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Jays score 4 in the ninth, beat Braves Share this story A Sweep! After the first inning, we thought it was going to be a very short start for Ross Stripling. He gave up a leadoff home run to Ronald Acuna. Then there were three singles before he got to two outs. One of the singles was a popup that landed in front of Jonathan Davis in center field. Davis seemed to get a slow start on the ball, I thought it should have been caught. The other two weren’t hit hard either. But we were down 2-0, with two guys on, and just one out.

Wise decision-making). Before diving into the details of xxxFIP, let’s discuss its predecessors and what they are trying to measure. Earned Run Average is the grandfather of pitching statistics, existing since the early 1900s, and is one of the most widely accepted measures of pitcher quality. It is a relatively simple statistic, taking the rate of earned runs given up for every nine innings pitched. An earned run is a run which the pitcher gives up that wasn’t the fault of a defensive error. A low ERA is associated with good pitchers, put simply: giving up less runs helps you win games.

Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images The Blue Jays continue their long road trip, heading down to Atlanta for a three game stopover to play the Braves. The first game of the series is set to get underway at 7:20 ET. Blue Jays’ Starter Robbie Ray, somehow magically riding a 3 game walkless streak, will make his 6th start of the season in this one. On the year, he is 1-1 with a 3.14 ERA over 28.2 innings. While his strikeout numbers are down from his typical dominance so far (29, pretty much 9 per 9 innings, while his career rate is over 11), his walk rate has now reached uncharted territory...

MLB Trade Rumors 2:40pm CDT 2:40pm: Flowers will earn a prorated $1.5MM base salary upon reaching the big leagues, tweets MLB.com’s Mark Bowman. 12:22pm: The Braves have re-signed veteran catcher Tyler Flowers to a minor league contract, reports David O’Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (via Twitter). The O’Connell Sports client will head to Triple-A Gwinnett for the time being. O’Brien reported last month that Flowers had taken a non-playing role in the Braves organization, helping to blend data from the team’s analytics department with game preparation. The door for a pot...

By Megan Molteni May 3, 2021Reprints Adobe Six patients with dementia traveled to Mexico last year to be injected with a gene therapy not authorized for use in the U.S., according to the CEO of a Seattle-area startup that wants to accelerate testing of unproven anti-aging medicines and views U.S. drug safety regulations as a hindrance. At the heart of the project is a controversial biotech called BioViva, whose CEO had herself injected with an experimental gene therapy in Colombia and whose advisory board includes renowned Harvard geneticist George Church. It is part of a growing ecosystem of...