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Indian Wells Gallery by Matthew Calvis
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Indian Wells Gallery by Matthew Calvis

By Matthew Calvis | @Tennis_Now | Friday, March 8, 2024Editor's Note: Accomplished vogue photographer Matthew Calvis is roaming the grounds of the Indian Wells Tennis Garden capturing the gamers, ardour and pure great thing about Tennis Paradise.We thank Matthew for sharing his vivid Indian Wells photographs with Tennis Now.Heads Up: Matthew Calvis Indian Wells Gallery Day 2Paradise Now: Matthew Calvis Indian Wells Gallery Day 1Face Time: Matthew Calvis Delray Beach Photo GallerySweet Spot: Matthew Calvis Delray Beach Photo GalleryOpening Shots: Matthew Calvis Delray Beach Photo GalleryPartner Power: Matthew Calvis Miami Open GalleryYou can comply with Matthew's tennis and vogue pictures on his web site Matthew Calvis. Posted: !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=f...
Analyzing the Pitchers Who Are Throwing More durable This Spring
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Analyzing the Pitchers Who Are Throwing More durable This Spring

Mike Watters-USA TODAY Sports After an extended, chilly winter, it’s a welcome sight to have groups again on the sector this spring. The recreation’s greatest stars are getting again into their rhythms, some heated place battles are underway, and — most significantly, in fact — new knowledge is pouring into websites like FanGraphs. Caution is at all times suggested when evaluating gamers primarily based on their spring coaching statistics, however we are able to nonetheless study loads from what occurs in these exhibition video games. One of the most secure locations to start out is with a metric that gamers (pitchers, on this case) have probably the most management over: velocity. Most statistics are contingent on circumstance, making them much less dependable, notably this time of y...
Managing Mirage and Coach Simon Strengths
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Managing Mirage and Coach Simon Strengths

By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Wednesday, March 6, 2024A mirage maker on courtroom, Daniil Medvedev confronted desert deception in his Indian Wells return this week.“First day I came here I guess there was a sandstorm the day before I arrived so I went on center court it was lightning fast and I was like ‘Whoah, surprising I love it’,” Medvedev advised the media in his BNP Paribas Open pre-tournament presser. “Then the next day it became slow. So let’s see.“I’m definitely not going to blame the court for anything I do which means play bad or play good or lose or win. I’m gonna enjoy it here. I love it here I’m gonna enjoy my time here and try to prolong it as long as possible.”More: Simona Halep Will Return at Miami OpenBranding himself a "hard court specialist", Medvedev spent br...
Accounting for Free Agency’s Largest Gainers and Losers
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Accounting for Free Agency’s Largest Gainers and Losers

Jim Rassol-USA TODAY Sports When free agent Matt Chapman signed with the Giants this previous weekend, most of my evaluation centered upon the ups and downs of his 2023 season and the character of his contract, which seems comparatively crew pleasant. One factor I underplayed within the evaluation was the extent to which San Francisco’s winter stands out relative to the competitors. Even earlier than the addition of Chapman, the Giants had spent extra money on free brokers than some other crew moreover the Dodgers, and likewise venture to obtain extra WAR from these additions than any crew moreover their longtime rivals. Based on the information in our Free Agent Tracker, the Giants have now dedicated $261.25 million in assured salaries: $113 million to middle fielder Jung Hoo Lee, $4...
Indian Wells Gallery by Matthew Calvis
Tennis

Indian Wells Gallery by Matthew Calvis

By Matthew Calvis | @Tennis_Now | Wednesday, March 6, 2024Editor's Note: Accomplished vogue photographer Matthew Calvis is roaming the grounds of the Indian Wells Tennis Garden capturing the gamers, ardour and pure great thing about Tennis Paradise.We thank Matthew for sharing his vivid Indian Wells photographs with Tennis Now.Face Time: Matthew Calvis Delray Beach Photo GallerySweet Spot: Matthew Calvis Delray Beach Photo GalleryOpening Shots: Matthew Calvis Delray Beach Photo GalleryPartner Power: Matthew Calvis Miami Open GalleryYou can observe Matthew's tennis and vogue images on his web site Matthew Calvis. Posted: !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function()n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments);if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n; n.push=...
AJ Smith-Shawver Is Rising
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AJ Smith-Shawver Is Rising

Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports AJ Smith-Shawver began on Monday, and it went quite effectively: 10 batters confronted, 48 pitches, 32 strikes, 2 2/3 innings pitched, 5 strikeouts, one hit, one stroll, no runs allowed. The Braves misplaced, however the harm got here after Smith-Shawver left the sport, and at any price, spring coaching outcomes have much less of an impression on common season success than what signal the GM was born below. Justin Toscano, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s beat author, tweeted after the beginning that Smith-Shawver was “in a better place, physically and mentally, for whatever comes this season. You can see the improvement.” That’s thrilling information. The 21-year-old poked his head into the majors for the primary time in mid-2023; he threw 25 1/...
Boulter and Yuan Energy to Career-High Rankings
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Boulter and Yuan Energy to Career-High Rankings

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Monday March 4, 2024After massive title runs this weekend, Katie Boulter and Yuan Yue have damaged new floor on this week’s WTA rankings. Scroll down for a glimpse on the movers and shakers on the WTA rankings desk.Boulter +22 to a Career-High! Great Britain’s Katie Boulter claimed the San Diego title and powers up 22 spots within the rankings to a career-high No.27. It was Boulter’s first 500-level title and her second general. She was ranked 151 at Indian Wells final yr, however has been on the rise ever since.Boulter additionally moved up 29 spots to No.16 within the Race to the WTA Finals.Yuan Top-50 Debut China’s Yuan Yue prevailed in an all-Chinese remaining at Austin and cracks the Top 50 for the primary time this week, up 19 spots to a career-hig...
Massive Wheel Retains on Delivering Philadelphia
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Massive Wheel Retains on Delivering Philadelphia

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports It’s been some time for the reason that Phillies have needed to fear concerning the entrance of their beginning rotation, which over the previous 4 seasons has been anchored by co-aces Zack Wheeler and Aaron Nola, although final yr it was unsure how for much longer that stability would proceed: Nola grew to become a free agent on the finish of final season and Wheeler’s contract was set to run out after the 2024 marketing campaign. But Philadelphia acted swiftly to maintain each pitchers round. After re-signing Nola earlier than Thanksgiving, the Phillies introduced on Monday that they'd prolonged Wheeler by means of the 2027 season. The three-year deal is reportedly value $126 million, and when it comes to its $42 million common annual worth, it's the...
BNP Paribas Open TC TV Schedule
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BNP Paribas Open TC TV Schedule

 By Alberto Amalfi | @Tennis_Now | Monday, March 4, 2024Pull up your favourite chair and get your distant prepared.Tennis Channel's BNP Paribas Open protection begins this week.More: Richard Evans Q&ATennis Channel will broadcast full protection of the 2024 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California,  March 6-Nineteenth.The Tennis Channel BNP Paribas Open TV Schedule is right here: Photo credit score: BNP Paribas Open Facebook !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function()n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments);if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n; n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)(window, document,'script','https://connect.facebook....
Sunday Notes: Daulton Varsho Goes Pull-Facet, Thinks Low and Exhausting
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Sunday Notes: Daulton Varsho Goes Pull-Facet, Thinks Low and Exhausting

Daulton Varsho’s final two seasons had been directionally completely different than his first two seasons.The left-handed-hitting outfielder put up a pedestrian 37.8% pull price in 2020-2021, and in 2022-2023 that quantity climbed to a lofty 52.6%. Apprised of the marked leap by colleague Davy Andrews previous to my current go to to Toronto Blue Jays camp, I requested Varsho if it was spurred by a purposeful change of method. He claimed that it wasn’t. “I think it’s just how teams are pitching me,” mentioned Varsho, whose pull price within the two-year span was the highest amongst certified hitters. “You don’t want to force the ball to any certain field — it has to sort of naturally happen — and I’ve been getting pounded in. You also have to figure out the changeup away and righties t...