Expired Game Threads

Yamamoto does a 180 from his disastrous outing in Milwaukee. Lived up to his billing. Wish I could say the same about the closer. What the fuck was he doing throwing a BP slider to a scrub hitting .165? Sad thing is I wasn't surprised.

Tidy outings from Vesia and Casparius. No drama. Loved it. Outman bailed Dreyer out with a nice grab of Devers' 400 ft plus drive. Made a tough play look routine. Shame he can't hit.

It will be while before I bitch about Giants' bloop luck. Dodgers might have used up their season's worth of bloop (and dribbler) luck in the 11th.

 

Mookie can't even drive in his Lamborghini.
Wow. He's as statistically as average a bb player as you can be.
I find it amazing that when he comes up AB with risp,, I honestly don't expect anything from him at all and wish anyone else was up there instead.
What a 180...
Really unfair of him to create a swing of emotions like that for an old guy.
Wtf?

 

I think his struggles at the plate go back to weight loss from the illness. He's seen a reduction in his bat speed, which wasn't in the upper percentile to begin with.

So many weak ass popups caused by that lack of bat speed. His barrel drops across the strike zone.

It might take an entire offseason for him to regain his strength.

Got this from an online site.......

That illness caused Betts to lose around 25 pounds, which brought his weight down to 150 pounds.

Upon his return to the lineup for the domestic opener at Dodger Stadium, Betts was confident he was fully ready to go and back to normal. But the illness had some lingering and unexpected issues.

Betts has seen his bat speed decrease this year to just 68.3 mph, which is in the seventh percentile of MLB players. In other words, 93% of hitters swing the bat harder than Betts.

That has caused issues for Betts, mainly in the power department, and it was a struggle for the 32-year-old to get his bat to a place where he felt confident with it, he said via Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic:

“I have a baseline of numbers as far as bat speed that I try and hit throughout the day to make sure I’m moving fast enough and ready for a game. I could not get the bat to those numbers,” Betts said.

“My bat speed, even fully healthy, is already below average. Now you take off 20 pounds and it’s even worse. I’m like, ‘Man, I’ve got to do whatever it takes to get the barrel going.’”

With the decrease in bat speed, Betts has seen his numbers drop this season. He is batting just .259/.343/.423 with eight home runs, 40 runs, 30 RBI, five stolen bases and a 117 wRC+.

His expected slugging percentage is only .418, which ranks in the 35th percentile among players. Betts has also managed to hit the ball hard in just 35.9% of his at-bats, which is in the 18th percentile.

When bat speed first started being tracked in 2023, Betts swung at 71.3 mph, which put him far closer to middle of the pack. In turn, that saw him post elite offensive numbers across the board.

In 2024, his bat speed decreased to 69 mph, and he also saw some decrease in his power and hard-hit rates. Now with another decrease, those numbers have dropped even more.

 

At least the Yates deal was only for one year. He was unhittable a year ago. Just goes to the flighty nature of closers.

 

i accept all of this but it doesn't explain why he keeps batting second and playing the toughest position on the field
we have options and it seems like everyone has to use kid gloves when it comes to Mookie
if he's hurting and not able to perform then shelve the guy or at least get him more time off
really hope the race thing doesn't come up

 

Doesn't seem possible, but they look fucking worse than they did before the break.
The pope sure ain't Hebrew...