Baseball writer at @TheAthleticMLB. Starkville pod. MLB Net. Winner of 2019 BBWAA Career Excellence Award. Launched hot dogs with the Phanatic. Now on Blue Sky
Joined January 2009
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Jun 12
It's my weekly dose of Weird & Wild
Are 2500 hits the new 3,000? Freddie Freeman made us take a look nytimes.com/athletic/7351362…
Plus Vegas madness, 2 hits in 2 cities in 1 day, Singer vs Song, KC in KC, upside-down Giants, heaviest leadoff duo ever? & more
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Every player knows about being in a slump. Not every player gets out of it. My latest on @Substack! @Phillies @Cubs @MLB @TheAthleticMLB @espn #MLB
Read here!⬇️⚾️⬇️
tinyurl.com/TheSlump-WTG
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Have I mentioned that Starkville is now on @YouTube
Check out this great conversation with JT Realmuto
Come for the inside look at why Don Mattingly can have a big impact on modern players
Stay for the fun tale of why Freddie Freeman kicked dirt on JT
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Great new Starkville
The always thoughtful JT Realmuto joins me and @dougglanville to take us inside:
Phillies manager switch
How ABS has changed the game
Sanchez!
Facing Miz
Why Freeman kicked dirt on him
Schwarber’s other 3 True Outcomes
Lots more
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Jun 13
Pitchers to allow only 1 ER over any 8-start span since ER became official:
Walter Johnson
Guy Bush
Fernando Valenzuela
Jacob Misiorowski
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Jun 13
Jacob Misiorowski tonight:
15 strikeouts
1 hit
Faced the minimum
CG in 95 pitches
You’ve just seen the first 15-strikeout “Maddux” in the pitch-counting era.
What a show this guy is
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Jun 13
Jacob Misiorowski of the @Brewers is the only MLB pitcher in the modern era to throw a shutout where he:
struck out 15 or more
allowed only 1 hit (or none)
faced the minimum number of batters
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Jun 13
Fastballs at 101 mph or harder:
Jacob Misiorowski:
36 tonight
The entire Phillies staff:
25 all season
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Jun 13
Jacob Misiorowski has 12 K's through 6 innings (on 68 pitches).
For reference, there have been five 20-K games (9-inning outings) in MLB history. Here's how many K's each pitcher had through 6 IP:
Max Scherzer: 13
Randy Johnson: 12
Kerry Wood: 12
Roger Clemens: 15
Clemens: 14
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The Miz has already thrown 30 fastballs at 100 tonight.
It’s the fourth inning.
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Jun 12
The 3 fastest strikeout pitches by ANY starting pitcher in ANY game since 2008 (when pitch tracking began):
1. Jacob Misiorowski vs. Schwarber: 104.5 mph
2. Jacob Misiorowski vs. Harper: 104.1 mph
3. Jacob Misiorowski vs. Turner: 103.5 mph
All in the 1st inning tonight.
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16 pitches at 102
10 at 103
4 at 104
Through 2 innings!
Guess who’s pitching tonight?
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Jun 12
"I'm excited to face him"
Jacob Misiorowski: 1.50 ERA/38.4% K rate
He pitches tonight
Cristopher Sanchez: 1.54 ERA/30.1% K rate
He pitches Sunday
Did you know MLB has never seen a series like Brewers-Phillies this weekend?
I wrote about that!
nytimes.com/athletic/7352073…
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Jun 12
103.6 was only Mize’s FIFTH hardest fastball of that first inning.
Incredible
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Jun 12
FYI: Home Fields reached out to tell me the deadline for Father's Day delivery is Monday at 5 pm et
Just passing that along
Jun 6
OK one more gift idea.
My friends at Home Fields sell these cool, LED-lit, 3-D stadium replicas of 49 ballparks, past and present, like this Citizens Bank park model on my shelf.
Plus football & basketball
My name JAYSON gets you 10 percent off! homefields.com
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Jun 12
This piece is amazing - a @TylerKepner classic.
The art of great story telling isn't just finding that guy with cool tales to tell.
It's asking all the right questions that set him up to tell them.
Loved this, from first word to last.
Jun 11
He’s been a Mudcat and a Mission, a Toro and a Timber, a SeaWolf, a SkySock and a Sound — and now he’s nearing the all-time wins record. One of my favorite stories ever, on the great Rick Sweet, unlocked and free for all: nytimes.com/athletic/7344721… via @NYTimes
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Jun 11
He’s been a Mudcat and a Mission, a Toro and a Timber, a SeaWolf, a SkySock and a Sound — and now he’s nearing the all-time wins record. One of my favorite stories ever, on the great Rick Sweet, unlocked and free for all: nytimes.com/athletic/7344721… via @NYTimes
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Jun 11
Latest notes, unlocked and free to read:
*Why Cubs should consider trading Seiya
*Those crazy White Sox
*Guardians in position to strike
*Royals’ Wacha, Lugo likely not in play
*Nootbaar next Cards vet to go?
*Rays’ Martinez
*ABS/pace of play
nytimes.com/athletic/7350093…
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Jun 11
How can you not root for Trey Mancini?
Jun 11
In his return to majors with the Angels, Trey Mancini authors another comeback story. nytimes.com/athletic/7350008…
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