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Stats ⚾️ @mlbstatistics.bsky.social · 1h

4 elimination games today.
OCTOBER BASEBALL!
#ALDS #NLDS

3:08pm
Mariners (Miller) at Tigers (Mize)
SEA leads 2-1

5:08pm
Brewers (Priester) at Cubs (Taillon)
MIL leads 2-0

7:08pm
Blue Jays (Varland) at Yankees (Schlittler)
TOR leads 2-1

9:08pm
Phillies (Nola) at Dodgers (Yamamoto)
LAD leads 2-1

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James Smyth @jamessmyth621.bsky.social · 17h

on the Aaron Judge home run off the pole:

99.7 MPH is the fastest pitch he's ever hit for a homer

1.2 feet is the furthest-inside pitch he's ever hit for a homer

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Brian Floyd @brianmfloyd.bsky.social · 18h

this rules so much

the guy who caught cal raleigh’s 61st home run with a fan

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Stats ⚾️ @mlbstatistics.bsky.social · 1d

#Cubs and #Brewers exchange three-run bombs in the first. Game on.

Stats ⚾️ @mlbstatistics.bsky.social · 1d

The NLDS has been taken over by the radical left (all four starters are LHP)

Stats ⚾️ @mlbstatistics.bsky.social · 1d

Nick Castellanos (out of 145 qualified batters) was:
- 23rd worst in OPS
- 18th worst in OBP
- 20th worst in wOBA
- 18th worst in wRC+

- only 2 players (Bichette, B. Lowe) were worse in Outs Above Average
- only one (Soto) was worse in Fielding Run Value
- only 6 worse in DRS

Rough year.
#Phillies

Stats ⚾️ @mlbstatistics.bsky.social · 1d

Blake Snell is dealing. Through 3 innings, the #Phillies can’t make contact on anything that isn’t a fastball.
#Dodgers #NLCS

Pitch - swings, whiffs (chart)
Fastball - 7, 2
Slider - 4, 4
Changeup - 6, 6
Curveball - 1, 1

Stats ⚾️ @mlbstatistics.bsky.social · 1d

I was looking their 2025 stats up earlier:

Snell on the road:
4.30 ERA, 2.96 FIP (23 IP)
Luzardo at home:
4.16 ERA, 2.50 FIP (93 IP)

Michael Baumann @baumann.bsky.social · 1d

Blake Snell vs. Jesús Luzardo is a highly specific test of how much you can trust FIP

Stats ⚾️ @mlbstatistics.bsky.social · 2d

#Mariners 3
#Tigers 2

The first Mariners home postseason win in 24 years. Jorge Polanco goes deep twice off the reigning and future AL Cy Young Winner Tarik Skubal, and Julio knocks Cal in with a game-winning double in the 8th. Series tied 1-1 heading to Detroit. #Mariners #Tigers #ALCS

Stats ⚾️ @mlbstatistics.bsky.social · 2d

The Jorge Polanco game!!!

#Mariners #Tigers

Stats ⚾️ @mlbstatistics.bsky.social · 2d

Nasty business from Trey Yesavage tonight with the splitter and slider. The #Yankees were helpless up there. #BlueJays #ALDS

Pitch: swings - whiffs - %
4-seamer: 9 - 2 - 22%
Splitter: 16 - 11 - 69% (nice)
Slider: 6 - 5 - 83%
ALL: 31 - 18 - 58%

Stats ⚾️ @mlbstatistics.bsky.social · 3d

Trey Yesavage’s breaking stuff is filthy. Thru 2 innings: #Yankees have 6 whiffs on 7 swings at the splitter and whiffed both times they swung at the slider.

#BlueJays

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Stats ⚾️ @mlbstatistics.bsky.social · 3d

Tarik Skubal and Luis Castillo faced off twice this season.

Skubal: 5.91 ERA
4/2 @ SEA: 5.2 IP, 3 ER, 3 BB*, 8 K
* = tied season high
7/11 at home: 5 IP, 4 ER
He gave up 1 HR in each start. (JRod, Moore)

Castillo: 3.75 ERA
4/2: 7 IP, 2 ER
7/11: 5 IP, 3 ER

Greene: 4-6, 2B, 3B

#Tigers #Mariners

Stats ⚾️ @mlbstatistics.bsky.social · 3d

Max Fried 2025 vs TOR:
4 starts: 24.1 IP, 4.07 ERA, 4.20 FIP
2 starts @ TOR: 6.35 ERA, 5.87 FIP

TOR vs Fried 2025:
Springer: 4-11, HR, 2 2B, 2 BB
Clement: 4-12, 2B, 3B
Guerrero Jr: 3-12, 2 2B

#BlueJays #Yankees

Stats ⚾️ @mlbstatistics.bsky.social · 3d

The #ALDS is up today while the NL teams are off.

#Yankees at #BlueJays, 4:08pm
Fried vs Yesavage
TOR leads 1-0

#Tigers at #Mariners, 8:03pm
Skubal vs Castillo
DET leads 1-0

Skubal led the AL in WAR, Fried was third.
Yesavage will make his 4th career start.

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Grant Brisbee @grantbrisbee.bsky.social · 3d

after the fourth game of the day is over

Homer Simpson's senior yearbook, with the quote "I can't believe I ate the whole thing" changed to "I can't believe I watched the whole thing.

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Stats ⚾️ @mlbstatistics.bsky.social · 3d

Good job today, baseball. Good job. Let’s all rest up and come back tomorrow to do it again.

Stats ⚾️ @mlbstatistics.bsky.social · 3d

McKinstry flyout to left.
Javy Baez 101 mph rocket lineout to third.
Parker Meadows only hits it 73.5 but right at Muñoz who snags it.

To the bottom of the ninth…tied at 2.

#Mariners #Tigers

Stats ⚾️ @mlbstatistics.bsky.social · 3d

October baseball is just so good. There’s nothing like it.

Stats ⚾️ @mlbstatistics.bsky.social · 3d

Kerry Carpenter is now 5 for 11 off George Kirby, and they’re all homers.

Carpenter hit a high sinker for a homer against Kirby

Stats ⚾️ @mlbstatistics.bsky.social · 3d

And at 42% he had a lower whiff rate than Shohei Ohtani, who was at 48%!

He had 2 NASTY pitches tonight. He got 7 swings at his curve, 6 whiffs. 5 swings at the splitter, 4 whiffs. Overall 23 of 48.

#dodgers

Stats ⚾️ @mlbstatistics.bsky.social · 3d

Shohei got 6 whiffs on 7 swings at his curveball and 4 whiffs on 5 swings at his splitter.

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Stats ⚾️ @mlbstatistics.bsky.social · 3d

Cristopher Sánchez tonight:

Pitch: swings - whiffs
Changeup: 19 - 12 🔥
Sinker: 19 - 4
Slider: 5 - 2
Total: 43 - 18 (42%)

#phillies #dodgers

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Stats ⚾️ @mlbstatistics.bsky.social · 3d

The #Dodgers are starting to feel inevitable again.

Stats ⚾️ @mlbstatistics.bsky.social · 3d

Cristopher Sánchez is so fun to watch. His changeup and slider are both elite pitches. Through 3 innings, the #Dodgers have swung at his changeup 10 times and whiffed 7. #Phillies