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The only explanation is that pitchers are much more aggressive in the zone at Dicky Stephens and Cheney than they are in the other league parks. My guess is Locklear feasts when pitchers throw it down the middle (and probably mostly on fastballs) but can't hit shit when higher level pitchers use th...

Have you looked at his home/away stats last year in the minors? 2024 - Home: .888 OPS (20ish games in Arkansas, 40ish games in Tacoma) // Away: .755 OPS 2023 - Home: .876 // Away: .933 2022 - Home: .818 // Away: .952 His splits are really weird home and away. He hit very well in Arkansas which is c...

Have you looked at his home/away stats last year in the minors? 2024 - Home: .888 OPS (20ish games in Arkansas, 40ish games in Tacoma) // Away: .755 OPS 2023 - Home: .876 // Away: .933 2022 - Home: .818 // Away: .952 His splits are really weird home and away. He hit very well in Arkansas which is c...

I believe 1,500 PAs against a handedness is considered the threshold where splits begin to have value. That their platoons haven't worked really isn't indicative of anything other than their players can't hit. A platoon is essentially trying to make a better player out of two limited players. It do...

I believe 1,500 PAs against a handedness is considered the threshold where splits begin to have value. That their platoons haven't worked really isn't indicative of anything other than their players can't hit. A platoon is essentially trying to make a better player out of two limited players. It do...

They didn't platoon him last season, would they do it this season? Perhaps if they decided to give him some sort of soft landing. I'm just going to say this. I don't believe FOs see any value in splits, sample size is way too small. Their opinions are based on generally held beliefs. Left handed pi...

I see so many people saying that you can't call Tyler Locklear up because he would only be able to platoon against lefties and he needs to play every day. Locklear's stats vs R/L in the minors: 2022: .960 OPS vs R over 94 PA's // .609 OPS vs L over 39 PA's 2023: .944 OPS vs R over 279 PA's // .793 O...

Here's a fun thought experiment... so T-Mobile is supposedly the most base hit suppressing park in baseball since its inception.

Knowing this, would Ichiro have hit .400 and put up close to 300 hits in a season if he played in Arizona for his career?

Basball Savant has a ton of data but what do you make of these... Screenshot_20250415-191812_(1).pngScreenshot_20250415-191603_(1).png You asked if he was "good" last year. Idk about all that. I think it's tough to say he wasn't good when he hung a 3.61 ERA and tossed 175 innings. To say that's lea...

Sibelius Hindemith wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 16, 2025 3:15 am

Perhaps, but what i was wondering is why he stopped mixing up his pitches as much when he came to Seattle.

The M's coaching staff seems to like their starters to throw a lot of fastballs.

Again, it's hard to argue against like a 3.35 ERA as a starter in an M's uniform.