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Here's a cautionary tale about StatCast:

According to Stumpf, Skenes threw nine fastballs, six sliders and one change. I'd guess that came from the Pirates, so it's probably authoritative.

According to StatCast, Skenes threw seven four-seamers and two sinkers (OK, nine fastballs), plus four sliders and three cutters.

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Congrats to Redbeard on his first career win. 🙂

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He’ll probably be sent down in a week (which is too bad, I like him), but they can’t take away the W!

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joe perez having a nice game for altoona. 4 hits. 1 hr

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There will come a day when Skenes can throw a ball with more power than Jebb can hit one …

Today’s not that day

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/gamefeed?gamePk=729573

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BOOM goes Delay!!

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It could be worse than being a Bucs fan……Mets fans have to be Dying!! Bases loaded BB HBP and PB …….

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My brother is a diehard Mets fan, probably saw 99% of their games (as in every pitch/inning) over the last 4-5 years minimum, probably longer. He will record games and watch them later knowing the score. He watched every game up until around mid-July this year and now he has missed entire games over the last month, probably watching about 50% of what is going on. I'm sure the number will go lower when college football starts up. This season disgusted him and a lot of their diehard fans (according to him)

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Condolences to your brother. Let him know that a whole lot of us feel his pain……literally…..deeply…..

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Probably different kinds of pains. Johns brother knows the pain of his team "trying and failing" while we know the pain of "failing while not seriously trying", lol.

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Brannigan and Termarr btb.

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Subscribe!

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Aug 16, 2023·edited Aug 16, 2023

Please let this be Hayes from now on!

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I feel like I’ve read this before....

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You have, and I'll continue to post it as long as he keeps looking good at the plate lol. The 2 walks made me happy tonight, with the single.

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Nearly matched his walk output for the whole season /s (kinda)

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At least the last couple months before his last week.

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not sure i've seen a team blow a 14 run lead, but bradenton could be the first

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they come close but ultimately win 14-13. phew

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The Marauders did give their best effort. Lakeland just would not cooperate and finish the job…..

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Real nail biter!

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It would be interesting to know how many of the 1,000 or so fans left when it was 14-0 and are checking back to see it's only the 7th inning and it's a two-run game.

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Post-Skenes crowd is about 30% of what it was.

The real problem was Chang was left in a good half dozen batters after he was clearly cooked. Didn’t know Grady Little was managing here.

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A lot of people left after he was done? Or did they wait around a bit until it got one-sided?

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There was a steady trickle for a couple innings.

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Dumbo seriously needs to get off the Palacios weed.

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If he was right handed, he would at least make more sense as a fillin for jack

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Last year when they "discovered" Jared Triolo, they were playing him in a number of defensive positions, including CF - could be a possibility for the Pirates, especially after Oneil Cruz returns to the MI. Triolo has done well at 3B/2B, and has the footspeed and arm to add OF positions.

The power possibilities of Cruz/Peguero in the MI are off the charts - can't remember the Pirates ever having hitters like that in the MI!

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The mets pen is probably fried after using 6 pitchers yesterday, hopefully can have some favorable matchups the rest of the series

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Sightler seems to be going on a tear again.

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About time! Was worried when his average went all the way down to .300!

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Skenes must be inspirational. Nadal just hit a slam to make it 14-0 with one out in the third.

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Peguero reminds me of Castro…if Castro was good at baseball

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Peguero pegandole a la pelota muy fuerte!

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Still hope Castro tries batting right handed only sometime.

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over under on Peguero´s carere eclipse´s Marte´s ?

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