Excellent recap/frustration of watching Valentin Linarez - what he does not strike out, he walks. Sort of a reason for 7 fielders to doze mentally when he's on the bump! Hard to be too interested when Siani and TJ are not in the lineup.
Kervin Pichardo seems to be a strong MI, but what are the Pirates going to do with him? Of course, when you look at the stats from AA this year, he and Tsung-Che Cheng both had 11 HR, which might have been the highest number of HR's on the team.
Just some numbers regarding the Pirate hitters in 2024 -
Something I guess I knew but is easy to forget is that Soto is just 25--can a player be recognized as one of the best in the game and still be underrated? And it's not bad for the Yankees to make the WS once every 15 years or so :)
Was meaning to ask this ---- didn't see Planchart's name at all in the "State of the System: Catchers" column.....why is this guy in the AFL?
Excellent recap/frustration of watching Valentin Linarez - what he does not strike out, he walks. Sort of a reason for 7 fielders to doze mentally when he's on the bump! Hard to be too interested when Siani and TJ are not in the lineup.
Kervin Pichardo seems to be a strong MI, but what are the Pirates going to do with him? Of course, when you look at the stats from AA this year, he and Tsung-Che Cheng both had 11 HR, which might have been the highest number of HR's on the team.
Just some numbers regarding the Pirate hitters in 2024 -
OPS - Pirates .672; Lg Avg .719 - Worst in the NL
Hits - Pirates 1,283; Lg Avg 1,351
Doubles - Pirates 236; Lg Avg 264
Triples - Pirates 17; Lg Avg 24
HR - Pirates 160; Lg Avg 183
BB - Pirates 485; Lg Avg 503
K - Pirates 1,506; Lg Avg 1,380
Gotta give a 👏 to Soto. That was a helluva AB in the 10th inning.
That being said, not excited to see the Yankees playing in the WS.
Something I guess I knew but is easy to forget is that Soto is just 25--can a player be recognized as one of the best in the game and still be underrated? And it's not bad for the Yankees to make the WS once every 15 years or so :)
Yankees vs dodgers would be mlb’s dream scenario, every year, world without end.
Manfred must have had a ministroke worrying about a KC vs Brewers WS