You can watch the NL Wildcard series on ESPN.

No more shift could mean quite a few more hits for these batters

No Tucker
No Alvarez
No Brantley

But it includes.... Alex Bregman

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Alex Bregman (Astros 3B)

+8 potential hits gained / 58% shift rate

It's interesting to note that after three years being shifted around 30% annually, that mark almost doubled in 2022 to 58%. It's not hard to see that as a reaction to how much he sells out to pull for power, as nearly 80% of his extra-base hits were pulled -- and just look at his ground ball spray chart. No wonder teams put three on the left side.



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While the shift has long had its admirers and detractors, so much of this has really come down to a simple question: Where do we think this guy is going to hit the ball? Let's stand there.

Now, you might be asking yourself: Wait, what about Yordan Alvarez or Max Kepler? Anthony Rizzo? Where's Freddie Freeman? Us, too. We'll follow up with a look at the players you expect to be affected the most ... who may not actually be.

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8 more singles would have improved Bregman from .259/.366/.454/.820 to .274/.378/.469/.847

nowhere that interesting. i'm doing a follow up on "wtf are rizzo and kepler" types and I guess I'll include him too

— Mike Petriello (@mike_petriello) January 4, 2023

Note this is very different from the previous studies.

Now that is an ankle worth a 14 year contract.

The way I’d just let him throw me over his shoulders 🥵 pic.twitter.com/sWfvBshFyH

— 🧡YOU GOT HOUSTON💙 (@ReynAmazing93) January 3, 2023

Former MLB All-Star Carlos Baerga on his Instagram 👀

He was told the Red Sox will be announcing Rafael Devers 11 years / $332 million pic.twitter.com/CW6N17P1rq

— Ben Verlander (@BenVerlander) January 4, 2023

You know Bregman is getting ready to cash in.

OKCAg2002 said:

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I really loved the chemistry of Bill Brown and Jim Deshaies.

Unpopular opinion: Milo Hamilton was corny and annoying.

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I agree, but he did have Dierker as his color guy for a while and he was the best.

Ag_07 said:

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Yall need to look into an IPTV provider.

May not be the most up and up thing but it's dirt cheap, reliable, and you get every baseball game from every team in the league.

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Care to expand? What the hell is an IPTV provider? I'd love to be able to watch different teams.

Devers deal -- 11 / $331

That contract may not end up being too bad. Devers will be 37 at the end of it, and at 3B, that's not terrible.

I'll try and keep it somewhat since this isn't the nerdery.

I really have no idea how it works or what it is. Like I said it's not the most up and up thing but hey it works. This is the second IPTV service and we've had for about a year now.

Here's what I use. https://xtremehdiptv.org/

It's like $12/month and you get any channel you can possibly think of. Premium movie channels, NFL Sunday ticket, all MLB games, foreign channels, etc etc. They also have tons of movies and series on demand. They do have like a 3 day trial for like $5 if you wanna try it first.

They have an app but it's not offered through the major app stores so you have to jailbreak your device. We use a fire stick and the process take a couple extra steps but not too bad.

It does have it's shortcomings like buffering (but that's not a issue for me), guide is not always available or accurate, technical instructions aren't always clear (I had to YouTube some things to get it started) and sometimes it'll just cut out and restart the app, things like that. Since it's not our primary streaming none of that is a deal breaker for us. Small inconveniences is what I'd say.

If anyone wants even more info PM me and I can answer some more questions.

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Former MLB All-Star Carlos Baerga on his Instagram 👀

He was told the Red Sox will be announcing Rafael Devers 11 years / $332 million pic.twitter.com/CW6N17P1rq

— Ben Verlander (@BenVerlander) January 4, 2023

You know Bregman is getting ready to cash in.

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That can't sit well with Correa/Boras.

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Devers deal -- 11 / $331

That contract may not end up being too bad. Devers will be 37 at the end of it, and at 3B, that's not terrible.

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I'm guessing he will move to 1B or DH by age 30.

it's not pretty at the hot corner when ground balls come his way

That deal for Devers seems pretty good for both sides.

I love that guy, what he brings to the field, and the way he plays the game.

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Mathguy64 said:

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Farmer1906 said:

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Former MLB All-Star Carlos Baerga on his Instagram 👀

He was told the Red Sox will be announcing Rafael Devers 11 years / $332 million pic.twitter.com/CW6N17P1rq

— Ben Verlander (@BenVerlander) January 4, 2023

You know Bregman is getting ready to cash in.

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That can't sit well with Correa/Boras.

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He doesn't have two legs to stand on when it comes to a contract like this.

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He's already got one foot out the door.

He's got one foot in the grave.

He's a foot short of the goal line.

He shot himself in the foot on that one.

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We are doing this.

Cobra39

Farmer1906 said:

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Just helping everyone make informed decisions on their streaming services.

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I just think with internet prices what they are across all companies, if you only have one cable box and use smart tv apps or a Roku/Fire Stick for the other rooms or porches, prices are about the same with most steaming services now.

Then you never have to worry about it at all.

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In the span of 3 weeks Yordan hit two of the longest and arguably most important 3 run piss missiles in Astros history. Maybe in MLB in the last 20 years.

His. To. Ree.

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Three all-time elite, historic hits in one postseason.

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Big Al 1992 said:

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I hadn't seen this angle - could still watch 100 times.

If you don’t get goosebumps or chills every time you watch this like me you ain’t a true Astros fan. What an incredible HR. I’m sure many of us like me also knew this was coming. #Astros #AirYordan
pic.twitter.com/Nf1krPcdDk

— TexasTrain 🚂 ✭🤘🏽 (@Kuno75) January 2, 2023

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I can tell you how big a moment is was for two reasons.

1) I'll be 49 next month and I've been watching the Astros since I was 3 and never seen anything like that.

2) My wife and kids had performed their annual Astros post-season bandwagon maneuver and were watching with me. When I saw where it landed, ,I exclaimed loudly, HOLY ****ING ***** and was not reprimanded by my wife for swearing in front of the kids or my kids who have an ongoing ledger of anytime I've said a bad word in their lifetimes.

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I was on FaceTime with gf. I let out a massive yell. Then she said I made my o face.

I'll take it.

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spadilly said:

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"THIS GAME HAS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN!!!!"

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This was an absolutely great comment, really well done

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Joe Davis had a great first World Series for Fox and I don't think I will ever forget that Yordan HR call. Epic.

The Porkchop Express said:

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Big Al 1992 said:

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I hadn't seen this angle - could still watch 100 times.

If you don’t get goosebumps or chills every time you watch this like me you ain’t a true Astros fan. What an incredible HR. I’m sure many of us like me also knew this was coming. #Astros #AirYordan
pic.twitter.com/Nf1krPcdDk

— TexasTrain 🚂 ✭🤘🏽 (@Kuno75) January 2, 2023

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I can tell you how big a moment is was for two reasons.

1) I'll be 49 next month and I've been watching the Astros since I was 3 and never seen anything like that.

2) My wife and kids had performed their annual Astros post-season bandwagon maneuver and were watching with me. When I saw where it landed, ,I exclaimed loudly, HOLY ****ING ***** and was not reprimanded by my wife for swearing in front of the kids or my kids who have an ongoing ledger of anytime I've said a bad word in their lifetimes.

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lol i was reprimanded, as the toddler had just finally fallen asleep