It takes between 7 dozen and 10 dozen balls to get thru a MLB game.
The average life expectancy of a ball is two pitches.
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2021 Around MLB: Return of the Dead Ball Era
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It takes between 7 dozen and 10 dozen balls to get thru a MLB game.
The average life expectancy of a ball is two pitches.
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But those balls spend time sitting in a satchel that hangs from umpires waist. Come October, those balls will get cold, and we just don't know how they will perform once cold, if they will still be sticky or not be up to the task.
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How good (and smart) is Juan Soto at hitting? Vlad Jr. is getting all the attention but they're the same age and Soto has already been raking for a few years.
Guy's got a Barry Bonds-like .475 OBP over the last 2 years and does so using an approach which he kind of invented.
Guy's got a Barry Bonds-like .475 OBP over the last 2 years and does so using an approach which he kind of invented.
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I do, and Trout is the better all around player.
Soto is just a hitting savant. Once in a generation talent with his eye at the plate and his approach.
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I feel like the best comparison would be Joey Votto but he's already better than Votto ever was, and Votto is likely going to be a Hall of Famer for hitting alone.
They have a similar patient approach with the 2-strike choke-up mode to avoid K's. Soto striking out at the rate he does is pretty unreal with how often he gets deep into counts, with today's pitchers who average mid-90s.
They have a similar patient approach with the 2-strike choke-up mode to avoid K's. Soto striking out at the rate he does is pretty unreal with how often he gets deep into counts, with today's pitchers who average mid-90s.
Hitting savant is the perfect description of Soto.
He is a left handed Manny Ramirez.
The overall numbers are eerily similar.
Soto first...
BB rate...18.5/13.6
K rate......17.5/18.5
ISO.....253/273
BA....304/312
OBO...433/411
SLG...557/585
OPS...990/996
wRC+....158/153
He is a left handed Manny Ramirez.
The overall numbers are eerily similar.
Soto first...
BB rate...18.5/13.6
K rate......17.5/18.5
ISO.....253/273
BA....304/312
OBO...433/411
SLG...557/585
OPS...990/996
wRC+....158/153
yep - have said the same - left handed manny
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As long as it's healed in time for him to join the Tribe in the offseason.
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