“[T]hrow your best pitch more often.” Must be some of them thar analytics. (The article is about Walbert Urena.) Fangraphs says that Nolan Schanuel is one of the top ten ABS-friendly hitters. They grapple a little bit with the issue of how to quantify this benefit, but they conclude that is little more than a rounding error by WAR standards. The Angels signed a Fulmer. No not that one.
I need analytics just to figure out what this job is about. Half the time it sounds like the guy will be taking polls to see which bobble heads suck the most.
Next Monday, the major league owners will vote on the sale of the Padres to a group fronted by Jose Feliciano. Feliz Navidad.
“[Having animals at the ballpark] starts [your game day] off on a pretty cute moment. You can’t complain about it because it could light your day up.” Hey! The Angels have animals at the ballpark too. Some of them are pretty fast.
Nick Kurtz is probably out for the season. It’s a thumb thing. The Athletics’ woes continue. Phil Maton has a partially torn patellar tendon. Marlins right-hander William Kempner will have elbow surgery. Tigers outfielder Riley Greene is going on the injured list.
The Dodgers have activated Blake Snell. The Giants designated infielder/outfielder Eddys Leonard for assignment. The Nationals designated Miles Mikolas for assignment. Outfielder Harold Rivas is the PTBNL in the Adley Rutschman trade. The Toronto Blue Jays just claimed Paul Sewald. The Red Sox will designate right-hander Seth Martinez for assignment. Chris Devenski got a minor league deal with the Mets.
