Woo and the broom crew vs. Houser and the Rays G.T. 8/10/25

[Double Mocha Man]

At his current pace, Cal will hit 61 HR's in 162 games. Can he keep it up? Probably not. But DAMN!

Ah, but at his current 3 game pace he will hit 88 homers.

[Sibelius Hindemith]

Cal needs to focus more on pitch selection and trying to get on base more. The HRs will come either way.

[D-train]

forgotten how outrageous Larry's numbers were .313 /.400/ .565 /.965/ 141 ops+ over 17 years

Was going to say Josh Nayler is not a HOFer.

7 WAR vs. 72 WAR.

[D-train]

yeah, I remember everybody just being interested in picking up Gino, I was the one with the deal for the pair

I'll eat some crow on that one. It was huge get in retrospect for many reasons.

1. Raley got hurt: He went down 7/25 and we got Naylor about the second Raley got hurt. Is it correlation vs causation. It doesn't matter because it increases Naylor's value.

2. I didn't know before this year that Naylor was such an astute student of the game. Most folks are thinking about him gaming up those steals. But today I heard him talking about the pitcher having a tell, on the pitch he yanked for a big home run.

3. The defense. He's made a number of great plays. He's got great baseball energy. The other day he was on 2nd after a SB and the way he positioned himself was off the bag but right in the line of the throw so he forced the defender to adjust and even with the out being recorded at 1B. I noticed.


4. "UP" He was hitting .280 .333 .520 .853 (144 OPS+) in his 1st 14 games as an M. In the sweep game (#15) today vs the Rays he went 1-2 with a HBP, BB, an HR, and him and Julio doing a double bag swipe which resulted in a balk. That directly resulted in Geno's 2RBI single. 11/11 in stolen bases in 15 games.

Let's freaking GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

interesting, thanks...There has to be a story behind the steals, that's just too crazy. That lineup is beginning to look a little scary, compared to what we would heap abuse on, if the pitching would stiffen up

Dead last in Sprint Speed.

[seattlefan-daBronx]

I can't wait to watch these guys on Tuesday in Camden Yards.

They reshaped the wall again for like the 3rd year in a row. 29 non-homerun balls in 2024 would be home runs in 2025.
And yet it hasn't really helped the Orioles. They are a last place team this year.

This M's squad is homerun happy. Should be fun to watch them knock a bunch out.

I remember the "original" Camden before 2021 when it was a matchbox. Even smaller than Yankee imho.

I will be there Wednesday. Solid pitching match solid lefty against Logan. Gonna be a tough one.

NICE SETH!!!!

Are you taking the bullet train down?