That's peak Pedro and Johnson numbers, dominant.
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In those 15 games, he walked zero in 8 of those games and one in 5 of them.
kupcho1
Footballguy
Cowboysfan8
Footballguy
HellToupee
Footballguy
The jig is up for Luis Ortiz
Via ESPN: "Both alerts flagged bets in Ohio, New York and New Jersey. Betting on the result of first pitches is offered by some sportsbooks, which such wagers commonly referred to as microbets."
Pitches in question:
Luis Ortiz under investigation for unusual gambling activity.
MLB gambling investigation: Details emerge after Guardians pitcher Luis Ortiz is placed on leave
A betting-integrity firm reportedly flagged two incidents during Ortiz's June startswww.cbssports.com
Via ESPN: "Both alerts flagged bets in Ohio, New York and New Jersey. Betting on the result of first pitches is offered by some sportsbooks, which such wagers commonly referred to as microbets."
Pitches in question:
Eephus
Footballguy
The jig is up for Luis Ortiz
Luis Ortiz under investigation for unusual gambling activity.MLB gambling investigation: Details emerge after Guardians pitcher Luis Ortiz is placed on leave
A betting-integrity firm reportedly flagged two incidents during Ortiz's June starts
Via ESPN: "Both alerts flagged bets in Ohio, New York and New Jersey. Betting on the result of first pitches is offered by some sportsbooks, which such wagers commonly referred to as microbets."
Pitches in question:
Luis L. Ortiz.
I feel bad for Luis F. Ortiz
Yo Mama
Footballguy
It’s a bummer Muncy got hurt right before the final strikeout, but what a great scene for Kershaw. I wonder if anyone else will make it to 3K strikeouts any time soon.
kupcho1
Footballguy
Unfortunately, this makes it look like Ben Cherington may be competent.The jig is up for Luis Ortiz
Luis Ortiz under investigation for unusual gambling activity.MLB gambling investigation: Details emerge after Guardians pitcher Luis Ortiz is placed on leave
A betting-integrity firm reportedly flagged two incidents during Ortiz's June starts
Via ESPN: "Both alerts flagged bets in Ohio, New York and New Jersey. Betting on the result of first pitches is offered by some sportsbooks, which such wagers commonly referred to as microbets."
Pitches in question:
Eephus
Footballguy
No active pitchers are on track to do so. Chris Sale is 472 short but he hasn't put together three consistent seasons since 2018.
Younger pitchers aren't logging the 200 IP seasons like Kershaw, Verlander and Scherzer did when they were younger. You need to build a solid base of strikeouts in the your 20s to be able to hit career milestones later. Kershaw and Sale were both around 2000 SOs by their age 30 season. Nobody today is close to that--only one pitcher still in his 20s has even reached 1000. It's Dylan Cease who wouldn't have been my first guess.
Encyclopedia Brown
Footballguy
Rough math shows that Skubal averaging 200K a year would achieve the mark around his 40th birthday. If he outperforms the average early he could coast in his later years or surpass the number earlier.
Skenes at the same pace would achieve the mark around the age of 38.
Eephus
Footballguy
Skubal is 28 already with less than 800 SOs in the bank. He's going to have to defy the aging curve for pitchers to have any shot.
Cease is less than a year older than Skubal but has a 381 SO advantage. But even for him, Bill James' favorite toy calculator only gives him a 5% chance of reaching 3000.
Bill James Baseball Abstract - MLB Career Stat Projection Tool - Major League Baseball - ESPN
Bill James invented Career Assessments as a projection method to predict final career totals for MLB players.
dkp993
Footballguy
If he keeps giving up 5 runs a game that % shrinks to 0.
Eephus
Footballguy
I'd forgotten Zack Greinke got so close to 3000 falling just 21 strikeouts short. He probably would have made it if not for the pandemic year
Greinke never lead the league in strkeouts and had only one season with more than 10 K/9 but he rarely missed a turn and kept eating innings until the end of his career.
Greinke never lead the league in strkeouts and had only one season with more than 10 K/9 but he rarely missed a turn and kept eating innings until the end of his career.
Skubal with another gem: 7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 walks, 10 strikeouts.
JohnnyU
Footballguy
I would consider picking up Cade Smith and Griffin Jax ahead of the trade deadline in case Clase and Duran are traded, rather than play the FAAB game after the fact. Plus, if the Phillies are wanting a stud closer, and I think they do, they are going to have to give up one of their top 3 prospects+ probably Justin Crawford+. You have to give to get. Now they could go after both Bednar and Santana, or Fairbanks, or Finnegan without giving up a top 3 prospect, but I think they want a stud closer like Clase, Duran, and Miller. Both Clase and Duran are under control for a few years with a good contract, so trading either should bring a great haul.
Encyclopedia Brown
Footballguy
Matthew Boyd: 11th year in the big leagues, thirty-four years old, and now a 1st time All-Star.
Don Quixote
Footballguy
Surprised the Nats fired Rizzo and Martinez now, but felt like it had to be done. Six years since the World Series and rebuild has stalled; goodwill from that is gone. Bullpen is atrocious. Outside the players that they got from the Padres for Soto, they have not been able to build much else. Going to waste Wood/Gore/Abrams too and need to try another rebuild if things don’t change quick.
Ramblin Wreck
Footballguy
Davey felt like dead man walking for 2 weeks after his strange comments that losses were never on the coaches. He tried to walk it back the next day but it all sounded like he was full of it. It was time to move on from him.
I am torn on Rizzo. Rizzo hasn't been great in the draft but his trade deadline work has been really good. None of this really matters unless the Lerners are going to open the checkbook up. You can't win shopping at K-Mart for an entire bullpen.
Don Quixote
Footballguy
Yeah, definitely need to spend the money. I was hoping that would happen last year with Corbin coming off the books, but did not happen. I think Strasburg off the books after this year now.
Rizzo has made some good trades (besides the return for Scherzer/Turner not really panning out), but draft and international signings have been bad. I don’t think they trusted him to make the right call at #1 coming up. (I’m not sure what the right call there is, but I would guess some front office disagreement.)
JohnnyU
Footballguy
I canot believe the bad luck the Braves have had with injuries to their pitchers. Having said that, I think they should be sellers. Their minor league system is weak in my opinion. The problem is, they don't exactly have the capital to improve it a lot. Perhaps trade Chris Sale, but he's hurt too. The rest of that lineup isn't going to bring much. Players like Iglesias, Riley, Murphy, Ozuna and Harris aren't going to bring in a whole lot. They are basically screwed. I hope at least the pitchers get healthy for next year. Perhaps there is some wiggle room with their 2026 season. For sure they need to trade Murphy, for anything, and let Baldwin start full time. Perhaps Albies rebounds next year.
CletiusMaximus
Footballguy
Misiorowski has 8 Ks through 3 innings throwing almost nothing but strikes and his fastball in the 98-100 range. He gave up an HR to Ohtani giving Kershaw a 1-0 lead.
Snoopy
Footballguy
12 K overall and Brewers win 3-1.
Don Quixote
Footballguy
Nats took Eli Willits at #1. Surprising to me, as thought would go Anderson until the buzz the past few hours. Definitely a sign that don’t think will be competitive in the next couple of years.
ChiefD
Footballguy
Encyclopedia Brown
Footballguy
James Wood has a beautiful swing.
Don Quixote
Footballguy
These announcers are like Phil Rizzuto calling home runs on balls that don’t even make the warning track.
ChiefD
Footballguy
The Big Dumper says hold my 12 pack.
kupcho1
Footballguy
Caminero gave it the old Milton Berle. He'll be much more rested.
-fish-
Footballguy
These are especially bad. Wearing their own unis for the all-star game, though. The way it should always have been.
Don Quixote
Footballguy
****ing kid ruining his rhythm.
ChiefD
Footballguy
That kid is a legend.
kupcho1
Footballguy
Pitcher AND catcher.
Terrible.
belljr
Footballguy
Would be ok if not for that pesky pitch clock
Senor Schmutzig
Footballguy
Kershaw yelling “Suck it, Big Dumper!!!” while slapping high fives to his boys in the dugout. 
Encyclopedia Brown
Footballguy
It was cool to watch the David Wright jersey retirement ceremony. A packed house, and surrounded by a lot of old teammates who seemed to genuinely like him.
Before the injuries hit, he was on a HOF trajectory.
Before the injuries hit, he was on a HOF trajectory.
