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    4/19: Alexander vs. Schmidt

    The RF stands are just chanting “MVP! MVP!” at Soto in the field in the 8th until he acknowledges them.
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    4/19: Alexander vs. Schmidt

    Also good job by Cash bringing in the infield on Volpe who was 0 for his last 13 and needed the easier target.
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    4/19: Alexander vs. Schmidt

    TB outhit NY 14-5 and lost, that’s a shame.
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    Sox acquire RHP Gutierrez from the Brewers

    OK I dropped his first name since no one knows who he is before reading about him anyway.
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    To err is human; three errors is the Red Sox: the defense thread.

    MLBN had a graphic tonight: Most Unearned Runs Allowed Through First 20 Games (Since 2020) 2001 Tampa 27 2024 Boston 26 2010 LAD 20 2003 Cincinnati 20
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    4/19: Alexander vs. Schmidt

    Also Ben Rortvedt is TB's part-time catcher now and I'm expecting multiple HRs from him this weekend.
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    4/19: Alexander vs. Schmidt

    NY returns home for their second homestand of the season, 3 with TB followed by 4 with the suddenly playing well A's (7-4 in their last 11). They start off with their first series of the year against TB, against lefty Tyler Alexander. Like some of the other NY SPs, Schmidt has had trouble...
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    2024 Playoffs Eastern Conference First Round: (2) New York Knicks vs (7) Philadelphia 76ers

    I am talking about flexibility of matchups as much as quality, though. I am saying that there are almost never players in the league who try to guard Embiid and Maxey or Jokic and Murray for long stretches in the same game, partly because teammates are rarely flexible enough defensively to cover...
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    NY minor league prospect news (2023 edition)

    Some fun games from NY's top prospects tonight: George Lombard Jr. was NY's 1st round pick last year out of high school, he does not turn 19 until June. He is in low A Tampa and is heating leadoff every night for them, ahead of Roderick Arias (also 18, also in low A) so you can tell how highly...
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    2024 Playoffs Eastern Conference First Round: (2) New York Knicks vs (7) Philadelphia 76ers

    Worth nothing that Embiid sat game #82 and had four days off before last night's game.
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    2024 Playoffs Eastern Conference First Round: (2) New York Knicks vs (7) Philadelphia 76ers

    One interesting thing about Thibs is that he has never had a defender he can use like Anunoby*, who bothers/shuts down almost anyone he faces. There is a very limited sample size as Anunoby has only played 23 games for NY still, but two games where this was really notable were in January...
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    NY 26 man roster 2024

    They should probably DFA Jahmai Jones also and promote Caleb Durbin, but maybe they don't want to clog that 40 man spot yet with LeMahieu probably back next week sometime.
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    NY 26 man roster 2024

    NY picks up Taylor Trammell and DFAs Kevin Smith. Trammell is out of options and superficially reminds me of Estevan Florial, born 2 months apart in 1997 (both are 26), both out of options without getting much of a chance in MLB, both were top-100 prospects when they were much younger but the...
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    2024 Playoffs Eastern Conference First Round: (2) New York Knicks vs (7) Philadelphia 76ers

    One funny story, not sure how well this is known (sorry if everyone knows this already): We all know that the Villanova teams with Brunson and Bridges and Hart etc. were loaded, winning NCAA titles in 2016 and 2018. Most of us also probably remember how incredible Buddy Hield was in college...
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    If you were a ballplayer...

    I am pretty sure I have never actually played baseball, my mom didn't want me in Little League (not sure why) and I didn't really care and then I started fencing in 7th grade and stopped anything else. But when I stopped fencing after college, I did play CF and led off for the Time Magazine...
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