spadilly said:
I was watching this game on MLB TV and saw this.I think Wander Franco just unlocked a new level of breaking the unwritten rules pic.twitter.com/IYePwRyZej
— Joon Lee (@joonlee) May 4, 2023
He should probably expect to be thrown at tomorrow, but I absolutely rewound it several times to see it over and over. I'd be pissed if it was against us, though.
tjack16 said:spadilly said:
I was watching this game on MLB TV and saw this.I think Wander Franco just unlocked a new level of breaking the unwritten rules pic.twitter.com/IYePwRyZej
— Joon Lee (@joonlee) May 4, 2023
He should probably expect to be thrown at tomorrow, but I absolutely rewound it several times to see it over and over. I'd be pissed if it was against us, though.
The real issue is how slow does that runner have to be to not beat that out?
AgSportsFan89 said:tjack16 said:spadilly said:
I was watching this game on MLB TV and saw this.I think Wander Franco just unlocked a new level of breaking the unwritten rules pic.twitter.com/IYePwRyZej
— Joon Lee (@joonlee) May 4, 2023
He should probably expect to be thrown at tomorrow, but I absolutely rewound it several times to see it over and over. I'd be pissed if it was against us, though.
The real issue is how slow does that runner have to be to not beat that out?
I think it was just very sharply hit. Bryan Reynolds was the runner. If this isn't worthy of getting beaned, I don't know what is
Last night might be the dagger in Max Scherzer’s hall of fame campaign
— Barstool Baseball (@StoolBaseball) May 4, 2023
The guy is a flat out Cheater pic.twitter.com/b8A4D1gsAe
Farmer1906 said:
This is delicious.Last night might be the dagger in Max Scherzer’s hall of fame campaign
— Barstool Baseball (@StoolBaseball) May 4, 2023
The guy is a flat out Cheater pic.twitter.com/b8A4D1gsAe
You can see the drop during the 2021 crackdown.
Max has some explaining to do.
Umpire: Bruce Dreckman
— Umpire Scorecards (@UmpScorecards) May 4, 2023
Final: Giants 4, Astros 2#SFGiants // #Ready2Reign#SFvsHOU // #HOUvsSF
More stats for this game 👇https://t.co/6YuXILxhkJ pic.twitter.com/VGdeVNtddL
CAN’T WAIT for this scene. pic.twitter.com/Uotzdq12sJ
— Space City Sports (@LiveSCS) May 4, 2023
I wonder if this is why Verlander doesn't like him. Justin busted his ass to be where he is and this guy using the sticky stuff to stay elite. Of course Justin turned a blind eye to the trash can banging so who knows. Maybe Max is just an ass hole.Ag_07 said:
Remember these shenanigans when the crackdown first started? Even better now
What a fckn clown
Farmer1906 said:
Justin used it too. His spin rates jumped when he came to Houston. Then when he came back in 2022 they were way down.
I don't think spidertack (and similar) was ever legal. It was "accepted" b/c no one ever checked for itTarponChaser said:Farmer1906 said:
Justin used it too. His spin rates jumped when he came to Houston. Then when he came back in 2022 they were way down.
Wasn't Spider-tack or the pine-tar/rosin mixture considered legal up until 2021 or so?
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Rule 3.01 states: "No player shall intentionally discolor or damage the ball by rubbing it with soil, rosin, paraffin, licorice, sand-paper, emery-paper or other foreign substance."
Rule 6.02 expands on 3.01 by stating, among other things, that a pitcher may not "apply a foreign substance of any kind to the ball;" "deface the ball in any manner;" "throw a shine ball, spit ball, mud ball, or emery ball;" "have on his person, or in his possession, any foreign substance;" or "attach anything to his hand, any finger or either wrist (e.g., Band-Aid, tape, Super Glue, bracelet, etc.)."
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The two 24-year-olds are an odd pairing on paper only. Diaz is Dominican. Brown was born and raised in Detroit and boasts a mean Midwestern accent. Diaz uses an interpreter for interviews, but Brown praised him for how well he can speak English on the mound and in pregame advance meetings.
"My Spanish," Brown said with a grin, "it's enough to talk about what pitches we're going to throw and that's that."
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"The throwing has been incredible," Collins said. "I thought he's done a really, really nice job and given himself a chance. … With the new pitch timer and disengagement rules, I think some people are being a little more aggressive and have been very successful thus far. Throwing out runners, I think, is going to be difficult and a challenge, but he's executed quality throws pretty much every time. He's given himself the best chance to throw out as many people as he can, which has been awesome."
Diaz's average 1.91-second pop time the time from a catcher receiving a pitch to a middle infielder catching a throw tied with Willson Contreras for the eighth fastest among all catchers. Starter Martn Maldonado averages 1.90 seconds. Diaz's receiving needs some improvement, Collins acknowledged, but his blocking has been "incredible." Collins surmised that some of the poor receiving or framing stems from focusing too much on being ready to block a pitch instead of concentrating on a setup.
"Some of those have been mis-locations or setups with runners on base where he's been really focused on trying to block certain pitches and we haven't quite gotten to some of those borderline pitches," Collins said. "But the blocking has been incredible, the throwing has been great. All in all, very happy. Just continue to monitor some of those close pitches."
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Manager Dusty Baker hatched the idea to pair Diaz with Brown following the right-hander's first start of the season.
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Diaz's usage is otherwise perplexing. He started Tuesday for just the ninth time in the Astros' first 30 games. Last month, general manager Dana Brown told The Athletic that Diaz will "get over the 300 at-bats that I think we need him to get." After Tuesday, Diaz has taken just 31, prolonging the puzzling use of a player supposedly on this roster for his offense.
Diaz was never going to usurp Maldonado as the team's starting catcher, but failing to give him at-bats at either designated hitter or first base seems foolish. The team still wants Diaz to improve his chase rate and curtail his free-swinging nature, but he is in his current state a better option than David Hensley or Rylan Bannon, both of whom have received DH at-bats during this homestand.
texasaggie2015 said:
It was never legal, but just about everyone used it. That goes for Houston, LA, every team in between. Nobody checked for it and everyone turned a blind eye to it.
After the Astros "scandal", the whole sign stealing thing got popular and hitters in return pointed out the widespread spider-tack usage and that's when MLB was forced to step in and do something about it.
Edit to add: I believe it was Trevor Bauer who said he thinks 70% of big league pitchers use it. I think that number is pretty conservative.
W said:
Astros currently rank 23rd in MLB in home runs
have only hit 28 thru 31 games
Rays are 1st with 64 homers
I think the only reason they're checking on it now is that Manfred wants to pump up the number of runs scored per game.texasaggie2015 said:
It was never legal, but just about everyone used it. That goes for Houston, LA, every team in between. Nobody checked for it and everyone turned a blind eye to it.
After the Astros "scandal", the whole sign stealing thing got popular and hitters in return pointed out the widespread spider-tack usage and that's when MLB was forced to step in and do something about it.
Edit to add: I believe it was Trevor Bauer who said he thinks 70% of big league pitchers use it. I think that number is pretty conservative.
We have one of the most shallow right fields as well. I don't think there is an easy way to look at it though. I would guess just a couple more. But also they may lose a few cheap opposite-field ones too.Dies Irae said:
I'm going to ask the question I asked earlier but got lost in the news mix. How many homers extra per year do you think Tucker and Alvarez would have if the dimensions of left and right field at MMP were reversed?
I'm wondering if there's a way to leverage your own home ballpark, by making left field deeper, making right field shorter, and focusing on left handed power hitters.
