Pushing my @fangraphs.com chat from today to tomorrow morning, noon EST. See you then!

@kenarneson.bsky.social Hi Ken — apologies for barging into your inbox here but you piqued my curiosity with this: bsky.app/profile/kena... That surprised me given Savant’s drag numbers and the huge uptick in homers in recent weeks. From your vantage point, does it look like the same ball?

Since BlueSky is the sports app, and the lawyers aren't here yet, enjoy 90 immaculate seconds of "Country Roads" after West Virginia walked off Kentucky to reach the Super Regionals.

There have been years that B10 offenses couldn’t put this many points on the board

It would appear I need minor league baseballs…⚾️⚾️👀

Yeah, a week ago Hickory was scoring 5.5 runs per game, and my thought was "they must be lapping the field," but nope, they're average. I compared last April to this April, and hoo boy.

There appears to be something going on with the ball in the minor leagues. Home run rates at most -- but not all -- leagues are up astronomically. To wit: Midwest League: Up 53% year over year Cal League: up 65% Southern League: up 77% Carolina League: up 101% (!)

April is full of insane stats but Sandy Alcantara averaging 8+ innings per start so far might be the winner.

Opening Day for AA/High-A/Low-A... But first:

I have watched a lot of minor league baseball the last few years... That's one of the worst challenges I can remember. There's going to be a learning curve.

I for one think that other sports should just follow Netflix's lead and live mic all the Wolves ant won't pass the ball to. Cut to Pete Alonso interviewing his henchman on second and eight.

Major pet peeve: The superimposed ads that distract from the action, particularly if there's a high degree of contrast. It's not the end of the world at SF since the ad is offset. Setups like Philly's, where the ball disappears or changes colors, are abominable.

Chatting over at @fangraphs.com in about ten minutes. Come join! blogs.fangraphs.com/brendan-gawl...

Here's an article idea for myself: How the fuck did UCSB get and hang on to Bremner and Flora?

I wrote about a scouting lesson I only fully learned after writing one of my worst reports. This is a fun one: blogs.fangraphs.com/my-worst-rep...

What do you think the Tigers argument was during the arb hearing? "Yes, he won the Cy twice, and yes we've leaned him on like crazy, and yes he's broadly recognized as the best pitcher in the game... but did you know that in 2018 he had a start in college where he walked six guys in the first?!"

Angels prospect list up at @fangraphs.com today: blogs.fangraphs.com/los-angeles-...

Getting after it today at FanGraphs. First, Blue Jays list went live today: blogs.fangraphs.com/toronto-blue... Not a deep system, but a fun one with sleepers all over the place.

Blue Jays prospects? Blue Jays prospects! Courtesy of @bgawlowski.bsky.social

Guardians prospects up on @fangraphs.com today: blogs.fangraphs.com/cleveland-gu...

Mariners Top Prospect List went live on @fangraphs.com today: blogs.fangraphs.com/seattle-mari...

I'm awful at social media now but for @fangraphs.com today I wrote the Dbacks Top Prospect list: blogs.fangraphs.com/arizona-diam...

Anthony Rendon posted 4.7 WAR/162, think the Angels have to be happy with that.

First prospect list of the year up on @fangraphs.com today. On Milwaukee’s deep and fascinating system: blogs.fangraphs.com/milwaukee-br...

Ooh that’s good stuff

Cat is out of the bag: I’m back covering prospects and the minor leagues for FG: blogs.fangraphs.com/hello-everyb...

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