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Ben Bailey

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Sr. Platform Engineer at @workleaphq // I write about baseball at https://nitter.cf/t.co/0L52b2xcWe and other things at https://nitter.cf/t.co/BR7QO3x3x7 // Hampshire College alumn

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Did a quick thread on the other site about Yusei Kikuchi. You can find my baseball takes more frequently there for now.
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It didn't quite work out, but good to see someone pinch hit for a lefty with a righty against Leiter. Always wondered why more teams didn't do that when he was with the Cubs.
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The most whiffs the Guardians pitching staff got in a game all year was 31. They already have 27 through 5 innings today.
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In 2023 (when Hosmer was on the Cubs), the Cubs hit .353/.389/.471 against Williams in four appearances
Eric Hosmer (@TheRealHoz35) profile pictureEric Hosmer
@TheRealHoz354 Oct 2024
Great find ! Cubbies had this in 22 when I took my talents there
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Shota Imanaga tied a career high in swinging strikes today with 22. Drew Smyly keeps the Cubs record since 2021 with 23 whiffs against the Giants on September 9, 2022 baseballsavant.mlb.com/statc…
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The Cubs are lined up to face Skenes and Jones again this series which would be the 4th time this year for each. No other team has faced either 3 times.
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Shōta Imanaga has six of the top ten Cubs starts by whiffs since 2022 and 8 of the top 20.
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Mark Leiter Jr. has a better K-BB% over the last two seasons than Tanner Scott, and he’s under team control for two more seasons
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I've always wanted more granular tracking of Statcast's Outs Above Average metric, so I spent the last month or so working on a website that lets you see how each player's OAA has changed each day oaamonitor.benbailey.me
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I don't think tiny-sample defensive metrics like this are necessarily useful, but I've been curious about daily changes in OAA for a while. One note, Baseball Savant doesn't seem to update for yesterday's games, so today's changes won't always correspond to to yesterday's game.
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Of course, this wouldn't be possible without Baseball Savant. All the data comes from there, and I continue to be thankful that we have this data publicly as a sport. Player and team pages also link to their Savant pages.
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The Cubs haven't hit a 3-run homer or grand slam since June 1st.
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The Cubs had five three-run home runs before May and one since.
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The Cubs have hit two three-run home runs since.
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I wonder if the Cubs take a chance on Nido here. He's heated up a little with the bat (though expectations there should be low) but he's been a good defensive catcher his whole career.
New York Mets (@Mets) profile pictureNew York Mets
@Mets11 Jun 2024
Catcher Francisco Alvarez has been reinstated from the 10-Day IL. Catcher Tomás Nido has been designated for assignment.
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Luke Little’s two most recent appearances were his first two consecutive outings without walks of his major league career. cubofcoffee.com/cub-of-coffe…

Cub of Coffee 5/23/24: Cubs 0, Braves 3

The Cubs are officially in a slump, just 3-7 in their last 10 games. No one wants to read much about this series, so I’ll just leave you with some bullet points. * Ian Happ got 4 of the Cubs’ 14 hits...

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Nico Hoerner has only struck out three times in a game three times in his career: 7/17/23, 4/30/23, and tonight.
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