Here is a good breakdown about how much big league teams have evolved in terms of the Pacific Rim scouting and information gathering approach. Surprisingly, some big league teams still do not staff or scout in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and China, ignoring so much talent.

A really insightful read about 🇯🇵⚾️! 👇👇👇

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There have been 12 players to hit 3+ HR in a Postseason game. There have been 16 pitchers to have a Postseason game with 6+ IP, 2 hits or fewer, 10+ K, and 0 runs allowed. Only one did both on the same night.

Ohtani...unique, dominant excellence. Shohei arrived in the big league in spring training 2018, and a lot of people were adamant about his inability to pitch AND hit in the big leagues. In fact, some teams didn't even scout him in Japan—puzzling strategy. They know who they are. Hmmm...🤔

Wambsganss' granddaughter later worked for the @cleguardians.com (nee Indians) organization!

105 Years Ago Today: Cleveland Indians second baseman Bill Wambsganss turns the first and only unassisted triple play in #WorldSeries history! Here's Bill posing with the three Brooklyn #Dodgers players that he got out! (October 10, 1920) #MLB #Baseball #Guardians #Postseason

77 Years Ago Today: Cleveland Indians "rookie" Satchel Paige becomes the first African American player to pitch in a #WorldSeries game! (October 10, 1948) #MLB #Guardians #Baseball #History #Postseason

Only 9 times this year did an MLB pitcher throw 10+ splitters in a game and average <600 RPM on those splitters. All 9 times it was Rōki Sasaki. 😮

If Shohei Ohtani leads off tomorrow, as he has almost all season and every game the last two months… He would be the first starting pitcher to lead off in a postseason game Only SP to hit anywhere other than 8 or 9 in postseason, as of now: 1918 WS G4 Babe Ruth, 6th

Sept. 26, 1925: Bobby Shantz, a star lefthanded pitcher whose honors included the 1952 American League most valuable player award, is born in Pottstown, Pa. The last living person to have played for the Philadelphia Athletics or played in the 1940s, he turns 100 today.

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The season is almost over and the Rockies have the worst position player fWAR in all of baseball, the worst starting pitcher fWAR in all of baseball, and the worst relief pitcher fWAR in all of baseball

Here's a thing: Blake Treinen has been losing P in each of LA's last 5 losses. Dating back to 1912, this is a first. 13 times, one pitcher has worn four of his team's losses in a row. (Most recently: 1994 Tim Belcher, Tigers). But never five! (h/t @jasonbernard.bsky.social for looking it up)

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If you're looking for a positive item today, watch "Jeff Torborg: A Wonderful Baseball Life" when it debuts tonight at 6 PM (CDT) on the Last Comiskey YouTube channel. Jeff was an elite person, a great mentor for many (including me), and I loved our time together with the White Sox.

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Reading about Connie Johnson. Integration was slow, but slower for pitchers. Black pitchers by debut: 8/26/47 Dan Bankhead BRO 7/9/48 Satchel Paige CLE 5/20/49 Don Newcombe BRO 9/22/51 Sam Jones CLE 5/1/52 Joe Black BRO 4/17/53 Rubén Gómez SFG 4/17/53 Connie Johnson CHA 4/18/53 Dave Hoskins CLE

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Congratulations, Emily! She is a SABR member and is affiliated with the Rocky Mountain Chapter.

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Wow on the top and the very bottom.

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Lots of records/milestones in the KBO today. Cody Ponce became the pitcher ever to start the season 15-0 and the fastest to record 200 strikeouts. He now has a 1.61 ERA, 202 Ks, and, based on WAR, is on pace to have the fourth-best pitching season ever (the best since the 1980s).

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I love Manny Mota @dodgers.com ❤️!

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Consistently finding trends across our game...

Today In 1976: Classic footage of the Kansas City #Royals vs. the Chicago #WhiteSox at Comiskey Park. The #ChiSox become the first team to wear shorts in an #MLB game! #Baseball #Uniform #History

As a baseball fan and native of Chicago's North Side, this date in 1988 was an unforgettable evening, as the @cubsbot.bsky.social hosted their first night game at Wrigley Field. Thankful for being able to attend both first games!

I am convinced that @npr.org's Terry Gross is a gift. Consistently amazing interviews and awareness. Her keen sense of music is for us to enjoy. @nprfreshair.bsky.social

Missed my old friend Aurelio Rodriguez in the upper right! ⚾️ Immaculate Grid 859 8/9: Rarity: 104 🟩🟩⬜️ 🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩 ➡️ See my grid: immaculategrid.com/share/n09TXtX

The #BlueJays didn’t just beat the Rockies, they beat them in ways we’ve rarely seen in Major League history. Here's my look inside the numbers and all of the records broken in the blowout(s): www.mlb.com/bluejays/new...

The @rockies.com run differential is -316, and is the worst in the big leagues by a wide margin. The @nationals.com, at -143, are next, a stunning gap. The Rockies' margin is already the 10th worst in baseball's Modern Era, and they likely will shatter the '32 @redsox.com record (-349).

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Loving this---> www.mlb.com/news/jen-paw...

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Keep in mind that players have different maturation points and shelf lives. Verlander, a certain first-ballot Hall of Famer, did not get drafted out of high school.