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Yeah! Let him be the first 78 in team history! Or 96!

Faucher isn't a name for a closer. At best, it's a small-but-leafy liberal arts college.

That 4x4 night by Schwarber is impressive as hell, but they keep talking in the booth about how cold he had been. He seemed like he was on that whole series against the Mets. If he didn't get any hits, it isn't that he wasn't swinging well.

It is not a sure-handed evening. Still plenty of swings to take. I cannot vouch for the Marlins pen apart from that Lake Bachar dude.

I take the distinction as a player option being the option to accept a single additional year at the end of a contract, and an opt-out being a choice to exit in the middle of a long-term contract, forfeiting multiple years for another shot at the marketplace.

He also has a nice home run pitch.

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I like Lake Bachar. He has the sweetest customized van with a shag interior.

They all have Boras-type agents.

It is sort of meant to be a mystery, as bWAR and fWAR are based on proprietary formulae, so try as we might, there is only so much that we will understand. But some areas that probably fuel the discrepancy are the positions (Baty has played second and third while Vientos has played third and DH), the related defensive workload (Baty has played 776 innings and Vientos has played 491), double plays (Baty has grounded into six and Veintos nine), basestealing (Baty has stolen six bases without being caught, and Vientos has yet to attempt), baserunning beyond stolen bases, etc. I might guess the on-base percentages are a big factor. A .294 figure versus .309 may only a be a 15-point difference, but that can be meaningfully significant if one number is on the positive side of the replacement-player line and the other is not.

That is kinda stunning. How does trauma always find his hands?

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Hey, Nimmo trimmed his shrubby beard!

That wasn't just a performance. That was an announcement. A message. If he pitches on a weekend any time soon, the national networks are going to sweep in and steal the broadcasts.

Baty and Vientos hitting at the same time. $$

I love Walker. But I am also loving this rally.

Bunt hits for president!

1-2-3 first. Beauteous.

Somehow I fell asleep on that. Then I will advocate for 11 — the ultimate slim guy's number. He could also de-Wheelerize 45.

Number 44 seems wide open for a dominant pitcher to strip right off of Austin Warren's back and run away with, but he seems too skinny and that's a number for broadbacks. I'll go with 26.

Helsley had https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=helslry01&t=p&year=2025given up but one run in his previous 11 appearances (each one inning) as a Cardinal. But before that, he had a strange run where he gave up exactly one run in four straight games.

Here's wishing for a Tuesday Night Mets Club report.

Bang a gong! A whole lot of TJ Shooks are being passed on the depth chart and left in the dust.

I don't think it's the game if he comes up short on Baty's parachute thingy. Certainly not necessarily. Marte has to hold at half-way to stay safe, and the ball shouldn't get too far away at all dropping in as softly as it did.

Is he playing hurt? They don't seem to want to use him at center, and he really isn't showing his characteristic abandon over there in left.