HA. The pitchers here ranged from 41.2 to 81.1 innings, so not exactly a worthwhile sample size. And confirming my injury curse will never end, one of the names required Tommy John surgery before the season even began and failed to throw a single pitch. ...
It’s been quite an unusual season for Tepera, who began the year with the Angels. He had parlayed his track record as an effective reliever into a two-year, $14MM deal with the Halos going into 2022. Last year was par for the course for him, as he posted a 3.61 earned run averag...
but the big one has thus far remained elusive. still, cole will go down as one of the most consequential pitchers in history regardless. not just because of what he's done on the field, but also because of how dramatically he elevated the earning potential for aces with his record-setting...
In Major League Baseball today, relief pitchers enjoy a significant earned run average (ERA) advantage over starting pitchers, among other statistical areas. So then why do starting pitchers continue to receive lucrative, long-term contracts while pitching in only every fifth game? This thesis exami...
Ceramic objects included three-legged tripods, steamer cooking vessels, gui pouring pitchers, serving stands, fitted lids, cups and goblets, and asymmetrical beihu vases for carrying water that were flattened on one side to lie against a person’s body. In stone and jade objects, eastern ...
What must happen for the Twins towin? Sano and Buxton have to break out. Sano was a phenom hitting homeruns at a torrid clip in 2017, only to find himself striking out consistently and even sent down to the minors at one point in 2018. Pitchers learned his weakness (breaking balls down...
That those distinctions carry some amount of ironic cachet today is evidence that McGriff might have been just too gosh-darn wholesome a star for an increasingly cynical age. On the other hand, it’s far better to be remembered for pointing a finger in the service of a timeless baseball fu...
Only two pitchers in the lively-ball era have had four consecutive seasons with an earned run average under 2.40--Maddux and Sandy Koufax, who threw from a mound five inches higher than today's. In Maddux's four seasons (1992-95) his ERA was an astonishing 1.98, two runs per game ...
They have devalued many of what had been among the sacred totems of the game for more than a century: RBIs, singles, wins for pitchers, the sacrifice bunt, the stolen base, intentional walks, pitchouts, batting average, contact hitters, the complete game, starting pitchers and the veteran ...
and sewn in less than 24 hours. Girls would not fill their pitchers with water from a well without breathing upon it first and pouring some of it on the ground (a libation to the nymph of the well). Before serving wine, drops were poured on the floor to honor the souls of the dead...