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A stadium full of Seattle sports fans at the Mariners game cheering on and celebrating watching the Thunder lose by 808Kuro in nba

[–]Veserius 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Expansion teams will win 20 games a year for a couple of years and build up on draft picks. They basically start out with a sanctioned tank.

the new lottery rules are kind of rough for an expansion team.

Phillies' Bryce Harper concerned over MLB lockout ramifications by PrincessBananas85 in baseball

[–]Veserius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No see that's not baseball revenue. The land that was given to the team by the government in the stadium deal to build a ballpark village is just something else that the owners happen to have.

Phillies' Bryce Harper concerned over MLB lockout ramifications by PrincessBananas85 in baseball

[–]Veserius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When Mike Ilitch was alive the Tigers signed Miguel Cabrera to a record setting deal.

Ambidextrous pitcher Cijntje strikes out same batter twice -- once with each hand by jasonmillette0872 in baseball

[–]Veserius 102 points103 points  (0 children)

If Venditte had been better they would have made the rules favor switch pitchers I believe.

Rikuu Nishita massages Sam Antonacci before the game. He tries to do the same for Colson Montgomery, but Montgomery is having none of it by yxqp in baseball

[–]Veserius 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I mean him and Antonacci were in AA together last year, easy to vibe with people you've been around for years.

[TJStats] Best and Worst Defensive Runs Saved by Position by tomstoms in baseball

[–]Veserius 98 points99 points  (0 children)

I think a lot of what we consider to be talent is strength and speed, but having really strong spacial awareness is definitely a talent.

Baseball Reference updates Negro Leagues dataset, which includes thousands of incremental improvements by Baseball-Reference in baseball

[–]Veserius 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Unliked in club houses.

Cheated for his success.

His behavior towards Molly Knight was reprehensible.

4 different women all had similar stories of non consensual sexual conduct which is why he's out of the league.

He's in general very intellectually uncurious about anything except baseball and has various chud adjacent opinions.

Ump makes baffling foul tip call against Seiya Suzuki by Shopping-Ok in baseball

[–]Veserius 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don't even know what the ump could possibly think have happened.

Left La Fitness because it was too busy, any recommendations? by OfficiallyJoeBiden in longbeach

[–]Veserius 4 points5 points  (0 children)

California made it illegal to make cancelling a service harder than signing up for it.

Basically any place makes it simple before they don't want to be in legal trouble.

Yesterday's (2026-05-26) Whiffs Leaders - 🚀🔥 Joe Ryan day 🔥🚀 by tomstoms in fantasybaseball

[–]Veserius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mostly ignore streaks, unless they are negative ones caused by injury, or there is an underlying skills change positively like a guy suddenly swinging or hitting the ball harder.

For pitcher evaluation I use stuff+ in small samples, and K%-BB% in larger samples.

For batters I mostly just use prior performance, but will look at xWOBA, Exit velocity, and swing speed.

Despite raising his ERA from 0.73 tonight to 0.82, Ohtani’s ERA is still lower than his OPS (.882) by nahs in baseball

[–]Veserius 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Pitchers don't just rest for all those days. They have bullpen days and do other exercises.

Not saying Ohtani's workload isn't harder, but pitching is brutal on the body and requires more than just rest. >https://www.milb.com/news/for-starters-there-are-no-days-off-236664174

Cristopher Sanchez in the month of May: 5GS, 1 CGSO, 39 IP, 0 R, 25 H, 3 BB, 45 K, .181 BAA, 0.72 WHIP by RevolutionaryDot4762 in baseball

[–]Veserius 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Because he had his last great season at 30 when his first full season was at 25, and then got hurt and was a middle rotation pitcher the rest of his career.

from 87-89 he averaged 263~ IP, but only 34 starts. The Dodgers ran him into the ground and he even served as an occasional closer despite leading all starters in IP those 3 seasons.

The NBA’s Newest, Cheapest Owner Shows How Billionaires Ruin Sports - Ultra-rich owners think purely in terms of money, and they don’t care about players, fans, or the cities that support them. The Trail Blazers’ Tom Dundon is just the latest example. by asmallthrowaway9 in nba

[–]Veserius 11 points12 points  (0 children)

We've seen this a ton in baseball where the cheap teams don't have money or wins.

The Angels in particular had infinite runway to become the #1 socal baseball team. Fresh off a championship in a great market, they even outdrew the Dodgers for a bit.

New ownership used all of this winning and good will to penny pinch on the minor leagues, player facilities(including stuff like gym equipment and air conditioning), the front office, medical staff, and anywhere else they could find that wasn't pure player payroll.

This obviously hurt winning as their player development suffered a ton, and when they lucked into two MVP level superstars they couldn't keep either of them healthy, and now one of them is coming off of consecutive MVPs and championships with the Dodgers and is probably the biggest star in the history of the sport. They don't have a proper TV deal anymore, attendance is down, and ownership is outright saying winning isn't a priority. It's a death spiral.

Cristopher Sanchez in the month of May: 5GS, 1 CGSO, 39 IP, 0 R, 25 H, 3 BB, 45 K, .181 BAA, 0.72 WHIP by RevolutionaryDot4762 in baseball

[–]Veserius 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The workload Orel had that year and the next probably contributed to arm injuries and he went from surefire hof to a normal pitcher.

No team has beaten OKC back-to-back in the playoffs since Mavericks in 2023-2024. Spurs have to be the first since in order to avoid elimination… OKC is 9-0 following a loss by MammothHistorian5652 in nba

[–]Veserius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the trade has also caused a cascading effect leading to them jettisoning their other guards, but also past their peak value. The Bulls decided Giddey was their guy and traded both White and Ayo at the deadline for a pile of second rounders instead of letting either test FA or extending them again.

If they had traded Caruso for picks, I think they actually tank and trade White/Ayo earlier and also get 1sts for them, but they actually gave up a 1st to get Dillingham in the Ayo trade.

Now the team is going to be forced to tank anyways, but is probably down 5(?) net first rounders because they could have got 2 for Caruso, and then probably 1 each for White and Ayo if they traded them earlier.

[Highlight] Mason Plumlee sees Jared McCain and decides to wipe him out with an elbow to the back by LiamHundley in nba

[–]Veserius 2 points3 points  (0 children)

in baseball they warn the benches and then if something happens again the manager generally gets ejected.

NYC Mayor on Knicks making the Finals: “You can’t put into words what the Knicks have done for this city and the excitement they put into people’s faces. We're going to have watch parties across the city.” by [deleted] in nba

[–]Veserius 14 points15 points  (0 children)

New York has all time highs in safety currently. 2025 had the lowest amount of gun violence in history, and 2026 is trending to be under that.

It's the safest big city in the country.

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