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The Jays don't strike out, but they didn't strike out last year either and they weren't very good.

On how a high contact team added a ton of bat speed in-season and put up one of the best offensive postseason series on record ...

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How Toronto swung its way to a historic playoff offense

The Blue Jays make a ton of contact. They put the ball in play. It’s what they do. No team had a lower strikeout rate this season. No team has a lower strikeout rate this postseason. They scored the f...

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Daniel R. Epstein @depstein1983.bsky.social · 11h

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Munetaka Murakami Is Coming To One Of These MLB Teams This Offseason

Munetaka Murakami, the biggest slugger in Japan, is on his way to MLB this offseason. Here are some of the teams that could get involved in his bidding war.

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Daniel R. Epstein @depstein1983.bsky.social · 19h

Short Relief was the best. It's how I got started at BP, but mostly I miss reading what others would write every day.

Patrick Dubuque @euqubud.baseballprospectus.com · 1d

Random Short Relief from January 2019:

@hmwendt.bsky.social on the perils of online research, @rumhamlet.bsky.social on crows, and me on being a good, but not Good, kid. I miss Short Relief a lot.

Short Relief: You Can't Go Back | Baseball Prospectus

When I was ten years old, during the decade when all the kids collected baseball cards for three months, I had an idea. I had a couple of friends who lived up the hill from me. One lived in a giant ho...

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Daniel R. Epstein @depstein1983.bsky.social · 1d

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The Yankees Need A Big Offseason To Take The Next Step

After another tough playoff exit, the New York Yankees need to rebuild their bullpen, try to keep their slugging outfielders, and answer the Anthony Volpe question.

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River Ave. Blues @riveraveblues.bsky.social · 2d

The Yankees absolutely, inarguably, need a new manager and a new shortstop next season. I think we all know it will be Boone and Volpe though.

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Daniel R. Epstein @depstein1983.bsky.social · 2d

No it's fine. Russell Wilson to Malik Nabers is gonna light it up

Daniel R. Epstein @depstein1983.bsky.social · 2d

Well, the Yankees are done. I guess for me it's football seas-- ah fuck I'm a Giants fan.

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Daniel R. Epstein @depstein1983.bsky.social · 2d

Multiply that by an entire class full of them, and when one says it, they all have to say it.

Daniel R. Epstein @depstein1983.bsky.social · 2d

That's about right. I'm thinking of getting all the teachers to say it, which will make it uncool and then maybe they'll stop.

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Daniel R. Epstein @depstein1983.bsky.social · 2d

No one has ever danced less

Daniel R. Epstein @depstein1983.bsky.social · 2d

As a 4th/5th grade teacher, it is extremely triggering hearing John Smoltz say "six seven"

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Daniel R. Epstein @depstein1983.bsky.social · 2d

Do they do it fahrenheit or Celsius