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Accidents & Strikes: Dunning returns; Barlow to IL
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Accidents & Strikes: Dunning returns; Barlow to IL

May 30: RHP Dane Dunning reinstated from paternity listing; RHP Joe Barlow positioned on 15-day IL; RHP Spencer Howard despatched to Triple-A on rehab taskDunning final pitched on May 22, and is about to begin Wednesday's sequence finale vs. the Tigers. He's 4-0 with a 1.67 ERA in 4 begins this season. Barlow hits the IL with what the membership described as an sickness. He had a 5.40 ERA over 5 aid outings in his first huge league stint of 2023. The earliest he may return to the lively roster is June 13. RHP Grant Anderson has contract chosen from Triple-A Round Rock; LHP Cody Bradford optioned to Round Rock; RHP Ricky Vanasco designated for taskAnderson will probably be awaiting his Major League debut as he joins the membership. The right-hander has gone 2-0 with one save and a 3.54 ERA ...
How Have the New Guidelines Modified the Game?
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How Have the New Guidelines Modified the Game?

Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports This is an enormous 12 months for the MLB rulebook. After many years of tiny incremental adjustments, the league made three big ones in 2023. They instituted a pitch timer, modified the dimensions of the bases, and restricted defensive positioning for the primary time in trendy historical past. But how have these new guidelines modified how the sport seems to be on the sphere? I broke down every one to seek out out. Games Are Shorter The greatest change to the sport this 12 months was the introduction of a pitch timer, and it’s had a big impact on sport size. Per Baseball Reference, the typical nine-inning sport has lasted two hours and 37 minutes this 12 months, down from three hours and three minutes final 12 months. You have to return to 1985 to dis...
Jay Jaffe FanGraphs Chat – 5/30/23
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Jay Jaffe FanGraphs Chat – 5/30/23

  Brooklyn-based Jay Jaffe is a senior author for FanGraphs, the creator of The Cooperstown Casebook (Thomas Dunne Books, 2017) and the creator of the JAWS (Jaffe WAR Score) metric for Hall of Fame evaluation. He based the Futility Infielder web site (2001), was a columnist for Baseball Prospectus (2005-2012) and a contributing author for Sports Illustrated (2012-2018). He has been a recurring visitor on MLB Network and a member of the BBWAA since 2011. Follow him on Twitter @jay_jaffe... and Mastodon @jay_jaffe. Content Source: blogs.fangraphs.com
Miller experiences an MLB first of a distinct type
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Miller experiences an MLB first of a distinct type

SEATTLE -- Bryce Miller, sooner or later, was certain to come back all the way down to Earth from the meteoric begin to his Major League profession. It was simply the abruptness by which it unfolded that stood out most when it lastly occurred on Monday night time. Miller was ambushed for 11 hits and eight earned runs, greater than any begin in his professional profession, which put the Mariners in too huge a gap to dig out of in a 10-4 loss to the Yankees at T-Mobile Park. And the culprits to his struggles have been amongst people who he’d averted in a historic five-start stretch since his epic debut on May 2: hard-hit balls and residential runs. “Obviously, my confidence was up,” Miller stated. “I just didn't make the pitches I needed to make, and they put them in play and they fell. It h...
FanGraphs Power Rankings: May 22–28
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FanGraphs Power Rankings: May 22–28

We’re a 3rd of the way in which by way of the common season, and June is correct across the nook. The groups within the American League have sorted themselves into haves and have-nots, however the National League appears huge open for any crew to make a run this summer time. A reminder for the way these rankings are calculated: first, we take the three most vital parts of a crew — their offense (wRC+), their pitching (a 50/50 mix of FIP- and RA9-, weighted by starter and reliever IP share), and their protection (RAA) — and mix them to create an general crew high quality metric. I additionally add in an element for “luck,” adjusting a crew’s win share based mostly on anticipated win-loss file. The result's an influence rating, which is then offered in tiers under. Note: All stats are ...
‘Liam! Liam!’ Hendriks welcomed again to mound with thundering ovation
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‘Liam! Liam!’ Hendriks welcomed again to mound with thundering ovation

Liam Hendriks returns to huge league mound after most cancers battle n","providerName":"Twitter","providerUrl":"https://twitter.com","type":"oembed","width":550,"contentType":"rich"},"__typename":"Markdown","content":"“Yeah, it was nice being again on the market,” mentioned Hendriks throughout his postgame press convention. “Getting back, putting cleats on, running out, doing all that. I felt good, I felt strong, I felt comfortable out there.nn“Unfortunately for me, I wasn’t able to get the two-strike pitch where I wanted to. It was get ahead, generally, and then struggle to put them away. There were some positives from a purely baseball aspect, but there were definitely some things to work on. Get back, be avail...
What Is a Web Gem Value?
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What Is a Web Gem Value?

Joe Puetz-USA TODAY Sports The drama of a superlative catch at an important level in a recreation is considered one of baseball’s nice narrative moments. A ball is struck and everybody – followers, baserunners, sprinting outfielders – holds their breath for just a few seconds ready for it to hit both leather-based or grass, sending these baserunners and swinging the sport in a single route or the opposite. It’s baseball’s model of a three-pointer heading in the direction of rim or internet, or a large receiver and a cornerback extending for a similar airborne go – a second of suspense in essentially the most literal sense of the time period, throughout which the one factor drawing us nearer to a conclusion is gravity. Now, as a result of there’s nothing baseball followers love greater...
‘Bulldog’ Miller making a fast title for himself
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‘Bulldog’ Miller making a fast title for himself

Bobby Miller, J.D. Martinez lead Dodgers previous Nationals n","providerName":"Twitter","providerUrl":"https://twitter.com","type":"rich","width":550},"type":"oembed"},"__typename":"Markdown","content":"When requested about his composure in entrance of the house crowd following the sport, Miller saved it easy in describing his sentiment on the mound: “I'm really not scared of them out there.”nnStarting the homestand on a great notice was wanted in additional methods than one for the crew. The first 4 innings of the sport favored the Nationals after Joey Meneses scored on a single from C.J. Abrams within the third, however Miller adjusted to Washington’s strategy on the plate and silenced them from that time ahead...