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The first place Minnesota Twins

Baseball!

So ends one of the most ridiculous days in MLB history

In just ten games, 144 runs were scored, meaning teams averaged over 7 runs each

Had this been a full slate of games, there would be a pretty solid chance of breaking the 222 runs in a day record from 1962, which actually had 20 games played

watching the Mets

I have a gift and that gift is being able to identify good value contact first infielders on small market teams

Understanding BABIP Pt. 3: Hitters Explaining everything you need to know about BABIP for hitters

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What

This is one of the greatest frames in baseball broadcasting history

And for those who have been mean SCREW YOU!!!!!!!!

(constructive criticism reluctantly appreciated though)

Hey thanks to those of you that have given me kind words about the First Pitch Pod, excited to be able to do it!

oh dear tomorrow is the day

Jacob deGrom has not thrown a pitch below 90 mph so far today

He is looking *so* good

Twins booth has spent the entire bottom of the 6th talking about a fan that used to comes to games with “Mauer 7” shaved from his back hair

I love this sport lmao

The San Francisco giants have been shut out both of their first two games played

They join 14 other teams since the live ball era of being shut out their first two games. If they are shut out again tomorrow, they’ll join only the 2016 padres to be shut out 3 times

Opening day should be a national holiday

And every team should play a game on opening day

The best part, Buxton, Larnach, Wallner is a good outfield. Larnach has been about a league average outfielder, Wallner has an ugly swing but consistently productive, and Buxton is great

Infield is weird. Bell, Keaschall, Lee, Lewis and Clemens is not one that inspires confidence, but if Lee makes some defensive strides this can work

Jeffers is an average catcher and Caratini is probably an upgrade over Vazquez. Thank goodness I don’t have to watch Vazquez at bats anymore

Cole Sands is coming off a great year and Taylor Rogers is a nice reunion, but the rest of this bullpen looks bad. Anything can happen with middle relievers, but I am pessimistic overall

Ryan, Ober, SWR, Abel, Bradley is a pretty decent rotation that would look a lot better if Lopez was still in the mix. I’m bullish on both Abel and Bradley, but bearish on Ober this year. With Zebby as the de facto SP6 I think this rotation is quite solid

Ok let’s break this down

Honestly this broadcast was fine

What the hell am I looking at

LISTEN TO THE SHALLOWS RAAAAAAAH

I forgot to say this on the pod last week, but Otto Lopez is a stud and may be the single best value pick in the draft.

His ADP is 245 yet THE BAT X projects him to hit .274/.324/.405 at second, with 12 home runs and 17 steals. Personally, I think he can beat those marks, but he’s good regardless

They should call it Meta World Peace