Carlos Marcano, Bob Abreu & Dick Allen Stan

Senior Analyst @Magallanes_bbc 2025-2026 Champions 🏆. 5x @FSWA finalist. Prev.: @baseballpro.

[Carlos Marcano, Bob Abreu & Dick Allen Stan @camarcano]

Para unos y otros:

Prov 24, 17-18:No te alegres si tu enemigo cae, ni se regocije tu corazón si tropieza; no sea que el Señor lo vea y le desagrade.

2 Co 4, 8-9: Atribulados, pero no abatidos; perplejos, no desesperados; perseguidos, no abandonados; derribados, no aniquilados.

[Carlos Marcano, Bob Abreu & Dick Allen Stan @camarcano]

@Teacherman1986 @Lucasknowsball I’d tell you but I will not waste both our time trying to give you facts when you have already made up your mind.

I’ve made a living out of seeing it work, and professional teams do it on a daily basis so I’m firmly ok about it and that’s what matters to me.

Godspeed.

[Carlos Marcano, Bob Abreu & Dick Allen Stan @camarcano]

I find it incredible that baseball is one of the few instances in which some employees publicly refuse to understand the measurements used to gauge their performance.

Which, funny enough, if they cared to understand them it could help them improve.

People, man.

[Carlos Marcano, Bob Abreu & Dick Allen Stan @camarcano]

@Lucasknowsball @Teacherman1986 Ding ding ding

[Carlos Marcano, Bob Abreu & Dick Allen Stan @camarcano]

@John_Galt2024 @ChrisCoop_ I understand you: people were afraid of lightbulbs when they didn’t know how they worked.

Go learn how lightbulbs work.

[Carlos Marcano, Bob Abreu & Dick Allen Stan @camarcano]

@Bwm33 @IAmRickGraham Dude, you are delirious; funny, but delirious, lol

[Erick José Lantigua @EJLantigua]

The ironic part is that the very stats Machado is criticizing are the ones suggesting he's actually hit better than the traditional numbers indicate.

▫️ .175 BA vs .231 xBA
▫️ .355 SLG vs .403 xSLG
▫️ .273 wOBA vs .314 xwOBA

That doesn't mean he's having a great season. It just means the quality of contact has been better than the results so far.

Analytics aren't attacking Machado here. If anything, they're one of the main reasons there's no need to hit the panic button yet.

[Carlos Marcano, Bob Abreu & Dick Allen Stan @camarcano]

@TewksHitting @TheWARmonger_ I can agree to some of your statements and especially that everything is context dependent; that’s why the blanket statement from Mr. Adams is so dangerous because it will mislead people to the wrong conclusions when that’s not objectively supported.

[Carlos Marcano, Bob Abreu & Dick Allen Stan @camarcano]

This is objectively wrong, a lie, not true, not factual, misleading: as @TheWARmonger_ already said, Walker is hitting harder and longer every year since 2024 for all cases.

First pic is all counts, second one is 0-2, third one is behind in the count.

Savant is your friend.

[MatrixMidwest @MatrixMidwest]

WATCH: Former #STLCards player Matt Adams says cutting your swing down is the best trait you can have as an MLB position player - and he sees Jordan Walker doing a great job of it ⚾️🔥

@BigCityForReal @RandyKarraker | #CardinalsNation

[Carlos Marcano, Bob Abreu & Dick Allen Stan @camarcano]

@TewksHitting @TheWARmonger_ I like to put a lot of stock on good data.

In this context, typical wisdom expects the hitter to “shorten” the length and slow down the swing when in 0-2 or with other two strikes counts.

This should not be always done, imo.

[Carlos Marcano, Bob Abreu & Dick Allen Stan @camarcano]

This is from Savant’s glossary.

Even if that’s the case, which is not as per the methodology used, Walker is doing actually the opposite to what the typical “wisdom” proposes as you can compare with the yearly league’s averages in bat speed and swing length in 0-2 (second pic), who is actually slowing down and shortening the swing in that case versus the all other counts case (third pic).

[Nick Pollack @PitcherList]

Nate Schwartz and Kyle Bland are joined by Alex Chamberlain to talk about the depths of pitching: pitch movement and approach angles.

https://t.co/eVYVqzkX7g

[Alex "Oxlade" Chamberlain @DolphHauldhagen]

missed that this posted so hey you all should check me out on this pod with @blandalytics and @_nateschwartz where we probably go way too deep, and yet somehow also not deep enough, on induced vertical break (IVB), vertical approach angle (VAA), and all that makes pitching tick

[The WARmonger @TheWARmonger_]

This all sounds so nice, it's just completely wrong. We can convince ourselves our eyes are seeing whatever we want them to see.

Jordan Walker is swinging faster and longer than ever, and he's having a monster year.

He's 100th percentile in bat speed, even with two strikes! It's just Jordan and Junior Caminero. Walker is the hardest swinger in baseball with an 0-2 count.

[USA Baseball @USABaseball]

⚾️ Baseball without a bat? It's Baseball5!

🇺🇸 Here's what to know about our newest national team, @USABaseball5.

[Carlos Marcano, Bob Abreu & Dick Allen Stan @camarcano]

Since his debut in 2018, some of Shohei Ohtani's hitting & pitching stats:

[Carlos Marcano, Bob Abreu & Dick Allen Stan @camarcano]

Whoever shows in the resulting Venn diagram from two datasets like these will always be in the GOAT discussion.

[Ken Cage @KenCageRepo]

@losertrump34 @RyanMatthew413 @MountainBrujo So there is P, hitting and fielding. So add in his fielding. Not best all-around ever because they don’t P, he doesn’t field and several are better hitters.

[Carlos Marcano, Bob Abreu & Dick Allen Stan @camarcano]

There was also something happening the year (and previous years) of the 1.12 ERA that could/couldn't be used against Gibson, but I won't go there.

[Carlos Marcano, Bob Abreu & Dick Allen Stan @camarcano]

I love Bob Gibson to death; he was one of the greatest ever to pitch.

Shohei is one of the greatest ever to pitch & hit.

Both great; one is greater. It doesn't take any greatness from anyone.

Multiple things can be true at the same time with no detriment to any of them.

[Ken Cage @KenCageRepo]

The recency bias in sports is tiresome. Yes Shohei is incredibly unique. But don’t call him an all timer yet. His ERA is low, but he limits his innings which makes it easier for him. Consider Bob Gibson pitched 19 straight CGs on his way to a 1.12 ERA. Dont compare them.

[Carlos Marcano, Bob Abreu & Dick Allen Stan @camarcano]

Oneil since May 1st: .283/.377/.450, 22 R, 5 HR, 18 RBI, 10 SB.
His wOBA was .369, the xwOBA .357, and a 135 wRC+. Granted, his BABIP is crazy high at .420, but that usually happens when you hit the crap out of a baseball (still, he is hitting almost .070 higher this season than his previous career average, before 2026).

Probably the biggest thing about him is that during that span, although he did not have any homers, he still hit .297 against lefties.

(I'm not trying to pile on your initial post; I was just curious about how things would turn out, as a concerned multiple shares owner.)

[Rob Mains @Cran_Boy]

Hoy en @BPespanol: Hombres de (casi) hierro, por @TimJacksonSays, traducción de @Battfer. https://t.co/utVkPzC3Ys