By Jacob Resnick One of the best parts of Pete Alonso’s record-smashing rookie season was watching him light up the Statcast leaderboards on a nightly basis. Every other day it seemed like Alonso was breaking another “Statcast era” record or coming close to it. Either way, many baseballs were harmed in the making of this superstar. Thanks to the magic of Baseball Savant,...
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By Marissa Creedle Good morning, Mets fans! On Tuesday, the Washington Nationals defeated the Milwaukee Brewers by a score of 4-3 in the National League Wild Card game and will go on to face the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLDS. Nationals ace Max Scherzer did not last long in his start, pitching five innings, giving up three runs and collecting six strikeouts. Brewers starter Brandon Woodruff did...
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As per a team release, the Cincinnati Reds have hired Driveline Baseball founder Kyle Boddy as their director of pitching initiatives and pitching coordinator. With this, the Reds promoted Caleb Cotham to Major League assistant pitching coach and director of pitching. Boddy will remain on board at Driveline, a training system developed in 2008 focused on improving pitchers’ velocity and...
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National League Wild Card • Tuesday, October 1, 2019 • 8:08 p.m. • Nationals Park Washington Nationals (93-69) vs. Milwaukee Brewers (89-73) RHP Max Scherzer (11-7, 2.92 ERA) vs. RHP Brandon Woodruff (11-3, 3.62 ERA) The Washington Nationals and Milwaukee Brewers will battle for the National League Wild Card Tuesday night. The winning team will advance for a chance to take the NLDS crown....
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An MMO Fan Shot by The Hammer This season has produced three, young All-Stars, a ROY and home run king in Pete Alonso, a potential Cy Young winner, the emergence of Seth Lugo in the pen, the hit machine JD Davis, and five players smashing 20 or more home runs – yet the team still fell short of the postseason. That’s hard to do. As most astute fans are aware, a baseball season is a...
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Pete Alons0 took Major League Baseball by storm in 2019, smashing 53 home runs and setting a new rookie record. The rest of his numbers were impressive as well, and if it weren’t for some guys names Yelich or Bellinger, Alonso could have garnered some serious MVP consideration. Despite the massive power numbers Alonso put up in his impressive rookie campaign, it might surprise you that...
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