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Joe the mechanic: Musgrove’s modifications have him again on monitor
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Joe the mechanic: Musgrove’s modifications have him again on monitor

MIAMI -- The Padres started their nine-game street journey with an off-day in D.C. final Monday. Joe Musgrove didn't. He didn’t need an off-day. His season had began too inconsistently. It wasn’t simply the fractured toe that pressured him to overlook the early a part of the yr -- or the shoulder difficulty that delayed his return. It was every little thing. Musgrove wasn’t getting outcomes. He additionally didn’t really feel like his mechanics have been in the appropriate place to expect these outcomes. But he was getting there. He knew he was shut, and he didn’t wish to lose it. So on the off-day earlier than the journey formally started, Musgrove went to Nationals Park to work with crew workers on making these changes. Two begins later, it positive appears to be like like his mechanics ...
Freddie Freeman Is a Metronome
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Freddie Freeman Is a Metronome

Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports The calendar simply flipped over to June, and in some way we've but to write down even one article about one of the best place participant in all of baseball this season. Not that it’s a shock; nothing about one of the best place participant in all of baseball is a shock. If you Google “Freddie Freeman” and “killer,” in simply the primary web page of outcomes, you’ll discover references to Freeman as a Nats killer, a Braves killer, a Mets killer, a Phillies killer, and a Cubs killer. (If you don’t use the citation marks, you’ll get references to Freeman as a Mets killer and a Nats killer, plus a bunch of headlines about an precise assassin.) But right here’s the factor: in the event you take a look at Freeman’s efficiency in opposition to each workforce in...
Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat – 6/1/23
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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat – 6/1/23

12:00 Dan Szymborski: Greetings! I've a 1 PM appointment, so fairly strict on time at the moment 12:00 CK: I seen your Bengal reference and I admire it 12:00 Dan Szymborski: I made one? 12:01 Em: Do you suppose that first basemen would get fewer hamstring accidents, since they must be versatile to obtain throws from the opposite infielders? 12:01 Dan Szymborski: I’m undecided, I’m not skilled sufficient on the human physique to know why this impact, if it exists, would possibly exist 12:01 Dan Szymborski: however it is likely to be itneresting to check precise hamstring accidents by place 12:05 Dan Szymborski: Sorry, somebody at door 12:05 Tacoby Bellsbury: Why has DJ LeMahieu’s strikeout ...