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The WARmonger @thewarmonger.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Who was the first player elected to the Hall of Fame following Tommy John surgery? Paul Molitor Stump your buddies with that trivia...

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The WARmonger @thewarmonger.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

"Players do not try to learn all the fine points of the game. The boys go out to the plate, take a slam at the ball, pray they'll get a hit, and let it go. It makes me weep to think of the men of the old days who played the game and the boys of today." - B Joyce (1916 Spalding Base Ball Guide)

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The WARmonger @thewarmonger.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Fernando Tatis Jr. won the NL Platinum Glove (fan vote) last season with 8 OAA and 15 DRS. Pete Crow-Armstrong has 8 OAA and 9 DRS in 30 games this season.

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The WARmonger @thewarmonger.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Catch of the Day- By the Numbers Steven Kwan (4/14/26) Great read and acceleration by Kwan to nab this sinking liner and start the double play. Huge with a tie game in the 6th. Just a 5% catch probability. Kwan covered 58 feet in just 3.5 seconds of opportunity time (from pitch release).

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The WARmonger @thewarmonger.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Catch of the Day- By the Numbers Bryce Teodosio (4/10/26) Just a 5% catch probability on this ball, though that's rounded up. 0% estimated success rate on Savant. Teodosio ended the game with this beauty, covering 83 ft in just 4.2 seconds. His jump was an incredible 10.9 ft above average!

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The WARmonger @thewarmonger.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

It's early, but Konnor Griffin (+2) already has 164 more career Defensive Runs Saved than Derek Jeter (-162).

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The WARmonger @thewarmonger.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Many eye testers were unhappy that this ball Ceddanne Rafaela missed the other day had a 65% catch prob. Thanks to Statcast 3D, we can see the rare misread and poor route. If Ceddanne broke to the wall he catches this so easily the same people mock the 65% number because they think it's routine.

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The WARmonger @thewarmonger.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Catch of the Day- By the Numbers (4/6) Ian Happ 15% catch probability on this ball. Happ makes the good read, takes the direct route, and finishes with a nice diving grab. 47 feet covered in 3.3 seconds of opportunity time.

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The WARmonger @thewarmonger.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Ceddanne Rafaela makes a 5% play look about as easy as one possibly can. Barely a reaction from the broadcast:

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The WARmonger @thewarmonger.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Crazy robbery by Denzel Clarke yesterday in Atlanta. Just 25% catch probability, an incredibly low number for a ball at the wall:

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The WARmonger @thewarmonger.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Catch of the Day- By the Numbers Chandler Simpson snags a sinking liner with 25% catch probability. Simpson also had the second best catch of the day by catch prob (60%).

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The WARmonger @thewarmonger.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Catch of the Day- By the Numbers The first 5-star catch of the season for the reigning champ, Pete Crow-Armstrong! PCA doing what he does best, making a 5% probability play look much easier than it was. 69 feet in 3.9 seconds with a smooth sliding grab.

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Baseball Harmony ⚾️💙 @baseballharmony.com · 20/03/2026

Carl Hubbell has the lowest WHIP of the "Live Ball Era", as defined by The Sport Journal. Stat source: @baseball-reference.com #MLB #baseball #liveballera thesportjournal.org/article/exam...

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The WARmonger @thewarmonger.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

“If you pitch to him he’ll ruin baseball. He’d hit 80 home runs. There’s no comparison between McCovey and anybody else in the league.” - Sparky Anderson Willie McCovey is still 5th all-time in intentional walks with 260, his season record of 55 stood for decades.

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The WARmonger @thewarmonger.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Julio Rodríguez is younger than three members of the 2026 MLB Top Prospect list. (Brandon Sproat, Hunter Barco, Parker Messick)

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The WARmonger @thewarmonger.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

"Philadelphia is the only city where you can experience the thrill of victory and the agony of reading about it the next day." - Michael Jack Schmidt

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The WARmonger @thewarmonger.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

The best outfield OAA seasons in Statcast history: (Data from Baseball Savant. This is 2016-2025)

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The WARmonger @thewarmonger.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

There are three seasons since 1900 when a player 35 years or older hit .300+ with 50+ stolen bases: Lou Brock, 1974 Lou Brock, 1975 Lou Brock, 1976 Art by @graigkreindler.bsky.social

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The WARmonger @thewarmonger.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Harrison Bader- April 27, 2025 5% catch probability per Baseball Savant (3% success rate)

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The WARmonger @thewarmonger.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Harrison Bader is unlikely to repeat his batting line from last season, but this is a needed defensive upgrade in CF for the Giants. In 2025, Giants CF were dead last in baseball in DRS, 28/30 in FRV, and 29/30 in DRP (Baseball Prospectus). Bader in OF spots in 2025: DRS- +13 FRV- +5 DRP- +1.4

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The WARmonger @thewarmonger.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

MLB released Gold Glove predictions today! I agree with almost all of them, only vary on NL LF and maybe AL 1B. And I'm pretty sure Andrés Giménez isn't eligible at AL 2B (not enough innings through 138 team games), but they have him winning. www.mlb.com/astros/news/...

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Predicting the 2025 Gold Glove Award winners

As with the MVP and Cy Young Awards, the Rawlings Gold Glove Awards will often feature familiar faces, as certain players' reputations continue to shine. But sometimes, new names join the mix to stake...

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The WARmonger @thewarmonger.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Aaron Boone continues his meteoric rise up the career manager ejection leaderboard! With #43 yesterday, he is now tied with Joe Girardi. Legendary names ahead!

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The WARmonger @thewarmonger.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Pete Crow-Armstrong is up to 13 five-star catches this season, with no other outfielder having more than six! After the recent recalibration of difficult plays, the season record for five-star grabs is 17 by Byron Buxton in 2017.

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The WARmonger @thewarmonger.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Rich Hill is more than nine years older than Madison Bumgarner.

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The WARmonger @thewarmonger.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Umpires With The Highest Batter OPS 1) Clint Vondrak (.798) 2) Brock Ballou (.788) 3) Chad Whitson (.783) 4) Chris Conroy (.783) 5) Jim Wolf (.770) 6) Mike Muchlinski (.765) 7) Laz Diaz (.763) 8) Tripp Gibson (.760) 9) Andy Fletcher (.760) 10) Doug Eddings (.759)

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The WARmonger @thewarmonger.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

From today's @baseball_ref faces: Ron Hunt led the league in times hit by pitch SEVEN seasons in a row, from 1968-1974! He was plunked an incredible 50 times in 1971. Hunt is 6th all-time in HBP, despite playing fewer than 1,500 games.

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The WARmonger @thewarmonger.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Aaron Judge already has the 6th best hitting season of the last five years, it's only July 10th. (by FanGraphs batting value)

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The WARmonger @thewarmonger.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Pete Crow-Armstrong has made 16.4% of the five-star catches (<= 25%) in the league this season. There have been 61, PCA has ten of them. Five-Star Catches: PCA- 10 V Scott, Jr.- 3 H Bader- 3 W Abreu- 3 The only TEAM that is even close is the Red Sox (8) From Baseball Savant/Statcast

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The WARmonger @thewarmonger.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

“Oscar Charleston could have played on any big-league team in history if he had been given the opportunity. He could hit, run and throw. I’ve seen all the great players in the many years I’ve been around and have yet to see one any greater than Charleston.” - Honus Wagner

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The WARmonger @thewarmonger.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

It is July 1, 2025, just past the midway point of the season. MLB pitchers have already thrown more 96+ MPH pitches than the entire seasons of 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014. And fastball usage is down from that time. Just 55% in 2025, all those years fastballs were more than 62% of pitches.

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The WARmonger @thewarmonger.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Denzel Clarke has played nine (9!) games, and is tied for 13th in fielding run value (FRV) with 4. He has 3 defensive runs saved. There's certainly some margin for error here with just nine games, but those numbers are special. Clarke also had this 5% ball knocked out of his glove by the wall:

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The WARmonger @thewarmonger.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

A jump of 11.8 feet above average on this ball is just wild:

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The WARmonger @thewarmonger.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Only one player in baseball history has a 162-game span with 45+ homers and 75+ stolen bases. Eric Davis has SEVENTY of them (overlapping). His highs are 50/94 and 45/100!

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The WARmonger @thewarmonger.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Martín Dihigo is one of the greatest baseball players of all-time. "El Inmortal" was born on this day in 1906. He isn't just a Hall of Famer, he's in FIVE of them! Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela, DR, and USA. He was inducted in Cooperstown in 1977, the first Cuban player to receive the honor.

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The WARmonger @thewarmonger.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

It is May 21st in the 2025 season. Major league starting pitchers have already thrown more 97+ MPH pitches than all of the full seasons from 2008 to 2012:

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The WARmonger @thewarmonger.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

A representative Yandy Diaz swing: Always one of the lowest attack angles, and always near the top of smashed ground-out leaderboards! Graphic from new Baseball Savant swing path and attack angle data.

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The WARmonger @thewarmonger.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Pete Rose might have to get 14 or 15 committee votes to get in. Don’t believe me? Google “Pete Rose 14 or 15” and see for yourself.

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The WARmonger @thewarmonger.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Pete Crow-Armstrong's FRV (fielding run value) ranks 25th among major league outfielders since the start of the 2018 season. Pete Crow-Armstrong was a sophomore in high school in 2018.

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The WARmonger @thewarmonger.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Javy Baez's transition to center field has been impressive! He's not qualified for leaderboards yet, but he's going to be near the top. 4 DRS and 2 FRV in just 127 innings out there this season. (1 of 2)

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The WARmonger @thewarmonger.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Greatest Second Basemen of All-Time*: 1) Ty Cobb 2) Albert Pujols 3) Mickey Mantle 4) Roberto Clemente 5) Ivan Rodriguez 6) Mel Ott 7) Don Mattingly 8) Kirby Puckett 9) Harmon Killebrew 10) Jorge Posada *Min 1 game at 2B, Max 25 games at 2B

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The WARmonger @thewarmonger.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Good news and bad news here for Brooks Baldwin... Bad News: - This ball had a catch probability of 85% Good News: - This highlight begins with a glimpse of Dick Allen in Sox powder blue! - He ran faster than any player has this year on any play, at 33.4 ft/sec!

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The WARmonger @thewarmonger.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

We're still in April, and starting pitchers have already thrown more 98+ MPH pitches than the entire seasons of 2011 and 2012:

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The WARmonger @thewarmonger.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Dillon Dingler set the new season standard yesterday for the fastest throw on a catcher assist! An 88.1 MPH dart out of one knee stance to nail Bobby Witt Jr.!

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The WARmonger @thewarmonger.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

The seven fastest OF assists this season (by MPH) 4- Other players on other days 3- Addison Barger yesterday

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The WARmonger @thewarmonger.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

An absolute cannon from Addison Barger to get the double play at 3B! 98.8 MPH 🔥🔥 Barger has the three hardest outfield throws in the league tonight leading to an assist.

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The WARmonger @thewarmonger.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

What better way to honor the life and legacy of the great Jackie Robinson than with a 42% parlay boost?!?

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The WARmonger @thewarmonger.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

A fun collection of faces on Baseball Reference today, including guys like Gary Carter, Sam Crawford, Bill Madlock, and Jack Clark. But I wish everybody knew the Hall of Famer who is second on the top row, George "Mule" Suttles! 🧵

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The WARmonger @thewarmonger.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Through April 6th, the league has already thrown more 101+ MPH pitches in 2025 than the entire seasons of 2008 and 2020. Data from Statcast. 2020 was shortened by the pandemic, but the league's total pitch # is shown.

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The WARmonger @thewarmonger.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

My List of All-Time Best Shortstops 1) Willie Mays 2) Lou Gehrig 3) Albert Pujols 4) Mickey Mantle 5) Mike Schmidt 6) Jimmie Foxx 7) George Brett 8) Adrian Beltre 9) Kirby Puckett *Minimum 1 Game Played At SS *Maximum 25 Games Played at SS

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