Padres (Yu Darvish, RHP) @ Blue Jays (Jose Berrios, RHP)
Yankees (Carlos Rodon, LHP) @ Angels (Chase Silseth, RHP)
Giants (Ross Stripling, RHP) @ Reds (Graham Ashcraft, RHP)
White Sox (Touki Toussaint, RHP) @ Giants (Justin Verlander, RHP)
D-backs (Ryne Nelson, RHP) @ Braves (Charlie Morton, RHP)
Nationals (Trevor Williams, RHP) @ Cubs (Kyle Hendricks, RHP)
Tigers (Eduardo Rodriguez, LHP) @ Royals (Ryan Yarbrough, LHP)
Twins (Kenta Maeda, RHP) @ Mariners (Luis Castillo, RHP)
Good morning! Happy Wednesday. Did you guys watch any baseball or check any box scores yesterday? I have never seen anything like that before in my life. Per CBS Sports:
A Modern Era (since 1900) record 12 teams scored 10-plus runs Tuesday, including a Modern Era record four games in which both teams scored double digits.
The previous Modern Era record was nine teams with 10-plus runs on Aug. 23, 1998, and July 7, 2004. Thirteen teams scored 10-plus runs on July 4, 1894, and 12 teams did it on May 30, 1884. However, that was long before the American League and National League merged to form what is now Major League Baseball.
Prior to Tuesday, the only other days with four games in which both teams scored 10-plus runs were July 4 and July 9 in 1894. The previous Modern Era record was three games in which both teams scored 10-plus runs on May 17, 1996, and May 5, 2000.
cbssports.com/mlb/news/modern-era-record-12-teams-score-double-digit-runs-tuesday-one-of-the-highest-scoring-days-in-mlb-history/
Insanity. So it of course made for an insane slate of baseball as well, where the Astros @ Rockies didn’t even make the record books for being one of the half dozen games that combined for over 20 runs. We love baseball and everything that comes with it, don’t we folks?
Speaking of loving baseball, the Pirates are doing everything in their power to take the joy of the sport out of my life. They found themselves down 4-0 to the Guardians in the 1st inning on seven (7) Mitch Keller pitches. He wound up going 6 innings and getting his PC up to 100, so it’s not like there’s an injury there. What do I think is going in Pittsburgh, you’re probably not asking? I think it’s a culmination of a few things. One, just a lack of enthusiasm. Who is to blame for this? Start at the top, work your way down. You can see it in Bryan Reynolds, and can easily pin a portion of Mitch’s struggles to this as well. Two, a lack of proper coaching. Shelton and his entire coaching staff have blame to bear, and they just extended Shelton this season. So that’s fun. Lastly, it’s the lack of spending. A cheap organization doesn’t just stop at the product on the field when it comes to their frugalness. It makes it ripples all the way through – including scouting and RND. I’ll end this Pirates rant before this turns into a dissertation. Just know they’re hurting me than they’re hurting your best ball teams, I promise.
Pitching Preferences
- Luis Castillo
- Eduardo Rodriguez
- Justin Verlander
- Charlie Morton
- Yu Darvish
- Carlos Rodon
- Jose Berrios
- Kenta Maeda
- Kyle Hendricks
Favorite Teams
- Braves
- Giants
- Reds
- Cubs
- Mets
- Yankees
- Tigers
- Nationals
- D-backs
Batter Ranks
- Ronald Acuna Jr
- Matt Olson
- Michael Conforto
- Matt McLain
- Jake Fraley
- Cody Bellinger
- Shohei Ohtani
- Spencer Torkelson
- Julio Rodriguez
- Pete Alonso
- Fernando Tatis Jr
- Brandon Nimmo
- Juan Soto
- Ozzie Albies
- Austin Riley
- Joc Pederson
- J.D. Davis
- Mike Yastrzemski
- Vladimir Guerrero Jr
- Manny Machado
- Bo Bichette
- Anthony Rizzo
- Giancarlo Stanton
- Corbin Carroll
- Gleyber Torres
- George Springer
- Spencer Steer
- Elly De La Cruz
- Francisco Lindor
- Francisco Alvarez
- Bobby Witt Jr
- Ketel Marte
- Riley Greene
- Matt Vierling
- Lane Thomas
- Teoscar Hernandez
- Ian Happ
- Seiya Suzuki
- Christian Walker
- Nico Hoerner
- Luis Robert Jr
Today feels tough to navigate once again. We have teams who as of late have been underperforming, good teams with difficult-ish matchups, and a game at GABP with two bad pitchers. The Braves are going to be the most popular team today far and away, but I’m not recommending fading them. Just try to keep your stacks to two or three and get different elsewhere in your builds.
Blue Jays and Padres are tough today. Berrios has had himself a nice season while Darvish has been up and down. At first glance I don’t see the winner coming out of this matchup, but I also don’t think these pitchers are good enough to not get shelled today either. I think one or both of these teams offer solid leverage today.
I will be all over the Giants today. I wish LaMonte Wade Jr could stay on the field, but that just hasn’t happened on a consistent basis yet. He would be nice to have in the lineup today but we will need to wait and see, as he was removed early in the game yesterday. The rest of that lineup is still a top a priority for me.
Good luck today everyone. I can’t guarantee we see over 200 runs scored today, but I’m sure some team will come out and surprise us on this slate. See you in the lobbies!
Nez
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