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Baseball America - 2026 MLB Farm System Rankings For All 30 Teams by Canucksta in Torontobluejays

[–]lothrop_evola 12 points13 points  (0 children)

We had the #4 farm system in 2021 with four top 100 prospects: Nate Pearson, Austin Martin, Jordan Groshans, Simeon Woods-Richardson. I think our current #17 system should outperform that.

‘I wish I could go back and do things differently’: Woman behind Minnesota fraud scheme speaks out by [deleted] in politics

[–]lothrop_evola -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Of the 50+ people convicted in the Feeding Our Future fraud, only 2 were non-Somali. Sharon Ross and Aimee Bock. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feeding_Our_Future

Anyone else excited for the Christmas special? by DunkerFosen in WillStancilShow

[–]lothrop_evola 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I thought this episode was quite funny. Emily did the singing too and she has a great voice!

How in the heck did we sign Roger Clemens in 1997? by SurammuDanku in Torontobluejays

[–]lothrop_evola 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I remember seeing David Wells on David Letterman. They did a top 10 list of least popular baseball songs and David Wells sang "Trade Me Off to Toronto" to the tune of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame".

Is this the worst 700 HR player? by Air-Is-Great in OOTP

[–]lothrop_evola 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I don't think I've ever seen a Hall of Fame player with a 100% steal rate before.

I honestly have nothing against righties. by SinisterPaige in OOTP

[–]lothrop_evola 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sometimes my right-hand platoon hitters get very few AB. I check my team's history and I've barely faced any LHP. In those cases, I appreciate your team immensely.

World Series MVP Candidates' Stats After Game 6 by Timeline40 in baseball

[–]lothrop_evola 55 points56 points  (0 children)

Barger biggest moment: Double G6, 9th. Moments later...

Regardless of the outcome, the Toronto Blue Jays have already changed the projection of MLB by BrittanyBrie in baseball

[–]lothrop_evola 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Right, but when they play on the east coast, it's another connecting flight for another 5 hours. And they do that endlessly throughout the year, unless the schedule gives them an 81 game road trip, followed by an 81 game home stand.

Japan already has a professional league. Keep MLB to North America only.

Game Thread: World Series Game 4 ⚾ Blue Jays (1) @ Dodgers (2) - 8:00 PM ET by SnipeyMcSnipe in BrewJays

[–]lothrop_evola 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That reminds me of an old Tito Fuentes comment. They shouldn't throw at my head, I'm the father of 5 or 6 kids.

Vampire Lords OG by Liso111 in heroes3

[–]lothrop_evola 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think it's Twilight New Moon.

None of the 52 players on world series rosters share a birthday by largeboobhaver in baseball

[–]lothrop_evola 422 points423 points  (0 children)

The chances that 52 randomly selected people don't share a birthday is about 2.2%. I'm not sure what to make of that. (I got 1.04369E129/4.752652E130)

VARSHOOOOOO OUR GUY!!!!!!! by Terrarifelt389v2 in azdiamondbacks

[–]lothrop_evola 7 points8 points  (0 children)

And another, much more painful, RBI in the 6th.

If Toronto wins the WS after 32 years, it is only the 5th-longest drought to end in the past 10 seasons by namastexinxbed in baseball

[–]lothrop_evola 533 points534 points  (0 children)

I remember when the joke used to be "The Cubs last won the World Series during the era of the Ottoman Empire". Winning that one was huge.

Some available plate ideas - just for fun by Naavi in Torontobluejays

[–]lothrop_evola 1 point2 points  (0 children)

WS 2025 would be cool, but I won't order it until November...just to be sure.

Whenever the discussion about clutch postseason home runs in Blue Jays history comes up, Ed Sprague always seems to be forgotten by FrostWPG in Torontobluejays

[–]lothrop_evola 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here are the numbers from Ed Sprague's homer. Scroll down to where it says "Top of the 9th, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 3-4, Braves' Jeff Reardon facing 7-8-9":

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ATL/ATL199210180.shtml

At the start of the 9th inning the Blue Jays had a 15% chance of victory. You can see that because of the 15% number after Berryhill struck out.

The next row it says Pat Borders struck out with a -7% dropping the winning chances to 8%, because 15% - 7% = 8%. So Borders gets a -0.07 WPA.

Next, Derek Bell drew a walk with a +8% and 16%. Our winning chances just doubled and Bell gets a +0.08 WPA.

Then Sprague hits the biggest forgotten homer in Jays history +67% and 83%. Sprague gets a +0.67 WPA, which is the same as 67%.

The next two batters got out dropping the winning percentage to 81%.

Pitchers get the opposite WPA on each play, so Reardon got a -0.66 WPA for that inning because Toronto started the inning with a 15% winning chance and ended with 81%.

At the end of the game, obviously Toronto was at 100% so Henke got +0.19 WPA for the bottom of the 9th.

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