MLB 2018 regular season thread

What was the exit velocity on @Dick Whitman bailing on this fight?

 

I don't follow. I'm still here, loaded for bear. Come at me, @poindexter.

 

"America hasn't been this fascinated by a Japanese baseball player who both pitches and catches since Kazuhito Tadano"

I'll leave now.

 

Does anyone know if exit velocity correlates in any way with BABIP?

 

I couldn't answer that for fact, but I'm sure it has to. Last year, at some point, I asked whether MLB tracked expected batting average, based upon exit velocity. They do, so it must correlate, if it is considered predictive.

 

He never, ever said he agreed with the assessment in Passan or Blooms articles. You need to work on your reading comprehension.

 

I really got nothing else at this point.
Until he makes the All Star team.

Scratch that. New Ohtani porn:
The joy of Ohtani, fear the White Sox and MLB's next big thing

No matter what happens from here, Ohtani has already done things we have never seen. Even Babe Ruth never had an eight-day stretch when he won two games as a starter and hit three home runs at the plate. Ohtani accomplished that within the first 10 games of his career. He has struck out 18 batters, walked two and leads the majors with a 0.462 WHIP. The WHIP figure ranks fourth all time among players with at least 13 innings pitched. At the plate, he has an OPS+ of 236. No one with a minimum of Ohtani's 29 plate appearances has a better career mark. No one! Chew on that combination of numbers for a minute.

But we should definitely respect the opinion and give it some time when some scouts and HOF voters say he isn't ready, and needs 500 at bats in Salt Lake City.

Both sides, both sides.

 

@Dick Whitman has steam shooting out of his ears.

 

What would be awesome if he was doing this down at Salt Lake City, where the scouts say he should be.

No pitcher in #Statcast history has matched that time.

 

Bradford Doolittle apparently owns a TV that shows different White Sox games than my TV shows.

 

It doesn't even look like he's running at his top speed.