF (6.5 WAR)
+28 BAT | +5 RUN | +3 FLD | +9 POS | +21 REP

Ohtani FanGraphs (6.8 WAR)
+52.6 BAT | +7.1 RUN | 0.0 FLD | -15.3 POS | +19.8 REP

Lindor FanGraphs (7.2 WAR)
+26.6 BAT | +4.2 RUN | +10.8 FLD | +6.5 POS | +20.0 REP

Depending how much one values position and defensive performance Lindor either comes in about 0.7 WAR behind by BRef's calculations versus 0.4 WAR ahead by FanGraph's computations.

[Underachiever]

Bowden Francis has given up zero hits and one walk through 6 against the Mets.

 

[Underachiever]

9 minutes ago, Underachiever said:

Bowden Francis has given up zero hits and one walk through 6 against the Mets.

 

Francis still has it rolling through 7. However, he is at 102 pitches. Do the Jays want him throwing 130 pitches?

[markedman5]

Bowden Francis is no hitting the Mets through 8 with 1 strikeout…….just an amazing stretch for him.

 

[Underachiever]

Mets 8th: Marte grounds out first pitch, Alvarez pops up on first pitch, helping Francis out.

Winker comes in as pinch hitter. Pops up on four pitches

Six pitch inning!

[markedman5]

He gave up a homer to Lindor to lead off the 9th.

[Underachiever]

10 minutes ago, Underachiever said:

Mets 8th: Marte grounds out first pitch, Alvarez pops up on first pitch, helping Francis out.

Winker comes in as pinch hitter. Pops up on four pitches

Six pitch inning!

Ooops, Lindor goes deep leading off the ninth. Francis lifted for a reliever. 1-1 game.

[markedman5]

Mets score 6th in the 9th……..wow