Maddox didn’t have this kind of success near this early. I know...I know...but if this kid can stay healthy...my, oh my. Watching him is like watching Greg, where hitters just look lost. He looks like he’s just playing catch half of the time. He’s doing this at 21. What will he do to hitters at 24. They need to lock him up this summer if he stays healthy. His arb years will be thru the roof.
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MLB as a whole struggles with 95+ mph fastballs. It's why teams value 95+ mph fastballs.
I'd be curious to see some work on whether the best hitters fare better with velocity than MLB as a whole (and whether it's in line with their excellence versus other pitching), but I'm not sure it really is a knock.
I think the proper downer move right now is to talk about small sample size and second time through the league with Riley.
Riley's gonna be a stud. All you have been predicted he would fail can keep holding on to hope... you're wrong though
Albies is down to 670 as left handed vs. 900 as a righty. Almost identical to last-year. Not sure what more advanced stats say, but at what point do we consider experimenting with some righty on righty? He really can't be much worse than he is left-handed so only downside is giving up potential that he improves as a lefty.
Aggression with prospects is fine, but being stupid is not. There should be a way to find a happy medium between a Pirates like idea of being overly cautious with prospects and going stupidly fast with prospects.
Has there EVER been a statement and question a certain someone should absolutely never have made and asked publicly more than...
Kinda pathetic to see yourself as a message board knight in shining armor. How impotent does someone have to be in real life to resort to playing hero on a message board?
Super (05-23-2019)