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[Donn Beach]

It's an interesting story be it a long article. This guy Pope who developied it came up with the idea as a kid, he went to college to learn how to build it. Talk about a practical education. And it really is something that can't be accomplished with humans. A guy's arm would fall off trying to pitch that much.

Maybe cut the strikeout rate against relievers a little

The effects appear to be minimal thus far. Leaguewide batting average sits at .242, the third-lowest mark since 1900, behind only 1968 (the year before the mound was lowered) and 1908 (at the heart of the dead ball era). But the strikeout rate against relievers is below 23% -- 22.9%, to be exact -- for the first time in eight years, a subtle decline some have at least partly attributed to the in-game use of Trajekt

[D-train]

1. Get Brendon and Cal healthy. Speier too
2. Send Ref packing. Davis has earned a shot
3. JT to utility
4. Find a back up catcher who can actually throw out a base runner
5. Go get another leverage reliever
6. Hire a manager with some fire and brimstone

Limp into the trade deadline and see where things stand. Take Take what you have and make what you want

PS. Jerry out. DT in

1. Get Brendon and Cal healthy. Speier too Just that easy.
2. Send Ref packing. Davis has earned a shot Easiest fix of all which they are afraid to try because they are weak bitches....
3. JT to utility They don't even have the balls to move him to freakin 3B
4. Find a back up catcher who can actually throw out a base runner Uh Cal had a 21.2% Caught Stealing % last season and Pereda is at 41.7% right now
5. Go get another leverage reliever Going to have to wait two month for that to happen IF they actually do it at all.
6. Hire a manager with some fire and brimstone Yeah right. lol

Limp into the trade deadline and see where things stand. Take Take what you have and make what you want

PS. Jerry out. DT in

[D-train]

Teams these days have machines that replicate live pitching, right down to individual pitchers. I understand the Mariners have multiple. Raley would have the opportunity to practice batting against left handers, even during games. He could prepare for a particular left hander reliever. He'd have plenty of opportunity to demonstrate ability without actual game situations.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/404 ... -advantage

He he .268 with a .741 OPS vs. lefties for the Rays in 2023 but they would rather run Ref out there instead to try to save face while looking like complete idiots.