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33.3% At the top of the list, tied for the sixth highest HR/FB rate at Triple-A among qualified hitters (amazingly, the top five are all with an AL organization), sits Travis Demeritte, who was already discussed on Tuesday as part of the wOBA leaders list. The only thing that has changed is Abraham Almonte has started the last three games in left field, taking over for the Braves’ previous Marcell Ozuna replacement Ehire Adrianza. Almonte has far more offensive potential, but clearly Demeritt...

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Daily baseball statistical analysis and commentary.

June 9, 2021 On Friday night in San Diego, the Padres got an all-too rare glimpse of the version of Blake Snell that they hoped they had traded for in December. Facing the Mets — admittedly, an injury-weakened version of the team, but one that has nonetheless led the NL East for the past four weeks — Snell made his longest start in over two years and threw seven innings of one-hit shutout ball while striking out 10, that after being battered for 12 runs in 6.2 innings over his previous two ...

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June 9, 2021 This is Part Two of the May edition of my monthly column in which I recap what’s been going on in the Korean Baseball Organization on both a league- and team-wide scale. In case you missed it, Part One discussed league-wide trends, then covered the SSG Landers, LG Twins, Samsung Lions, and NC Dinos. Today’s post will cover the remaining six teams. If you have any questions, feel free to leave them as comments or reach out to me via Twitter. Without further ado, let’s talk som...

June 9, 2021 Building off yesterday’s National League scripts for teams’ reach-out calls, today I move on to the American League. American League East Tampa Bay Rays Obviously, we don’t have a ton of room to add in terms of budget. There are some right-handed hitting first baseman out there who could be good fits for us without adding too much to our payroll. We love what Kevin Kiermaier brings to the clubhouse and with his glove, but we could use a center field upgrade. As usual, we have...

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