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…

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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 around 6-7x revenue multiple while salary capped leagues trade around 10-11x ownership + the mlb commissioner are marketing this as a fan driven, competitive balance solution. it’s really just a business move to cap player earnings and increase upside for owners there’s a lot more to unpack here, and ill drop some more thoughts/data later https://x.com/jesserogersespn/status/2060069780141297746?s=46&t=dGdml54Bn5gAjlxSoZTivg

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Read this in a NYT article had to double check the Lore. (Apparently he went 2 for 3 with two doubles the next afternoon)

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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 the other parks - devers was oracle'd 2 times, while eldridge, carroll, lowe, abreu, and soto are other oracle'd players

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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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Casey Schmitt putting up some great numbers this year, love to see it. Hope he is part of the Giants lineup for years to come.

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one of my favorite breakout players this year https://x.com/slangsonsports/status/2058700672392974407?s=46&t=dGdml54Bn5gAjlxSoZTivg

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love this for joey votto https://x.com/theathleticmlb/status/2058329629908414584?s=46&t=dGdml54Bn5gAjlxSoZTivg

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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. https://x.com/joonlee/status/2041351719141986462?s=46&t=dGdml54Bn5gAjlxSoZTivg

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https://x.com/optastats/status/2057990670271304167?s=46 They might have to nerf pitching

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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 play. $5k dues for entering tournaments + $5k+ for everything else (gas, food, equipment, hotels, flights, private coaches, etc) one year, our team flew to cooperstown and stayed for about 1.5 weeks for a tournament. we had to book multiple flights, rent cars, 2-3 meals for teenagers + parents, lodging for parents, swag/merch from cooperstown we had two public school players and we both got by with the same bare minimum equipment every year while many teammates had the latest, best everything i was also lucky because my dad already had performance eyewear that i could wear and i had some performance drinks for hydration/electrolytes during games and a recovery drink afterwards that reduced soreness/improved recovery after 2-3 games a day honestly can’t imagine a couple grand just being spent on equipment as table stakes along with team fees and everything else on top of it https://x.com/freerangekids/status/2057792019120947626?s=46&t=dGdml54Bn5gAjlxSoZTivg

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some buy low candidates in here based on “stuff” faced this year the quality of pitches affects hitter performance (imagine facing skenes/schlittler more often than mahle/nola) as this normalizes, some of these hitters probably see an improvement

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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 https://x.com/justdelossantos/status/2057829972337926630?s=46&t=dGdml54Bn5gAjlxSoZTivg

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https://x.com/mlb/status/2057652967138856979?s=46 This is crazy and I can’t imagine what that arm feels like after years of this

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every schlittler strikeout with a sinker his sinker averages 97.3 mph with 18.2 inches of vertical drop (ivb) and 14.2 horizontal break (ihb). this is somehow his "worst" pitch in terms of run value

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