I am a bit behind in watching the game, i was just going to come in here and Make a comment to you.
I have nowhere near your baseball knowledge, but I know sports and get your frustration at the negativety torward Straw. Look, i was all for moving him down the lineup and let Kwan have a crack at leadoff, but a guy with that level defense at one of the premier positions is hard to replace in my opinion,
Need to work on feet first slides across the board. Jose slid too late and overshot the bag. Jose (and everyone else for that matter) should be able to slide in and pop right up with their feet never leaving the bag on plays that aren't close. Plus the Detroit 2nd baseman likes to block the bag with his lower leg, and we need to go in feet first against him to discourage that.
Bieber at 94 into the 7th. There was a Fangraphs article a couple of weeks ago that said essentially his dip in velocity was a result of him over-correcting from the injury and that he's since reverted/adjusted his mechanics to what they used to be. In other words, tapping back into the velocity.
Sure looks like it. That would be HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE.
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