Braves RHP Didier Fuentes debuted Friday night and looked okay for a guy who turned 20 just a few days ago (June 17). He allowed four runs in five innings but walked just one Marlin against three strikeouts. Pitchers a lot further along in their development have had much worse big league debuts, so while the statline isn’t impressive on its own, Fuentes is a rocketship of a pitching prospect in an organization that tends to coach these types into orbit. He started this season in High-A and has now pitched at four levels mostly as a teenager. His fastball velo was in the 81st percentile Friday night, and his 6.8 foot extension was in the 76th percentile. The heater got hit around in his debut, but I think it’s going to work against major league hitters as he grows into his early 20’s. Pretty good chance this was a spot start, and he’ll go back to Triple-A to get more than the one start he logged at that level.
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Hello Razzballers, hope you are all keeping cool out there this weekend (outside of you lucky Pacific Northwestern dwellers) as summer has taken hold across the lower 48. While the temps have been rising, so have the tempers across MLB. Once again, the Dodgers and Padres hate each other (but please, don’t break Ohtani in […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?When it comes to starting a major league career with a bang, perhaps not too many people have done a better job that Jacob Misiorowski.
One of the top prospects in the Milwaukee Brewers’ system, the hard throwing right-hander threw five hitless shutout innings in his major league debut.
All he did as an encore Friday night against Minnesota was throw six perfect innings before allowing a leadoff walk and then a home run in the bottom of the seventh and leaving the game with a pitching line of six innings, one hit, one walk and six strikeouts.
Misiorowski is off to a great start, and it is not going to be a flash-in-the-pan start before flaming out. Nope, Misiorowski is without question and up-and-coming dynasty player.
Please, blog, may I have some more?I’ll be honest with y’all. When I saw that Tomoyuki Sugano (3.2 IP, 3 ER, 7 H, 2 BB, 4 Ks, and the no-decision) was scheduled to throw last night at Yankee Stadium, I reserved him faster than you could spell his name correctly (kudos if you got it on the first try). The equally […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?Dear Cal Raleigh, What the hell man?? I was convinced this dude was an awful fantasy pick given his top-100 ADP and poor batting average but guess what…he might just post the greatest fantasy season for a catcher ever! His fringe 20-steal pace is just an added insult to injury. I bow to you, Big […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?I asked ChatGPT this great philosophical question, “If mom says don’t play ball in the house, and when she said it she was in the Brady House, and Brady House plays ball, is he making mom mad?” ChatGPT didn’t say anything in return, but smoke rose from its robot ears and started sputtering. I defeated […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?Happy summering, fantasy baseball friends! I’m in the middle of a road trip writing this, and it always amazes me how missing just a few games, where I’m not really paying much attention to baseball, can make me feel like I’m suddenly out of touch with what’s going on in some of my leagues. Honestly, […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?In a previous post I discussed the idea of using a player’s expected batting average (xBA) to analyze how “lucky” hitters are getting in terms of BABIP. During this process, I put a lot of thought into what it means for a player to be getting a lot of hits on balls in play; Are […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?Philadelphia Phillies is such a funny name. It’s like the California Calis or the New York Yorkies. How’d that get through 150 years of name changes to get to us? ACKSUALLY, I wonder if it’s because it’s such an old name it’s how it’s here. The name is from 1883, and back then people would […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?Jar Jar Binks is one of the most hated characters in the Star Wars universe. And for good reasons. The voice was annoying. The words that surfed on the voice collided to produce buffoonery. His role as comedic element and usher for the young crowd was water on oil for The Phantom Menace. Addison Barger of […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?Assessing 4 of my middle infield waiver wire suggestions from earlier in the season. What did I get right and wrong? Was there value there?
Please, blog, may I have some more?Major League Baseball has now played 12 of 26 weeks this season, which means we have some statistical basis, but not a whole season, to evaluate players for our fantasy baseball squads. With Opening Day well past us and the dog days of summer ahead, who have been some of the more interesting risers and […]
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