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Mike Petriello @mikepetriello.bsky.social · 1h

The Mariners had the momentum. Then the Jays got a ton of hits, even though the Mariners had the momentum, and now the Jays have the momentum, which will give them a boost, even though it didn't stop the Mariners from losing the lead, and --

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Mike Petriello @mikepetriello.bsky.social · 2h

You seem nice, Lee.

Mike Petriello @mikepetriello.bsky.social · 6h

I couldn't tell you the last time i looked at catcher FP%. maybe never?

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Mike Petriello @mikepetriello.bsky.social · 6h

i mostly just combine PB+WP and don't worry about the difference in the scoring.

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Mike Petriello @mikepetriello.bsky.social · 7h

"I choose to endorse you!" -- the outgoing, unpopular, scandal-ridden weirdo of a mayor.

"... no, we're good." -- the candidate.

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Mike Petriello @mikepetriello.bsky.social · 7h

sure did. There's more to catching than just that.

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Mike Petriello @mikepetriello.bsky.social · 8h

what, no

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Mike Petriello @mikepetriello.bsky.social · 8h

I don't know if Cal Raleigh got snubbed for AL C GG, but I do know that not enough people know how incredible Dillon Dingler, Carlos Narváez, and Alejandro Kirk were behind the plate this year.

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Mike Petriello @mikepetriello.bsky.social · 9h

Damn shame we couldn't get this kid into basketball

www.baseballamerica.com/stories/top-...

Top 2027 Catcher Will Brick Reclassifying For 2026 MLB Draft

A strong defender who had some of the best raw power in the 2027 class, Will Brick becomes another big name for the 2026 MLB Draft class.

www.baseballamerica.com

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Mike Petriello @mikepetriello.bsky.social · 12h

Today in just "the most predictable news ever"

nypost.com/2025/10/15/s...

Exclusive | Anthony Volpe undergoes shoulder surgery after rough Yankees season

Volpe initially injured the non-throwing shoulder making a diving attempt on May 3 against the Rays.

nypost.com

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Mike Petriello @mikepetriello.bsky.social · 12h

the only right answer

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Mike Petriello @mikepetriello.bsky.social · 12h

yeah, but 'anthropomorphic experiment' implies a whole lot of 'i am afraid of people who don't look like me,' too

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Mike Petriello @mikepetriello.bsky.social · 12h

yeah i took this as "weirdos with hair dye" but now i'm second guessing

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Mike Petriello @mikepetriello.bsky.social · 12h

neither of them were the first to have it anyway

and unless you've done something really unique, in-depth, that couldn't possibly be contemplated by multiple people at the same time: no one owns a stat

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Mike Petriello @mikepetriello.bsky.social · 13h

at the end of the day i am very nihilist about these things: four good teams are playing one another, and two of them played pretty well over 36 hours, and the other two didn't, and there's not a ton more to take away from it

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Mike Petriello @mikepetriello.bsky.social · 13h

you can't get to a .100 without some bad batted ball luck, but the "it's not all luck" part comes in with hard-hit rate

39% MIL
39% TOR

46% LAD
50% SEA

Hit ball hard, ball go far, ball elude gloves, team go far.

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Mike Petriello @mikepetriello.bsky.social · 13h

Setting aside K and HR, which we always talk about:

the two teams down 0-2 have these BABIP:

.100 MIL
.137 TOR

two teams up 2-0 have these BABIP

.310 SEA
.294 LAD

that's not all luck, but a little, and a .100 BABIP is no way to live

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Mike Petriello @mikepetriello.bsky.social · 13h

Through 2 games of the ALCS

Jays have a 13% strikeout rate (batting)
Mariners, 31% strikeout rate

So of course Seattle is up 2-0 because baseball.

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Mike Petriello @mikepetriello.bsky.social · 23h

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 1d

Oh god is it Spader

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Mike Petriello @mikepetriello.bsky.social · 1d

it's like .. do you think that is making it better?

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Mike Petriello @mikepetriello.bsky.social · 1d

Almost impressive. Been a while since we've seen someone torch themselves so thoroughly

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Mike Petriello @mikepetriello.bsky.social · 1d

Wrote about how Cal Raleigh is up to 739 PA this season & how top catchers in general just seemed to play more often after a job-sharing trend - and how maybe we should listen to all the catchers telling us that receiving on one knee saves their legs.

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This big change is keeping catchers like Raleigh fresh for October

Among the many, many, many impressive things about Cal Raleigh's 60-homer 2025 is something a lot more mundane, but extremely important: He showed up every day. Ralegh played in 159 games. He took 705...

www.mlb.com

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Mike Petriello @mikepetriello.bsky.social · 1d

ironically this is the closest to being right one of these has ever been

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Mike Petriello @mikepetriello.bsky.social · 1d

while i fully agree with whatever you're going to say about how shitty that guy is and the site he runs, I don't actually think there's a whole lot to that aspect of it.

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Mike Petriello @mikepetriello.bsky.social · 1d

not *this* bad

wait, that's not quite right.

not this *specific flavor* of bad. you've made many, many that are just generic worse.

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