The Official 2023 MLB Season Thread

[Chuck]

Your 2023 MLB Opening Day Starters. 

[Taylor]

4 hours ago, Blarg said:

They didn't fix him.

Marsh Spring Training .216/.341/.351/.692    

We won the trade!

[jsnpritchett]

Lorenzen is already hurt. 

 

 

[Inside Pitch]

1 hour ago, jsnpritchett said:

Lorenzen is already hurt. 

 

 

Iglesias will start the season on the IL too.

[Chuck]

 

[Ender]

Isn't the Yankees pitching staff like half dead? I don't really have many problems there besides that ... depends on Yordan's (and if he just DHs which he should) health too.

[Redondo]

Top prospect Anthony Volpe will start at shortstop for the New York Yankees after an undeniable spring training performance vaulted him to the coveted job, the team announced Sunday.

Volpe, 21, will travel back to the Bronx on Wednesday and join the starting lineup on Thursday against the San Francisco Giants following a spring in which he batted .314/.417/.647 with three home runs and 10 extra-base hits in 17 games.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/35959790/yankees-top-prospect-anthony-volpe-makes-opening-day-roster

[jsnpritchett]

 

 

[Taylor]

13 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

 

 

Of course.

[jsnpritchett]

7 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Of course.

I could have predicted the Drury one without advanced metrics. I'm mildly surprised by Urshela and Renfroe since their numbers last year don't seem all that out of whack compared to other years. 

[Inside Pitch]

1 hour ago, jsnpritchett said:

I could have predicted the Drury one without advanced metrics. I'm mildly surprised by Urshela and Renfroe since their numbers last year don't seem all that out of whack compared to other years. 

I asked the guy if the data includes pull rate on FBs -- that data tends to be very predictive in nature -- It's the very data that predicted AP's downfall.  The ability to stay in a FB and not cheat is a good sign of bat speed -- AP saw a massive spike there the second half of last year.  

I'm a Drury doubter, but the data at STATS Inc (STAS Perform now), shows his as having gone up for two years while the others have stayed the same or slightly bumped up.  

It's nice to see people looking for new ways to analyze batter data.

[Angels 1961]

7 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

I asked the guy if the data includes pull rate on FBs -- that data tends to be very predictive in nature -- It's the very data that predicted AP's downfall.  The ability to stay in a FB and not cheat is a good sign of bat speed -- AP saw a massive spike there the second half of last year.  

I'm a Drury doubter, but the data at STATS Inc, shows his as having gone up for two years while the others have stayed the same or slightly bumped up.  

It's nice to see people looking for new ways to analyze batter data.

This year shift is gone so numbers would not be the same.

[Inside Pitch]

1 hour ago, Angels 1961 said:

This year shift is gone so numbers would not be the same.

The shift had no bearing on a guy being able to A: idtentify B: turn on a FB. The statistic doesn't measure outcomes, it measures how well a hitter can do those two things because hitters being able to see and make contact with/pull the FB is pretty key.

That said, guys who could do that likely stand to benefit from the lack of a shift.

[Blarg]

When they start measuring plate alignment I'll start following their data.

[Chuck]

What the.....

[Inside Pitch]

[Blarg]

When you have a 1 run deficit and look down the bench what you don't want to see is a bunch of Squids.

[Chuck]

This ump probably drives a large raised truck and has a tiny weenie.

 

[Tank]

25 minutes ago, Blarg said:

When you have a 1 run deficit and look down the bench what you don't want to see is a bunch of Squids.

been there done that

[Taylor]

4 hours ago, Chuckster70 said:

This ump probably drives a large raised truck and has a tiny weenie.

 

Isn't that 80% of the dudes in Tennessee?

[Chuck]

1 hour ago, Taylor said:

Isn't that 80% of the dudes in Tennessee?

No. Just regular hardworking dudes, farmers or cowboys for the most part with regular trucks, not raised or wide or obnoxious tires. 

[Ender]

8 hours ago, Chuckster70 said:

This ump probably drives a large raised truck and has a tiny weenie.

 

Wow. What a gaping vagina. 

[Angel Oracle]

Uhh BSPN, 79-83 prediction?

Really? Really? Really?

[Chuck]

27 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

Uhh BSPN, 79-83 prediction?

Really? Really? Really?

BSPN

[Blarg]

Past history is tough to walk away from. Until the Angels play .500 ball they are not better than their previous records.