Vlad Jr, in one ALDS, has overtaken his dad's career postseason home run total

was checking the box scores and they actually do have statcast despite the labeling; you have to replace the game id in the url to access the hidden tabs though baseballsavant.mlb.com/gamefeed?dat...

Can you DFA someone mid playoff series

Kerkering has had an insane stuff boost each of the two appearances he's made so far

The Scorpions will kick off the AFL season today at Scottsdale Stadium. Annoyingly, still no StatCast data. But with ABS coming, it'll be implemented before Spring Training is underway.

Assuming they non-tender Sears and Campusano but pay the others, the Padres estimated payroll entering the offseason will be somewhere around $190-195MM. They’re losing their SP1, SP2, closer, and two everyday bats. Do get Musgrove back healthy.

JT Brubaker: $2.1MM Andrew Knizner: $1.3MM Joey Lucchesi: $2MM Ryan Walker: $2.5MM Patrick Bailey: $2.2MM

(Don't love using Stuff+ as a vacuum but...) 9 Giants make the Top 150. Gerelmi Maldonado leads at 117, same as Brody Hopkins, David Sandlin, and Robert Stock. Tidwell at 116. Mazza, Seymour, Bresnahan, De La Torre other notable names.

Jorge Polanco would look great in a Giants uniform

Seems like teams that get the bye benefit from a fresh pitching staff. But what do I know

*whispers* if the Giants are aggressive enough this offseason, I think the Padres' position in the NL West is really vulnurable

FWIW— I’ve heard Good things about Saiki’s pitch specs

All I'll say on the Nick Hundley front is that hiring a guy with zero coaching experience would not be the best of looks the offseason after hiring a guy with zero front office experience to be the POBO

The list of pitchers better than Yamamoto can be counted on one hand

Every series going to a Game 3 tomorrow. I don't think I'm missing a series.

Could be fun to fix!

Padres are totally going to transition Morejon to the rotation in one of King/Cease's spot, aren't they

My stance on Snell has always been that if you look at his heat maps, you can tell he locates very well. Walks are his approach (which is how he avoids damage)

guess who throws an elimination game against the dodgers tomorrow

The bar really wasn't that high

Ohtani can hit

(Fried has never had a significant dropoff third time through)

After all that

Fried's CH is 88 at 1/14 right now, hoo boy

Maybe the Giants should've given Pomeranz a real chance instead of signing him to hang around the bullpen for a couple days last year

Let Skubal go the distance. No one is hitting him

2025 Giants w/ above-average sprint speed Adames: 12 SB in 686 PA– down from 21 last season Lee: 10 SB in 617 PA Chapman: 9 SB in 535 PA Fitzgerald: 9 SB in 243 PA Ramos: 6 SB in 695 PA Koss: 4 SB in 191 PA Gilbert: 1 SB in 109 PA Schmitt: 0 SB in 348 PA Feels like a lot of value left on the table

Schumaker's coaching staff in Miami was pretty dismal. Brent Brown (who's now in his fourth org in four years) and Mel Stottlemyre Jr as the hitting and pitching coaches does not inspire a lot of confidence.

What

At a certain point, a staff's failure to maximize the talent is a reflection on the manager that hired them. For years, they said they wanted to steal more bases, and in 2025 the entire team stole exactly as many bases as Juan Soto and Josh Naylor did combined.

Baggs: "If the Giants seek a change, they likely would target a younger manager who operates with a high motor." Suggests Craig Albernaz and Tony Vitello under that description www.nytimes.com/athletic/667...

don’t think he made the impression he was hoping for

The Red Sox clinched postseason berth behind a Kyle Harrison start tonight. (He went 3 innings and gave up all 3 runs the Tigers scored)

"[Cohen's] .373 xwOBA was good for third among 50+ PA hitters. Of that group, he ranked seventh in miss rate (15.3%), eighth in in-zone miss rate (9.2%) and 38 in 90th percentile exit velocity (102.7 mph)."

If the Giants want Sonny Gray, they could probably save $25MM by just signing Zach Eflin

The Diamondbacks control their own destiny. Whew.

The idea of the Warriors not wanting to move Buddy in order to get Monk is quite funny. What minutes is Buddy supposed to be playing if Monk is on the roster?

So, what’s Erik Miller’s elbow looking like? If he’s healthy, you can rework his usages to be more FF/SI/SL and rely on him being your leverage lefty. But if you have to limit the frequency of his appearances, that has significant implications for how you address the bullpen

Savant re-classified Trevor McDonald's -4.6/7.6 slider to a curveball? oooook then

Relevant read on Gilbert’s elite jump. www.mlb.com/news/drew-gi... Gilbert shouts out Antoan Richardson, who was Giants first base and outfield coach from 2020-23. Giants really need someone to improve Ramos and Lee.

You know, if you asked me what I thought Nick Pivetta's ERA would be if his batted ball profile went unchanged and his K-rate dropped to 26%, I would assume like 4.7

well...

After a quick scan, I think Manoah was headed towards a non-tender anyway. Down 2 MPH across the board, poor K-BB ratio. Someone will take a $1-2MM flier on him.

Further on Gilbert... his probability grid looks very strong. He's gotten basically everything that's catchable with a four exceptions. Two balls with a 5% catch probability. The others...

Giants OF jump, ft vs avg Gilbert: +3.1 Encarnacion: +1.4 (SSS but he was +2.6 last year!) Lee: -0.4 Ramos: -0.7 Matos: -1.3 McCray DNQ for 2025 yet, but he was -2.9 in his cup of coffee last season

I know Verlander's pitched great down the stretch and it's been commendable, but if you're looking as to whether it will translate to more success in 2026, I'm not expecting it

Verlander's velo continues to drop

Carson Whisenhunt is showing a lot more velocity on his rehab assignment. Before getting hurt, he maxed out at 95.3 MPH. He topped that twice in his last outing, and nine times today (t96.4). Averaged 94.8 MPH on 28 fastballs today.