Brewers have had save situations in 12 of their last 15 games with only one off day in that time…when are these abundance of game situations where non-leverage relievers could have pitched?
It's not Frazier. It's someone who finishes with 1 hand on their bat a lot. I can't think of who it is either but when I saw that video it looked so familiar
Also scalded is a bit dramatic. I said if you wanted to gripe about something with the bullpen management it would be using Wilson down 7-2 making him unavailable for the Pirates opener. Not exactly scalding Counsell when the words “If you wanted to gripe about something”
TJ Shook twirls an absolute gem. 6 innings of 1 hit baseball with 11 strikeouts and Russell Smith immediately comes in and throws the lead away with 4 runs in 1 inning with 2 HR against.
Incredibly painful watching Russell Smith get absolutely rocked every outing in AA while Andrew Abbot who was drafted 2 picks after him is twirling gem after gem in the MLB for a division rival.
Weird comparison as they weren’t even drafted in the same draft. Abbott was drafted in 2021, 2 picks after Russell Smith not Zamora who was drafted in 2020.
Minnesota has to absolutely be kicking themselves for that Mahle trade. 1.5 seasons of Mahle (tore his UCL so they only got the 0.5 seasons) and they gave up Steer, Encarnacion-Strand, and I think a minor league pitcher. Steer is having a great season and CES is destroying AAA.
That trade is going to age quite terrible for the Twins.
If you go to the team stats page on Fangraphs and toggle to win probability that’s where you can see the WPA, SD/MD and leverage type numbers. https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=pit&lg=all&qual=0&type=3&season=2023&month=0&season1=2023&ind=0&team=0,ts&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&startdate=2023-01-01&enddate=2023-12-31
I'm guessing you meant to say Austin Riley not Matt Olson. Olson has a 145 wRC+ and leads the NL in HR. Riley has a 110 wRC+ and isn't even on pace to hit 4 WAR. The fact Riley made it over Candalerio is a joke.
That play is a lot harder than you are making it out to be. He was full speed charging on a pitch where the runners are running on the pitch. He has to keep his head up to gauge the distance between the runner and 2B and had a fraction of a second to actually tag the base if he did corral the ball.
And he's way overperforming his xwOBA, so this success isn't sustainable. Also the whole All-Star thing is a joke because he would not have made the team if it wasn't for the fan vote.
Arcia in 2020 - .338 xwOBA in 189 PA
We traded Arcia in 2021 and he barely played in the MLB.
Arcia in 2022 - .329 xwOBA in 234 PA
Arcia in 2023 - .311 xwOBA in 233 PA