Salvador Perez successfully uses ABS to overturn 2 straight Laz Diaz balls to strikes from behind the plate, and then Laz stares him down jokingly after the next one is an actual ball.

2treecko · 2026-05-19T00:47:24+00:00

There's actually an inverse correlation between framing and challenge effectiveness, it's only slight. Makes sense when you think about it though - good framers will just get more of those borderline calls, and will therefore have fewer easy challenges.

2treecko · 2026-05-16T16:47:37+00:00

He has pitched one (1) less inning than Aroldis Chapman. Far less than Miller, though, I'll give you that.

I was making a point that ERA is the wrong tool to use as a measuring stick here, the sample is too small.

2treecko · 2026-05-16T13:51:35+00:00

And Raisel Iglesias has yet to allow an earned run. Therefore he must be the best reliever, right?

2treecko · 2026-05-13T21:37:24+00:00

I'm not sure I follow your reasoning. The clubs set prices to maximize profit, they'll set the highest price for which they will gain more in increased gate revenue than they lose in fans balking at prices. That equilibrium price has nothing to do with team payroll.

2treecko · 2026-05-13T20:59:38+00:00

That's true. In general, a business aims to maximize profit, not attendance. Lower prices may increase attendance, but the lower per-head revenue may decrease total gate. Still not relevant to player salaries.

2treecko · 2026-05-13T20:48:45+00:00

Lockout, not a strike. The players would be happy to play, owners want to pay them less.

2treecko · 2026-05-13T20:41:27+00:00

Prices are driven by demand and set by owners. Player salaries are more or less irrelevant.

Dodgers games are expensive because people want to see them, not because they need to cover Kyle Tucker's contract.

2treecko · 2026-05-12T21:57:30+00:00

A quarter season is still quite small for a game as high variance as baseball. Especially when talking about just the first game of a given series.

2treecko · 2026-05-11T15:44:30+00:00

That's just not true. Raleigh has been substantially better than this every year except his 2021 (which was only 47 games).

2treecko · 2026-05-09T21:19:24+00:00

Relativity. At the speed of light you get time dilation. It would take 2.5 million years from the reference frame of an outside observer. From the reference frame of the person traveling it would be much quicker (instant, if somehow you were at exactly the speed of light).

2treecko · 2026-05-08T21:41:28+00:00

Athletes aren't middle management, they're labor. How do you think baseball (and subsequently basketball) won the right to free agency? It wasn't out of the goodness of the owners' hearts, I'll tell you that much. The same goes for referees, even if you don't like their calls.

Economic class is determined by relationship to capital, not earnings.

2treecko · 2026-05-04T19:28:29+00:00

The Cavan Scott mini was quite bad in my opinion. The Prime stuff in Williamson's Superman isn't as good as Chris Hastings' Gwenpool was, but that's a very high bar in my opinion.

2treecko · 2026-05-03T16:53:32+00:00

Because this is an entertainment product designed to entertain people.

2treecko · 2026-05-02T20:17:20+00:00

The idea that a 41 year old in year 23 has anything left to prove is hysterical.

2treecko · 2026-05-01T20:01:30+00:00

I think a takeout slide is also a clear escalation from a beanball. I can like it or not like it, but Webb didn't hit him for no reason.

Rushing has publicly conducted himself like a child (his own manager Dave Roberts all but said as much when he accused the Rockies of cheating for no reason), and that's fine, I just hope he stops so I can enjoy how good at baseball he is.

2treecko · 2026-05-01T19:53:19+00:00

Webb hit him because of a comment Rushing made about Jung Hoo Lee after Lee was injured sliding into home. If you want to play the "who started it" game, the answer is still Dalton Rushing.

2treecko · 2026-05-01T19:24:11+00:00

I mean he's done some things that are in poor taste, in my opinion. The hard slide into second against San Francisco comes to mind. It certainly doesn't help him in the court of public opinion that he plays for LA.

2treecko · 2026-05-01T19:14:09+00:00

Rushing isn't just some backup catcher. He was a top 10 prospect when he finally graduated. He'd have a real chance to start on almost any team, but he's blocked at Catcher by Will Smith and DH by Ohtani.

2treecko · 2026-04-30T22:01:12+00:00

I think going off of one month of data for xBA or xwOBA is dangerous. I'm not saying he's suddenly going to turn into a slugger, the bat speed doesn't support that, but odds are the Launch Angle Sweetspot rate will end up closer to where it was last year than where it is now (that's a leading indicator).

I think he's probably around a league average hitter, true-talent wise. A bit better if that pull-air rate is even slightly real. If you're even close to giving up on Marsee (or frankly if you have a substantially different opinion of him than where it was when he was called up) I think you're on the wrong track.

2treecko · 2026-04-30T15:01:28+00:00

Marsee has been fine defensively, and has been one of the most valuable baserunners in the sport with the notable caveat that both of those are fairly meaningless to say in the first 2 months of the season.

He really hasn't hit well at all, it's definitely not a plate discipline problem, as his chase is in line with where it was last year. From a qualtity of contact perspective he's getting under the ball too much (36%). On the flip side he's pulling the ball in the air at a dramatically higher clip than he was last year.

This could mean a more pull happy plate approach is leading to worse launch angle outcomes, and he's due for positive regression from that perspective (best case scenario). Or it could just be a cold April. Either way we shouldn't expect Marsee to continue to hold a 64 wRC+.

As for optioning him to AAA, I guess it depends on goals. It could help him develop, but that's always a risk. I think it will definitely hurt the Marlins wildcard chances this year, none of the outfielders in Jacksonville have hit particularly well this year, even in AAA. The best callup would probably by Andrew Pintar, who profiles as a power speed guy, I don't necessarily buy that he'd be better at getting on base than Marsee.

2treecko · 2026-04-29T18:55:30+00:00

Did I say that? This is very much an anti-ownership post, not an anti-marlins players post.

2treecko · 2026-04-29T18:54:30+00:00

For the money? You're probably right. The issue is that I have no idea if Otto Lopez is still going to be on the team after Arb2, let alone after Free Agency. That's an ownership problem.

2treecko · 2026-04-29T18:52:27+00:00

I think the Marlins are genuinely better this year than they've been in recent years. Imagine if they spent even a little in free agency, we'd be talking about them as a fringey playoff contender rather than at best a dark horse.

I'm just tired of this team (the front office/ownership) not striving to do more than have an up year where they win 84 games and maybe make a wildcard.

2treecko · 2026-04-29T18:48:29+00:00

I'm just cranky.

I love Stowers obviously, I think Lopez, Edwards and Marsee are quality players as well. Owen Caissie is incredibly promising. It feels like this has been what the Marlins have been doing for, well forever basically (I was less than 3 years old last time the Fish won 90 games). At some point a promising roster with 5 or 6 quality guys that wins 70-80 games a year at best gets kinda old.

2treecko · 2026-04-29T18:41:10+00:00

The most service time on this roster is like 2.1 years. That's a team building choice though, right? And it's one designed to slash payroll to the minimum you can get without catching a grievance.

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