In his first inning of the season, LHP Brandon Clarke threw a sinker at 103.1 mph with 18” of armside run, which has never been done by a lefty in the MLB in the Statcast era
He was acquired by the Cardinals in the Sonny Gray trade
Wolves POBO Tim Connelly on rounding out the roster:
"We’re down two great power forwards … There’s a couple free agents still available. We’re working one or two of them right now. We’ll see if that comes to fruition."
DraftKings +353 on Soto Home Run seems a bit too high, considering today's matchup?
→ HR in 9/21 games (42.9% hit rate) when facing RHP starters with HR/9 vs LHB between 3-45 and Avg Exit Velo vs LHB between 2-80 percentile, averaging 0.48 HR/game in those spots (+0.36 over baseline) with a .767 SLG, .394 ISO, and 58.1% HardHit%
→ Canning vs LHB is rock-bottom in nearly every metric: 1st percentile HR/FB%, 2nd Avg EV, 3rd HardHit%, 5th Barrel%, 7th HR rate, 8th ISO, 12th xSLG, 16th xwOBA, 19th BB%, 23rd BA. One of the most exploitable matchups on the board. Petco plays slightly HR-suppressing (-4%) but 8 mph wind blowing out to center helps
→ Soto vs RHP is essentially perfect: 99th xwOBA, 99th xSLG, 98th HR rate, 98th HR/FB%, 98th Barrel%, 97th ISO, 92nd BA, 90th Avg EV, 89th BB%, 88th HardHit%. H2H last 3 seasons is loud: 3 PA, 2 H, 5 TB, 1 HR, 0 K, 0 BB, already tagged Canning for a homer with extra bases.
He also does great against all 3 pitch types Canning throws the most!
@mynameis_kaylee He was standing on his toe. He went to run and fell down. He wasnt pushed, wasnt tripped. But if you watch it you can see what really happened.
@LittonDakota@PresiPeee@tommyob95 I would just say this is his pocket. I think hes Top 10 but he doesn’t impress me. That entire squad is just elite. Just my opinion
@mike94474486 @nolimit__EV @UnderdogMLB@JesseRogersESPN And the back end of a double digit year contract rarely seems to work. Theyre hoping to win sometime before the backend of the contract. Im sure Soto will be in a similar position in 10 years