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Braves Ongoing Season Comments Thread..
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Thomas was scary then, he'd be Paul Bunyan with a bat instead of an axe the way balls flew last night.
Kirb are you related to Georgia Girl ?
@WCDawg not as far as i know lol. why do you ask?
Just a hunch.
Here's evidence to the contrary on Soroka is missing more on his pitches:
If there's anything that I see that's significantly different, it's actually mainly him missing just out of the zone down. There is slightly more red up in the middle of the plate (and I am not looking at the red down in the zone, I'm looking at the upper quadrant), but like I said in the late night post, he really was "not" getting got by those types of pitches by Philadelphia. Au the contraire. They were getting him by looking for the sinker at the knees and hitting it where it was pitched. While a couple of the sinkers were up in the zone, this made the Philly game plan obvious:
McCann sets up away, Soroka pretty much hits the wanted spot, yet the result? A line drive base hit. A weak one, but still a liner.
Of course, all of that ended up not mattering for the team because going for power usually trumps looking for the base hit, and it did again there.
My next post will be backing up a comment that Soroka made after he started vs the Tigers.
After the Tigers got Soroka for 3 earned runs in 6.2 innings (for the first time he allowed more than an earned run), he said that it was mainly hard hit balls finally finding grass instead of gloves. Here's evidence of what he was talking about and pitches where he missed:
He was down to Goldy 2-0 and allowed a hard hit grounder. Yet, instead of it getting into the outfield (and potentially being two runs), it was right to Ozzie and ended the inning. Soroka had some moments of REALLY GOOD, but he also had some moments of luck too, and he knows it, otherwise he wouldn't have commented on it. Here's a few more:
Yes, that was beaten into the ground, but look at the location (he missed) and EV (102). Then imagine if he was sitting sinker. If he's sitting sinker, that's a line drive up the middle.
The American league plays a more exciting type of baseball because it employs the DH. Therefore the National League will some day follow suit and go to the DH.
No. Nobody cares about that. Its about the money. The American league has more high dollar salaries because of the DH position. They could double that by bringing the DH to the National League.
They will argue its about bringing everyone under the same tent but the above and the players union is the real reason the NL will get the DH. Probably sooner than later.
Your theory isn't supported by MLB payrolls. 12 of the top 17 payrolls in baseball are National League teams.
Your theory isn't supported by MLB payrolls. 12 of the top 17 payrolls in baseball are National League teams.
And it would be even higher with the DH. Simple logic.
The players union wants the DH in the NL. Because it will create an additional high paying salary spot
And that, above and beyond all else, is why the NL will get the DH.
It’s not necessarily a surprise that the players would want to bring the DH to the NL, given that it could create an additional “position” for players to be better compensated, and could increase the overall bidding landscape for high-end position players. NL teams could join AL teams in knowing that they can accommodate an additional bat by moving guys around between positions and the DH, and could also have a place to put older – perhaps pricey – guys who still have the bat but can’t quite hack it in the field.
From the above article
Case closed.
I am a huge baseball fan who hates the DH. I have been following this for awhile. Best to just agree with me on this one and move on.
It wouldn't change payrolls. They still have 25 MLB contracts to pay for. At most it would change it a couple million, when we're talking a rough average of $250 million payrolls. So, maybe 1% change for MLB owners who are raking in money hand over fist.
At most it would change it a couple million
Exactly. And that is a couple million in a players pocket that isn't get in that pocket right now. So the Union is in favor of that big time. This is why it will change.
The owners probably dont care either way.
Georgia Girl, Soroka is missing HIS SPOT far more often. The visual of his catcher not being set up anywhere close to where the ball goes and Soroka's reaction is evidence enough for me. Many of the balls outside the zone when he was dominating were intentional. He set hitters up to throw one where the bottom falls out just before it crosses the plate. He had control, but even better, he had command.
No DH.
Ban the DH and the wave
And get off my lawn