Cubs-Padres Game 3 - Home Plate Umpire Scouting Report D.J. Reyburn: A little pitcher-friendly. Most noticeable for right-handed hitters on the outside pitch and the high pitch.

My World Series pick in the spring was Cubs over Rangers That obligates me to pick Cubs until they’re knocked out So Reds in 3 Cubs in 3 Yankees in 3 Tigers in 2

Our MLB Defensive Players of the Month for September are Ernie Clement - led all players in Defensive Runs Saved for the month Brenton Doyle - led all CF in Runs Saved in September Ceddanne Rafaela - 2nd among CF in Runs Saved, led position in Runs Saved for the season.

Defensive Runs Saved Ranks - MLB Playoff Teams 2- Cubs 3- Dodgers 4. Blue Jays 8- Guardians 9- Red Sox 10- Tigers (tie) 12- Brewers 13- Yankees 14- Padres 18- Mariners (tie) 21- Reds (tie) 23- Phillies

McLean closes if the Mets score 4 or 5, right?

Maybe today is the day the Mets win a game in which they enter the 9th inning trailing - would be the first this season

The MLB leader in Defensive Runs Saved among center fielders from 2021 to 2025 13 bWAR for his career, 11 for defense

Gary Cohen just brought up the 1977 Cubs going from 21 games over to finishing .500 for the season. The last time the Cubs were 21 over .500 that year, they won a game 16-15 in 13 innings which produced a really really bizarre box score www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CH...

Maybe today is the day the Mets win a game in which they enter the 9th inning trailing - would be the first this season

C.J. Kayfus went to the Ernie Pantusso school of getting hit by pitches ... Kudos to ANYONE who gets the reference :)

I'm kinda hoping that tomorrow comes down to simultaneous finishes in extra innings with Nolan McLean on the mound for the Mets and Hunter Greene on the mound for the Reds Pagan's pitched 4 days in a row. Greene's gotta be the closer, right?

 "I'm not saying that Patrick Mahomes has the arm strength of a 40-year-old Tom Brady, but it is the kind of thing that you see when the quarterback doesn't quite feel it from an arm strength perspective." @vigmanoncampus.bsky.social LISTEN to our latest: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Defensive Runs Saved Ranks for Playoff/Contending Teams 2- Cubs 3- Dodgers 5- Blue Jays 9- Guardians 10- Tigers & Red Sox & Brewers 13- Yankees 14- Mets 15- Padres 18- Mariners 20- Astros 21- Phillies & Reds 23- Diamondbacks Full list: fieldingbible.com

This is a great addition I help different MLB broadcast crews and I share pitch usage splits almost every time rather than overall numbers The splits are so much more useful

Students, applications are now open for the 2026 Sarah Langs Women in Baseball Analytics Scholarship to attend the upcoming SABR analytics Conference in Arizona and more: sabr.org/latest/apply... @slangsonsports.bsky.social

You should listen to The SIS Baseball Podcast If you had listened this afternoon, you'd know that Pete Alonso's double was his first vs a lefty in forever (3 months) What else did you miss? Me and @benclemens.bsky.social on the biggest surprises of 2025 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

New baseball podcast episode @marksimon.bsky.social & @benclemens.bsky.social go through the biggest surprises of the 2025 MLB season Each picks a hitter, pitcher, fielder, team and thing. Who would you have picked? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

How am I looking here? Definitely some 'oof' among these, but I always hold myself accountable and re-share em near season's end

Today is also apparently “honor your favorite utility infielder” day - saw a Luis Guillorme and a Mets Danny Espinosa(!)

Gonna be hard to top the first jersey I spot at Citi field today - a “17 KH Hof Now”

This was terrific. Highly recommend, especially for professional question-askers No one preps more to interview a guest than Sam (or Terry!) and it shows here

3 players have had the overall lead in Defensive Runs Saved in the last 5 days So in our Stat of the Week, @marksimon.bsky.social asked the question: Who's going to be the Defensive Runs Saved leader? www.sportsinfosolutions.com/2025/09/18/u...

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I think the folks who like their announcers to be well-versed in stats would enjoy Hunter Pence, who's doing the Giants game tonight. First thing he mentioned with Kai-Wei Tang was the good expected ERA, admittedly within a small sample. He likes to have fun on the air but he likes the info too

Most Walk-Off HR in Mets History Pete Alonso 5 Chris Jones 4 Wilmer Flores 4 Kevin McReynolds 4 Cleon Jones 4 Mike Piazza 4

Harrison Bader is 19-for-23 vs the Mets when he makes contact They've struck him out 12 times in 35 at-bats

Where is Chris Devenski when the Mets need him? (I know where he is ... rhetorical q)

Gavin Williams, who starts tonight, has gotten great defensive support from the Guardians It's manifested in 3 ways - Their fielders making plays - Their fielders making GREAT plays - Positioning of their defenders READ and learn about how we track this: www.sportsinfosolutions.com/2025/09/04/t...

In which we opine that MLB needs a Reliever of the Year award ... for fielders Because of Blue Jays outfielder Myles Straw. www.sportsinfosolutions.com/2025/09/03/v...

There were so many good candidates for Defensive Player of the Month ... we selected 4 of them. All led their respective positions in Defensive Runs Saved in August. READ: www.sportsinfosolutions.com/2025/09/02/a...

Jersey spotting at Citi Field today includes Harrelson, Grote, Bobby V, Ike Davis, Alomar, and Dykstra. Don’t think anything will top the Lowrie I saw on Monday

Who are some of the active pitchers who came up midseason as young'uns and looked awesome, and you were like "yeah, I'd be comfortable with the season on the line and this guy pitching"? Sonny Gray, Michael Wacha-ish kinda things ...

Cubs 2B Nico Hoerner has lapped the field in Defensive Runs Saved at second base this season. What's gone right for him? (that's actually a pun) And why does this look familiar to his manager? From @marksimon.bsky.social www.sportsinfosolutions.com/2025/08/27/t...

Briefly putting on my old man hat I was at last nights Mets game. The music in-between pitches was overwhelming. I’m so the wrong demographic and I get it, but I don’t know how it enhances the game viewing experience to have it every pitch

Hey @lancebroz.bsky.social @enosarris.bsky.social I was just watching video of Nolan McLean and looking at movement data- has anyone nicknamed his curveball “the swerveball” yet?

Got to interview MLB’s #1 overall prospect, Konnor Griffin of the Pirates We talked defense and what makes him so good at making plays

The diehards were at Citi Field tonight. Next section over had a Jed Lowrie shirsey Is Jed the only player in Mets history to have 0 hits for the team he had a shirsey for?

Thanks for having me on the podcast, Mark! Always appreciate an opportunity to share with people why I love journalism and history — and see an intertwined future for them.

New journalist interview Logan Jaffe @loganjaffe.bsky.social is a reporter who solves history mysteries for @propublica.org She most recently wrote about the floods in Kerr County, Texas, refuting the idea that no one could have seen it coming LISTEN: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2...

We've tracked home run robberies back to 2004. We take pride in doing a good job with that By our count, Jesús Sánchez is the first player to have 2 HR robberies in the same game since Nook Logan did it for the 2005 Tigers - also against the Orioles.

Some of the top teams in the major leagues have notable defensive flaws heading into the final weeks of the season. We review the ones that the Astros, Blue Jays and Phillies face (in some cases, multiple prominent issues) via @marksimon.bsky.social www.sportsinfosolutions.com/2025/08/14/d...

New journalist interview! Portland-based Bryan Vance has a newsletter about shopping smartly for groceries. He compares prices, provides examples of budgets, and shares stories about local options Definitely a replicable model of service journalism LISTEN: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2...

In 2021 we presented an injury risk model that we offer to MLB teams Currently, that model projects- Most likely to require IL stint before end of season: Hitters - Blake Perkins - Wenceel Pérez - Nico Hoerner Pitchers - Grant Anderson - Ryan Bergert - Mason Miller www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_iP...

Want to hear from new Rockies 3B Kyle Karros? He's made the media rounds the last few weeks. We got him recently to talk about the intricacies of playing 3rd base - a subject he likes to talk about podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

Forget kill the win, how about kill the loss Ryan Helsley went IBB, error, out, out, out in the 9th and just got an L

Good afternoon everybody from the SF Giants radio booth where I’ll be guesting with Jon Miller in the 5th inning today

I feel like the pod has really been humming lately. If you like baseball, and want a podcast with whimsy and stats and absolutely no gambling ads whatsoever, I hope you’ll give it a listen and consider supporting us on Patreon: patreon.com/effectivelyw...

Rough break for the Mets on that Luis Torrens line drive- 105 mph with a 13-degree launch angle is an 87% hit probability ball

On the one hand, Cedric Mullins ranks last among center fielders in Defensive Runs Saved this season. On the other hand, he's made 2 HR-robbing catches in the last 3 days, including this one

Not gonna be a lot of trades where defense is top priority but this is one