12 out of 30 teams are currently below the $171.2m proposed cap floor
this says a lot about small markets teams not being able to afford spending…
private equity has entered the chat
- 18/30 mlb franchises have at least one private equity group with a minority stake
- a salary cap would move player costs from a variable cost to a fixed one, providing cost certainty and likely further growth in franchise valuations
- mlb franchise valuations currently trade ar
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private equity has entered the chat
- 18/30 mlb franchises have at least one private equity group with a minority stake
- a salary cap would move player costs from a variable cost to a fixed one, providing cost certainty and likely further growth in franchise valuations
- mlb franchise valuations currently trade ar...
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did a little digging with claude on getting "oracle'd"
- getting oracle'd defined as a fielded out that would be a homer in 29/30 ballparks based on statcast data
here's what i found:
- there are 7 batted balls where players got "oracle'd"
- of those, 3 were actually at oracle; chase, pnc, fenway, and coors are t...
bryce eldridge's first time getting oracle'd
- this is a homer in 29/30 parks with a 36 degree launch angle and 105.9 mph exit velo
- 16/22 batted balls with a similar launch angle and 105+ mph exit velo were homers this year
- this is the farthest of all batted balls with this launch angle and exit velocity (404 f
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bryce eldridge's first time getting oracle'd
- this is a homer in 29/30 parks with a 36 degree launch angle and 105.9 mph exit velo
- 16/22 batted balls with a similar launch angle and 105+ mph exit velo were homers this year
- this is the farthest of all batted balls with this launch angle and exit velocity (404 ft)
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one of my favorite breakout players this year
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love this for joey votto
The Athletic MLB
@TheAthleticMLB
6d
Joey Votto hasn't spent retirement looking back at baseball.
He's earned a sushi chef accreditation in Japan. Became a certified yoga instructor in Spain. Surfed in Ireland. And more.
Along the way, he says, “it helped my well-being.”
Read for free:
https://t.co/7z6NK6VUlZ https://t.co/kiC7QX9Ymh
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lots of truth in this ad. joon lee did a great dive into this.
it’s worth 30 minutes if you’re a red sox fan or just a casual fan.
private equity firms are taking more stakes in sports franchises and running them like businesses.
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i think travel ball is making baseball one of the most inaccessible sports for many kids
i grew up when travel ball was just getting started. many of our tournaments didn’t have enough teams and we played teams 2-3 years older than us
even then, our parents likely invested around $10k+ during the summer for us to ...
Lenore Skenazy
@FreeRangeKids
7d
Sandlot it ain't.
Youth sports now $40 B industry:
"Teenagers on travel teams are rolling into weekend tournaments wearing a few thousand dollars of apparel, equipment & swag. Avg family spending on baseball increased nearly 70% between 2019 and 2024."
https://t.co/YssaxYkMfw
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more on wash, basically the yoda of fielding and the reason arraez is one of the best defensive 2nd baseman in the league
Justice delos Santos
@justdelossantos
7d
How is Ron Washington, time and time again, able to help his infielders make significant strides on defense?
A few weeks ago, I worked with Wash to find out.
And yeah, it was incredibly hard.
Story: https://t.co/yoYWcSuPbr
Video: https://t.co/1X7LAVwKYr https://t.co/C9JMrVRwPc
crazy how a few years with the yankees turned schlittler from a 7th round draft pick sitting under 90 mph and topping out at 95 mph into a early cy young favorite sitting 97 mph and topping out at 100+
x.com/HalToHell/st...
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there are some players who were so far ahead of their eras.
ted williams understood and wrote about matching his swing plane to each pitch.
in the statcast era, we now have the data to prove what williams figured out on his own
cade
@cade_cavin55
9d
Ted Williams wrote about matching swing plane to pitch approach in 1970, and when we model it today we can see why
Matching swing plane to pitch approach moves EV significantly closer to your ceiling, independent of count, location, platoon effect, bat speed, and player quality https://t.co/Ux3icl4VTV
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top slates for today's games:
1. braves vs marlins
- the braves are currently rolling with a 7-3 record in their last 10 games
- chris sale is toeing the rubber carrying a 1.96 era into this start
2. dodgers vs padres
- ohtani on the mound with the best era in baseball against a padres team that's 7-3 in their ...
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