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Jason Collette

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Columnist at Rotowire, podcaster at Fangraphs, and very passionate about edtech, baseball, beer, UCF, rescued dogs, hiking, and Whataburger. 10x FSWA award finalist; 2x winner. Dan Schatzeder stan. https://linktr.ee/jasoncollette

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Jason Collette @jasoncollette.bsky.social · Mar 24

I've put together a MLB prediction survey for fun - please consider taking a few minutes to complete forms.gle/cXvXBK6KP4g7...

2025 MLB Predictions

Winner will get no award as awards are stupid, but they would be less stupid if they went to the right people. -- Ron Swanson. All questions are worth 5 points

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Jason Collette @jasoncollette.bsky.social · 7h

True, but I was also rather entrenched in my belief he would be a bust and more like the second half guy he was than the freak we saw in the first half.

Jason Collette @jasoncollette.bsky.social · 7h

of course MLB stuck it to the writers scheduling Game 1 of the World Series on the night the movie debuts

Jason Collette @jasoncollette.bsky.social · 7h

My self-review on how each of my 30 hitter bold predictions turned out this season www.rotowire.com/baseball/art...

Fantasy Baseball: Hitter Bold Predictions Review

Jason Collette reviews his hitter bold predictions for 2025, which include several big hits but also a big miss on Pete Crow-Armstrong.

www.rotowire.com

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Jason Collette @jasoncollette.bsky.social · 13h

Talking with a colleague about Judge's HR last night and am still stunned by the improbability of it all. To pull 99.7 MPH fastball that far in off the plate & keep it fair requires superhuman abilities.

We looked up anything we could find in StatCast & got a null result

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Jason Collette @jasoncollette.bsky.social · 1d

Cannot believe he got around that thing like that.

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Jason Collette @jasoncollette.bsky.social · 1d

There are like 3 players in the history of this sport capable of crushing that pitch and keeping it fair. We just watched one of them do it. Wow

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Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 1d

Raleigh’s homer was so impressive in a park that gives nothing to lefties hitting oppo. It went 391 feet. It was the longest opposite-field homer by a lefthanded hitter at Comerica this year.

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Jason Collette @jasoncollette.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine spending hundreds for the opportunity to be arrested and trespassed for a few years if not forever. Idiots

Jason Collette @jasoncollette.bsky.social · 1d

Challenging a check swing interference is the stuff championships are made of 🙄

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Jason Collette @jasoncollette.bsky.social · 1d

This looked like a 1980’s dead fish from Tommy John. I’ve seen better changeups on local sandlots.

www.mlb.com/video/vladim...

Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s two-run home run | 10/07/2025

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. crushes a two-run home run to left-center field, scoring Davis Schneider to give the Blue Jays a quick 2-0 lead in the 1st

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Jason Collette @jasoncollette.bsky.social · 1d

Came here to say this…

Jason Collette @jasoncollette.bsky.social · 1d

It was wasted money on Miami.

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Jason Collette @jasoncollette.bsky.social · 1d

you're still 6'7" to me

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Jason Collette @jasoncollette.bsky.social · 1d

I wonder what the costs are these days for a fixed roof vs a retractable one. My guess is one is at least 3x as expensive as the other but that could be short.

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Jason Collette @jasoncollette.bsky.social · 1d

Lenny DiNardo approves

Jason Collette @jasoncollette.bsky.social · 1d

Like Chet Steadman…

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JJ Cooper @jjcoop36.bsky.social · 1d

Among MLB SPs from 2008-2015 who threw 2 mph or more harder than league average when they debuted, 50% have thrown 1,000 or more MLB career innings.

Among those who who threw 1 mph or more softer than league average, that number was 15%.

www.baseballamerica.com/stories/to-h...

To Have A Lengthy MLB Career, Pitchers Need To Throw Hard

J.J. Cooper digs into years' worth of MLB pitching data to investigate the connection between throwing harder and career length.

www.baseballamerica.com

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Jason Collette @jasoncollette.bsky.social · 2d

The fact this beer is not 6.3 ABV is such a missed opportunity

Quality Start West Coast IPA from Divine Barrel brewing

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Jason Collette @jasoncollette.bsky.social · 2d

wonder if Bieber is working on a splitter for tomorrow's start

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Mike Petriello @mikepetriello.bsky.social · 2d

You probably keep seeing the thing about how there's a penalty for RP facing same batter 3x in a postseason series, and over time that's true, but it's really noisy. Didn't happen last year. Isn't happening so far this year.

Wrote about it a year ago: www.mlb.com/news/world-s...

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Jason Collette @jasoncollette.bsky.social · 2d

The sweet spot is when it’s heated blanket season along with a weighted blanket. I’m a sicko who likes the windows a bit open as long as possible & my best sleeping is done in the winter months.

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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 3d

Teams that Trey Yesavage has beaten in professional baseball this year:

- Fort Myers Mighty Mussels
- Clearwater Threshers
- Tri-City Dust Devils
- Hartford Yard Goats
- the New York Yankees in the MLB Postseason

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Jason Collette @jasoncollette.bsky.social · 3d

too early for them at that time. Was saving them for the 8th or 9th