2:02 Jay Jaffe: Good afternoon, folks, and welcome to another edition of my Friday chat! Later today I’ll head up to Yankee Stadium for my first game of the year my first since last September 16, when Kyle Higashioka hit three home runs in a game I covered (though my attentions were elsewhere when it came to subjects) and my first as a fan since September 19, 2019.
2:03 Jay Jaffe: Speaking of Higashioka, I wrote about him, Gary Sánchez, and the Yankees’ not-so-sudden catching controversy yesterday https://blogs.fangraphs.com/amid-yankees-funk-kyle-higashioka-catches-….
2:04 Jay Jaffe: I wrote about position player pitching weirdness today https://blogs.fangraphs.com/position-players-are-suddenly-and-probably… and also had a spot on the FanGraphs Audio podcast talking to Dan Szymborski about the Pioneer League’s experimental rules https://blogs.fangraphs.com/fangraphs-audio-dan-szymborski-recites-his… which I wrote about here https://blogs.fangraphs.com/decisio
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Series Preview #8: Padres @ Diamondbacks
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The Padres 13-11 are coming off a 3-1 series victory against the Dodgers in L.A. They’re currently in 3rd place, 2.5 games back of the surprising Giants and Dodgers who are tied for 1st at 15-8.
The 11-11 Diamondbacks are coming off a series win against the Atlanta Braves. That came courtesy of a double header sweep on Sunday following a rainout Saturday. Zac Gallen threw a one hit 7 inning shutout in the opener, and Madison Bumgarner did him one better allowing
no hits in an official 7 inning game. MLB should take note how many words I had to use instead of just saying
April 23, 2021
When the Padres stockpiled starting pitching and mapped out their season, they probably didn’t count on Ryan Weathers playing the stopper. Yet in a rotation with a former Cy Young winner, a four-time All-Star, and the author of the season’s first no-hitter, it was the 21-year-old southpaw the majors’ youngest starting pitcher who helped the Pad Squad turn the page on a 2-7 slide, a three-game losing streak, and some sobering injury news with 5.2 innings of one-hit shutout ball against the Dodgers at Chavez Ravine on Thursday night, part of a 3-2 win.
Making just the second start of his career, and matched up against Walker Buehler for the second time in six days, Weathers kept the Dodgers off balance with an effectively wild four-seam fastball/slider combo, mixing in the occasional sinker and changeup. While his low-spin four-seamer averaged a comparatively modest 93.7 mph and topped out at 95.9 mph, its exceptional horizontal movement helped him rack up 1
Dinelson Lamet s Return From an Elbow Injury Lasted Two Innings
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Dinelson Lamet returned to the San Diego Padres on Wednesday after an offseason of speculation over his status. An elbow/biceps injury ended his brilliant 2020 season and no one knew what 2021 would hold after he opted against surgery to repair the issue. His return to the rotation garnered much fanfare due to the boost he d give San Diego s rotation. He looked sharp from the jump, striking out the side in the first inning. Those good vibes lasted all of two innings.
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