All these dudes have legit reasons for not pitching for USA in WBC, but every pitcher in the league has a legit reason too.
Fact is, Mexico has their #1 pitcher (Urías), so does DR (Sandy), PR (Díaz), Venezuela (M. Pérez/P. López), Japan (Ohtani/Darvish).
With money at play/injury risk I totally understand why guy don't wanna do it, but it's notable that other countries get their best to pitch.
Apr 1, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Phillies bullpen the most entertaining docudrama on TV
On our podcast I randomly hitched my wagon to the Phillies this year for absolutely no reason. Stoked and horrified to have them as my adopted NL team all season long!
Apr 1, 2021 • 22 tweets • 9 min read
⚡️2021 MLB DEBUT THREAD⚡️
through 2020, only 19,902 players have ever appeared in an MLB game. no matter how a career ends up, reaching MLB for any amount of time is an extraordinary achievement. this thread celebrates every big league debut as we approach MLB player #20,000 🥳
19,903rd player in MLB history: Kyle Isbel
- All-Star in 2017 Cape Cod League
- 3rd round pick in '18 out of UNLV
- struggled with injuries in '19 but returned to have a great Fall League
- more raw power than HR totals suggest
- good defender in all 3 OF spots
- 1 of 2 21-year-olds to make 20+ starts in the Eastern League in '19 (the other: Matt Manning)
- youngest DET pitcher to start a game since Daniel Norris in 2015
- 1st overall pick in '19 Rule 5 Draft after 4 years in the Yankees org
19,735th player in MLB history: David Peterson
- 28th round pick out of HS by Red Sox (the team he's facing tonight!) in '14
- junior year at Oregon: 1st team All-American; struck out 20 vs. Arizona State
- 1st round pick by NYM in '17 (20th overall)
- gets A LOT of ground balls
Jul 24, 2020 • 178 tweets • 70 min read
something I’ve thought a lot about entering this weird season is all the guys who are going to make their MLB debuts this season in front of no fans, friends, or family — just empty stadiums. it’s obviously necessary, but it’s an unfortunate circumstance for those players
players in MLB history: 19,683
you could fit every big leaguer ever into Madison Square Garden with room to spare! that’s not a lot of people! making the Majors is so difficult!!!
so cheers to those who make that dream a reality in 2020, even if no one is there to see it
Nov 20, 2018 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
In honor of Adrián Beltré retiring here’s a thread of all of his best, goofiest and most wonderful moments.
The dude was such a vehicle of baseball joy and we’ll all miss his antics.
That time the umpire told him he was too close to the batter and had to stand on the on-deck circle so he just dragged the circle to where he was standing before and then the ump tossed him.
